NBA Playoffs 2020: Round 1, Game 1 – Celtics vs Sixers – 6:30PM, Mon, 8/17/20

[themoneyteam2]

I expect Tatum to get doubled this half so they’ll need other guys to step up.

Or maybe I’m giving too much credit to Brett Brown thinking he’ll double the Celtics best player.

[JHTruth]

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Big Al had a good stretch for Philly in the 2nd, but oof.

Keep it up, Big Al!!!

Can't wait till the Sixers use the Amnesty clause on him and he comes back to Boston for the minimum.

Timelord is simply too much for Old Average Al. Too athletic, too quick.

[Celts17Pride]

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Big Al had a good stretch for Philly in the 2nd, but oof.

Keep it up, Big Al!!!

In fairness to Big Al, Coach Brown has no clue how to use what Big Al brings.

No problem, Big Al is getting and extra $190 million

[themoneyteam2]

How nice is it to only play 8 guys in the rotation and to only lament about Kanter’s mins.

I LOVE this playoff rotation

[Ill News]

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Big Al had a good stretch for Philly in the 2nd, but oof.

Keep it up, Big Al!!!

Can't wait till the Sixers use the Amnesty clause on him and he comes back to Boston for the minimum.

Double Agent Horford, sabotaging one of our biggest rivals in the East...one can dream

[Dogen]

Tatum is bailing us out - on the boards as well as the scoreboard.

Jaylen & Timelord are giving good energy. Gordo is Gordo. Kanter looks scared. Theis is overwhelmed. Kemba & Marcus should be more involved.

Would like to see Grant get some minutes, we're getting pushed around with Embiid on the floor and some sort of adjustment ideally needs to be made.

I would like to see Grant get a few minutes too. He's still get pushed around by Embiid, but Brad could be putting fresh bodies out there to lean on Embiid, and although Grant is undersized, he's got a stronger base than Theis and Rob.

[KGboss]

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Big Al had a good stretch for Philly in the 2nd, but oof.

Keep it up, Big Al!!!

AL going full double agent mode

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[Celts17Pride]

Perk says Celtics need to run Philly out of the gym. Everyone knows this except the Celtics

[PierceFan4ever]

I’m not trying to look ahead by any means but from what I see, this series would be a good test for our wings against the Raptors defenders. I think Richardson and Thybelle are good defenders and with Embiid in the paint makes it pretty tough to score baskets. Raps are pretty similar with Pascal, OG, and Gasol waiting in the paint.

[Shak_Celts]

No one is mentioning, Tatum almost has a double double. had 8rbs and 21pts!

[ConstableGeneva]

KEMBAAAAA!!!

Hayward and Jaylen haven't played well yet.

Jaylen hit a few nice shots to get us started.

My bad. Missed the first six minutes of the game. Overslept lol.

[Big Joke Line]

Rough 1st half.... for Doris.

[Parliament10]

Tatum played 21 of 24 mins.
Timelord has 5 Rebs, in 10 mins.

[threrf23]

although Grant is undersized, he's got a stronger base than Theis and Rob.

Understatement

[Homerclease]

Our defense has been the all-star of the first half. All those turnovers. That and Tatum/Brown's shooting.

That said, Embiid is supposed to be at least a top 10 player in this league right? Where the **** was he in the second half. Theis, Kanter, Rob Williams? That's not good enough by him. He torched the first quarter. Was Embiid already gassed?

I know we're the favorites this season but if Embiid keeps playing peek a boo because he can't last 30 mpg then if I'm the 76ers franchise I'm thinking real hard about building around Simmons and hoping I can get a franchise player next to him instead.

Yes. Embiid was sucking wind the entire second quarter. Dude makes Jokic look like a body builder

[Dogen]

No one is mentioning, Tatum almost has a double double. had 8rbs and 21pts!

He's just been casually magnificent for most of the first half, but without Tatum the Celtics would be... losing.

[24istheLAW]

Perk says Celtics need to run Philly out of the gym. Everyone knows this except the Celtics

They are running by their standards. They've just blown two or three fast breaks with clumsy plays. Jaylen fumble, Jaylen missed pass into the backcourt, Smart pass out of bounds.

[Ill News]

I expect Tatum to get doubled this half so they’ll need other guys to step up.

Or maybe I’m giving too much credit to Brett Brown thinking he’ll double the Celtics best player.

They'll have Brown and Kemba to worry about then, and Hayward's always lurking with his heady play. We have such an abundance of weapons to take advantage of a Tatum double-team, and he's been excellent passing out of those recently.

[Parliament10]

No one is mentioning, Tatum almost has a double double. had 8rbs and 21pts!

Yeah. He's gonna hit that, easy.

[SMTBSI]

Perspective: we're letting Timelord learn on the fly on the biggest stage.

Could be interpreted as Stevens feeling like he's got things under control.