CELTICS 2010

This is just the third time in Celtics franchise history they've ever given up 150 points in a game. The first time since 1979. And it's against the Thunder without SGA.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) January 4, 2023

celtics are bad now, rip

jay chemistry on the uptick

Jay-to-Jay assists …

Last season: 72
This season: 65

Three in the 4th quarter tonight, including this one … pic.twitter.com/0Cp8WyPoAA

— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) January 6, 2023

that was a nice play i thought the pass was way too high at first but then it came back, and yeah both those guys have improved their playmaking so much, tatum is legit good now

i had the same thought! pass did not look good out of jayson's hands but it turned into a pretty smooth lob.

“Kemba is a special, special person,” Tatum told reporters in Dallas. “Somebody I talk to on the regular. Without a doubt, one of the best teammates – if not the best teammate I’ve probably ever had.”

everyone loves kemba, multiple times ive heard opposing teams announcers, guys he has no particular reason to talk to he sees them a couple times a year talk about how hes the best guy

that block tho

magisterial

beautiful play rob

Rob Williams is incredible LMAOOO! #Celtics 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/HhU44RAJ7t

— 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 @𝗙𝗧𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱𝟳 (@FTBeard7) January 8, 2023

what gives here? are the Celtics good again?

no theyre still bad

they play great a lot of the time but every game feels tough. they need to start putting teams away by 25 heading into the 4th

mazzulla write that down if you’re reading this

they should go back to hitting every three like before imo

they play great a lot of the time but every game feels tough. they need to start putting teams away by 25 heading into the 4th

― Tracer Hand, Saturday, January 7, 2023 7:40 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

they smoked dallas. they did this to houston. they beat the bucks by 20 on christmas.

idk it's a long season? their offense was never going to continue the way it was.

theyve been coasting tho not playing great

good time of the year to coast really

it is the mid season doldrums for sure but i do think it would be better to play better

personally I try not to do judgements in the spirit of the new year

the nadir of last season was around this time iirc.

The energy is about to shift

— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) January 31, 2022

the energy was about to shift

tbf the energy had already shifted at that point

if this is the nadir of this season thats pretty good given they have the best record in the league

if this is the nadir thats fine, if this is the new normal then they wont have the best record for long

i do think theyll play better they have too much talent to keep being the +2.2 team theyve been over the last 15, but how much better will they play, idk will have to watch the games to see

it’s funny you can guess but then you just have to watch the games to find out

plenty of nadir opportunities left in January

hard to think of a lower point than giving up 150 to an SGA-less OKC but never stop dreaming i guess

at what point does the poor d become a coaching problem? this team was elite last year even without rob

they were not elite at this point last year

playing smaller lineups is def taking its toll on the d, al clearly not moving as well as last year either

they’re 10th in defensive rating at the moment and can certainly get higher, no elite defenses this year so far

however they have been playing good d for a while now (3rd best def rating since dec 1st) and if they wanted to go with a big lineup they cld prob play about as good as last year, do think they should pick up another center tho

lol xp

the best stoppers in the league this year have whistles

memphis since jjj came back has been elite fwiw

The Athletic noticed that Horf’s free
throws in the second period against the Spurs were the first he’s taken since… Nov 14?!

smart out goin w the big lineup

Celtics starters tonight:

Robert Williams
Al Horford
Jayson Tatum
Jaylen Brown
Derrick White

Bulls starters:

Nikola Vucevic
Patrick Williams
DeMar DeRozan
Zach LaVine
Ayo Dosunmu

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) January 10, 2023

tatum 3-3 all catch and shoots no dribble love it

then he dribbles and misses dribbling is bad

made a nice pass to rob out of the spain pick and roll too oriented his body so it looked like he was gonna hit jaylen in the corner then waited a beat and hit rob on the late roll wide open in the lane

tatum bad dribbly step back miss

he finally made a dribbling basket

one of the weird things about this season is the jays are shooting 3s bad

grant doesnt want to shoot anymore he just wants to drive hes a driving man now

thats a lot of games

Celtics just announced @SeanGrandePBP and @cedricmaxwell81 calling their 2,000(!) game together, which got a nice ovation from TD Garden crowd.

— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) January 10, 2023

back3back off the dribble 3s for tatum dribbling is good again

bulls always play the celtics so tough