Round 1, Game 3 EC Playoffs - Brooklyn(0) v Boston(2) @ 7:30 PM on ESPN/YES

[California Gold]

Hilarious that people here think New York isn't racist either. You can cite plenty of racial and derogatory stories that have happened in New York City.

What's the excuse going to be for them? "Large population means a few bad apples"? Any large metro area can claim that too.

Also Boston is very much a world class city. There's a reason why Boston scored higher on the 2019 Mercer Quality of Life index along with San Francisco. Clueless people who don't know jack about actual city knowledge that let sports fandom get in the way of actual metrics. The Boston area is one of the world leaders in healthcare, technology and science.. you know the things that actually matter in the world and are driving the world today.

[Hello Brooklyn]

Can these Boston fans get out of our thread?

I don't agree with saying all Celtics fans are racist and have said so many times. But Prok isn't changing his mind.

So what exactly do you want us to do about it?

Take your disputes with him elsewhere.

This is our space to talk about the Nets.

[Hello Brooklyn]

Hilarious that people here think New York isn't racist either. You can cite plenty of racial and derogatory stories that have happened in New York City.

What's the excuse going to be for them? "Large population means a few bad apples"? Any large metro area can claim that too.

Also Boston is very much a world class city. There's a reason why Boston scored higher on the 2019 Mercer Quality of Life index along with San Francisco. Clueless people who don't know jack about actual city knowledge that let sports fandom get in the way of actual metrics. The Boston area is one of the world leaders in healthcare, technology and science.. you know the things that actually matter in the world and are driving the world today.

Boston is not a world class city

When I go to Europe or Asia nobody has even heard of Boston.

[California Gold]

Hilarious that people here think New York isn't racist either. You can cite plenty of racial and derogatory stories that have happened in New York City.

What's the excuse going to be for them? "Large population means a few bad apples"? Any large metro area can claim that too.

Also Boston is very much a world class city. There's a reason why Boston scored higher on the 2019 Mercer Quality of Life index along with San Francisco. Clueless people who don't know jack about actual city knowledge that let sports fandom get in the way of actual metrics. The Boston area is one of the world leaders in healthcare, technology and science.. you know the things that actually matter in the world and are driving the world today.

Boston is not a world class city

When I go to Europe or Asia nobody has even heard of Boston.

Yeah that tells you aren't very connected with the rest of the world then. What metrics do you have to prove this?

I spend my time back and forth between the Bay Area and Boston for work both metros are world class and world renowned in different areas.

Here's a Metric from GaWc of world class city classifications:

https://www.spottedbylocals.com/blog/alpha-beta-and-gamma-cities/

Saying Boston isn't world class is like saying NYC and Cleveland belong in the same league. Does. not. compute.

[jirrit]

Can these Boston fans get out of our thread?

I don't agree with saying all Celtics fans are racist and have said so many times. But Prok isn't changing his mind.

So what exactly do you want us to do about it?

Take your disputes with him elsewhere.

This is our space to talk about the Nets.

Fair enough.

[Minnamaker]

Can these Boston fans get out of our thread?

I don't agree with saying all Celtics fans are racist and have said so many times. But Prok isn't changing his mind.

So what exactly do you want us to do about it?

Take your disputes with him elsewhere.

This is our space to talk about the Nets.

This is it. I couldn't care less if Boston ist ugly or racist right now. This thread is about game 3 and the Nets. I don't care if Boston fans are racist, but right now they defenitely are bad winners. You can post here, if you have something classy to say. If not, you can say whatever you want on your team board or the general board respectively, if you want everyone to read it.

I don't post here a lot, but actually read about every game thread. I just want to get the topic back to the game, even when it hurts and post my thoughts. Most is said already, but there are some points that still amazes me:

- I watched the yes network feed on league pass this time. There was a stat about Seth Curry being the best postseason 3 point shooter of all time percentage-wise right now. That might not last forever, but it's not a fluke either. We have a second 3-point threat in Mills, too. Nonetheless we don't run a single play for them to have some catch and shoot threes after off-ball movement/screens. It amazes me again and again.

