CELTICS 2010

wow this game was pretty good huh?

in a way it’s slightly alarming that the celtics can play out of their minds at home against maybe not the best defensive team in the east and still have it be that close but i guess you are dealing with two crazy talents (and i do mean crazy! speaking of which i wasn’t thrilled that kyrie embraced tatum like that after the final whistle, breathing all over him etc)

they really went at it, just all out shit - ridiculously fun to watch

yeah great game, i felt like the celtics played pretty good D and the nets had some fluky stuff go their way, kd was obvs unstoppable but they had some success trapping him down the stretch

when the score started creeping up over 100 with most of the fourth left to play it felt like a bad sign but the threes were falling and nobody could stop tatum. unbelievable to me that he’s only just turned 24.

i thought they were just tremendous defensively. it’s a sight to see.

he seems to come on after the all star break every year

celtics were in 11th place and out of the play in about two months ago, half a game out of fourth and first round home court now

good piece in the athletic today about defending durant, even tho he torched them seems like they have the right idea, basically kept him off the line and out of the paint force him to take contested midrange which obvs he did, but he did have 7 tos which is crucial, then they got even more aggressive with him late forced the ball out of his hands

will be interesting to see how the nets integrate the non shooter ben simmons into the offense, seems like theyll prob just play him at center which might be the same diff as theyre giving minutes to non shooting centers now anyway, he could be dangerous as a roll man but is prob a liability when kd gets trapped, wonder if theyll sit him in crunch time

seems like kd doesnt always make the best reads out of double team he missed an open kyrie one pass away at the 3pt line trying to completely pointlessly hit claxton in the high post which resulted in a turnover anyway

video of said play https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2022/03/08011834/25.mp4

seems like itd be better to have kyrie initiate the offense and run actions for kd

for as great as he is kd has never been someone where you just put the ball in his hands every time down the floor and you get good offense out of it. if the nets end up playing that way i think you live with it and go at them on the other end.

i'm not sure the celtics really did anything wrong with KD, i mean when rob williams has his hand right in your face, 100% contested, and you still drain it, what can you do? and he just never seemed to miss. i do think the celtics got slightly lucky that tatum had a career game and pretty much every 3 went in but still, a lot of things went bklyn's way too.

watching kyrie with the ball is always such an incredible experience, arms and legs everywhere, like a muppet on fast-forward

yeah celtics prob defended kd as good as you can he got hot from the midrange but also turned the ball over a bunch

for as great as he is kd has never been someone where you just put the ball in his hands every time down the floor and you get good offense out of it. if the nets end up playing that way i think you live with it and go at them on the other end.

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yeah its always been his weakness. he and russ had some rough end of game moments together in big games

gets into the hero ball thing, and while his length gives him a huge advantage for passing out of double teams, it's generally not quality offense

yeah seems like a no brainer to have kyrie initiate tho obvs he can get lost in hero ball too and is worse at it

nice luxury tho to have two of the best hero ballers ever so you can just ride the hot hand on any given night

yeah tho kyrie ultimately because hes so small is stoppable where kd is not

can't remember if i ended up asking this on the main thread at some point, but assuming kyrie gets cleared to play home games, where can he still not play? like who might they face in the offs and not have him available? raps i think, anyone else?

warriors?

good breakdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_xkJg-3RH4

that was good. i like how he articulates playing deliberately but also making quick decisions--good tempo isn't always about playing fast but is definitely about being decisive when the right play is there for you

yeah tatum is def holding the ball less which is a big improvement along those lines

Jayson Tatum checks out with 44 points — and 98 points over his last two games combined. He has averaged 42 points per game over his last four outings.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) March 10, 2022

same

Derrick White on Jayson Tatum's tear: "It's fun to watch on this side. I enjoy it."

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) March 10, 2022

celtics basketball baby

A fun fact I just learned is that Marcus Smart is No. 1 in the NBA in loose balls recovered BUT Robert Williams is No. 1 in loose balls recovered per 36 minutes.

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) March 10, 2022

wow great stat

celtics clearly producing a lot of loose balls

lol

https://i.imgur.com/0ddxn4g.png

celtics played physical last night, serious stuff, if thats what theyve got planned for the playoffs well sign me up

tried to read some articles this morning and theyre all about marcus rolling stephs ankle media is living for the drama

Nobody appreciates the hustle these days

not gonna name any names but some people including coaches for the warriors are being very bitchy about a man diving for the ball

draymond said it was fine FWIW and we know he is normal

It was reckless and then he kicked klay but at the same time whatever that’s just how he plays. If Grayson did it to taytum tho I bet people would have feelings about it

idk guys dive at balls near at each others feet every single game i dont think wed even be talking about it if kerr hadnt freaked out, and tbh he prob wouldnt have if marcus hadnt kicked klay on the very same play lol

ironically kicking klay was really only dangerous to marcus

idk guys dive at balls near at each others feet every single game i dont think wed even be talking about it if kerr hadnt freaked out, and tbh he prob wouldnt have if marcus hadnt kicked klay on the very same play lol

that too

And that’s why Kerr was mad just like any coach would be mad

yeah you dont see coaches get into it with players much tho

doc maybe feel like he does it with some regularity besides that not that much

dray summing up the 2022 celtics pretty well

“They started off pretty shitty,” Green said. “The way they turned their season around, you really gotta give those guys credit.”

draymond green otm

they started off really bad but that was only for a couple weeks after that they had some injuries/werent really as bad as they seemed then in january they started playing really good and fortified that with some good trades at the deadline

this is irrelevant to the current celtics, but i was reading the athletic article about the '97 kansas jayhawks and look at little baby paul pierce

https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2022/03/14232104/Paul-Pierce-SI-cover.jpg

"the celtics are rolling" --brian scalabrine

This sequence >>>>> pic.twitter.com/sMxY6OfyTr

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) March 21, 2022

^ the Nuggs played like a team of demoralized slugs in that sequence.

lol mike malone thought the same, he started their bench in the 2nd half

his name is grant williams pic.twitter.com/CJ0S4OvTMR

— dr3 (@mrdrerupert1) March 21, 2022