Game Thread – Wizards @ Celtics – 7:30PM, Fri, Feb. 9, 2024

[King Of The 4th]

Give JB's max to this halftime show painter instead

[zoyathedestroya]

Who says the Celtics lose this game?

They'll win, but they should have been resting the starters for the whole 4th quarter. Now they're stuck grinding it out for four quarters.

Win, lose. Whatever. No one can still say with a straight face that they're playing to standard. They should be ramping up and building chemistry. The starters together especially. They should be getting better at defense, not worse.

[Dogen]

If only we had Springer available to shut these clowns down.

[Bar Fight]

We have the nerve to honor Bill Russell after that defensive half

[NYCelticsfan136]

Of course this team literally dies by the 3. Shooting 21 percent from 3.

[seiffert82]

We're completely unfocused out there. Getting good looks, but not completing and lazy on D.

Will be an interesting second half.

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[darrendaye]

Hauser is not making me forget about Corey Kispert tonight. I guess Washington likes him, thought he'd be traded.

We were hoodwinked.

[zoyathedestroya]

Of course this team literally dies by the 3. Shooting 21 percent from 3.

Not today. They've only taken 15. They're getting in the paint.

Problem is lazy defense.

[Memokerobi]

Of course this team literally dies by the 3. Shooting 21 percent from 3.

We scored 64 points at half. That should be more than enough to have a comfortable lead over the Wizards. Alas, we are not playing defense

[WeLikeOurGuys]

Mazulla was giving the keys to a Lamborghini but he drives it like a Toyota Corolla.

[MrGreenRunsDeep]

Looks like before this game everyone was performing and wanted to get traded. But Brad Steven didn’t do **** all. So now players don’t want to play

[TheMartian]

They're letting their horrible offense dictate the way their defense goes, when it should be the other way around. Scoring 64 points in a half doesn't necessarily mean they are playing great especially when the other team has 71.

[Memokerobi]

Mazulla was giving the keys to a Lamborghini but he drives it like a Toyota Corolla.

This game is 100% on the players for me. This is not the first time this group of players is thinking they’ll just show up and win, and it wont be the last

[tfribs45]

Where’s that playoff intensity defense they promised in Feb?! Yikes, when that three balls not falling we don’t get back on defense and it’s rinse and repeat every loss. Teams outwork this group and they appear lost if the three ball isn’t dropping. At some point it needs to be addressed and Joe is amateur hour as we all know.

[TheMartian]

Letting the Wizards score 71 on you at the half? If that doesn't motivate these players to play a lick of defense in the 2nd half, i don't want to hear anybody tell me this team is fine.

[playa-hater]

This defense is pathetic. We've really slipped in the last few weeks.

The defense or the effort it's not always the same.. I say it's much bigger on effort because we do have players who have defensability..

[Shak_Celts]

jrue on the boards here!

[tfribs45]

Mazulla was giving the keys to a Lamborghini but he drives it like a Toyota Corolla.

This game is 100% on the players for me. This is not the first time this group of players is thinking they’ll just show up and win, and it wont be the last

It’s the coaches job to real them in and lead. Ime wouldnt put up with that crap. What’s everyone’s excuse if we’re a 1 seed regular season team, then get bounced as we’re outhustled and out coached in the summer?!

[GotDaSauce]

I know what to do... Shoot more 3's!!!

[TheMartian]

LOL. Opening the 2nd half by taking all threes. Zero makes. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2024 Boston Celtics.