Game Thread – Celtics (20-21) @ Pacers (15-26) – 7:00PM, Wed, Jan. 12, 2022

[Feed Your Head]

So Jaylen had a really tough last five minutes there, but like….why the hell is Ime playing him 15 straight minutes in A FIRST HALF?!

Dude was gassed.

[radcot]

Good 1st quarter negated by a terrible 2nd.

[CelticFaninLBC]

Big Al with 19 minutes already. Holy crap.

[zoyathedestroya]

They start to feel good about themselves, they start calling their own number, the other team chips away at the lead. Basketball gods, be kind to us.

[Ben-N1ce]

Why does Ime refuse to play any sort of bench? Our guys get exhaused... No wonder why we give gaves away late.

What are you talking about Pritchard played 4 minutes.

[Fencer reregistered]

Well, that was fun for a while ...

[Parliament10]

What the HEYYY!!!

Up 5 is better than down 5.
But, this shouldn't even be that close.

[Celts17Pride]

Tatum and Brown playing too many minutes. Their play falls off as they are getting tired. Langford/Nesmith should be playing 4-6 minutes each half.

Ime getting desperate and playing only 8 players

[Shak_Celts]

why does al keep leaving sabonis to let tat guard him? stay on sabonis sir. it killed us last few times.

[Hal14]

2nd half of the 2nd quarter the effort was bad.

pacers were out-hustling us, beating us to the loose balls, getting offensive rebounds, forcing turnovers - playing like they wanted it more than us.

hopefully we come out with more fire in the 2nd half to build the lead back up!

[Feed Your Head]

That crossover then dunk by Tatum a minute or so ago was sick btw, defender had absolutely no chance.

[keevsnick1]

So Jaylen had a really tough last five minutes there, but like….why the hell is Ime playing him 15 straight minutes in A FIRST HALF?!

Dude was gassed.

Celtics are only playing 8 guys. Thats kind of insane for a January game.

Look, if you need to play Jaylen+Tatum 40 minutes a game (Tatum at 19 min, Jaylen at 21 at the half) then the team is bad enough that its not really worth playing those guys that much and you should play the young guys.

My observation: When Jaylen/Tatum hit every shot the Celtics look good. When Jaylen/Tatum stop hitting every shot the Celtics look bad.

[Celts17Pride]

So Jaylen had a really tough last five minutes there, but like….why the hell is Ime playing him 15 straight minutes in A FIRST HALF?!

Dude was gassed.

Tatum was holding his hands on his knees during free throws. Both are playing too many minutes

[WeLikeOurGuys]

Lack of playin time for Nesmith or Romeo is frustrating. Jaylen played 21 minutes that half.

[rd26]

Practically a 7 man rotation (PP had 4 mins).

[Parliament10]

So Jaylen had a really tough last five minutes there, but like….why the hell is Ime playing him 15 straight minutes in A FIRST HALF?!

Dude was gassed.

This Coach is stupid.
Looks like another 40 mins average, for the Starters.

[Celts17Pride]

Big Al with 19 minutes already. Holy crap.

Ime running all of them into the ground

[bisme37]

The coach is weird

[Ben-N1ce]

So Jaylen had a really tough last five minutes there, but like….why the hell is Ime playing him 15 straight minutes in A FIRST HALF?!

Dude was gassed.

Celtics are only playing 8 guys. Thats kind of insane for a January game.

Look, if you need to play Jaylen+Tatum 40 minutes a game (Tatum at 19 min, Jaylen at 21 at the half) then the team is bad enough that its not really worth playing those guys that much and you should play the young guys.

My observation: When Jaylen/Tatum hit every shot the Celtics look good. When Jaylen/Tatum stop hitting every shot the Celtics look bad.

Insane for who? Ime does it all the time because he sucks.

[Feed Your Head]

I usually don’t jump on Ime, but holy crap playing 8 guys in the half against a team 11 games under .500.