- putting Griffin in the game was an suprisingly good adjustment by Nash, just too little and to late. Drummand was INCREDIBLY bad this game. I remember two plays where he just tapped the ball to Boston players instead of grabing it. He lost his guy on defense and still didn't rotate early enough on help defense, too. He has no business starting on a playoff team, at least Nash saw that in the second half... suprising.

- Griffin would bring so much on the floor. He might just be able to knock down some threes again, but that's not even the point. Besides Brown (and Mills, who is just too undersized to have the effect of Brown), he is our only hustle guy and this is so badly needed against Boston. He is the only Net who is capable or willing of setting hard screens. Screens aren't really used with this team anyway, but hey, at least he could. I have no doubt Griffin is gone this offseason the way he dropped out of the lineup, which is really sad.

- I don't jump on the "Durant is washed" train, but he certainly looks average in this series. You have to give the celtics credit for this as much as you have to blame Nash. But I wonder if fatigue is a factor. We had a late postseason last season, then he played in the olympics and then he had to carry the team with hard-fought iso plays 40+ minutes a game. He should and could be still much better being used in different plays, but he also used to play better in these situations. The turnover issue is real though.

- I don't understand the Edwards situation. Why is JJ cut, if Edwards get no trust. You could see rookies on other teams stepping up big time in the playoffs by getting the trust of their coaches (e.g. Alvarado last night). Then there is Edwards playing about 4 Minutes a game, not getting any trust at all. His confidence must be so low. He would be our only wing defender with size, but he isn't used at all. Instead we play lineups like curry, irving, dragic, which causes missmatches even without switching. We are just a small team which has to be adressed in the offseason, especially if we keep a switching defensive scheme.

- after having read that Simmons might not take part at 5on5 practice because they don't have enough players practicing consistantly, I feel more and more that you can see the players being lost on the floor. Both on offense and on defense. They just don't know where to be on the floor and where to move. Nash keeped claiming after game 1 that they just need to execute the gameplan and they would be fine, but what IS the gameplan? Isos on offense? They have to scramble on defense at times, before the celtics even run a play.

- Knowing this season is over, I still looking forward to watching Simmons on the floor in game 4. I wonder what he can bring to the team. On paper he certainly is a major missing part. I just hope he isn't run to the ground the first game he plays after 1 year absence. He should be limited to ~10 mins.

- This was a tough series to watch, but I think it's better for the team longterm. Nash showed his incompetence on national tv. There is no reason to not dismiss him after a sweep or maybe 4-1 in the first round. This team has the potential of being a contender next year again/ for real with a decent coaching staff and maybe 1 or 2 rosterchanges. Don't be down to much, at least I have still hope for next season.

That was just speaking from my heart now briefly. I'm back to reading again

[BrianFitz]

I know the Boston fans are having a field day watching us melt down in this thread.

But at the end of the day, you still live in Boston.

So who really lost here?

Boston’s pretty awesome. So shrug.

Massive L for you

Watching you melt down like this is priceless.

[BrianFitz]

I know the Boston fans are having a field day watching us melt down in this thread.

But at the end of the day, you still live in Boston.

So who really lost here?

Boston’s pretty awesome. So shrug.

It isnt. it is trash. Huge issue with racism and political corruption.

I had to move to rhode island because of harassment of my son in 2 different schools.

nothing worse then a place with a massive race problem that wont acknowledge the race problem

The only one that constantly mentions race is you. Sees it everywhere it doesn't exist ... the banana incident .

Say hi racist.

[MrDollarBills]

You're still a .500 team and a 1st round exit.

And your team didn't make the playoffs. F*ck off clown

[MrDollarBills]

Hilarious that people here think New York isn't racist either. You can cite plenty of racial and derogatory stories that have happened in New York City.

What's the excuse going to be for them? "Large population means a few bad apples"? Any large metro area can claim that too.

