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Heat Scorch C's From 3! Game 2 Loss vs MIA 4/24 (Series tied 1-1)

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Re: Heat Scorch C's From 3! Game 2 Loss vs MIA 4/24 (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#321 » by Triple7 » Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:10 am

batabatuta wrote:If Kobe was alive, he'd call the Jays soft. As incredibly talented as this team is constructed, you would think that the Jays have the fire in them to prove the hater wrong. Over the years, it seemed like they were immune to it and weren't doing anything to stop the embarrassing losses. No sense of urgency at all. No dog inside them. If Kobe was being trolled so badly by the caliber of Butler, rest assured he'd do something about it. A dog will never allow this team to lose to a bunch of undrafted and non-elite players for two years now in the EAST. The Jays need to close this out with no mercy. If this goes to game 6 or 7, the Celtics won't win against either Nuggets, Bucks, Timberwolves, and probably even the Mavs.


No player would dare troll Kobe. He would light them up good. You can’t give him extra motivation. Its the other way around with this team. We are scared of giving Jimmy Butler that extra motivation. Now, he knows he owns the Jays, and he won’t stop trolling and taunt them. I want the Jays to respond, but sadly that’s not in their dna.
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Re: Heat Scorch C's From 3! Game 2 Loss vs MIA 4/24 (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#322 » by FlatearthZorro » Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:13 am

No overreactions, let's warm up and finish this in 5. We just need to make more shots.
Good assessment:

PLO wrote:Tatum played OK - took advantage of a few mismatches - decent on the defensive end. He is what we thought he was going into the season - a technically very proficient player operating close to his career ceiling as a rookie.
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Re: Heat Scorch C's From 3! Game 2 Loss vs MIA 4/24 (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#323 » by Saint Lazarus » Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:45 am

TGW wrote:The Heat are a playoff team that coasts in the regular season. The Celtics are a regular season juggernaut that fails in the playoffs.


What would a Washington fan know anything about being a playoff team or a regular season juggernaut? :lol:
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Re: Heat Scorch C's From 3! Game 2 Loss vs MIA 4/24 (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#324 » by Deivork » Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:46 am

They treated this game like a regular season game. Miami earned it, but Boston issues remain similar.
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Post#325 » by Fierce1 » Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:52 am

All the criticism of JT is valid.

What I don't get is why expect the Cs to win a championship if JT is all that plus the fact that the Cs can't execute in the clutch, and according to some, the Cs also have a bad coach.

Again, logic tells us the Cs will not win a championship if they are bad in those 3 phases of the game.

Maybe the Cs can get away with having a bad coach, but no way if the Cs can't execute in the clutch and Tatum is as bad as what some are saying here.

The poll showed the consensus is the Cs will sweep the Heat.

Even getting past the Heat will be hard if the coach is bad, the Cs can't execute in the clutch, and Tatum is inconsistent and soft.
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Post#326 » by TheMartian » Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:01 am

In typical Celtics fashion (at least for this era of the Jays), they drop another game to a more inferior team, much to the dismay of their fans. Why am I no longer surprised?

It's best not to expect too much from this team. It lessens the disappointment.
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Post#327 » by batabatuta » Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:25 am

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batabatuta wrote:If Kobe was alive, he'd call the Jays soft. As incredibly talented as this team is constructed, you would think that the Jays have the fire in them to prove the hater wrong. Over the years, it seemed like they were immune to it and weren't doing anything to stop the embarrassing losses. No sense of urgency at all. No dog inside them. If Kobe was being trolled so badly by the caliber of Butler, rest assured he'd do something about it. A dog will never allow this team to lose to a bunch of undrafted and non-elite players for two years now in the EAST. The Jays need to close this out with no mercy. If this goes to game 6 or 7, the Celtics won't win against either Nuggets, Bucks, Timberwolves, and probably even the Mavs.


No player would dare troll Kobe. He would light them up good. You can’t give him extra motivation. Its the other way around with this team. We are scared of giving Jimmy Butler that extra motivation. Now, he knows he owns the Jays, and he won’t stop trolling and taunt them. I want the Jays to respond, but sadly that’s not in their dna.

I just badly want this team to win a ring, just to shut up all the haters once and for all. I know we deserve it.
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Post#328 » by jonige94 » Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:28 am

KP and Holiday are known playoff chokers and we got the brink trucks for them.

