Celtics Storm Back, Win Indy 500!! ECF G3 Victory Cigar vs IND 5/25 (BOS leads 3-0)

[JimmyFromNz]

Tatum VC.

We can get fixated on Horfords shooting, but let's not ignore he was dominated defensively and has been dominated all playoffs. The Pacers had 68 points in the paint, thanks to some poor guard communication but also due to relentlessly going at Al, I love him, but it's really brutal without KP.

Jrue who had a great final 2 mins, was a road cone, probably one of his worst performances up until that point. It sounds overly negative, but having watched it unfold in slow motion its hard to ignore those 2x were a large part of the problem.

On the other hand, great consistent all round game from JT, some excellent reads to get other guys looks at good shot distribution without falling in love with step backs, and never too high or low which is exactly the presence we needed.

One of the weirder games in recent memory, thankful to escape with the win, and odds on for a sweep.

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One of the rare times I've really noticed him having a Spanish-speaker's accent in English.

[Asian Celtic]

Jrue, Horf and Tatum. End

[sam_I_am]

Tillman was a team best +12. He really brought something on the defensive end.

[Gant]

This is now a clutch team. They've recently won two games of the sort they used to lose.

Horford was amazing from deep. He received nifty behind the back passes from Tatum on two of those.

I have to admit, I wanted Queta in there when they were getting beaten up inside.

McConell outMcConnelled Pritchard tonight. Maybe next game, Pritchard can be the better McConnell.

Bench scoring. Pacers 31, Celtics 4.

[fallguy]

Just ridiculous. We've flat out STOLEN two games in this series.

[fallguy]

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[Celts17Pride]

One negative: Sam Hauser

Hauser shooting 10% this series and 0% from three. Needs to get his act together. Celtics are going to need him

[Riverwalk2021]

Glad to see Tillman get some burn and his defensive versatility was valuable. We are going to have to mix and match our bench minutes between Tillman, Brissett, Pritchard and Hauser.

[return2glory]

Nice win.

Great comeback.

VC to Jrue and Al. Both were great.

Jrue took over in the 2nd half with his rebounding and defense. His steal in the closing seconds was clutch.

Tatum was also great. I would have gone with him for VC but he missed the layup that would have put us up by 3 in the last 30 seconds of the game. Other than that, he played a complete game. Loved the passing and rebounding.

Brown was good.

The defense was bad in the 1st half but really good in the 2nd half.

We didn't get much out of the bench. I keep saying Joe needs to stop playing Hauser for now. He's confidence is gone.

[Bad-Thoma]

Our Celtics gave the entire NBA world a show.



I wonder what new negative spin they can come up with now.

I'm sure it'll be some "shouldn't have been down that bad against a no Haliburton team anyways" nonsense. Haters gonna "insert further clich'e here".

Big Al, Jrue, Tatum were great. White blocking shots like prime Bill Russell. Brown had a quiet game but still somehow had 24 points on 56% shooting. Tillman was a +12 in 12 minutes, he must be the new Hauser.

[zoyathedestroya]

Dating back to 1983, no one has recorded 35+ pts, 10+ rebs, 8+ asts w/ 0 turnovers in a playoff game. Until today.

[PierceFan4ever]

Gonna have to go with JT with Jrue nearly stealing it from him lol. What JT did in that third quarter sparked that comeback with his play on both ends

[exculpatory]

**** AWESOME!

It was only JT & JB & HORRIBLE D for more than 2 1/2 quarters VS Nembhard & TJ having the BEST games of their mother **** careers & we were DOWN 18 (84-66).
Then phenomenal COMEBACK.
JT MVP level.
Al made 7 **** threes - many of them CLUTCH DOWN THE STRETCH.
Derrick shot horribly, but GREAT D during the comeback. FOUR BLOCKS.
Jrue Flu shot poorly, but his FIRST TEAM ALL D abilities surfaced during money time. FANTASTIC STEAL IN THE FINAL SECONDS!

Kudos to Pacers w/o Hali.
They bring it & play hard for 48.
They easily could be up 2-1 in the series.

CLOSE THESE TRY HARD MOTHER **** OUT ON MONDAY - THEN OFF FOR 10 DAYS waiting for Mavs more likely than Wolves. And Zinger will definitely be back.

PS **** THE CROOKED REFS!

[meatball sub]

game 4 is where we take their souls.

[batabatuta]

5 to go!

[Setshot33]

Bout time they showed a little grit.

BTW, can anyone on this board explain how that wasn't a clear path foul on Jrue? The whole "he tried to make a move to avoid contact" is total horse hockey.

[Smart2Nesmith43]

Celtics 3-0 with a +37.5 net rating (134 offensive, 97 defensive) in the clutch during these playoffs. Is that good ?

[BK_2020]

Bout time they showed a little grit.

BTW, can anyone on this board explain how that wasn't a clear path foul on Jrue? The whole "he tried to make a move to avoid contact" is total horse hockey.

Refs trying their best to make it a series.

[Celts17Pride]

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