CELTICS 2010

The Sixers lose in Phoenix.

11 weeks ago, the Boston Celtics were 11th in the Eastern Conference.

They now lead it. pic.twitter.com/jqtBEkBtDy

— Sean Grande (@SeanGrandePBP) March 28, 2022

the famous idea in the nba is that where you are on christmas day is generally reflective of where you'll end up. seems like it's getting less and less true.

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— A.K (@Kungu_NBA) March 28, 2022

Boston Celtics center Robert Williams is feared to have suffered a meniscus tear in his left knee, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. It could lead to an indefinite absence, which would be a tough loss for the Celtics as Williams is shining as the starting center this season.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 28, 2022

brb im going to light myself on fire

well thats depressing

god fucking dammmit

fuuuuuuuck

the boston celtics have died

:(

Not cool, time lord's meniscus

celtics took toronto to overtime in toronto without any of their guys lol

this take is giving me life!!

theyre not quitting!

at the time the Theis trade seemed a little too much for the getting the band back together vibez and not enough for actual basketball value. damn glad it happened now though!

true, wonder what their rotations gonna look like now, horf/grant starting theis at backup center with smaller lineups eg tatum at the 4

prob close with a horf/tatum frontcourt

lotta minutes for horf.

this is your time to shine, batman

https://i.imgur.com/YRoBaAW.png

UMMMMMMM

Celtics confirm Woj report that Rob Williams is expected to return in 4-6 weeks after having a partial left knee meniscectomy in Boston today.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) March 30, 2022

that's massively risky but i guess it depends on how the playoffs is going

its jus a very small tear nbd its fine

very curious to find out if they did one of the procedures that gets you back quicker but could lead to issues down the line or if they just got lucky with the severity of the tear

A meniscectomy (I've had one) is where they cut the torn part off of the rest of the meniscus. It's quicker healing, but you lose part of the meniscus. A meniscus repair is where they sow the torn part back to the meniscus, which preserves the meniscus, but is a much longer recovery time. I'm fairly certain nearly all athletes opt for the former, but I could be wrong.

they usually assess based on the severity of the injury. i don't think doing the trim necessarily leads to issues down the road, but my concerns are more around rob being a slow healer and relying so much on leaping ability.

Re: Robert Williams, I'm always skeptical of any meniscus surgery timeline shorter than 8 weeks. And if he does come back faster, we've seen guys like Metta World Peace, Mo Harkless, and Brandon Roy who pushed back for the playoffs have major issues going forward.

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) March 30, 2022

Brandon Roy had much deeper knee issues than a slight meniscus tear.

not gonna matter much if the rest of the team cant stay in shape

Go cs luv da cs pic.twitter.com/4opXoLG9y0

— fraser ramon (@SteveMerkle9) March 30, 2022

ten year old study on the famous meniscus

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nba-players-meniscus/most-nba-players-recover-from-meniscus-tears-idUSTRE7BF23P20111216

While one in five of the athletes never returned to play another NBA game after the injury, those that did return generally got back to their pre-injury playing level. That was based on a calculation that weighed athletes’ points, rebounds, fouls and turnovers in the seasons right before and after the injury.

The athletes missed about six weeks worth of practice and games before returning to play, on average.

from the Athletic, Ime pinpoints the vibe shift:

If you had to pinpoint a moment where it started turning around and why, what would that be?

Coming off the West Coast trip, we had a hard session where I went at them pretty hard.

Where were you? Paint that picture for me a little bit.

Film session (in Boston), back off the Utah, Portland, Clippers, Lakers, Phoenix trip. We didn’t have a good trip, but it was more so all the things that we had built to that point. Whether we were losing some big leads, playing a certain way. And we didn’t (play well on) that trip. So I hit them with a 75 clip film session — 75 different clips.

Plays you didn’t like?

Yeah, whole categories of (them) not having physicality, not moving the ball. Ran the whole gamut, and we hollered at them.

rob just got the 2nd annual tommy award congrats

well-deserved!

celtics playing good tonight but dont have the same pop without rob i miss the pop

marcus out there making plays as per usual

celtics defense is so good that sometimes teams mess up easy shots just from being so generally pressed

Jayson Tatum complains to the refs for 5 minutes straight then looks completely aghast when he gets the tech. Deuce is on the sidelines throwing up thumbs down lol

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) March 31, 2022

sloppy half from the celtics feels like they should be up seven instead theyre down one which is an eight point swing

marcus has a number of sick passes tonight

jaylen one of the few guys in the league who consistently scores against multiple defenders on the break

lately it feels like when they make their threes it’s a blowout, and when they don’t it’s a loss

taytum on the dray pod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZTvZlSr3Uc

damn that podcast is good. the whole robert williams discussion. dammit get better soon time lord!

Grant Williams stepped on someone's foot standing in front of Indiana's bench and went down for a bit before slowly walking back to Boston's bench. He's still stretching his left foot/ankle out now but appears he'll stay in the game.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) April 2, 2022

that dudes can legally stand around out of bounds inches from the court is insane, why do we not have a DMZ area of some kind?

ideal scenario celtics win out including game at bucks philly wins out and nets stay in the bottom part of the play in

https://i.imgur.com/msYmsD6.png

leaving heat at 1 celtics at 2 philly at 3 bucks at 4 and nets at 8, biggest obstacle is celtics playing in milwaukee on the second night of a back to back

i mean i guess the ideal would be celtics at 1 and everything lined up perfectly but thats much less likely

Update on this: confirmed with league it’s record vs. all playoff eligible teams, so the top 10.

Boston wins that tiebreaker.

So either Boston wins tomorrow (clinched head to head tiebreaker) or Milwaukee wins, the two tie for conf rec, and Boston wins 5th tiebreaker. https://t.co/5wmA3lFoTv

— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) April 6, 2022

i love the things mike gorman says about players he doesnt like "tristan thompson collecting a check here chicago"

whenever hes talking about an upcoming game vs the nets theres some version of "kyrie may or may not play"

Another day, another 20+ pt win over a playoff team for the Celtics of Boston, Massachusetts, USA