CELTICS 2010

feel like we might be in for some playoff adjustments prioritizing shooting to open the court up like more grant less theis/rob, pritchard might be a little more playable vs the bucks too, as to what that all does to their defense idk their switchability is maybe improved with grant but rim protection is decreased, pritchard is obvs targetable but the bucks dont have the perimeter threats that the nets do so it might be manageable, will be interesting to see how the bucks play them i feel like everyone just gives up and starts switching everything at some point in the offs which limits ball movement and encourages iso play, celtics do have a couple good iso players and maybe if you put shooters around them it can work well enough

im assuming the celtics will play a similar scheme vs giannis as they did on kd with secondary defenders lurking in his driving lanes and coming over for late contests and opportunistic doubles, if they can turn him over consistently that would be very nice as its easy offense

havent seen an update on middleton feel like if hes out the celtics should win, if he plays even half the series and isnt too injured then well its game on baby

Ime Udoka cancels the play and signals Grant Williams to cut with a finger wave. Celtics ran circles around Steve Nash and the Nets. pic.twitter.com/xt8OSzjcEb

— ŘØΜ€ (@r0meinaday) April 26, 2022

I just watched that a few dozen times. So cool to see how it unfolded on the fly.

yeah a nice lil moment the low key point, grant sees it then does a lil move to get free before he cuts

Marcus looking at Ime to acknowledge the call when he's running back on defense

ah missed that nice

Here's one minute of Jayson Tatum playing great defense on Kevin Durant in the first round pic.twitter.com/hzSFmkzEkY

— John Karalis 🇬🇷 🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) April 29, 2022

Fun fact: Jayson Tatum recorded 22 deflections (5.5 per game) against the Nets, which is No. 1 among players in the postseason.

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) April 29, 2022

he had durant’s shot timed up perfectly.

apparently the celtics had never really experienced the type of full-court press the bucks put on them. they'd get down to the other end with 8-10 seconds left on the clock

smart is apparently questionable for game 2 due to quad injury

“We settled for too many contested threes. We shouldn’t have to take any contested threes in this series because of how they guard.”

udoka otm

yeah think i said in the other thread that the bucks are really good at giving you mediocre quasi contested threes early in the shot clock that you really need to not take but its hard because theyre not that different than the shots that you do need to take so the shot selection situation is tricky

they really need to go at lopez in the pick and roll and either take the mid range shots that he gives up or kick it out for good 3s, also obvs take it to the basket when they can but hes pretty tough dropping back but maybe you can get some fouls on him if you drive forcefully

jaylens hammy a big issue too

pic.twitter.com/YEq38eI6j9

— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) May 4, 2022

bad pass from jaylen but rob just scoops it up and makes the play nbd

It's a Jaylen Brown series folks. His playmaking and his paint touches and his creation are big for Boston. Engages Lopez and hits Williams on the roll. Handles the pressure, gets Matthews to engage with Lopez dropped back and hits Tatum for 3. pic.twitter.com/dRI7yJXYiV

— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) May 4, 2022

https://i.imgur.com/MCgY38I.png

made the shot

In 44 possessions while guarding either Giannis Antetokounmpo or Jrue Holiday, Smart held the Bucks stars to six points on 2-of-7 shooting.

Five fourth-quarter minutes for this Celtics’ small lineup last night: Smart, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford. They outscored the Bucks 24-9 while shooting 8 for 9 from the field with zero turnovers.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) May 10, 2022

made the shot

i re-watched that shot like a dozen times trying to get it to make sense, and it never did. literally unbelievable.

feel like that celtics small lineup can work going forward specifically when giannis gets tired late.

a quick breakdown of Al Horford's dunk in game 4 pic.twitter.com/jC4JHbPx1V

— Mike Camerlengo (@MCamerlengo) May 10, 2022

feel like that celtics small lineup can work going forward specifically when giannis gets tired late.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 4:02 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah was thinking the same with the whole bucks tired really

the playoffs are cool

With the Celtics trailing by double digits in Game 4, Ime Udoka went to a lineup he hadn't played all season long. The move helped change the tide in a remarkable comeback https://t.co/spWCqVA23T

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) May 10, 2022

waggling eyebrows wildly

Ime Udoka: "This is what we played for, why we played the season out, to have home court advantage in a Game 7. If you believe in the basketball gods, those things matter."

