Celts Come Alive in the Knick of Time! R2G5 Victory Cigar vs NYK 5/14 (NYK leads 3-2)

[Ben-N1ce]

Might have been Jaylens best playoff game ever.

[ThePigeon]

JB and Kornet. White with a puff
Everyone except KP played great
Joe with good game management

We played fast, a lot of movement and passing - this is the way to play
There were 3-4 plays in the 4th to get PP, White and Jrue either a layup or an open shot. Great plays. Where were they all series?

[Shak_Celts]

If my arithmetic is correct:

Celtics hit on exactly 2/3 of their 2-point attempts.
Knicks hit on exactly 1/3 of their 2-point attempts.

You said numbers, correct in my eyes. Maths is not for me.

[Roger Federer]

Great win. JB made all the right plays but unfortunately he is going to be completely waxed and won’t be able to bring this same intensity and heady play in Game 6. Also no way Kornet plays out of his mind again and KP and Horford are useless so I think next game is the end of the road. Still, JB has shown he can make the right plays and be a facilitator so long as he is not turning the ball over.

[itrsteve]

Absolutely incredible.

Thank you JB, I’ll eat a healthy bowl of crow soup any day you do that.

26/8/12 on 2 turnovers. Incredible.

Not enough VC’s to give out tonight, D White was our anchor from the start

Kornet was historic

Joe was smart enough to bench KP in the second half

Bravo; all around.

Let’s get 6 and even this damn thing out.

[jmr07019]

Really nice response from the team in a trying time. Win game 6 and the Knicks will have a ton of pressure on them in game 7.

[ConstableGeneva]

JB continues to prove me right one game and wrong the next one. As a max guy, wish he could play like this more often with or without JT. He gets the VC. Luke for CP. Everyone other than KP deserves their flowers. Just sit KP if he's not right. The next game is gonna be TOUGH. Don't let go of the rope if they hit haymakers early. Just keep fighting!

[Riverwalk2021]

White, JB and Kornet deserve most of the credit. The others contributed except for Softzingis. If we keep him glued to the bench, we have a shot albeit not a great one. You're asking a lot of White to be a volume scorer and expend so much energy on defense. We also can't expect Luke to be this impactful again. It will require some severe choking by the Knicks which isn't totally out of the question.

If we bench KP, I'd say we have 35% chance to win the series. If we play him, 0% chance to win.

[Fencer reregistered]

Great games by Jaylen Brown and Derrick White.

But it's thanks to Kornet that they're Not Dead Yet.

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[Fierce1]

Knicks are so mid.

Jaylen Brown with the flawless performance gets the VC. Kornet edges White out because you just don’t expect that from this dude lol

White, Pritchard and Horford were great though.

We prob emptied out the tank today, but that was super satisfying to watch. Celtic pride for sure.

And no jinxes, right?

[redslastlaugh]

Luke with an alltimer, JB with an alltimer
White and PP coming up big
-2 after the 1st quarter and we win the game by 25

lets be honest, and we all already know, but the game changed for the better when they went away from KP

[ConstableGeneva]

Thibs now has tape on a non-JT Celtics game vs them. They can better prep for game 6. Hope we're also ready. We've been a great road team all season. Time to win one more.

[Fencer reregistered]

Great win. JB made all the right plays but unfortunately he is going to be completely waxed and won’t be able to bring this same intensity and heady play in Game 6. Also no way Kornet plays out of his mind again and KP and Horford are useless so I think next game is the end of the road. Still, JB has shown he can make the right plays and be a facilitator so long as he is not turning the ball over.

That claim about Horford seems inconsistent with the most recent game ...

[redslastlaugh]

Thank you JB, I’ll eat a healthy bowl of crow soup any day you do that.

26/8/12 on 2 turnovers. Incredible.

JB WAS AWESOME TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LETS GO!

[The Corey's]

I see only 13 teams have ever come back down 3-1.

How many of those 13 have come back down 3-1 after going down 2-0 at home?

I'm guessing none.

[Shak_Celts]

Well, I don’t know how we’ll be able to walk next game. Going to need Joe to pull a rabbit out of the bench.

[Jammer]

Wow. Talk about coming alive. JB and Derrick White played like 1rst Team All-NBA. Zinger played like he's got Mono or something. Al Horford played VERY WELL FOR 24 minutes. Kornet was way better than he usually is Against PLAYOFF COMPETITION. Holiday and Pritch had decent games. Queta, Davison and Craig played well despite limited minutes. They would have beaten the Knicks on a good night. Too bad the Knicks shot like sh*t for the 2nd time when the Celtics would have beaten them no matter what.

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)

+28.5 Jaylen Brown 37 minutes
+28 Derrick White 40 minutes

+20 Luke Kornet 26 minutes

+14.5 Jrue Holiday 33 minutes
+13.5 Payton Pritchard 39 minutes
+13 Al Horford 24 minutes

+5 Neemias Queta 3 minutes
+4 Sam Hauser 15 minutes
+3.5 JD Davison 3 minutes
+2.5 Torrey Craig 4 minutes

-1 Jordan Walsh 3 minutes
-1.5 Baylor Scheierman 3 minutes
-1.5 Kristaps Porzingis 12 minutes

Team Total = 128.5

[Celts17Pride]

Celtics should keep Brown, Tatum, White, Big Al and Kornet. Use Holiday, Porzingis, Hauser, draft picks and whatever and go get Kevin Durant. Keep this thing going! Durant a great bridge until we can get JT back.

[exculpatory]

Except for KP, BRILLIANT TEAM WIN IN AN ELIMINATION GAME.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.

JB BRILLIANT - HIS BEST GAME OF THE YEAR WHEN IT MATTERED. HATS OFF! Just missed trip dub. PLAYED SMART TO HIS STRENGTHS!
DERRICK BRILLIANT & shot the lights out & 3 blocks.
Luke just missed trip dub with BLOCKS! He lit a torch in Q3!

Jru, Pritch, Sam, Al were EXCELLENT.

Great D.

The Knicks **** suck.
Series should be done NOW!
WE GAVE AWAY 2 games.

Even without JT, BRING US A GAME 7 ON MONDAY, PLEASE!
Our Garden will be **** white **** hot!
Beat these mother **** in MSG on Friday - **** THEIR CELEBRITY DOUCHE BAGS!

[Riverwalk2021]

Thibs now has tape on a non-JT Celtics game vs them. They can better prep for game 6. Hope we're also ready. We've been a great road team all season. Time to win one more.

Our adjustments should make sure Joe is properly medicated, not play Softzingis, and we will at least be competitive. The Knicks will play tight.