Also Boston is very much a world class city. There's a reason why Boston scored higher on the 2019 Mercer Quality of Life index along with San Francisco. Clueless people who don't know jack about actual city knowledge that let sports fandom get in the way of actual metrics. The Boston area is one of the world leaders in healthcare, technology and science.. you know the things that actually matter in the world and are driving the world today.

Ok, no one cares. Take it back to your own board for christ's sake.

[MrDollarBills]

Mods can you please do something about these Celtics fans brigade trolling? It's bad enough we are getting our asses kicked but we can't even discuss the team in peace. It's crazy how they are allowed to do this on our board. If we did that on their board Comedian would be banning us left and right and their posters would be threatening to get Howard involved.

Prok, please stop with the extra stuff. We know that Boston has a racism problem and I am sorry your family has had to suffer because of it. But let's end it here and get back to basketball. Let the mods handle the Celtic fans.

This is literally the worst I've ever felt as a fan of this team, the last thing we need is these jerks brigading us and derailing.

[myronbolitar]

I do not want to hear about Nash as we know what he is.

All the blame should go to our stars. KD and Kyrie should be embarassed.

Kyrie played his hear out tonight. shot didnt fall from three but he busted it on both ends. moved the ball to setup teammates. got deflections, bodied bigger guys, flew in for some rebounds, was cutting hard off ball. he was not the issue tonight

99.99% of KD's issue are Nash making 0 adjustments to stop boston from not just doubling, but having a 3rd guy in the lane waiting for him. we did literally nothing. same exacts sets and action and same thing with KD running pick and rolls we knew they would blitz.

100% coaching loss. just like the first 2.

Boston has played bad 2 of 3 games and are up 3-0. any other coach on the planet we are up 2-1 or 3-0. it is a travesty we are down 3-0 with how boston has played so poorly, bricked so many shots, and left 1/2 the guys on the floor wide open every time down.

You calling this series 100% a coaching issue, refusing to lay any blame on Kyrie or KD (KD, in particular, I think is working hard FWIW), and refusing to grant any credit to the Celtics, was the most obvious outcome...I wish Vegas had taken odds on it.

I've also seen your excuses for Kyrie's "we don't really have a coach" rant, and those don't add up either...especially because KD and Kyrie absolutely signed off on Nash. This is what a franchise looks like that turns their operations over to the players. Speaking of, shocker that DeAndre Jordan didn't work as the third piece.

The Nets are an empty vessel for two aging superstars, and Brooklyn is entirely beholden to their whims.

[MrDollarBills]

Can these Boston fans get out of our thread?

I don't agree with saying all Celtics fans are racist and have said so many times. But Prok isn't changing his mind.

So what exactly do you want us to do about it?

Take your disputes with him elsewhere.

This is our space to talk about the Nets.

This is it. I couldn't care less if Boston ist ugly or racist right now. This thread is about game 3 and the Nets. I don't care if Boston fans are racist, but right now they defenitely are bad winners. You can post here, if you have something classy to say. If not, you can say whatever you want on your team board or the general board respectively, if you want everyone to read it.

I don't post here a lot, but actually read about every game thread. I just want to get the topic back to the game, even when it hurts and post my thoughts. Most is said already, but there are some points that still amazes me:

- I watched the yes network feed on league pass this time. There was a stat about Seth Curry being the best postseason 3 point shooter of all time percentage-wise right now. That might not last forever, but it's not a fluke either. We have a second 3-point threat in Mills, too. Nonetheless we don't run a single play for them to have some catch and shoot threes after off-ball movement/screens. It amazes me again and again.

- putting Griffin in the game was an suprisingly good adjustment by Nash, just too little and to late. Drummand was INCREDIBLY bad this game. I remember two plays where he just tapped the ball to Boston players instead of grabing it. He lost his guy on defense and still didn't rotate early enough on help defense, too. He has no business starting on a playoff team, at least Nash saw that in the second half... suprising.

