Celts Fall Short In Rumble With The Thunder! Loss vs OKC 3/12

Post #21 » by **Shak_Celts** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:23 am

The sky is falling. I mean it already fell IRL and I don’t want to see losses to add onto the real hell!! WIN EVERYTHING FROM HERE!!!

Jb couldn’t shoot a possum that he’s standing next to. Looked meh from go. Stink night. Can’t have those if you’re JB.

JT did his thing. Loved him driving more, but it was their D, take what you can get. He stuck with Sga, but they’ll pretend it was all SGA.

White and Al gave us all we could hope for in the first half, splash bros. The only 2 to show life outside of Tatum.

Jrue played. Need him to get right.

Pritch had good D moments against Shai, need his offense more.

Hauser played. Didn’t notice him much really.

Korny had a rough matchup, he doesn’t guard out to 3. Then hartenstein ate him up too.

Need more from JB and the bench. Still only lost by 6.

fallguy · Post #22 » by **fallguy** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:35 am

Our simplistic offense is just not built to contend with a defense like OKC. Really hope they don't make the finals because they'd be the favorite, and rightly so.

GrandTheftRondo · Post #23 » by **GrandTheftRondo** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:36 am

Bar Fight wrote:
redslastlaugh wrote:In this matchup, esp without KP feels like we’re missing a playable wing
OKC seems much younger, quicker, more athletic
And the whistle they got, they shot 35FTA to our 12 FTs
Would’ve liked Queta minutes, and players shooting at the hoop rather than kicking out to 3pt line 3-5x a game

We shot 60 threes lol. We're not going to get to the FT line unless they're horribly undisciplined on the perimeter

They shot numerous threes because of drives that were stopped by OKC hacking the **** out of them.

Lost count of the number of times Tatum got trucked by Dort for no calls. Same with Brown.

Porzingis would be key in this matchup.

Horford was good tonight but Chet had a huge impact.

GrandTheftRondo · Post #24 » by **GrandTheftRondo** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:36 am

Curmudgeon wrote:
Parasite wrote:I don’t wanna see these guys in the Finals

You won't, because they'll face Cleveland in the finals.

lol Cleveland ain’t winning ****

GrandTheftRondo · Post #25 » by **GrandTheftRondo** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:38 am

Anyway, I thought the ball moved really well early but then we sort of let them dictate our offence too much afterwards.

The way to beat this team will be by moving the ball heaps and spreading them out combined with some Porzingis post ups.

Also despite the good ball movement early we gave up a number of layups. Jrue in particular needs to remember he’s strong as and can finish inside over bigs. Sick of him giving up layups.

return2glory · Post #26 » by **return2glory** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:51 am

First game I turned off all season. Half way thru the 3rd, I couldn't watch this soft team anymore.

3 point shot after 3 point shot. OKC has the better record for a reason, they are the better team. They play hard, we play soft. They have a balanced attack, we have coach Joe telling everyone to shot more 3s.

Boston has zero chance of winning a title this season with the way Jrue has played all season. He was great last year, this season he is an average player at best. Play season, he was one of the best 3 point shooters in the league, he played great defense and rebounding the ball really well, this season he has not done any of those 3 things.

Red2 · Post #27 » by **Red2** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:52 am

We gotta value the ball more and in a game like this we have to attack the paint and get to the line. Way too soft on both ends.

return2glory · Post #28 » by **return2glory** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:52 am

Thunder vs Cavs should be an interesting Finals match up.

return2glory · Post #29 » by **return2glory** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:55 am

The Corey's wrote:I took the names of all you who declared the Celtics done. Pathetic.

Celtics in 5.

Boston has zero chance of repeating if Jrue continues to play like crap. He was one of the keys to a chip last season. This season, the guy can't shot, defend or rebound. All 3 things he was great at last season.

GrandTheftRondo · Post #30 » by **GrandTheftRondo** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:57 am

return2glory wrote:First game I turned off all season. Half way thru the 3rd, I couldn't watch this soft team anymore.

3 point shot after 3 point shot. OKC has the better record for a reason, they are the better team. They play hard, we play soft. They have a balanced attack, we have coach Joe telling everyone to shot more 3s.

Boston has zero chance of winning a title this season with the way Jrue has played all season. He was great last year, this season he is an average player at best. Play season, he was one of the best 3 point shooters in the league, he played great defense and rebounding the ball really well, this season he has not done any of those 3 things.

Zero chance at winning the title. Lol

Post #31 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:57 am

return2glory wrote:Thunder vs Cavs should be an interesting Finals match up.

