Regular Season Finale – Hornets @ Celtics – Sun. 1:00PM, April 13, 2025

Post #1 » by **Parliament10** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:06 pm

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Next Stop???

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Previously, With The BOSTON CELTICS . . .

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Regular Season, Victory Count, 2024-25
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Victory Cigar

(26) Jayson Tatum
(8) Payton Pritchard
(6) Derrick White
(6) Kristaps Porziņģis
(5) Jaylen Brown
(2) Luke Kornet
(1) Stay Ready Group
(1) Jaden Springer
(1) Sam Hauser
(1) Jrue Holiday
(1) Baylor Scheierman
(1) Al Horford
(1) Team/Coaches

(11) Jaylen Brown
(11) Jayson Tatum
(7) Payton Pritchard
(6) Kristaps Porziņģis
(6) Derrick White
(4) Al Horford
(4) Stay Ready Group/Team/Coaches
(4) Luke Kornet
(3) Jrue Holiday
(2) Baylor Scheierman
(2) Sam Hauser

Ties go to the Team. – Cut-off Time, is when the next Game Thread is made.
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ConstableGeneva · Post #2 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:13 pm

Last two B2B 60-win seasons of the Celtics:
• 2007-2009: 28,080 minutes played by top 6 players; 128-36 W-L; 1 title & 1 ECSF loss
• 2023-2025*: 26,341 minutes played by top 6 players; 124-40 W-L; 1 title & TBD

*assuming our top 6 players rest for final game but still win

Celtics likely to end up with the 4th best season in franchise history, based on SRS. Only the 2024, 2008, and 1986 championship seasons were better. The other three seasons below it -- 1962, 1960, 1965 -- also won the title.

This will also be the 3rd best offensive season in franchise history, based on relative offensive rating behind 2024 and 1988.

C's likely ending up as one of only two teams in the top 5 of both offense and defense. OKC, being the other team. That means all of Joe's Celtics teams would be in the top 5 of both offense and defense.

I'm sure Sean Grande and Dick Lipe has everything else relevant covered.

ConstableGeneva · Post #3 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:25 pm

After all the handwringing about the Celtics bench, I believe the Celtics have not just one but two of the best backup bigs in the league, the 6th Man of the Year, and one of the greatest volume bench shooters this game has seen. Not even gonna mention how Baylor Scheierman has started to pick up his game the past several weeks and how Torrey Craig has fit seamlessly with the team on both ends.

With one game remaining, the Celtics bench is the best shooting bench in the league (per true shooting %, the only one with 60%+ TS%) and have the 2nd best net rating behind OKC. Also top 6 in following categories -- rebounding % (2nd), defensive rating (6th), assist:turnover (5th), turnover rate (4th), etc.

ConstableGeneva · Post #4 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:26 pm

Before I forget, thank you Parl and bisme for contunuing to churn out these threads. I have nowhere else to go.

playa-hater · Post #5 » by **playa-hater** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 2:48 pm

Wait.. we play the Hornets again??

Stats stats stats and Fun Fun fun.

And YES thank you Parl... you are steady as a Rock.

Bisme on the other hand is 1 can short of a Six-pack

kidding I think

cloverleaf · Post #6 » by **cloverleaf** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 3:12 pm

I want PP to sit and BS to start. Please.

playa-hater · Post #7 » by **playa-hater** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 3:30 pm

cloverleaf wrote:I want PP to sit and BS to start. Please.

Do you mean PP not play at all? Meanwhile I am all in on keeping PP as a 6th man and letting Rico start.. even at PG .

A lineup of Kornet Hauser TC (only starter I want playing) in White and Rico. Throw in PP Queta and Peterson as the first 8.

ConstableGeneva · Post #8 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 4:11 pm

playa-hater wrote:
cloverleaf wrote:I want PP to sit and BS to start. Please.

Do you mean PP not play at all? Meanwhile I am all in on keeping PP as a 6th man and letting Rico start.. even at PG .

A lineup of Kornet Hauser TC (only starter I want playing) in White and Rico. Throw in PP Queta and Peterson as the first 8.

Agree with all of this. Might need White to not have a duplicate of the game in Orlando. I still want us to be competitive and try to win. Those 8 + whoever else you want to throw in as 9th man would be good enough to beat the Hospital Hornets.

Post #9 » by **bisme37** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 4:24 pm

playa-hater wrote:Wait.. we play the Hornets again??

Stats stats stats and Fun Fun fun.

And YES thank you Parl... you are steady as a Rock.

Bisme on the other hand is 1 can short of a Six-pack kidding I think

My vertebrae are actually held together with screws, and last night I was stretching my neck and something felt weird for a second. I'm fine but it occurred to me I may literally have a screw loose haha.

playa-hater · Post #10 » by **playa-hater** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 4:33 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
playa-hater wrote:
cloverleaf wrote:I want PP to sit and BS to start. Please.

Do you mean PP not play at all? Meanwhile I am all in on keeping PP as a 6th man and letting Rico start.. even at PG .

A lineup of Kornet Hauser TC (only starter I want playing) in White and Rico. Throw in PP Queta and Peterson as the first 8.

Agree with all of this. Might need White to not have a duplicate of the game in Orlando. I still want us to be competitive and try to win. Those 8 + whoever else you want to throw in as 9th man would be good enough to beat the Hospital Hornets.

I think it's also only fair since white and PP have a chance to increase their all time 3s for the season.

Jellybeans · Post #11 » by **Jellybeans** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 5:42 pm

Prob none of top6 guys wont play.
They better not be playing :lol:

cloverleaf · Post #12 » by **cloverleaf** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:08 pm

playa-hater wrote:
cloverleaf wrote:I want PP to sit and BS to start. Please.

Do you mean PP not play at all? Meanwhile I am all in on keeping PP as a 6th man and letting Rico start.. even at PG .

A lineup of Kornet Hauser TC (only starter I want playing) in White and Rico. Throw in PP Queta and Peterson as the first 8.

Yeah, that'd be okay with me. I just don't want to see the PP show at Rico's expense. Rico with some starters would be ideal.

neno · Post #13 » by **neno** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:45 pm

New career highs for JD perhaps?

Jellybeans · Post #14 » by **Jellybeans** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:13 pm

As expected top6 out

Post #15 » by **Parliament10** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:20 pm

Jellybeans wrote:As expected top6 out

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ConstableGeneva · Post #16 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:43 pm

Parliament10 wrote:
Jellybeans wrote:As expected top6 out

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lon3lytoaster · Post #17 » by **lon3lytoaster** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:56 pm

Get Rico his 40 piece by all means necessary

ConstableGeneva · Post #18 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:01 pm

So no NBA today huh?

lon3lytoaster · Post #19 » by **lon3lytoaster** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:04 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:So no NBA today huh?

NO and between the snow and rain, not having the Celtics mollywop someone is really doing disastrous things to my mental health.

Post #20 » by **Parliament10** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:06 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:So no NBA today huh?

Nope.
I think all 30 Teams play tomorrow. Ending All on the same day.