Game Thread – Celtics @ Rockets – 8:00PM, Fri, Jan. 3, 2025

[Parliament10]

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Regular Season, Victory Count, 2024-25
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Victory Cigar

(12) Jayson Tatum
(8) Payton Pritchard
(4) Jaylen Brown
(1) Stay Ready Group


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(5) Jaylen Brown
(4) Jayson Tatum
(4) Derrick White
(3) Kristaps Porziņģis
(3) Payton Pritchard
(2) Luke Kornet
(2) Team/Coaches
(1) Al Horford
(1) Jrue Holiday

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[ThePigeon]

Please play defense to keep the win streak alive
Hope JB is back
Al will sit on 2nd night of back to back
Play Queta and Walsh and give me some Tillman

[phincsfan]

Would be great to reward Neems with a start against Sengun

[The_Ghost_of_JB]

I think KP and JB play. Hopefully I am correct. Kinda of need to win this game because will be tough to beat OKC on Sunday.

[playa-hater]

Houston/IME has done a good job overall. Segun really is so good. Very Herky Jerky and hard to figure out. But I also am not surprised IME has stuck with a veteran like FVV. Actually, think Houston would be better if they lessened his PT. FVV is shooting a horrible split of 37 and 32 all while NOT being one of the better defenders that has made Houston a good team.

Whatever. Boston needs to win, no excuses. I would be shocked if JB doesn't play. KP, I have no idea.

[Lee Van Cleef]

There is less than 24 hours between the end of the Wolves game and the start of this game. The flight itself is 3.5 hours!
B2Bs, if unavoidable, should be limited to home teams. You play the game, go home and sleep, come back the following day and play again. This is hard, but at least doable.

82 games is unnecessarily too many. 72 would do. 3 games with the conference, 2 games with the other conference teams.

[ConstableGeneva]

HOU is out their two best defenders Eason and Thompson. We catch a break there. But HOU is still a much better defensive team than MIN. I don't know who, but someone needs to be physical against Sengun without fouling. None of Q/K/KP fits that bill.

[ConstableGeneva]

Brown and Porzingis still listed as QUESTIONABLE, likely GTD. Horford expectedly OUT.

[Lee Van Cleef]

HOU is out their two best defenders Eason and Thompson. We catch a break there. But HOU is still a much better defensive team than MIN. I don't know who, but someone needs to be physical against Sengun without fouling. None of Q/K/KP fits that bill.

Sengun is poor man's Jokic. We shouldn't let him play as he wishes, we should bother him somehow. We will barely score 100 against this defense, in a B2B game. If he has a 25-10-10 like game, we'll lose.

[Parliament10]

There is less than 24 hours between the end of the Wolves game and the start of this game. The flight itself is 3.5 hours!
B2Bs, if unavoidable, should be limited to home teams. You play the game, go home and sleep, come back the following day and play again. This is hard, but at least doable.

82 games is unnecessarily too many. 72 would do. 3 games with the conference, 2 games with the other conference teams.

It's been awhile, but we should go back to 72 Games, while also eliminating Back-to-Backs.

[redslastlaugh]

With tonight a second of a B2B and Brown and Porzingis questionable plus Horford out, I’d think Scheierman and Peterson are joining the team to suit up tonight in H-Town. No way a G league game takes precedence over an NBA game, right ?

[ConstableGeneva]

These are just stats. I'm not implying anything (or maybe I am?).

w/ KP: 55-20 (73.33%)
w/o KP: 50-10 (83.33%)

This season:

w/ KP: +3.5
w/o KP: +13.3

Celtics without either Horford and Porzingis: +14.7. Likely mostly against bench units but still kinda amazing.

[ConstableGeneva]

With tonight a second of a B2B and Brown and Porzingis questionable plus Horford out, I’d think Scheierman and Peterson are joining the team to suit up tonight in H-Town. No way a G league game takes precedence over an NBA game, right ?

Peterson's with the team. Scheierman is not.

Even with JB, Porzingis, and Horford out, Cs have enough. Joe rolls with short rotations anyway.

White | Holiday | Hauser | Tatum | Kornet*
Pritchard | Walsh | Peterson | Queta

Still have Tillman and Springer if needed.
*Wanna see Q start too but Joe might prefer keeping Q's energy and hustle off bench.

[ThePigeon]

With tonight a second of a B2B and Brown and Porzingis questionable plus Horford out, I’d think Scheierman and Peterson are joining the team to suit up tonight in H-Town. No way a G league game takes precedence over an NBA game, right ?

Peterson's with the team. Scheierman is not.

Even with JB, Porzingis, and Horford out, Cs have enough. Joe rolls with short rotations anyway.

White | Holiday | Hauser | Tatum | Kornet*
Pritchard | Walsh | Peterson | Queta

Still have Tillman and Springer if needed.
*Wanna see Q start too but Joe might prefer keeping Q's energy and hustle off bench.

Thanks!
I want to see some Tillman today. And extended minutes for Walsh
Let's go

[bfchs123]

Very curious to see this Houston team, haven't really gotten to watch them. Ime is a very good coach and seems to have them playing exceptional defense (which is crazy for such a young team).

Offensively I don't really see it with them. Segun is good but is limited in that he doesn't shoot threes - rest of team is very inefficient shooting (bottom five in FG% and 3P% I believe). I think they'll have trouble keeping up with our scoring if we play even average

[ConstableGeneva]

No Jabari Smith either for the Rockets. Fractured his hand during shootaround. Injuries suck.

[bisme37]

I imagine this means he's not playing tonight

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[Fierce1]

Seriously, you break your hand in shootaround?

[ConstableGeneva]

Jaylen Brown OUT, Kristaps Porzingis IN.

I'm just glad Tillman is a content, happy man. Must be tough rotting on the bench after playing so much in Memphis. But at least he'll be a multiple NBA champion soon.

[ConstableGeneva]

After 34 games last season (27-7): 2nd offense, 2nd defense, +11.5 net rating
After 34 games this season (25-9): 3rd offense, 9th defense, +11.3 net rating

Can't stop, won't stop harping on it but until we do... get better on defense, you guys!