CELTICS 2010

from todays big athletic piece on udoka

As much as he is influenced by Popovich, Udoka often recites former Utah coach Jerry Sloan, going as far as to implement one of his sayings into the nightly scouting reports.

“One thing Jerry used to say that I use with the guys is ‘tuxedo guys’ … that’s a kind way of saying a guy is soft,” Udoka said. “On every scouting report, we have ‘tuxedo guys’ and the whole team has kind of run with it. Jerry would say certain guys like to ‘play in their tuxedo’ — you know, have a nice, easy game, don’t touch them, how’s your family? … Nah. We’re not about that.”

lmao celtics are calling players soft on their scouting report i simply must know who the tuxedo guys are

hahah what a great phrase

the inverse of lunch bucket guys

The regular season is officially behind us. Check out how teams waxed and waned over the course of the year via their rolling net ratings: pic.twitter.com/Mt1iLfMY6F

— SIS Hoops (@SIS_Hoops) April 11, 2022

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grant fancam

Look at who Grant Williams guards, and how he is consistently in the right position & contesting these shots: pic.twitter.com/5mKLCQgYB5

— Half Court Hoops (@HalfCourtHoops) April 12, 2022

i love it

celtics ending the season #1 in SRS is cool, just noticed that. must have passed the suns on the last day. can officially say they were the best regular season team now

celtics are the champs

thank god we have the playoffs to sort all this out for us

lol

Jayson Tatum on his time with Kyrie Irving in Boston: "Obviously we've talked and there's some things that he probably told me he wish he could do (or) would've done differently."

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) April 13, 2022

thats right baby

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yessss a classic view from I-93 south of town

lol wow

i guess i havent been on the SE expressway in years

i thankfully have no occasion to drive it these days but the big padlock has been around for a while

jaylen refusing in a weird way to talk about anything

Asked about his vaccination status, Jaylen Brown pointed out he missed the playoffs last year. He said he’s “ready to play against anybody” in the playoffs, implying he would be able to play in Toronto. But he said he won’t comment on his vaccination status or anyone else’s.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) April 3, 2022

Jaylen Brown declined to say if he is practicing Ramadan: "Ramadan is a special time, definitely in relationship with God and relationship with adversity, persevering through distraction and any negativity...Ramadan is something special, that saved my life in many ways."

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) April 14, 2022

i thought his reason for being cagey about vaccination was his position in the players union or some such nonsense. also someone tell jared you don't "practice ramadan"

its not the typical terminology but in my muslim opinion ramadan can be considered a religious practice

Ramadan is something special, that saved my life in many ways.

I think he answered the Ramadan question, but indirectly. His refusal regarding his vaccination status was a definite stonewall, but we'll be able to draw an accurate conclusion when the series moves to Toronto.

imo he was stronger re being vaxxed he only confirmed that hes practiced ramadan before whatever that means

theres also other info out there that points towards him being vaxxed fwiw

we talking about practicing (Ramadan)?

haha

lol

hahaha nice

Celtic great Bob Cousy has an ice cream sundae with local kids in the 50s. Courtesy Life Magazine Archives. pic.twitter.com/5KP1ytsIuj

— Old School Boston (@OldSchoolBoston) April 17, 2022

ballers w/randoms

Auspicious beginning to the offs with Tatum's first career buzzer beater. Final possession was 12 seconds - saw in the AP write-up that all 5 Celtics on the floor touched the ball. Pretty sweet.

pretty crazy they couldnt get their signature ball movement going all game then the final play they did

which is the opposite of what usually happens in basketball

angle

unbelievable pic.twitter.com/5VUix4ttlt

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 17, 2022

lol

“Get that fucking shit outa here!!”#Celtics | #BleedGreen
pic.twitter.com/2rLBlFHSsJ

— Boston Sports Gordo (@BOSSportsGordo) April 18, 2022

seems crazy to me to be on yr phone instead of watching the game but i do appreciate the fan views

🚨 @jaytatum0 AT THE BUZZER 🚨 pic.twitter.com/hLY0SMusm6

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 17, 2022

hell yes

Le HUSTLE de Jaylen Brown, magnifique.pic.twitter.com/Js8Xhm3DGI

— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) April 17, 2022

https://i.ibb.co/h9WJf7K/Screen-Shot-2022-04-18-at-6-34-09-PM.png

kd clock watching while tatum starts his cut

aww

A special moment today celebrating the heart and soul of our team, @smart_MS3 ☘️ pic.twitter.com/OPcgYbMmxt

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 18, 2022

this is so cool.

oh man love that moment for marcus.

kd clock watching while tatum starts his cut

and all five nets with their backs to the celtics' #1 option with 3.3 seconds left in a one-point game. not calling that timeout was a great call.

For the season, Boston scored 1.4 points per possession on any trip featuring the Tatum-Smart pick-and-roll -- No. 1 among 426 two-man combinations with at least 100 reps, per Second Spectrum.

seems good

marcus' decision making this year has taken a quantum leap forward. it doesn't exactly feel like he's seeing and doing things he couldn't before, so much as he's finally learned when to check his irrational confidence and let the game come to him

Jaylen Brown asked what he saw in Marcus Smart’s hand: “I don’t know. That was a play. I taught Marcus everything he knows. He may be defensive player of the year, but he got that from me.” https://t.co/vIg2BVG4mM

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) April 21, 2022

Marcus is like something out of the Matrix pic.twitter.com/AxLFrJJAec

— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) April 21, 2022

Presented without comment pic.twitter.com/9YwXFZetmP

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) April 21, 2022

i figured out the hand thing

today is the marijuana “holiday” of 4/20

need I say more

in the gothenburg airport today

https://i.imgur.com/QvXtLzm.jpg

more like Daniel Ties pic.twitter.com/ZIZGV1OvLb

— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) April 21, 2022

Hey @KlayThompson, I can dig it. https://t.co/Q5WIjUuqoA

— Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) December 30, 2018

good stuff

With the Celtics facing a five-point deficit early in the fourth quarter Wednesday night, Udoka dialed up likely the most significant in-game adjustment of his young coaching career, given the circumstances. Partly to change Boston’s spacing, he called on a lineup full of his team’s best shooters: Payton Pritchard, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Grant Williams and Al Horford. The group had only played six minutes together during the regular season. It did not include either Marcus Smart or Derrick White. Still, Udoka felt comfortable turning to the unit with a playoff game on the line. He had a vision.

Over the next several minutes, the Celtics ran some variation of the same look on almost every possession. They stationed Horford and Williams in the two corners, knowing the Nets would not want to leave either of them alone. The placement of the two Boston big men dragged their defenders, usually Kevin Durant and either Andre Drummond or Nicolas Claxton, out of the paint. By taking the Nets’ two longest players away from the action, the Celtics also took advantage of Brooklyn’s lack of defensive depth. The Nets simply don’t have much perimeter size or length. Udoka’s decision left his own team’s three best shooters — Tatum, Brown and Pritchard — essentially playing three-on-three against small defenders in space.

The strategy set up Boston’s best offensive stretch of the game, a string of five straight scores that flipped a five-point deficit into a 99-94 lead.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQ37AouVgAQTG2z?format=jpg&name=medium

in game adjustments that work out perfectly are so satisfying