Game Thread – Cavaliers @ Celtics – 7:00PM, Wed, Oct. 29, 2025

[GoCeltics123]

I never thought Sam Merrill being out would matter but he's their third leading scorer somehow.

Cavs have surprisingly little shooting

[playa-hater]

Can we finally see a Hugo and Minott pairing?? and I am not talking about a minute. Wait.. Is it Minott's turn to sit out while Hugo plays?

Still pizzed about Hugo getting a DNP after a promising start game before.

[Curmudgeon]

Can we finally see a Hugo and Minott pairing?? and I am not talking about a minute. Wait.. Is it Minott's turn to sit out while Hugo plays?

Still pizzed about Hugo getting a DNP after a promising start game before.

It puzzles me also, unless they are showcasing Scheierman for a possible trade.

[SuperDeluxe]

If we lose by 20 I'll consider this a win.

[tfribs45]

Can we finally see a Hugo and Minott pairing?? and I am not talking about a minute. Wait.. Is it Minott's turn to sit out while Hugo plays?

Still pizzed about Hugo getting a DNP after a promising start game before.

Hugo's effort was legit and he def has promise, but he didn't add much of anything offensively.... I'd add Simons to the starting lineup and place PP back on the sixth man role. In 18 minutes Hugo had a -7 +- and 0 points vs the pistons. Lets pump the breaks a bit here lol

[tfribs45]

huge test vs one of the top teams in the East.... Better rebound the ball well and hit 40% from 3's tonight!

[bisme37]

The Celtics have the best half-court defense in the NBA, allowing a mere 83 points per 100 possessions, per Cleaning the Glass data. The trouble comes with all those offensive rebounds they’ve allowed while not finishing possessions.

The Celtics are allowing 30 points per 100 missed field goals, which ranks 28th in the NBA. For context, the Celtics allowed a mere 18.3 points per 100 missed field goals last season, the second-best mark in the league.

The Celtics actually leapfrogged the Pelicans after Monday night and now rank 29th in defensive rebound percentage. They still have a long way to go to solve their issues on the glass, but the team has all the potential to be a top-five defense if it can shore up that defensive rebounding.

Even with all the extra possessions, the Celtics rank tied for ninth in the NBA with a defensive rating of 111.7.

Even while battling through a hamstring injury to start the season, Jaylen Brown is bringing the effort on both sides of the basketball.

Brown is limiting opponents to 32 percent shooting while defending 12.5 shot attempts per game, the third-best mark in the league among all players defending at least 10+ shots, per NBA defensive tracking data.

Brown is holding opponents to 10.5 percent below expected output on those shots.

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/trend-spotting-four-early-season-115310179.html

[redslastlaugh]

Last season, we played Queta in this matchup and Donovan Mitchell forced multiple switches, got Neemi one-on-one and ate Queta's lunch

Big Test for Neemias Queta tonight!!!

[playa-hater]

Can we finally see a Hugo and Minott pairing?? and I am not talking about a minute. Wait.. Is it Minott's turn to sit out while Hugo plays?

Still pizzed about Hugo getting a DNP after a promising start game before.

Hugo's effort was legit and he def has promise, but he didn't add much of anything offensively.... I'd add Simons to the starting lineup and place PP back on the sixth man role. In 18 minutes Hugo had a -7 +- and 0 points vs the pistons. Lets pump the breaks a bit here lol

So +/- is that important? Then Queta is our best player LOl. Besides never said Hugo should keep starting. When is the last time a player started then next game go to a DNP while 13? other players played??

This is one battle you aint winning

[Hal14]

Can we finally see a Hugo and Minott pairing?? and I am not talking about a minute. Wait.. Is it Minott's turn to sit out while Hugo plays?

Still pizzed about Hugo getting a DNP after a promising start game before.

Hugo's effort was legit and he def has promise, but he didn't add much of anything offensively.... I'd add Simons to the starting lineup and place PP back on the sixth man role. In 18 minutes Hugo had a -7 +- and 0 points vs the pistons. Lets pump the breaks a bit here lol

So +/- is that important? Then Queta is our best player LOl. Besides never said Hugo should keep starting. When is the last time a player started then next game go to a DNP while 13? other players played??

This is one battle you aint winning

Happens fairly often when team is playing games on back to back nights.

Think of all those back to backs where KP, Al, Jrue, etc. sit out 1 of the games in the back to back and start the other game.

Sure, Hugo is only 19 so doesn't need as much rest as those other guys but he's also not nearly as good as them so makes more sense why he (even at age 19) might sit the other game in the back to back out.

It's also probably just Joe experimenting and tinkering with rotations a lot early in the season with a team that had a ton of roster turnover during the offseason..rotations will likely stabilize as the season goes on once Joe has more of a feel for what guys can do, how good different players are, which players play better/worse with other, what lineup combinations work better/worse, etc.

He doesn't have that data yet this early in the season so I wouldn't read too deeply into who plays, when they play, etc.

[playa-hater]

Noooooooo

Just found out my kid has practice from 630 to 8..

Yes, I will record the game, but I much rather watch with the group of celtic loyalist on here.

[GoCeltics123]

Donovan Mitchell now questionable I'M SO SURE

Celtics fans should file a class-action lawsuit against Silver at this point, he's such a pussy that he's making every star sit against us so we can't tank

[Fierce1]

Donovan Mitchell now questionable I'M SO SURE

Celtics fans should file a class-action lawsuit against Silver at this point, he's such a pussy that he's making every star sit against us so we can't tank

That's one hell of a hedge.

So now Adam Silver is part of the conspiracy?

[Parliament10]

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[GoCeltics123]

Donovan Mitchell now questionable I'M SO SURE

Celtics fans should file a class-action lawsuit against Silver at this point, he's such a pussy that he's making every star sit against us so we can't tank

That's one hell of a hedge.

So now Adam Silver is part of the conspiracy?

I'm ranting, I'm upset. This is legit BS.

Don better play, 2 straight games with late injuries against us is maddddd fishy

[Hal14]

Donovan Mitchell now questionable I'M SO SURE

Celtics fans should file a class-action lawsuit against Silver at this point, he's such a pussy that he's making every star sit against us so we can't tank

That's one hell of a hedge.

So now Adam Silver is part of the conspiracy?

I'm ranting, I'm upset. This is legit BS.

Don better play, 2 straight games with late injuries against us is maddddd fishy

haha yeah it seems like these teams don't want us to get a top 3 pick..

[Parliament10]

Donovan Mitchell now questionable I'M SO SURE

Celtics fans should file a class-action lawsuit against Silver at this point, he's such a pussy that he's making every star sit against us so we can't tank

That's one hell of a hedge.

So now Adam Silver is part of the conspiracy?

I'm ranting, I'm upset. This is legit BS.

Don better play, 2 straight games with late injuries against us is maddddd fishy

I'll give you that. Does seem a bit fishy.
But, that's their problem. As long as we come prepared, that's all we have to worry about.

[Parliament10]

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[playa-hater]

Noooooooo

Just found out my kid has practice from 630 to 8..

Yes, I will record the game, but I much rather watch with the group of celtic loyalist on here.

Edit to

YESSSSSSSSSS!

practice cancled!!!

[Curmudgeon]

This Celtics team needs some easy games. It's not ready for prime time.