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) May 15, 2022

https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1525981377111506948

Reporter: Deuce you excited to go to Miami? It's a good pool

Jayson Tatum: "Say you'll go swimming"

Deuce Tatum: "I will go swimming"

😂pic.twitter.com/OpBBXmYOKx

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) May 15, 2022

great quote from ime

i'm watching the second half now (afternoon games are a curse) and the biggest thing i see is that no matter what anyone wants to say about shooting disparity the bucks defense, particularly with tatum on the floor, was completely broken. the celtics could get an open three on every single possession. no ball pressure, no hard closes to shooters. tough way to make a living.

Very satisfying blowout

bucks weirdly came out from halftime and just kinda gave up

even giannis only had seven points in the 2nd half

yeah you don't feel him at all. but it was the bucks defense that really failed them. the celtics survive all of tatum's 3rd-quarter foul trouble which would be unthinkable a couple games ago.

After being a DNP-CD for Game 7, it sounds like Rob Williams will be back in action for the Heat series with 'no restrictions' https://t.co/7B9XkLrnAn

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) May 16, 2022

lol this picture

From this to 4 ECF’s in 6 seasons… pic.twitter.com/BjmLzPZvkR

— Celtics Junkies (@Celtics_Junkies) May 16, 2022

they should try winning the ECF this time imo

im all for it personally

A friend of my dad, who lives in Knoxville, writes:

Grant Williams may not have been the best player at UT. Can't forget Bernard King. But to me he was the most interesting, the smartest, most valuable player I ever saw there. He was a below-the-radar recruit in Rick Barnes' first year and became the heart of the team, the post/wing guy who ran the team, delivered the clutch shots, led them to the conference championship and missed the Final Four by two points when they were upset in the NCAAs by cinderella Loyal of Chicago. He was also the two-time SEC Player of the Year. But the NBA is a different thing. I was glad to see him go to the Celtics but I worried that he didn't have the size or speed and didn't really fit the NBA one-on-on style. But, according to what he said in the postgame press conference the other night, he worked his tail off learning to shoot the 3 (never did that in college) and waited for his time -- which evidently came this week. Really happy for him, very admirable guy.

Funny, a similar thing happened to All-American Dale Ellis at UT. He was buried in the post in Don Devoe's methodical, boring offense, went to the NBA and became the all-time 3-point champ (up until that time, of course).

And to cap off the big Celtics win, @Dwhite921 just became a daddy!!

Huge congrats and welcome to the world, Hendrix James White! pic.twitter.com/WuGxXwb81Z

— Cameron Tabatabaie (@CTabatabaie) May 20, 2022

second team baby named hendrix (rob williams)

awww congrats to derrick. i have no idea where the hendrix trend is coming from but happy for all the new babies.

nice

The Red Sox are all wearing Celtics jerseys on the flight to Chicago. I support this. Austin Davis had the full uniform, shorts and all.

— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) May 22, 2022

Marcus Smart & Rob Williams prayer circle to play:

🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
Marcus & rob
🕯 Please play 🕯

🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯

— Kenny☘️ (@CELTICSvsEvery1) May 23, 2022

i'm stealing this from somewhere else but had to share--tatum is in all likelihood going to end up playing the most minutes of anyone this season, potentially by a lot:

Tatum is second in total regular season + playoff minutes (3,334) behind Mikal Bridges (3,354).

Remaining teams' leaders:

DAL: Dorian Finney-Smith (3,254)
GSW: Andrew Wiggins (2,790)
MIA: Tyler Herro (2,525)

Remaining teams' stars:

DAL: Luka Doncic (2,776)
GSW: Stephen Curry (2,682)
MIA: Jimmy Butler (2,426)

thats a lot of minutes got to find a way to get him more rest next year

awww congrats to derrick. i have no idea where the hendrix trend is coming from but happy for all the new babies.

― call all destroyer, Thursday, May 19, 2022 11:15 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink

said during the game last night that they had the name picked out before he was traded, it was written

Robert Williams on when Derrick White told him he was also naming his son Hendrix: ‘That’s the first thing he told me’ https://t.co/8RhjRPtaCW

— Souichi Terada | 寺田惣一 (@SouichiTerada) May 24, 2022

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lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIIWSofTsDo

Yes!!! pic.twitter.com/uW96N1EEqg

— Nia Long (@NiaLong) May 30, 2022