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Celtics 2023-24 Season Thread
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Post by philarhody on May 25, 2024 22:29:47 GMT -5
My last thought on this game - Tatum had a complete game. Big time, top level player game. ABSOLUTELY. Young Tatum would have been looking for a 50 burger. He played within himself, despite the fact that he was feeling it early, he continued facilitating for his teammates.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 25, 2024 22:33:01 GMT -5
Yeah honestly the fact they’re only down 12 is kind of miraculous. Could see them pulling this out (and in fact I bet them) That actually aged very well.
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Post by foreverred9 on May 25, 2024 22:33:06 GMT -5
My last thought on this game - Tatum had a complete game. Big time, top level player game. ABSOLUTELY. Young Tatum would have been looking for a 50 burger. He played within himself, despite the fact that he was feeling it early, he continued facilitating for his teammates. Superstar
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 25, 2024 22:38:32 GMT -5
Without Jrue, they would not have won tonight. That’s true, but it’s also annoying when you go back in the thread and try to make people look bad after an emotional game. Wow, you actually wrote that it's annoying to be held accountable for what you wrote. I watched the first half at a friends house and watched the second half outside on my deck as I bought a Tavern to go and after came here to read what was wrote. If you don't like that to bad for you.
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Post by philarhody on May 25, 2024 22:39:39 GMT -5
That’s true, but it’s also annoying when you go back in the thread and try to make people look bad after an emotional game. Wow, you actually wrote that it's annoying to be held accountable for what you wrote. I watched the first half at a friends house and watched the second half outside on my deck as I bought a Tavern to go and after came here to read what was wrote. If you don't like that to bad for you. Yeah I don’t like it, and it is too bad for me.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on May 25, 2024 22:41:15 GMT -5
Zero turnovers from Tatum too. Thats wild to go with a near triple double.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 25, 2024 22:49:01 GMT -5
Yeah, let’s talk about the foul on Jrue. That’s either no foul or that’s a clear path foul. There’s literally no middle ground here. What about the non-call when he was hit in the wrist and the woman announcer, I can't recall her name but I find her annoying, after they show the replay that confirms Jrue was right, she says, "yeah that caught some wrist", ffs all it caught was wrist and nothing but the wrist that was a horribly missed call. The other announcer, bless him, said Jrue so rarely complains I'm just going to give him the benefit of the doubt. Glad they won because I would have annoyed myself with bitching about that call late in the game and I believe it was the first time we had made it a 1 possession game since the first half too.
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Post by Montana Lemonious-Craig on May 25, 2024 23:15:05 GMT -5
Pacers spirits have to be crushed. They swung with their best punch twice and weren’t able to close out games 1 or 3. Definitely some young team issues that the Celtics have been exploiting perfectly. I could see Indy pulling off game 4, and it really wouldn’t be the worst thing for the Celtics, as it could give KP another game to work his way into shape before the finals, but it’s going to take everything they have and then some
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 26, 2024 1:16:17 GMT -5
Great last 1.5 quarters by Celtics, but this was only a game because they didn't show up till mid third quarter. BTW Tillman with team leading plus minus and he frankly didn't do much. He looks out of shape. I am biased because I’ve loved Tillman since his college days, but he’s such an elite positional defender, much like Al Horford, and he’s really able to slide his feet like Al a few years back. Love seeing those two play together. Really high IQ defense when they are both on the floor, particularly when you also have White and Jrue out there too. Is it just me or does he look a little heavy and slow? I love the guy and yeah it's his feet work because he's not a great athlete. He is skilled, plays hard and has a very high Basketball IQ. Something is off, I'm thinking maybe RJP is right, he's not close to 100%. Maybe the death of his father. Maybe I'm just crazy, just doesn't look like he did early in the season on tape I watched.
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 26, 2024 6:00:10 GMT -5
That game affected my sleep!
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Post by soxfansince67 on May 26, 2024 6:10:46 GMT -5
Morning thought as we leave our vacation spot and embark on a 10 hour ferry/drive adventure - the Celts are now a tougher, battle tested, more clutch team.
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Post by rjp313jr on May 26, 2024 6:13:41 GMT -5
Last night was a tough game for me, started drinking yesterday about 10:30am, but I fought thru the urges to give up down 18 in the 3rd and persevered thru victory! What a game!