- Griffin would bring so much on the floor. He might just be able to knock down some threes again, but that's not even the point. Besides Brown (and Mills, who is just too undersized to have the effect of Brown), he is our only hustle guy and this is so badly needed against Boston. He is the only Net who is capable or willing of setting hard screens. Screens aren't really used with this team anyway, but hey, at least he could. I have no doubt Griffin is gone this offseason the way he dropped out of the lineup, which is really sad.

- I don't jump on the "Durant is washed" train, but he certainly looks average in this series. You have to give the celtics credit for this as much as you have to blame Nash. But I wonder if fatigue is a factor. We had a late postseason last season, then he played in the olympics and then he had to carry the team with hard-fought iso plays 40+ minutes a game. He should and could be still much better being used in different plays, but he also used to play better in these situations. The turnover issue is real though.

- I don't understand the Edwards situation. Why is JJ cut, if Edwards get no trust. You could see rookies on other teams stepping up big time in the playoffs by getting the trust of their coaches (e.g. Alvarado last night). Then there is Edwards playing about 4 Minutes a game, not getting any trust at all. His confidence must be so low. He would be our only wing defender with size, but he isn't used at all. Instead we play lineups like curry, irving, dragic, which causes missmatches even without switching. We are just a small team which has to be adressed in the offseason, especially if we keep a switching defensive scheme.

- after having read that Simmons might not take part at 5on5 practice because they don't have enough players practicing consistantly, I feel more and more that you can see the players being lost on the floor. Both on offense and on defense. They just don't know where to be on the floor and where to move. Nash keeped claiming after game 1 that they just need to execute the gameplan and they would be fine, but what IS the gameplan? Isos on offense? They have to scramble on defense at times, before the celtics even run a play.

- Knowing this season is over, I still looking forward to watching Simmons on the floor in game 4. I wonder what he can bring to the team. On paper he certainly is a major missing part. I just hope he isn't run to the ground the first game he plays after 1 year absence. He should be limited to ~10 mins.

- This was a tough series to watch, but I think it's better for the team longterm. Nash showed his incompetence on national tv. There is no reason to not dismiss him after a sweep or maybe 4-1 in the first round. This team has the potential of being a contender next year again/ for real with a decent coaching staff and maybe 1 or 2 rosterchanges. Don't be down to much, at least I have still hope for next season.

That was just speaking from my heart now briefly. I'm back to reading again

Great points.

I definitely think that KD is burned out. But that all goes back to Nash and this hack staff not knowing how to generate offense outside of ISO possessions for Irving and Durant.

The fact that we don't run any off ball actions made this team very easy to shut down. Next year our core will be Kyrie, KD, Harris, Ben, Seth, Kess, Cam, and Sharpe. Hopefully we can resign Claxton and Patty opts in. The next GM at least has something to work with, but we need to address this roster's size problems as well as get a coach in here who can run a system that maximizes everyone's abilities.

[MrDollarBills]

I do not want to hear about Nash as we know what he is.

All the blame should go to our stars. KD and Kyrie should be embarassed.

Kyrie played his hear out tonight. shot didnt fall from three but he busted it on both ends. moved the ball to setup teammates. got deflections, bodied bigger guys, flew in for some rebounds, was cutting hard off ball. he was not the issue tonight

99.99% of KD's issue are Nash making 0 adjustments to stop boston from not just doubling, but having a 3rd guy in the lane waiting for him. we did literally nothing. same exacts sets and action and same thing with KD running pick and rolls we knew they would blitz.

100% coaching loss. just like the first 2.

Boston has played bad 2 of 3 games and are up 3-0. any other coach on the planet we are up 2-1 or 3-0. it is a travesty we are down 3-0 with how boston has played so poorly, bricked so many shots, and left 1/2 the guys on the floor wide open every time down.

You calling this series 100% a coaching issue, refusing to lay any blame on Kyrie or KD (KD, in particular, I think is working hard FWIW), and refusing to grant any credit to the Celtics, was the most obvious outcome...I wish Vegas had taken odds on it.

