Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
Really tough to see us winning this one, but then I still can't believe we won the last one.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
Kyrie will make his own decision. He's a grown man, if he can't go it's all good. Seems like this season was doomed from the very beginning, happy to see the effort tho.
Good assessment:
PLO wrote:Tatum played OK - took advantage of a few mismatches - decent on the defensive end. He is what we thought he was going into the season - a technically very proficient player operating close to his career ceiling as a rookie.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
Any chance Brown plays in this one. I believe I saw that he came on the road trip.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
brackdan70 wrote:Any chance Brown plays in this one. I believe I saw that he came on the road trip.
It’ll probably be Sacramento for him.

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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
"You have to put the work in.
Nothing is given."
~ Jayson Tatum
Nothing is given."
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
Two-Way Players can't play for us, in the Post-Season.
We'll be down to 10 players.
11, if Brown gets back.
We'll be down to 10 players.
11, if Brown gets back.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
Parliament10 wrote:Two-Way Players can't play for us, in the Post-Season.
We'll be down to 10 players.
11, if Brown gets back.
Brown will play Sunday.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
Welp
I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart. -Red Auerbach
Marcus Smart is an underrated shooter
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Marcus Smart is an underrated shooter
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
Not trying to start any sort of fight, because I'm in this camp too, but something struck me as interesting today:
Most of the league (Probably 25 teams) would love to be sitting with Tatum and Brown starting, playing a bunch and looking like future good to great players. Yet, we (again myself included!) are hand-wringing because the playoffs could be blown due to injuries.
What a remarkable place to be in.
Most of the league (Probably 25 teams) would love to be sitting with Tatum and Brown starting, playing a bunch and looking like future good to great players. Yet, we (again myself included!) are hand-wringing because the playoffs could be blown due to injuries.
What a remarkable place to be in.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
If Al Horford doesn't play like a 45 year old Vin Baker we might have a chance to steal one here.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:If Al Horford doesn't play like a 45 year old Vin Baker we might have a chance to steal one here.
If Al plays like he was the first 2 months of the season during the playoffs plus whenever Kyrie and Smart return, this team can make serious noise in the finals even without Hayward but Al needs to simply play better. It’s below average as of late. If he plays average we are still tough to beat even without Kyrie and Hayward.
Looking forward to the Jayson Tatum show again. It’s great to see him having to be our #1 option for experience alone. Good or bad this will only help as early as next year. Games although still need to be played, losses especially against good teams like Portland don’t mean as much especially since we are near locked to the second seed so it’s only gravy for me imo getting to see what our young guys can do without our stars and one of the best 6th man in the league missing.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
Celtics after dark. This board gets weird on these late night games. I'm looking forward to it. Not looking forward to getting up at 6 to schlep my daughter across the state for a soccer tournament.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
Strange low-key good feeling about this one, for absolutely no reason. I'll say we win. Teams don't like having to expend a ton of energy against d-league rosters. POR will leave a window open for us. We're good at crawling through windows.
Maybe it's just because I'm going to miss most of it so I don't have to invest much into that call.
Maybe it's just because I'm going to miss most of it so I don't have to invest much into that call.

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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
There's no rule against playing good basketball, even with a depleted roster. Next man up.
When Hayward went down, I thought the season was going to be about developing Brown and Tatum. Then they won 16 straight and I had delusions of grandeur. Now I've returned to earth. Play the right way and don't worry about he rest.
When Hayward went down, I thought the season was going to be about developing Brown and Tatum. Then they won 16 straight and I had delusions of grandeur. Now I've returned to earth. Play the right way and don't worry about he rest.
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Re: Celtics (48-23) @ Trail Blazers (44-27) – 10:00 PM, Fri, Mar. 23, 2018
I predict someone goes for 30 tonight, just not sure which side he plays for? Could be Lillard, McCollum, Tatum, or Morris.
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