The Jrue Holiday steal was a beauty. What a play!
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Post by cdj on May 26, 2024 8:19:33 GMT -5
Yeah honestly the fact they’re only down 12 is kind of miraculous. Could see them pulling this out (and in fact I bet them) That actually aged very well. My bank account thanks Mr. Jrue If I know one thing about this team they’re like a cat with a mouse- they enjoy ******* around with it before they kill it. On occasion the mouse escapes but for the most part these battles are over before they start
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Post by cdj on May 26, 2024 8:23:26 GMT -5
I am biased because I’ve loved Tillman since his college days, but he’s such an elite positional defender, much like Al Horford, and he’s really able to slide his feet like Al a few years back. Love seeing those two play together. Really high IQ defense when they are both on the floor, particularly when you also have White and Jrue out there too. Is it just me or does he look a little heavy and slow? I love the guy and yeah it's his feet work because he's not a great athlete. He is skilled, plays hard and has a very high Basketball IQ. Something is off, I'm thinking maybe RJP is right, he's not close to 100%. Maybe the death of his father. Maybe I'm just crazy, just doesn't look like he did early in the season on tape I watched. I thought he was stuck in mud out there too. Team played well with him on the court but I don’t think it was necessarily because of him- just kinda demonstrates the flaws with +/-
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Post by FenwayFanatic on May 26, 2024 8:49:49 GMT -5
The Hauser minutes have been bad for almost the whole postseason.
I hope with Porzingis (and maybe Kornet) coming back they can cut down his minutes at least.
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Post by cdj on May 26, 2024 9:28:08 GMT -5
The Hauser minutes have been bad for almost the whole postseason. I hope with Porzingis (and maybe Kornet) coming back they can cut down his minutes at least. He was really good against Miami imo but the last 2 series he can’t buy a bucket. He’s played hard on D at least so I suspect he’ll keep getting minutes with the thought that the law of averages will get him hot again
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Post by rjp313jr on May 26, 2024 10:59:56 GMT -5
The Hauser minutes have been bad for almost the whole postseason. I hope with Porzingis (and maybe Kornet) coming back they can cut down his minutes at least. He was really good against Miami imo but the last 2 series he can’t buy a bucket. He’s played hard on D at least so I suspect he’ll keep getting minutes with the thought that the law of averages will get him hot again If he can get got from 3 it’d make a huge difference.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on May 26, 2024 11:57:08 GMT -5
If Jrue is sick, I'd rather him watch the game from home. I'd rather not get any of the other guys sick. They should win despite the injuries. No Haliburton makes things easier. Without Jrue, they would not have won tonight. Yeah, he came up huge. I guess he was feeling alright. I just hope the rest of the guys don't catch what he got. Clearly they ended up needing him.
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Post by redsoxfan2 on May 26, 2024 11:58:24 GMT -5
ABSOLUTELY. Young Tatum would have been looking for a 50 burger. He played within himself, despite the fact that he was feeling it early, he continued facilitating for his teammates. Superstar This was a super star performance by Tatum.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 26, 2024 12:35:20 GMT -5
While a great come back win, I'm still worried that they try and flip switches in the ECF. Great teams do that in the regular season, not in the playoffs. First time in this series the Celtics weren't playing hard. 10 rebounds first half, 26 in the 2nd half. It doesn't matter against these Pacers, whatever team reaches finals will be better. It wasn't just one player either. This team will never reach its full potential until they actually play 100% for 48 minutes every playoff game. I'm amazed all these years latter, this is still an issue.
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Post by rjp313jr on May 26, 2024 17:05:18 GMT -5
While a great come back win, I'm still worried that they try and flip switches in the ECF. Great teams do that in the regular season, not in the playoffs. First time in this series the Celtics weren't playing hard. 10 rebounds first half, 26 in the 2nd half. It doesn't matter against these Pacers, whatever team reaches finals will be better. It wasn't just one player either. This team will never reach its full potential until they actually play 100% for 48 minutes every playoff game. I'm amazed all these years latter, this is still an issue. Pretty sure every fan base could say this about their team. Some expectations are unrealistic, like having no lulls in energy or focus at all during a 48 minute game. Teams get out of sync, great ones know how to break out of those. Playoffs or not.
