Celtics Defeat Mavs, Win Banner 19! Victory Cigar vs DAL 1/25

Post #1 » by **bisme37** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:10 am

Hey cool you guys we smacked the Mavs and won the big Finals rematch this is amazing!

Celtics started slow in the 1st, and then had to hold off a Mavs run in the 4th, but they dominated the middle quarters and played a good game on both ends overall. Derrick killed it, Jays were cooking, KP a beast, Jrue not washed, bench was good too, Dinwiddie got mad, and the Celts rolled to a win. 33 assists and only 5 turnovers hooray!

Meanwhile Luka was invisible out there. Zero points smh.

Rockets Monday, Go C's!

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Post #2 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:11 am

Convincing win. It doesn't make up for the violently crappy performances of late but still a good start.

Bar Fight · Post #3 » by **Bar Fight** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:11 am

Not moved. String some wins together for once

Fierce1 · Post #4 » by **Fierce1** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:11 am

White VC

Jrue CP

Both those guys hit big shots that put the game away in the 3rd.

Post #5 » by **bisme37** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:12 am

This same depleted Mavs team somehow beat OKC twice in the last 2 weeks. So good win imo.

Fierce1 · Post #6 » by **Fierce1** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:13 am

Houston, Chicago, Orleans the next 3 games.

Cs can still make this an 11-5 January.

redslastlaugh · Post #7 » by **redslastlaugh** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:14 am

KP with 5 assists, Kornet with 5 assists. Nice. Ten Assists: One Turnover out of the center spot.

Bounce back game for White, Finally!

Team looks ready to get back,home, but 3-1 trip, I’ll take it!

Fierce1 · Post #8 » by **Fierce1** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:25 am

Saw it on the broadcast, this is the 1st time all Celtic starters scored 15 points or more.

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #9 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:28 am

Celtics beat Mavs bench after getting nuked by the Hated Lakers.
Should we actually care at all?

reload141 · Post #10 » by **reload141** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:31 am

3-1 on the road trip, happy with that.

Post #11 » by **Froob** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:31 am

Great win

Fierce1 · Post #12 » by **Fierce1** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:32 am

bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:Celtics beat Mavs bench after getting nuked by the Hated Lakers.
Should we actually care at all?

We should.

Every win is gold right now.

You don't want to be the guy that didn't care about the Celtics when they're struggling and suddenly a guy who cares about the Celtics when the Celtics are winning again in the playoffs.

That feels like bandwagon-ish.

Jammer · Post #13 » by **Jammer** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:36 am

Whew. Ugly game at the start, thanks to a slow Celtic start. No one played great, but 7 players played very well (White, Brown, Holiday, Zinger, Pritch, Kornet & Hauser). Tatum did not have a good game For a 1rst Team All-Star, but even at 60%, Tatum helped. Looking back at some of the losses and overplaying, I wish the Celtics had signed Lonnie Walker.
Walsh should simply be waived, damn the lux taxes...

An Alternative Perspective:

Pts. + Rebounds + (0.5 x Assists) + Steals + (0.5 x Blocks) - Missed Field Goals - (0.5 x Missed Free Throws) - Turnovers - (0.5 x Fouls)

+18.5 Derrick White 36 minutes
+18 Jaylen Brown 31 minutes
+17 Jrue Holiday 30 minutes
+16.5 Kristaps Porzingis 28 minutes
+15 Payton Pritchard 26 minutes

+13 Jayson Tatum 35 minutes
+11.5 Luke Kornet 17 minutes
+5.5 Sam Hauser 14 minutes

+3.5 Al Horford 19 minutes
+1 Jaden Springer 1 minute
-2 Jordan Walsh 1 minute

Team Total = 117.5

ThePigeon · Post #14 » by **ThePigeon** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:37 am

Jrue VC White CP
Kornet gets a puff

itrsteve · Post #15 » by **itrsteve** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:43 am

Very happy with that one. Very balanced, took care of the ball, great job on the boards.

Looked like a game that had effort

Curmudgeon · Post #16 » by **Curmudgeon** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:46 am

The excellent defense won the game, particularly in the second quarter. That's what I like to see.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #17 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:48 am

Jrue and White are key I guess. The two were fantastic today.

Closest they have looked to being the team that won banner 18. Glad to see they still have it in them. Let’s get a little win streak going here.

Post #18 » by **Shak_Celts** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 1:53 am

I would never give up a win, but I’d trade this for the lakers loss. We already keep our foot on Dallas’ throat, I never want to lose to the lakers!

Great job all around! Hopefully this road trip is the start of something wonderful!

Parasite · Post #19 » by **Parasite** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 2:08 am

Shak_Celts wrote:I would never give up a win, but I’d trade this for the lakers loss. We already keep our foot on Dallas’ throat, I never want to lose to the lakers!

Great job all around! Hopefully this road trip is the start of something wonderful!

Yep, the Lakers are easily my most hated franchise in professional sports.

I voted White for the VC. He had a great second half. We need this White more often.

bfchs123 · Post #20 » by **bfchs123** » Sun Jan 26, 2025 2:18 am

I can’t explain it but even though we went 3-1, it feels like we went 1-3 :lol:

I guess expectations are just so high. Hopefully can start to piece together some wins and importantly go backt to dismantling bad teams like we used to.

Who smokes the big cigar?