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Post by FenwayFanatic on Jun 6, 2024 22:16:28 GMT -5
Tatum was also getting hacked without a lot of calls.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Jun 6, 2024 22:20:53 GMT -5
While Tatum did some very good things, it's okay to admit he didn't have a good game by his standards. That's what 6-16 with 6 TOs is.
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Post by Don Caballero on Jun 6, 2024 22:27:46 GMT -5
While Tatum did some very good things, it's okay to admit he didn't have a good game by his standards. That's what 6-16 with 6 TOs is. His tentative defense is what told me he wasn’t very comfortable out there. We need 3 more wins, he needs to be his average self for 2 more games and we got this.
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Post by philarhody on Jun 6, 2024 23:01:17 GMT -5
Jaylen Brown has been incredible these playoffs. He dominated both ends when the Celtics were starting to flatline in the third quarter. I am so impressed by his development and focus this year.
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Post by Don Caballero on Jun 7, 2024 0:00:26 GMT -5
So, looking ahead to game 2, I checked the Mavs game 2 against the Clippers. They won that game with defense. Their offense still wasn't too hot, they just clamped down on everything the Clips did on offense. Against OKC they did with PJ Washington going insane.
Doncic had, on average, the scoring game he had against us tonight. Keep forcing him to score and take away his assists.
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Post by Don Caballero on Jun 7, 2024 0:12:37 GMT -5
Plus, just this one thing before I go to sleep. That to me tells me they will continue to guard guys straight up. Do that, don't collapse on offense and we chip.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 7, 2024 4:58:38 GMT -5
While Tatum did some very good things, it's okay to admit he didn't have a good game by his standards. That's what 6-16 with 6 TOs is. For sure he wasn’t at his best, in some areas, but even when he’s not, he’s the key to everyone else being able to do what they do against mismatches and the open looks he creates. Even if he’s not the primary assist person, he’s creating because of defensive rotations.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 7, 2024 5:22:13 GMT -5
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 7, 2024 6:18:03 GMT -5
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Post by cdj on Jun 7, 2024 7:12:29 GMT -5
Just imagine if the Mavs weren’t as battle tested? They would have lost by 36!
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Post by wcp3 on Jun 7, 2024 8:29:06 GMT -5
Game 2 will most likely be competitive, but the Celtics poked at every hole the Mavs have offensively and defensively in game 1. Short of the Celts having a bad shooting night, there just aren’t as many weak spots for the Mavs to expose.
It’ll be an interesting chess match on Sunday, but you can’t ask for a better start to this series.
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Post by ianrs on Jun 7, 2024 9:31:29 GMT -5
Jaylen Brown has been incredible these playoffs. He dominated both ends when the Celtics were starting to flatline in the third quarter. I am so impressed by his development and focus this year. Its really incredible how good of a defender he can be when he's focused.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 7, 2024 9:54:30 GMT -5
Jaylen Brown has been incredible these playoffs. He dominated both ends when the Celtics were starting to flatline in the third quarter. I am so impressed by his development and focus this year. Its really incredible how good of a defender he can be when he's focused. This season, we’ve seen Jaylen enter veteran territory. Old man strength and vet mentality/wisdom in his still young body.
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Post by mobaz on Jun 7, 2024 10:02:32 GMT -5
Its really incredible how good of a defender he can be when he's focused. This season, we’ve seen Jaylen enter veteran territory. Old man strength and vet mentality/wisdom in his still young body. He made the leap we expected from JT. It's JB's Age 27 season and that is historically a good year for greatness. JT technically has 2 years till his Age 27 season.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 7, 2024 10:08:50 GMT -5
This season, we’ve seen Jaylen enter veteran territory. Old man strength and vet mentality/wisdom in his still young body. He made the leap we expected from JT. It's JB's Age 27 season and that is historically a good year for greatness. JT technically has 2 years till his Age 27 season. Yup and JT has improved his game, body and mentality every season and I expect it to continue for him.
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Post by mobaz on Jun 7, 2024 10:17:22 GMT -5
I like bringing Porzingis off the bench. I'm so sick and tired of people talking crap about Celtics, yet zero talk of Leonard getting injured. Time to shut up these crazy haters! Play Al for 28 minutes and The Porzingod for 20. No need for double bigs lineup in the first game. Don’t double Luka. Send Kyrie to Jrue hell. Let’s f*cking do this! Totally nailed this call, Don! Joe was reading here!
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Post by ianrs on Jun 7, 2024 10:29:28 GMT -5
Play Al for 28 minutes and The Porzingod for 20. No need for double bigs lineup in the first game. Don’t double Luka. Send Kyrie to Jrue hell. Let’s f*cking do this! Totally nailed this call, Don! Joe was reading here! To be honest knowing Joe not even surprised if he's a soxprospects lurker 😂 we went to the same high school.