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Post by capesox on May 26, 2024 17:29:45 GMT -5
I was about to post Game 4 is the perfect situation to get Porzingis back into the flow. Not a must win for them, now I read he is out for game 4 anyway. I actually think KP should get about 25 minutes when/if he's healthy, Horford has been so good no need to take too many of his minutes away. I still think Hauser will have a big game coming up, maybe in the finals.
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Post by Don Caballero on May 26, 2024 17:42:26 GMT -5
While a great come back win, I'm still worried that they try and flip switches in the ECF. Great teams do that in the regular season, not in the playoffs. First time in this series the Celtics weren't playing hard. 10 rebounds first half, 26 in the 2nd half. It doesn't matter against these Pacers, whatever team reaches finals will be better. It wasn't just one player either. This team will never reach its full potential until they actually play 100% for 48 minutes every playoff game. I'm amazed all these years latter, this is still an issue. I don't think this is what happened, they just couldn't find a good way to defend the Pacers without Haliburton. Like I said, so much of Indiana's gameplan change without Haliburton and they still have so many good scorers, it's hard to plan accordingly. Joe adjusted midway through the 3rd and the team was fully loaded to take the game. It may have looked like they were playing lazy, but Indiana was just playing out of their damn minds. Then eventually the Pacers ran out of gas. Playing that hard early on will always punish you later in the game. The Celtics don't have good depth without The Porzingod to say the least, so you don't want to go full Thibs and work everyone to death. Playing 100% for 48 minutes is unrealistic, you have to pace yourself.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 26, 2024 21:21:11 GMT -5
While a great come back win, I'm still worried that they try and flip switches in the ECF. Great teams do that in the regular season, not in the playoffs. First time in this series the Celtics weren't playing hard. 10 rebounds first half, 26 in the 2nd half. It doesn't matter against these Pacers, whatever team reaches finals will be better. It wasn't just one player either. This team will never reach its full potential until they actually play 100% for 48 minutes every playoff game. I'm amazed all these years latter, this is still an issue. Pretty sure every fan base could say this about their team. Some expectations are unrealistic, like having no lulls in energy or focus at all during a 48 minute game. Teams get out of sync, great ones know how to break out of those. Playoffs or not. I'd say there is a huge difference between lulls playing hard and ones in focus or out of sync type stuff. The latter two I agree with, not playing hard, that's just effort. The Pacers have played hard for 48 minutes for 3 games, the Celtics played hard for 48 minutes for two straight games.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on May 26, 2024 21:32:33 GMT -5
While a great come back win, I'm still worried that they try and flip switches in the ECF. Great teams do that in the regular season, not in the playoffs. First time in this series the Celtics weren't playing hard. 10 rebounds first half, 26 in the 2nd half. It doesn't matter against these Pacers, whatever team reaches finals will be better. It wasn't just one player either. This team will never reach its full potential until they actually play 100% for 48 minutes every playoff game. I'm amazed all these years latter, this is still an issue. I don't think this is what happened, they just couldn't find a good way to defend the Pacers without Haliburton. Like I said, so much of Indiana's gameplan change without Haliburton and they still have so many good scorers, it's hard to plan accordingly. Joe adjusted midway through the 3rd and the team was fully loaded to take the game. It may have looked like they were playing lazy, but Indiana was just playing out of their damn minds. Then eventually the Pacers ran out of gas. Playing that hard early on will always punish you later in the game. The Celtics don't have good depth without The Porzingod to say the least, so you don't want to go full Thibs and work everyone to death. Playing 100% for 48 minutes is unrealistic, you have to pace yourself. Not what I watched, it wasn't about finding out how to stop them, you knew exactly what they would do, move the ball. It was about matching them playing hard. I didn't see the Pacers run out of gas, I watched the Celtics actually play hard on D! Come on now, we've literally watched so many teams play hard for 48 minutes every game and give the Celtics fits over the years. The Celtics did it for two straight games. The Pacers played 100% till that Crazy Nesmith running 3 point shot, they just didn't have enough talent when the Celtics play hard. Give you an example 10 rebounds in first half, 26 in 2nd half. Pacers rebounds were basically equal per half.
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