Game Thread – Lakers @ Celtics – 7:30PM, Thurs, Feb. 1, 2024

[BlameTheRefs]

Looks like the Ca are taking the night off along with LeBron and AD

[Fierce1]

Lakers m playing their hearts out here. If we don’t wake up this could get bad.

Even if the Cs are just half awake, this Laker squad still won't win.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Offence too worried about matchup hunting.

Defence just embarrassing and not securing rebounds

[GotDaSauce]

If I was an NBA coach, I'd get myself fired by halftime

Fans would rejoice!

[Triple7]

Joe is gonna **** this game up with his rotations. This guy won’t adapt. Just sticks with his schedule haha. So predictable

[bisme37]

This game could use more turnovers imo

[BK_2020]

Whoever said we play down to opponents is correct. Don't really care about our record against sub-.500 teams. This is pure utter garbage effort and attitude.

We play like this against good teams as well.

[zoyathedestroya]

Joe doing exactly this on the sidelines like he can't do anything about this crap!

He's not the one turning the ball over. He already called a timeout. This is on the players. Cookies and Cream with 6 turnovers between them.

[pac213up]

Reaves outplaying Tatum. Not a great sign.

[Scarletfire81]

It’s a bad quarter that will be forgotten after we win by 20.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Bubble gum Joe loves his three ball analytics lmao. Live and die by the three boys cmon, this isn’t Championship effort tonight.

Ah yeah it’s the coaches fault these guys are playing zero defence, throwing passes into traffic and giving up multiple offensive rebounds.

[tfribs45]

I tell you guys, the Celtics really love to piss off Celtic fans.

It's like they're doing it intentionally.

We’ll Mr stay put at the deadline because everything’s fine….. games like this have to make you think twice no?

[BK_2020]

Reaves outplaying Tatum. Not a great sign.

Tatum doesn't get to have Jaylen guarding him.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

This is the same mentality Boston had in the first few games against Miami in the ECF last year, thinking the talent disparity meant they didn't need to match the effort and intensity of the opposition.

This is exactly what Joe means when he says he wants us to lose leads and games etc, because he is all about mentality and clearly knows it's still an issue with some of our guys.

[zoyathedestroya]

Whoever said we play down to opponents is correct. Don't really care about our record against sub-.500 teams. This is pure utter garbage effort and attitude.

We play like this against good teams as well.

Not in the 1st Q. It's clear they saw Lebron and AD sitting and thought it was a dayoff.

[Fierce1]

Don't fall for it.

The Cs are just messing with you guys.

[Ben-N1ce]

At least they aren't down 15 + already to a good team...

[Kalela]

Definition of playing down to the competition. These guys should have told Joe that they didn't want to play before the game started.

[GotDaSauce]

Joe doing exactly this on the sidelines like he can't do anything about this crap!

He's not the one turning the ball over. He already called a timeout. This is on the players. Cookies and Cream with 6 turnovers between them.

I hear ya but you watch other coaches call TO when the team is playing like garbage.
Do the same and make some changes if this is the effort the current players are putting out!

[Objectivity]

JB stay dying on screens and is rarely in good help side defensive position. There is more to team defensive that won’t always make the stat book.