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Game Thread – Spurs @ Celtics – 7:00PM, Wed, Feb. 12, 2025

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Game Thread – Spurs @ Celtics – 7:00PM, Wed, Feb. 12, 2025 

Post#1 » by Parliament10 » Tue Feb 11, 2025 8:05 pm

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Regular Season, Victory Count, 2024-25
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Victory Cigar

(19) Jayson Tatum
(8) Payton Pritchard
(4) Jaylen Brown
(3) Derrick White
(2) Kristaps Porziņģis
(1) Stay Ready Group
(1) Jaden Springer



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(9) Jaylen Brown
(6) Jayson Tatum
(4) Derrick White
(4) Payton Pritchard
(4) Kristaps Porziņģis
(3) Stay Ready Group/Team/Coaches
(3) Luke Kornet
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(2) Jrue Holiday


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Post#2 » by ConstableGeneva » Tue Feb 11, 2025 8:15 pm

Godzilla vs. Kong. The entire sports world isn't ready for but was looking forward to this matchup of superskilled 7-foot monsters.

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Lucky to be alive to witness this. Only comes twice a year. (I highly doubt Spurs make the Finals.)
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Post#3 » by ConstableGeneva » Tue Feb 11, 2025 8:27 pm

Barring anything wild to happen today and tomorrow, Celtics will enter the ASB as the only team in the top 5 of both offense and defense, per NBA.com. "If we suck on either end, most teams suck even more."
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Post#4 » by ConstableGeneva » Tue Feb 11, 2025 9:38 pm

Charles Bassey and Spurs two-ways are all OUT.
Holiday is OUT. Craig and Brown are QUESTIONABLE.

EDIT: Maine Sons are also OUT.
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Post#5 » by playa-hater » Tue Feb 11, 2025 10:10 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:Charles Bassey and Spurs two-ways are all OUT.
Holiday is OUT. Craig and Brown are QUESTIONABLE.


Graig Is questionable because of conditioning I guess.. But it's not like he's playing thirty minutes, just throw his butt in there :nod:
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Post#6 » by Parliament10 » Tue Feb 11, 2025 10:40 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:Charles Bassey and Spurs two-ways are all OUT.
Holiday is OUT. Craig and Brown are QUESTIONABLE.

EDIT: Maine Sons are also OUT.

Holiday is missing a few Games, huh?
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Post#7 » by ThePigeon » Wed Feb 12, 2025 5:37 am

Parliament10 wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Charles Bassey and Spurs two-ways are all OUT.
Holiday is OUT. Craig and Brown are QUESTIONABLE.

EDIT: Maine Sons are also OUT.

Holiday is missing a few Games, huh?


He has some kind of shoulder injury
It has bothered him since the begining of the season. This long rest is good for him
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Post#8 » by KamikazeK » Wed Feb 12, 2025 5:55 am

Kick their butts.
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Post#9 » by ConstableGeneva » Wed Feb 12, 2025 12:12 pm

I will miss the Celtics when they're gone. :( No basketball for 8 days. :(
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Post#10 » by 31to6 » Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:41 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:I will miss the Celtics when they're gone. :( No basketball for 8 days. :(


U R gonna watch JD Davison in the All Star Game thingy and U R gonna like it!
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Post#11 » by 31to6 » Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:43 pm

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Parliament10 wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Charles Bassey and Spurs two-ways are all OUT.
Holiday is OUT. Craig and Brown are QUESTIONABLE.

EDIT: Maine Sons are also OUT.

Holiday is missing a few Games, huh?


He has some kind of shoulder injury
It has bothered him since the begining of the season. This long rest is good for him


He's also 34.7 years old and played quite a bit in the Olympics last summer. Taking it easy in this regular season is good. He'll likely be big in the playoffs again when they need him to be.
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Post#12 » by 31to6 » Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:46 pm

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ConstableGeneva wrote:Charles Bassey and Spurs two-ways are all OUT.
Holiday is OUT. Craig and Brown are QUESTIONABLE.


Graig Is questionable because of conditioning I guess.. But it's not like he's playing thirty minutes, just throw his butt in there :nod:


I would like to see Craig listed as "OUT -- too damn stylish to not have dressed up on the bench"

But I'm also eager to see him get in there and set up shop for corner 3s, so it's whatever
He'll need like 10 minutes of game time over the next two months to get ready for whatever emergency duty might be coming his way in the playoffs.
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Post#13 » by Jellybeans » Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:57 pm

Oke lets break our coming back home curse and win damn game :lol:
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Post#14 » by ConstableGeneva » Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:06 pm

Jellybeans wrote:Oke lets break our coming back home curse and win damn game :lol:

Celtics are just 2-5 (and lost 4 straight) in home games coming off a multi-game road trip.

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Post#15 » by Fierce1 » Wed Feb 12, 2025 4:42 pm

Since Jrue is out, this will be more data for the double big lineup.
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Re: Game Thread – Spurs @ Celtics – 7:00PM, Wed, Feb. 12, 2025 

Post#16 » by bisme37 » Wed Feb 12, 2025 5:05 pm

ThePigeon wrote:
Parliament10 wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:Charles Bassey and Spurs two-ways are all OUT.
Holiday is OUT. Craig and Brown are QUESTIONABLE.

EDIT: Maine Sons are also OUT.

Holiday is missing a few Games, huh?


He has some kind of shoulder injury
It has bothered him since the begining of the season. This long rest is good for him


My internet doctoring skills kinda hit a wall trying to figure out what the heck an impingement is. A week or two ago Sam had a hip impingement and I looked it up and it said the bones in the hip don't fit together right and are rubbing on each other and causing pain. But now I just looked up Jrue's shoulder impingement and it's about tendons and nerves instead of bones. Shrug.
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Re: Game Thread – Spurs @ Celtics – 7:00PM, Wed, Feb. 12, 2025 

Post#17 » by playa-hater » Wed Feb 12, 2025 5:58 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
Jellybeans wrote:Oke lets break our coming back home curse and win damn game :lol:

Celtics are just 2-5 (and lost 4 straight) in home games coming off a multi-game road trip.

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The Double Bigs don't work at home :o 8-)

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Post#18 » by The_Ghost_of_JB » Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:04 pm

First home game back after a couple of road games and they are playing the spurs. What could possibly go wrong?
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Post#19 » by SuperDeluxe » Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:07 pm

Yup, this has 'loss' written all over it.
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Post#20 » by bigfoot_cryptozoology » Wed Feb 12, 2025 6:14 pm

Wemby reminds me of Gumby...

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