Knicks Transfixed As Celts Stop Shooting Bricks! R2G3 Victory Cigar vs NYK 5/10 (NYK leads 2-1)

[Curmudgeon]

I was waiting for another collapse but it never came.

[1st banana]

Whole team and whole arena whined the whole game good christ.

Good floor game from the team but no one aside from Pritchard and Al stood out particularly. White was good offensively.

Pressure switches back to the Knicks slightly. Mondays game should be great Celtics I think will lock in finally.

Tatum and brown to some extent have to flex their superstar muscles. Neither have played a good offensive game yet.

[London2Boston]

Back on track. Good thing is despite the hot 3 point shooting, there were still many aspects to improve on. Let’s get game 4.

[playa-hater]

The one thing I can now say for certain that PP should have erased All doubts whether he can be an n b a starting point guard
If he can step up so much in a big game like this, the Regular season is nothing.

As for hunting him with any consistent success, I feel that narrative is dead.

[meatball sub]

series should've been over on monday unfortunately but hopefully they've officially righted the ship & wont blow any big leads they get again

[Memokerobi]

Took 40 3s out of their 83 shot attempts. This team will never change its stripes. They made 20 so it helps but they literally die from the 3. They might be the only team in the playoffs that relies on this.

I disagree. Orlando took the perimeter away so we scored a lot from the inside. NY is trying to take the paint away so we find ourselves open in the perimeter. They let the missed shots from G1 to get in their heads and made bad decisions in G2.

We never took 40 3s in any of the Orlando games so they’re just taking whats there. If they are leaving us wide open from 3, we should take and make those shots

[Parliament10]

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[PierceFan4ever]

Even though Richard Jefferson is ass at least it was so much better than Reggie and Kevin Harlan going nuts at every basket the Knicks scored the last 2 games.

[Jammer]

I wouldn't get too excited. The Celtics played extremely well on a night that the Knicks would lose 9 out of 10 times. Having a great performance when the other team blows is not the best omen from an odds perspective. The Celts are good enough to win this in six, but they have to focus, and not be close minded taking bad shots on nights when they're off when they have teammates who are playing well. That strategy caused them to lose Game 2, an almost impossible Game to lose despite playing well below their best. If the Celts lose this series, you can blame their Head Coach, and what's between their ears, because they certainly have the physical and basketball skills OTHER THAN IQ to win.

The Celtics had an uncharacteristically balanced game from their Top 4 or 5 players (tonight). And I don't know how long they can survive like this without Zinger having a bigger impact. They win a lot without him, but eventually when not everyone is clicking Zinger's typical +20 or so game will be essential to winning.

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)

+22.5 Al Horford 35 minutes

+19.5 Payton Pritchard 35 minutes
+19.5 Jayson Tatum 40 minutes
+18.5 Derrick White 34 minutes

+14 Jaylen Brown 36 minutes

+7.5 Jrue Holiday 25 minutes
+6.5 Luke Kornet 10 minutes
+5.5 Kristaps Porzingis 19 minutes

0 Torrey Craig 2 minutes
0 Neemias Queta 2 minutes
0 Baylor Scheierman 2 minutes
0 Jordan Walsh 2 minutes

Team Total = 113.5

[Memokerobi]

The mighty OKC also trails 2-1 in their series so we’re in the exact same spot

[brackdan70]

JT with a better stat line than Shai last game and he still gets criticised. Should be more aware of shot selection, not rush them and do not take end of shot clock contested 3s and we are good
His penetration and gravity counted for 7 assists. I'll take it

Yeah it was a solid game really.

[brackdan70]

JT with a better stat line than Shai last game and he still gets criticised. Should be more aware of shot selection, not rush them and do not take end of shot clock contested 3s and we are good
His penetration and gravity counted for 7 assists. I'll take it

Yeah it was a solid game really.

[phincsfan]

The way NY played with zero urgency maybe Thibs told the team “we’ll probably lose by 30 today, but I doubt they can do that for 3 more games. Together on 3. 1,2,3 Together!”.

[djFan71]

I went JB for just the energy / attitude to start and sustain. Pritchard was great. Al always is.

JT getting LOTS of attention from really good defenders. I really like when they run pnr with him and involve KAT. Tough night finishing at the rim, but he had some good drives.

[Red2]

The calls Brunson gets are ridiculous

[31to6]

Good win today, professionally took care of business.

Voted TEAM and Al. I freaking love Al Horford

Now do it again on Monday or we riot!

[Celts17Pride]

Just finished watching the game. The number one thing that I saw was the Celtics were playing fast and did not walk the ball up practically the whole game. Recipe for success!

Celtics defense was outstanding!

[FlatearthZorro]

The mighty OKC also trails 2-1 in their series so we’re in the exact same spot

well, same for Cavs... difference is, NYK don't have Jokic

[Tyakack]

I feel like before the series started, I thought at worst the series would be tied after 4 games. Need 1 more win just to get to what I thought was our floor after 4 games.

[Ben-N1ce]

Not going to complain about a win. All for nothing if they don't tie it up.