I've also seen your excuses for Kyrie's "we don't really have a coach" rant, and those don't add up either...especially because KD and Kyrie absolutely signed off on Nash. This is what a franchise looks like that turns their operations over to the players. Speaking of, shocker that DeAndre Jordan didn't work as the third piece.

The Nets are an empty vessel for two aging superstars, and Brooklyn is entirely beholden to their whims.

Go back to your own board. We know this already.

[ArksNetsSince99]

Because he didn't clear the process to return yet.

Huh? 2 days is going to make a difference ??? I find that hard to believe.

He needs more 5-on-5 practices to clear protocol. being able to play or not is irrelevant. there is a process he most go through before he can return to the floor.

Stop with this nonsense, process ,Like other poster said 2 days make a difference? It’s BS ! get out of here with your brain dead answer , to clear protocol ? What protocol? To collect paycheck? Yeah he surely gonna be fine to bend his knees and pick up fat check from the desk !

Thank god I didn’t had enough time to clear PROTOCOL, and skipped this 700$ game 3 Tix

This current staff and some of the players is a disgrace

Can’t wait till this KD/ Nash era is over and once again we gonna have young exciting team , or bottom dweller but without fake hopes

[cam24thomas]

Ending the Nash era will be enough, KD-BS-KI will win the East next year with a half-decent coach.

[Theocy]

I just came here to say that this is being an amazing matchup with some of the most interesting ps games. I’ve followed in years. From kyrie going nuclear in game one (and flipping some fans off ) to Durand being shut down, to Tatum playing like a defensively stud and Brown going all alpha dog in Q4s and just bullying his way to the basket. Every single quarter almost has a story that leaves an impression whereas some of the other games are just meeh in my mind.

I know you’re down 3-0 and I get how it feels with Kyrie sometimes but I think you’ll get a better coach next yeAr and get Kyrie to do what he is expected to do - ie be a player. You’ll be fine witk KI KD and Ben.

[ArksNetsSince99]

I have watched Kd long enough to expect theses types of performances but he is on a different level of putrid basketball. That sniper mentality is gone. He’s too buddy buddy with the team trying to knock them out. It’s almost like he’s passing the torch to Tatum or something.

Can’t put my finger on it but this is the worst I’ve seen Durant play. I’ve been a fan of his since day one but the way he single handily killed this game makes my disgust peak.

He isnt even playing poorly. he is just put in a situaiton to fail every time down court. boston is hard doubling him on everything with a guy on the FT line. they dont care about leaving guys open because the pass will never get there.

Nash did nothing to force them out of that.

it is 100% a coaching issue.

Do you really believe that the Nets are going to be much better with a new coach?

Cause I don't.

Better ? Yes

Championship contender? Hell NO

[MrDollarBills]

He isnt even playing poorly. he is just put in a situaiton to fail every time down court. boston is hard doubling him on everything with a guy on the FT line. they dont care about leaving guys open because the pass will never get there.

Nash did nothing to force them out of that.

it is 100% a coaching issue.

Do you really believe that the Nets are going to be much better with a new coach?

Cause I don't.

Better ? Yes

Championship contender? Hell NO

With an actual coach that understands strategy and adjustments, and some roster reworking we absolutely can contend.

[ArksNetsSince99]

Ending the Nash era will be enough, KD-BS-KI will win the East next year with a half-decent coach.

I don’t believe it anymore trash or no trash

It took entire bulls team to keep Rodman in line

We got 3 of them now

KDone - mental midget /huge ego
Simmons- mental problems
Kai - never know what to expect from him ( he might play or not ,or have Birthday party to attend in the middle of the game )

What I can’t complain about is our role players and rookies , most did what i expected from them or better

Is it enough to contend ? Nope

Next season prediction, we fall apart again either to injuries or decline of "superstar’s " , or maybe we gonna clear protocols again for few months

We can win the east in regular but with this core is highly unlikely we can do better than second round exit