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NBA Playoffs 2023

why do you like the celtics?

  • sixers

    Votes: 16 20.3%

  • celtics

    Votes: 65 82.3%
  • Total voters
    79
superjohn said:
This is all so incredibly exciting to me that I don't want to jinx it but I've been waiting for this moment for Jokic and the Nuggets for several years now. Injuries didn't allow it to happen. A lot of games to be played yet but Joker and this team have caught some unfair heat the past few seasons. It was always there if they were healthy and it would've happened before now if they were healthy. Stay healthy this next bunch of games and there's a pretty decent chance it happens for them. There isn't a more deserving group and fanbase than what they have.
Let's see how it plays out.
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They are looking great. Pay no attention to the fun sucking narratives that care about anything other than winning this year's title. The Lakers thru everything they had at Denver thru 3 games and the Nuggets consistently rose to the challenge. Fun team period.
 
happy for denver, my favorite state outside of new jersey

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REB1094 said:
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Fiancée and friends decided to do 7am yoga at red rocks, I decided to go for a walk around it instead. Beautiful area (parking lots and porta potties aside)
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REB1094 said:
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Fiancée and friends decided to do 7am yoga at red rocks, I decided to go for a walk around it instead. Beautiful area (parking lots and porta potties aside)
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meanwhile, everybody’s scrambling to set up their jersey shore homes

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Kevin Love got injured and can't even run but they played like 10 possessions before stopping and getting him out lmao
 
Yeah, the Celts look like they gave up on this series before the flight to Miami
 
Knicks would’ve beaten the Celtics, the Sixers and Celtics never scared me.
 
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pretty hard to believe what I'm watching.

Had I put down any money on Celtics money line, assuming they'd at least get 1 in a 2-0 hole, I'd have been SURE I was mush.
 
Mr. French said:
pretty hard to believe what I'm watching.

Had I put down any money on Celtics money line, assuming they'd at least get 1 in a 2-0 hole, I'd have been SURE I was mush.
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I’ve got no dog in the fight and would be nonplussed if C’s were winning, but I gotta say, the last few days have been delightful watching Portnoy melt down and lose about a million.
 
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August_West said:
I’ve got no dog in the fight and would be nonplussed if C’s were winning, but I gotta say, the last few days have been delightful watching Portnoy melt down and lose about a million.
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He deserves every bad thing coming to him. Too bad this probably only scratches the surface of his wealth
 
StatMuse on Twitter: "Jayson Tatum this playoffs: — 1st in missed shots — 1st in turnovers And hasn’t made a 4th quarter shot this series. https://post original url/y06I2ShGO3" / Twitter
 
Mazzulla had a brutal press conference. Chuck makes a great point. The coach can’t take all the responsibility.

Tatum and Brown have epically choked this series.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Mazzulla had a brutal press conference. Chuck makes a great point. The coach can’t take all the responsibility.

Tatum and Brown have epically choked this series.
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Mazulla is simply in over his head. He should be coaching a Division 2 team, not the Celtics. Doesn't know how to make adjustments and has zero leadership skills. The C's are in the ECF despite of him, not because of him. The most blame has to go to Brad Stevens and Wyc for making him the head coach.

All year, the C's know how to win one way. By being a volume 3point team, and making a certain percentage of them. Ironically, they're an average at best 3point shooting team. Their defense was average all year long. In the playoffs you need to win in multiple ways, and the C's simply can't. So, Mazulla's strategy was flawed from the beginning. It's too bad because the C's have the talent to win multiple ways. The coach doesn't know what he's doing.
 
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This shot chart from Tatum is just crazy. Just allergic to the mid range and then he wonders why he plays so up and down.

Guy gives himself no room to have bad shooting nights (that will 100% happen) from three.
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Mr. French said:
pretty hard to believe what I'm watching.

Had I put down any money on Celtics money line, assuming they'd at least get 1 in a 2-0 hole, I'd have been SURE I was mush.
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Putrid. Bad coaching, bad shooting, bad ball handling, bad defense, mentally weak as Chuck said. Hard to be sure exactly where to start in adjusting things. It's like looking at a broken window and trying to reassemble it.
 
I was willing to give Mazzulla the benefit of the doubt when the Celtics didn't get a shot off in that Sixers game that they lost, but he's looking completely lost on the sideline while his team gets ripped to shreds now

On one hand, making the ECF as a rookie head coach should be considered impressive. On the other hand, I'm starting to wonder if they made it in spite of him, not because of him. He's younger than Al Horford so he'll learn with time and experience....assuming the front office allows him that time. Can hardly fault a 34 year old rookie head coach for getting schooled by Spo, but at the end of the day he is the coach of the Boston Celtics. That comes with expectations that are not being met

Not 100% on Mazzulla though. Seeing a lot on Twitter from Celtics fans about this not happening under Ime Udoka. Strongly disagree, the Celtics were up 2-1 in the finals last year before the Warriors punked them 3 games in a row, including an absolute clobbering in game 6 on their home floor. That was a year after getting absolutely beat down by the Nets but to be fair, that was expected since Brown was injured and it was the Nets Big 3

It seems soft play and meltdowns is a feature of the current Boston Celtics. Coaching? Culture? Star players being 25/26 years old? Not sure what the issue is. I feel like Jaylen Brown won't be a Boston Celtic next season, unless something crazy happens in the next week
 
REB1094 said:
I was willing to give Mazzulla the benefit of the doubt when the Celtics didn't get a shot off in that Sixers game that they lost, but he's looking completely lost on the sideline while his team gets ripped to shreds now

On one hand, making the ECF as a rookie head coach should be considered impressive. On the other hand, I'm starting to wonder if they made it in spite of him, not because of him. He's younger than Al Horford so he'll learn with time and experience....assuming the front office allows him that time. Can hardly fault a 34 year old rookie head coach for getting schooled by Spo, but at the end of the day he is the coach of the Boston Celtics. That comes with expectations that are not being met

Not 100% on Mazzulla though. Seeing a lot on Twitter from Celtics fans about this not happening under Ime Udoka. Strongly disagree, the Celtics were up 2-1 in the finals last year before the Warriors punked them 3 games in a row, including an absolute clobbering in game 6 on their home floor. That was a year after getting absolutely beat down by the Nets but to be fair, that was expected since Brown was injured and it was the Nets Big 3

It seems soft play and meltdowns is a feature of the current Boston Celtics. Coaching? Culture? Star players being 25/26 years old? Not sure what the issue is. I feel like Jaylen Brown won't be a Boston Celtic next season, unless something crazy happens in the next week
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I’ve heard from people that may know that Tatum and Brown don’t love each other. Maybe just on court not meshing, not sure. But I think they’re going to move him too.
 
Mr. French said:
I’ve heard from people that may know that Tatum and Brown don’t love each other. Maybe just on court not meshing, not sure. But I think they’re going to move him too.
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That's been a rumor for years. The two of them deny it of course. At times they play brilliantly together. At other times, it's ugly. I watched a Heat team where everyone trusted every other guy to make a shot. I've seen the Celtics play that way most of the year. Sometimes White or Brogdan led them in scoring. Move the ball, move off the ball, get good looks. It was unstoppable.

Now they look like a team that has no faith in each other at all. On defense they are in complete disarray. All those guys are good defenders and the team defense is terrible. Bad switches, bad double teams, just not getting it done.

So is trading Brown the answer? Or Smart? I don't know. I love Al, but they need to get younger at PF with an athletic guy who can shoot. I would worry about getting the right return if they move those guys. Brogdan is a hell of a player, but he looked lifeless out there. Something else is broken.
 
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