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Celts17Pride wrote:
Because he should have called a timeout with 8 seconds left. 2nd game this series with questionable decisions. Out Mazzulling Joe Mazzulla.
Bar Fight wrote:I was completely prepared to meltdown and they somehow pulled it out lol. Jrue and Al were huge. JT smokes it
TheMartian wrote:return2glory wrote:doogie_hauser wrote:Bill Simmons tweeted we have a Sam Hauser problem right now and he is right, but I don't know if not playing in game 4 is the right solution. Hopefully Joe and the coaching staff can work through his current shooting woes from 3 point land.
I was calling for Hauser's bench after game 1. Nothing personal. Love Hauser. But he's confidence is shot. We are trying to win a title. I was calling for Brissett. Brissett was huge in game 2. Joe misused him in game 3 and didn't play him enough.
It's clearly this. Hauser is rattled. That sequence where the ball swung to Al who had an open 3, but decided to make that extra pass to Sam was telling. Sam airballed the shot and ruined a perfectly good sequence.
fallguy wrote:Downside - Sam looks broken.
fallguy wrote:So happy for Al. We are asking SO much of him and he is battling every game on both sides of the ball.
I want a title for him above all.
VeryMuchWoke wrote:fallguy wrote:Downside - Sam looks broken.
He just can't get the separation he's used to when the intensity is ratcheted up for the playoffs. This happens to a lot of shooters when they move from the college to the NBA. Sometimes they can make the adjustment eventually. Maybe Sam will, but he's got 1-2 more games to start showing it or he needs to be on the shelf for the postseason.
On the other hand his spacing is helpful anyways, and he's not getting abused defensively most of the time. I think he can eat up some minutes here and there in some matchups. For the finals our top 6 need to each play big minutes, with the exception of Horford (hopefully, assuming KP is healthy). That just leaves 30 or so minutes for the bench. I'm pretty confident in Pritchard to cover us at guard. I think Tillman is good at C. Hauser/Brisset are the weak point, but at least they are very different and complementary bench pieces.
sam_I_am wrote:Tillman was a team best +12. He really brought something on the defensive end.
VeryMuchWoke wrote:sam_I_am wrote:Tillman was a team best +12. He really brought something on the defensive end.
He's been a defensive beast in switching schemes AND against high quality post players (such as AD). Brad was smart to bring him in. He's been criminally underutilized by Joe. That Kornet injury was huge for us.
Fierce1 wrote:In the postgame interview, JT said Joe told them to stop feeling sorry for themselves when the Pacers had a big lead.
Setshot33 wrote: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.
doogie_hauser wrote:Fierce1 wrote:In the postgame interview, JT said Joe told them to stop feeling sorry for themselves when the Pacers had a big lead.
I thought Joe Mazz was too soft/buddy buddy with the players ? That's that the 'experts' tell me lol
NuckyPowell wrote:Looking forward to Timi's comeback video for this game. Guy's been producing great Celts videos for years.