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Post by jmei on Jun 7, 2024 10:47:28 GMT -5
Mazzulla did definitively win the coaching battle in game one. Some of the little tactical wrinkles (preswitching Porzingis out of pick and rolls so he stays out of the initial action, pressuring Doncic in the back court to wear him out and create a few turnovers, crashing the offensive glass out of the corners) were really well done.
I expect Dallas to counter with more double drag screens and off-ball action to force Porzingis into the pick and roll. We’ll probably also see more Kyrie pick and roll since it’s tougher for Horford to switch onto him. At that point, do they still play drop, or will they start helping more aggressively? They’re going to get burned by a big Doncic/Irving game sooner or later, but I’d keep this strategy. The Celtics’ individual defenders are all good enough to make those guys work and hard to score efficiently enough out of iso to win four of six.
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Post by umassgrad2005 on Jun 7, 2024 11:23:21 GMT -5
That really is the huge difference the Celtics top 6 are all high end two way players, some of the best in the league. The Mavs have scorers and defenders. Doncic and Irving are bad defenders, so they play a bunch of D guys around them. Porzingis coming back and removing a guy like Kornet takes away a huge issue and helps Horford stay fresh.
Jaylen Brown always had top 5 player in him given his crazy athletic ability. While his offense improved a lot over the years, I never thought we'd see Brown do what we just did on D. Tatum has been great for years on D, Brown has become a different player in these playoffs on D. It's like 2018 run when his offense finally clicked. Right around the time he didn't make the All NBA team. He's played like an all NBA level defender and that just takes our D to a crazy new level.
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 7, 2024 11:40:08 GMT -5
Fairly certain the Luka number should be 6 not 7.
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Post by cdj on Jun 7, 2024 11:53:23 GMT -5
Fairly certain the Luka number should be 6 not 7. He was creating all night. A little sloppy- particularly early- but he had a good game overall. He’s probably gonna drop 40 at some point this series and that will balance out the 16 last night They did exactly what they needed to do with Doncic- make him pick between D’ing up or his gas tank. They never let him breathe. And whenever he’d try and rest on D they would blow right by him and get a good look. Jaylen may be the leagues best Doncic killer from what I’ve seen this year in the regular season and then in game 1. He has the size, strength, athleticism, and cardio to give him issues Now after saying this Doncic will probably go 45-15-15 next game so I do reserve the right to backtrack this entire post…we mostly kept him in check and he still did a 30-10 lol….he is quite quite good
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Post by rjp313jr on Jun 7, 2024 11:56:29 GMT -5
Fairly certain the Luka number should be 6 not 7. He was creating all night. A little sloppy- particularly early- but he had a good game overall. He’s probably gonna drop 40 at some point this series and that will balance out the 16 last night They did exactly what they needed to do with Doncic- make him pick between D’ing up or his gas tank. They never let him breathe. And whenever he’d try and rest on D they would blow right by him and get a good look. Jaylen may be the leagues best Doncic killer from what I’ve seen this year in the regular season and then in game 1 Now after saying this Doncic will probably go 45-15-15 next game so I do reserve the right to backtrack this entire post A lot sloppy but he knows it and it will be a focus of his.
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Post by jmei on Jun 7, 2024 12:32:21 GMT -5
That really is the huge difference the Celtics top 6 are all high end two way players, some of the best in the league. The Mavs have scorers and defenders. Doncic and Irving are bad defenders, so they play a bunch of D guys around them. Porzingis coming back and removing a guy like Kornet takes away a huge issue and helps Horford stay fresh. Jaylen Brown always had top 5 player in him given his crazy athletic ability. While his offense improved a lot over the years, I never thought we'd see Brown do what we just did on D. Tatum has been great for years on D, Brown has become a different player in these playoffs on D. It's like 2018 run when his offense finally clicked. Right around the time he didn't make the All NBA team. He's played like an all NBA level defender and that just takes our D to a crazy new level. Especially in the playoffs which becomes so matchup based, having no weak spots - either on offense or defense - is huge. The Celtics have no one who they can really help off of and no one they can really pick on. The key is maintaining that. Guys like Horford, White and Holiday (and even Tatum and Brown) need to continue to make shots and guys like Pritchard, Hauser and Porzingis (on the perimeter) need to continue to hold up on defense.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Jun 7, 2024 12:57:30 GMT -5
Luka looked gassed as early as halfway into the second quarter. Hard to see that getting better as the series goes on.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Jun 7, 2024 14:39:30 GMT -5
So - Game 1 done, sure, the Mavs are going to try to make adjustment...but so are the Celtics. Game 1 was pretty brilliant team ball. Tatum and Brown can score more. That has to be scary for Dallas.
I was feeling good going in to game 1 and feel even better now. HOWEVER - it would not surprise me to see the Celts lay a bit of an egg in an upcoming game - but I don't think it is all that likely. Will they sweep? I won't answer that - but I hope they do!
Last comment - Jaylen is at the very top of his game right now.
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