Assuming they ever get to play each other in the playoffs.

titlebound1 · Post #32 » by **titlebound1** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:58 am

We win the game pretty easily if Brown plays even slightly below his average.

return2glory · Post #33 » by **return2glory** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:59 am

GrandTheftRondo wrote:
return2glory wrote:First game I turned off all season. Half way thru the 3rd, I couldn't watch this soft team anymore.

3 point shot after 3 point shot. OKC has the better record for a reason, they are the better team. They play hard, we play soft. They have a balanced attack, we have coach Joe telling everyone to shot more 3s.

Boston has zero chance of winning a title this season with the way Jrue has played all season. He was great last year, this season he is an average player at best. Play season, he was one of the best 3 point shooters in the league, he played great defense and rebounding the ball really well, this season he has not done any of those 3 things.

Zero chance at winning the title. Lol

Yup, if Jrue keeps playing like this, zero. White and Jrue are the keys to this team.

GrandTheftRondo · Post #34 » by **GrandTheftRondo** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:01 am

return2glory wrote:
GrandTheftRondo wrote:
return2glory wrote:First game I turned off all season. Half way thru the 3rd, I couldn't watch this soft team anymore.

3 point shot after 3 point shot. OKC has the better record for a reason, they are the better team. They play hard, we play soft. They have a balanced attack, we have coach Joe telling everyone to shot more 3s.

Boston has zero chance of winning a title this season with the way Jrue has played all season. He was great last year, this season he is an average player at best. Play season, he was one of the best 3 point shooters in the league, he played great defense and rebounding the ball really well, this season he has not done any of those 3 things.

Zero chance at winning the title. Lol

Yup, if Jrue keeps playing like this, zero. White and Jrue are the keys to this team.

Agree Jrue has been bad but feel like hes shown he has a level to raise when needed.

I don’t understand why they’re playing him at the moment. Looks like that finger injury is still a problem.

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #35 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:02 am

Oklahoma City is such a well balanced team. Shoot almost 48 percent from the field. They have 3,498 attempts from the inside the paint and have attempted only 2,539 3 point attempts. Nice when you have a dominant inside game.

TheMartian · Post #36 » by **TheMartian** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:03 am

fallguy wrote:Our simplistic offense is just not built to contend with a defense like OKC. Really hope they don't make the finals because they'd be the favorite, and rightly so.

Celtics are easy to figure out. Defend the 3, and you're golden.

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #37 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:05 am

return2glory wrote:First game I turned off all season. Half way thru the 3rd, I couldn't watch this soft team anymore.

3 point shot after 3 point shot. OKC has the better record for a reason, they are the better team. They play hard, we play soft. They have a balanced attack, we have coach Joe telling everyone to shot more 3s.

Boston has zero chance of winning a title this season with the way Jrue has played all season. He was great last year, this season he is an average player at best. Play season, he was one of the best 3 point shooters in the league, he played great defense and rebounding the ball really well, this season he has not done any of those 3 things.

It’s not just jrue. This team just hasn’t showned you that consistently. To be honest i worry about an upset come the playoffs . I am already sick of porzingis as well. This guy’s never available for these big games .8 don’t know if it would have matter though. He likely takes a bunch of 3s as well.

GrandTheftRondo · Post #38 » by **GrandTheftRondo** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:06 am

titlebound1 wrote:We win the game pretty easily if Brown plays even slightly below his average.

The thing that worries me about Brown vs OKC is that OKC play very physical defence.

His whole career he’s struggled with this sort of d because his handle and decision making are weaknesses.

In a 7 game series vs them I seriously worry

The Corey's · Post #39 » by **The Corey's** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:08 am

return2glory wrote:
The Corey's wrote:I took the names of all you who declared the Celtics done. Pathetic.

Celtics in 5.

Boston has zero chance of repeating if Jrue continues to play like crap. He was one of the keys to a chip last season. This season, the guy can't shot, defend or rebound. All 3 things he was great at last season.

Jrue is a playoff player. I'm not worried even a little bit.

Can Joe coach us out of a series? Absolutely.

OKC isn't gonna get 20 plus more free throws then us every game. Celtics in 5.

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #40 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Thu Mar 13, 2025 3:12 am

TheMartian wrote:
fallguy wrote:Our simplistic offense is just not built to contend with a defense like OKC. Really hope they don't make the finals because they'd be the favorite, and rightly so.

Celtics are easy to figure out. Defend the 3, and you're golden.

Last year the Celtics took close to 4000 attempts from 2s. This year they haven’t even reached 3000 by a wide margin. Just horrible shot selection by thr Celtics and they’re pretty one dimensional when that happens.