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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#761 » by Captain_Caveman » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:47 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:You fight the good fight, Cave. I'm taking a break for the day lol. It's hard to deny. Smart was pressing after the first two misses. His half was indefensible. Hope he calms the eff down in the 2nd half.


He just judged at a much higher standard than his teammates by people who don't understand the game tho.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#762 » by King Of The 4th » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:48 am

Bit off-topic from the Smart talk, but I really hope Jaylen figures out his FT shot before the playoffs. It's going to become a lot harder for him in the playoffs shooting below 65+% from the line.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#763 » by Shak_Celts » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:48 am

serious question because I'm too lazy to look for myself but we must have lost a lot of the games smart has missed? i really don't know.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#764 » by Ben-N1ce » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:48 am

Bench 2/12 minus Smart 2/5
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#765 » by Shak_Celts » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:49 am

cbs said not today!
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#766 » by Homerclease » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:49 am

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PierceFan4ever wrote:That was terrible by Brad you cannot play Nader at all. He's that bad. How can you bench Kyrie and Brown for that long when they destroyed the Mavs in the first. Semi does nothing offensively when I mean nothing like legit nothing the past 6 games. Stevens needs to tell Smart to give the ball to Tatum on offense nearly every play. I don't know if it's about Smart trying to prove he's worth the contract but he can't be shooting that much especially when he's on a new level of struggle of offense. Smart does everything else good to great but the high amount of shot attempts in a short stretch has to stop and kills the momentum of this team at times early in games.

82 games dude. It’s the reason why Thibs teams always run out of gas in the postseason. Games like this against tomato cans are exact games you go deep into your bench. They can win this any time they want with the way Kyrie is playing. Hell, Horford and Tatum are basically coasting through this one


Playing them more early means blowout by the time the 4th quarter rolls through so they can rest then. Better that way when you don't have to over rely on them when things are going bad in the 2nd.

So your end of the bench guys never see any actual meaningful in game action.

You’d make a terrible coach.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#767 » by Green89 » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:49 am

It wasn't only offensive woes for Smart in the first half. That play where he incorrectly went under the screen and then didn't even try to recover, and just stood there while an uncontested wide open shot went swoosh.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#768 » by truth18 » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:49 am

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truth18 wrote:Wow, this GT is WHINEY.

THIS IS THE NBA. THIS IS RICK CARLISLE.

We will still win the game calm the **** down.


Win lose or draw, there is no reason for Smart to be shooting the shots he does. I swear my sister could have made atleast one of those.


I was not talking about Smart in any way.

I'm talking about the many posts hating on Brad and generally panicking like this is a playoff game in the garden against a **** coach.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#769 » by 31to6 » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:49 am

wake up Clappy!

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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#770 » by TheSheriff » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:49 am

Fifty seconds into a half and Brad calls the time out.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#771 » by Celts17Pride » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:50 am

Ben-N1ce wrote:Bench 2/12 minus Smart 2/5

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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#772 » by Zaschrona » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:50 am

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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#773 » by Green89 » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:50 am

Ben-N1ce wrote:Bench 2/12 minus Smart 2/5


Is he seriously 0/7? ****
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#774 » by King Of The 4th » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:50 am

Mental lapse by Horford there, awful pass.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#775 » by Edug27 » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:50 am

You'd think Smart was Ben Wallace out there the way Brad plays him. His bricks gave these scrubs confidence.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#776 » by PierceFan4ever » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:50 am

Homerclease wrote:
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Homerclease wrote:82 games dude. It’s the reason why Thibs teams always run out of gas in the postseason. Games like this against tomato cans are exact games you go deep into your bench. They can win this any time they want with the way Kyrie is playing. Hell, Horford and Tatum are basically coasting through this one


Playing them more early means blowout by the time the 4th quarter rolls through so they can rest then. Better that way when you don't have to over rely on them when things are going bad in the 2nd.

So your end of the bench guys never see any actual meaningful in game action.

You’d make a terrible coach.


They're end of the bench players for a reason. Almost no coach would play Nader important minutes.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#777 » by London2Boston » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:50 am

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ConstableGeneva wrote:You fight the good fight, Cave. I'm taking a break for the day lol. It's hard to deny. Smart was pressing after the first two misses. His half was indefensible. Hope he calms the eff down in the 2nd half.


He just judged at a much higher standard than his teammates by people who don't understand the game tho.


I don't think it's asking much for someone to at least shoot in the damn 30's... or to at least shoot less if you can't.
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#778 » by TheTruth316 » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:50 am

Stevens calls a timeout 2nd play.. lol.. This is crazy!!! No.defense..
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#779 » by Andrew McCeltic » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:50 am

Yeah that was a weird play by Horford.. He's only taken one shot tonight, which I don't understand.

Wonder if Brown's sudden hot streak is making other guys on the team insecure about their roles..
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Re: Celtics (15-2) @ Mavericks (3-14) – 8:30 PM, Mon, Nov. 20, 2017 

Post#780 » by Homerclease » Tue Nov 21, 2017 2:51 am

Horford on auto pilot tonight

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