Fire Brad, Mazzulla and trade either Brown or Tatum at the end of the season, so sick of this team
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Post#329 » by Fierce1 » Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:31 am

TheMartian wrote:In typical Celtics fashion (at least for this era of the Jays), they drop another game to a more inferior team, much to the dismay of their fans. Why am I no longer surprised?

It's best not to expect too much from this team. It lessens the disappointment.

You're finally getting it.

The criticisms are valid and yet there are who expect the Cs to win a championship.

When they, especially the Jays, are ready, the championship will happen.

It's a never ending cycle.

Even when we are no longer on this Earth, the NBA and the Celtics will go on.

If this bunch of Celtics can't get it done then we wait another decade for the next batch of Celtic stars to win a championship.
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Post#330 » by Fierce1 » Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:38 am

jonige94 wrote:KP and Holiday are known playoff chokers and we got the brink trucks for them.

Fire Brad, Mazzulla and trade either Brown or Tatum at the end of the season, so sick of this team

I doubt the owners will do anything that drastic for the next 2 seasons.

It's unanimous that Brad should be Executive of the Year, right?

No way Brad gets fired.
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Post#331 » by Larry_Russell » Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:09 am

I really hope nedia crucifies this team today, and especially joe.


Cue the joe interview
" we needed to lose a game, builds character, blah blah"

"I didnt make adjustments because I wanted the team to fight through it and grow together"
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Post#332 » by Larry_Russell » Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:11 am

Deivork wrote:They treated this game like a regular season game. Miami earned it, but Boston issues remain similar.



Yeah, Joe sucks.

I could have coached them into a win last night.

Get KP and Jrue a couple of easy shots, shout a bit to fire them up, and not play drop coverage.

Run through the moving miami screens. Through them.
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Post#333 » by BK_2020 » Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:16 am

Jrue missed his easy shots sadly. The guy has been a layup-missing machine in the first 2 games of the playoffs.
Annoying game but hopefully it serves as a wakeup call for these guys and they get KG-level intense for the rest of the playoffs.
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Post#334 » by TheMartian » Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:52 am

BK_2020 wrote:Jrue missed his easy shots sadly. The guy has been a layup-missing machine in the first 2 games of the playoffs.
Annoying game but hopefully it serves as a wakeup call for these guys and they get KG-level intense for the rest of the playoffs.


Unfortunately, none of these Celtics have that level of dawg in them. The only one that had that was traded for KP.
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Re: Heat Scorch C's From 3! Game 2 Loss vs MIA 4/24 (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#335 » by Froob » Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:04 am

I think we’ll win both in Miami and then hopefully not lose game 5 at home.
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Post#336 » by Curmudgeon » Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:16 am

Stop blaming the coach. All he's got to work with are a bunch of overrated marshmallows. That's been true since 2018
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Post#337 » by _Und3r][D4wg_ » Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:19 am

Mazzillla on whether he can lead the Celtics to at least a win in Miami:
"Imma make 'em boef!"

Please, basketball gods... :pray:
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Post#338 » by Setshot33 » Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:31 am

ML Carr loves to tell the story of Bird coming into the huddle and saying "You guys want to win? Give me the ball and get the hell out of the way."
These Celtics currently have no one on the roster with just a smidge of that in them.

Tatum is basically a second banana that needs to play with an alpha. In other words, he's Pippen. Can't win with him as a lead guy who never leads.
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Post#339 » by JR Hawks » Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:31 am

Fierce1 wrote:
jonige94 wrote:KP and Holiday are known playoff chokers and we got the brink trucks for them.

Fire Brad, Mazzulla and trade either Brown or Tatum at the end of the season, so sick of this team

I doubt the owners will do anything that drastic for the next 2 seasons.

It's unanimous that Brad should be Executive of the Year, right?

No way Brad gets fired.


Make no mistake, Joe will get fired if the Celtics don't make the Finals. Wyc almost canned him last year.

The only way Brad would get fired is if he decides Joe is the hill he's willing to die on.
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Re: Heat Scorch C's From 3! Game 2 Loss vs MIA 4/24 (Series tied 1-1) 

Post#340 » by Red2 » Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:45 am

Comes down to them playing faster snd harder and us once again being too casual and unwilling to match their energy. We’ve seen this over and over with Tatum lead teams. We take our foot off the gas. I’m not a huge Joe fan but I think this loss is on the players
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