Jaylen Sets The Pace! ECF G2 Victory Cigar vs IND 5/23 (BOS leads 2-0)

[Triple7]

I know the Pacers are bad on defense but .................

Pritchard has a wide open lane to the basket. I know he made the shot, but i would still go for the easy two. Lol

[Triple7]

Well, it's looking like we should be able to get past Indy fairly easily, even without KP.

So let's not rush him back.

Let's try and get him ready and healthy for 1 game of the NBA finals!

I think if Cs win Game 3, no way they risk KP in Game 4.

Or they play him 10mins for conditioning and confidence.

[zoyathedestroya]

I know the Pacers are bad on defense but .................

Pritchard has a wide open lane to the basket. I know he made the shot, but i would still go for the easy two. Lol

No way. Turner would've recovered by the time PP gets to the rim. And he would've needed to continue his dribble or pass it out again. That's a wide open three he should be taking every time.

It would be different if he was already cutting baseline and White's pass was leading him to the rim.

[zoyathedestroya]

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[Triple7]

I know the Pacers are bad on defense but .................

Pritchard has a wide open lane to the basket. I know he made the shot, but i would still go for the easy two. Lol

No way. Turner would've recovered by the time PP gets to the rim. And he would've needed to continue his dribble or pass it out again. That's a wide open three he should be taking every time.

It would be different if he was already cutting baseline and White's pass was leading him to the rim.

Nah. Watched it over and over, he could very well went to the basket uncontested. Turner wasn’t even looking. Even if that happened, an easy 5footer would still be better.

[zoyathedestroya]

Pritchard has a wide open lane to the basket. I know he made the shot, but i would still go for the easy two. Lol

No way. Turner would've recovered by the time PP gets to the rim. And he would've needed to continue his dribble or pass it out again. That's a wide open three he should be taking every time.

It would be different if he was already cutting baseline and White's pass was leading him to the rim.

Nah. Watched it over and over, he could very well went to the basket uncontested. Turner wasn’t even looking. Even if that happened, an easy 5footer would still be better.

Uncontested 3 from Pritchard who's shooting 47.5% from there over contested 2. But your aversion for threes is duly noted.

[CelticFaninLBC]

From the same article:

Brissett knows how the Pacers play. He understands their tendencies. He has played these guys in practice for years. This was the moment for him to show why the Celtics signed him.

and

Mazzulla has drilled the Celtics on every position, in every lineup, so they can step into these random matchups at the sprain of a wrist. After the second unit got torched early in Game 1, he was a big part of why the Celtics’ second unit went on a 17-0 run and seized control of the game.

“That’s something that Joe really likes,” Brissett said. “We play sometimes with two bigs or one or none, so everyone out there has to know every single position, whether you’re off the ball or in the action.

“We don’t know what they’re about to throw out, so we’ve gotta be prepared and ready.”

Evidently Jared Weiss hasn't realized that Joe is an idiot who doesn't do any coaching.

Yep, he's a bottom 5 coach over the past 40+ years. The players must be making the adjustments!

[zoyathedestroya]

Carlisle with a bogus explanation why he put in the bench guys in the 4th. Is he trying to get fired for another job opening?

[Birdon]

Once a Celtic, always a Celtic

[CelticFaninLBC]

JB hate club please stand up please stand up! He’s a dawg, HIM, Alpha and def got snubbed from All NBA. Solid team win, White and Holiday were great. JT really disappointed and was in his head big time for the first three quarters. Nesmith is doing a number on him, hope he turns it around on the road!

Has to be quite embarrassing for those who proposed or +1 the Jaylen Brown from Jalen Green trade proposals....

[Fierce1]

Well, it's looking like we should be able to get past Indy fairly easily, even without KP.

So let's not rush him back.

Let's try and get him ready and healthy for 1 game of the NBA finals!

I think if Cs win Game 3, no way they risk KP in Game 4.

Or they play him 10mins for conditioning and confidence.

Not worth it IMO.

Cs will have a week off if they make it to the finals.

Limited minutes in a Game 4 is a high risk low reward scenario.

It's a different story if the Cs lose Game 4 because that means the Cs will surely play a Game 5.

If that's the case then KP playing Games 4 and 5 will be worth the risk.

[165bows]

10-2 in the playoffs.

74-20 for the season.

Sure but in 68 of those wins, the other team was missing its best player.

Literally almost none of those teams even have Middleton on it.

[Fierce1]

JB hate club please stand up please stand up! He’s a dawg, HIM, Alpha and def got snubbed from All NBA. Solid team win, White and Holiday were great. JT really disappointed and was in his head big time for the first three quarters. Nesmith is doing a number on him, hope he turns it around on the road!

Has to be quite embarrassing for those who proposed or +1 the Jaylen Brown from Jalen Green trade proposals....

The latest is Jaylen Brown for Giannis.

[Fencer reregistered]

I think if Cs win Game 3, no way they risk KP in Game 4.

Or they play him 10mins for conditioning and confidence.

Not worth it IMO.

Cs will have a week off if they make it to the finals.

Limited minutes in a Game 4 is a high risk low reward scenario.

It's a different story if the Cs lose Game 4 because that means the Cs will surely play a Game 5.

If that's the case then KP playing Games 4 and 5 will be worth the risk.

Joe seems dubious about KP's availability that soon anyway.

[Fierce1]

Or they play him 10mins for conditioning and confidence.

Not worth it IMO.

Cs will have a week off if they make it to the finals.

Limited minutes in a Game 4 is a high risk low reward scenario.

It's a different story if the Cs lose Game 4 because that means the Cs will surely play a Game 5.

If that's the case then KP playing Games 4 and 5 will be worth the risk.

Joe seems dubious about KP's availability that soon anyway.

Yeah, it's a long shot that Indy upsets Boston.

So if KP returns in the finals, it will be 6 weeks after the injury.

That's very ideal compared to a 4-week timeline.

[fallguy]

Carlisle with a bogus explanation why he put in the bench guys in the 4th. Is he trying to get fired for another job opening?

He has been oddly bad this series. Like, really bad.

[31to6]

I know the Pacers are bad on defense but .................

it was so hard to understand what was happening that I honestly worried the Celtics were passing it to a guy who had just stood up from his front-row seat in the stands

[31to6]

just imagine, Jaylen could have been Anfernee Simons or Frank Ntkilinia

[keevsnick1]

Carlisle with a bogus explanation why he put in the bench guys in the 4th. Is he trying to get fired for another job opening?

He has been oddly bad this series. Like, really bad.

The Pacers' had to play 6 games in the first round then 7 games in the second round then go directly into the Celtics series
48 hours later and play an overtime game.

Honestly he probably just saw the score, saw Halliburton was out, and decided their best bet was to get the rotation guys a bit of a rest and try to make a last stand at home where they are 6-0 this playoff run. I don't think that would be crazy.

[fallguy]

Carlisle with a bogus explanation why he put in the bench guys in the 4th. Is he trying to get fired for another job opening?

He has been oddly bad this series. Like, really bad.

The Pacers' had to play 6 games in the first round then 7 games in the second round then go directly into the Celtics series
48 hours later and play an overtime game.

Honestly he probably just saw the score, saw Halliburton was out, and decided their best bet was to get the rotation guys a bit of a rest and try to make a last stand at home where they are 6-0 this playoff run. I don't think that would be crazy.

Yeah, but he made multiple big mistakes in game one too.