Lakers (27-27) @ Celtics (35-19) – 8:00PM, Thurs, Feb. 7, 2019

[return2glory]

Lol people overselling a fluke loss after winning 10/11

Nothing to laugh at. A lot to enemy at home never feels good. Lakers are a .500 team. Not like they are something special this year.

Not laughing at the lots, laughing at the overreactions. Losses happen

Maybe it’s overreaction, maybe it’s not. There is a reason why this team is 4th in the East. The 3 teams ahead of us all got better at the deadline.

This still has chemistry issues. It’s AD or nothing now. All Kyrie did as a #1 guy in Cleveland was lead them to the lottery before Lebron came to Cleveland. Great talent, bad leader.

[kb24k]

I hate Hayward, and Brad for keep playing him.
Of course the chemistry is going to suck. If I would be Jaylen Brown I would be pissed too. He was balling in the first half and they were up big... and then he sits for 14 mine or whatever.

If Kyrie leaves it would be because of Hayward.
This team was supposed to be great. I would pick them against anybody in the east and even the Warriors with Home Court Advantage, but instead they would probably be 3rd seed in best case scenario. They sucked on the road all season, they are not going to change in the playoffs.

You want to make him look better to make him more tradeable? Fine, play him in the garbage time and against garbage teams since he is so good in those situations. He averages like 2 points against great teams, and he still plays 26mins.
Nepotism sucks. All coaches have their favorites, but this is too much.

Every win counts, especially with the tough schedule coming up, and they need that 2nd seed so bad...

[GrandTheftRondo]

Nothing to laugh at. A lot to enemy at home never feels good. Lakers are a .500 team. Not like they are something special this year.

Not laughing at the lots, laughing at the overreactions. Losses happen

Maybe it’s overreaction, maybe it’s not. There is a reason why this team is 4th in the East. The 3 teams ahead of us all got better at the deadline.

This still has chemistry issues. It’s AD or nothing now. All Kyrie did as a #1 guy in Cleveland was lead them to the lottery before Lebron came to Cleveland. Great talent, bad leader.

It was always AD or nothing.

Unlike the Bucks, Sixers and Raptors we don’t have a Kawhi, Giannis or Embiid level talent. That’s what Davis would be.

Irving has been great this year and definitely moved up the ranks but him alone isn’t enough.

Us adding a Tobias Harris or someone similar would have been stupid.

[soxfan2003]

I hate Hayward, and Brad for keep playing him.
Of course the chemistry is going to suck. If I would be Jaylen Brown I would be pissed too. He was balling in the first half and they were up big... and then he sits for 14 mine or whatever.

If Kyrie leaves it would be because of Hayward.
This team was supposed to be great. I would pick them against anybody in the east and even the Warriors with Home Court Advantage, but instead they would probably be 3rd seed in best case scenario. They sucked on the road all season, they are not going to change in the playoffs.

You want to make him look better to make him more tradeable? Fine, play him in the garbage time and against garbage teams since he is so good in those situations. He averages like 2 points against great teams, and he still plays 26mins.
Nepotism sucks. All coaches have their favorites, but this is too much.

Every win counts, especially with the tough schedule coming up, and they need that 2nd seed so bad...

Granted just one game and I know he hasn't played well by his standards but Celtics were +19 with Hayward on the court today.

Hayward played a good all around game in a limited role. 26 minutes 6 boards/5 assists and 2 for 5 shooting. 0 turnovers.

Pretty much whole bench played well but several starters not named Tatum were off. It happens.

[BillTheGOAT]

I fell asleep mid 1st q and Woke up to that **** final play by Rondo. We should call him Robdo instead that ball should have been caught by Morris or Tatum.

[celticfan42487]

Unpopular opinion: Kyrie is going to come back in and play a big role in this win.

And how exactly would that be unpopular on the Celtic board playing against the Lakers?

The posters who think Kyrie should sit the whole 4th.

I think you're making the classic homer mistake of taking criticism of a player for not being a fan of the team.

They're about the name on the front, not on the back.

Except Ex, he was about Pierce hahaha.

[Dannyboy36]

Tatum pretends Hayward isn’t there sometimes. Hayward and brown played the right way last night. As soon as Lebron got hot team ball ended and it was all Kyrie ball. Then everyone just throwing up random 3’s. Stevens has been atrocious this year. Jaylen killing it and then he sits for a long time. Not subbing Hayward our at end. Just really terrible spineless coaching to allow this stupid chucking. Math nerd analytics. That’s great over 82 games( not really). Go thru a cold spell for a few games in playoffs and anyone beat them. So talented. Soo greedy. Sooo poorly coached. Please leave Kyrie.

[ThirtyFour]

Not sure if it was discussed at all, but I wonder if Kyries poor performance last night was born from straight up uncontrollable anger. He’s had his issues with LeBron in the past obviously but what transpired over the last couple weeks with Kyrie being linked to fake rumors that were obviously leaked from the LeBron/Klutch camp to help them in trying to land AD was over the top.

We all saw how upset Kyrie was with the whole thing, so knowing it came basically from LeBron and now seeing him and having to play a game against him, perhaps it just rattled Kyrie so much that it took him out of his game. I mean ****, Kyries been having to deal with Lebrons **** for a long time, and to have him still directly effecting him while on another team must be **** frustrating.

Not making excuses, just wondering. Honestly if there is any merit to my crazed musings, Kyrie needs to learn to better channel that anger. Perhaps he just had an off night and I’m reading way to much into things, but he seemed really off last night.

[Dannyboy36]

I may have only saw part of the post game press with Stevens. I saw he blamed the defense. Did he take any ownership over letting them chuck stupid shots, Kyrie ball, and bad substitutions, letting jaylen tot in the bench? Be a man, Brad.

[CelticsPride18]

I hate Hayward, and Brad for keep playing him.
Of course the chemistry is going to suck. If I would be Jaylen Brown I would be pissed too. He was balling in the first half and they were up big... and then he sits for 14 mine or whatever.

If Kyrie leaves it would be because of Hayward.
This team was supposed to be great. I would pick them against anybody in the east and even the Warriors with Home Court Advantage, but instead they would probably be 3rd seed in best case scenario. They sucked on the road all season, they are not going to change in the playoffs.

You want to make him look better to make him more tradeable? Fine, play him in the garbage time and against garbage teams since he is so good in those situations. He averages like 2 points against great teams, and he still plays 26mins.
Nepotism sucks. All coaches have their favorites, but this is too much.

Every win counts, especially with the tough schedule coming up, and they need that 2nd seed so bad...

Granted just one game and I know he hasn't played well by his standards but Celtics were +19 with Hayward on the court today.

Hayward played a good all around game in a limited role. 26 minutes 6 boards/5 assists and 2 for 5 shooting. 0 turnovers.

Pretty much whole bench played well but several starters not named Tatum were off. It happens.

Yeah I don’t understand the Hayward hate in this game. He was plus with his playmaking and rebounding and he only shot the ball 5 times. It’s not like he was taking shots from Jaylen and Jayson. The issue this game was on defense and also the Lakers were unconscious from 3 we should have lost by more with the way they shot from 3 in the 2nd half.

[sprash9802]

This team is seriously running out of time to make a move. The upcoming schedule is brutal. Had so many chances, but this season has been very disappointing. Can't expect to win game 7's on the road against Toronto and/or Bucks, with this uneven, uninspired play. This team has no sense of urgency whatsoever.

[Bleeding Green]

Did you guys know this is the first game ever that a team has attempted >30 3s at a >50% clip and also attempted >15 FT with a <40 FT%.