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NBA Playoffs 2023

why do you like the celtics?

  • sixers

    Votes: 16 20.3%

  • celtics

    Votes: 65 82.3%
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Tonight's game is absolutely huge for the 76ers. If they can win, they get homecourt and can potentially give Embiid another day off.
 
Kenny Smith had a solid point at the half. Sixers are likely winning handily with Emblid. The Celtics were scoring easily at the rim. Just no resistance there without Emblid.
 
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This is a lesson, especially with a 24 second clock, you cannot start running clock with 2 minutes to play. Get good shots, play your offensive game. Celtics have lost at least two playoff games trying to run clock. It’s terrible strategy. Score at every opportunity.
 
Denver has gotten hosed on two fourth quarter calls (Cam Payne throwing the ball to no one and PHX getting the ball back, and the charge on Gordon), but they are salty tonight.

Denver does not look like an NBA championship team, but they play smart and Murray can take over a game. I am even warming up on Malone as HC.
 
husky429 said:
Not sure what to think of Mazzulla right now. He was gifted the most talented roster in the league. Feels like he might be in over his head.
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Quite a lot of questionable decisions in both series. Williams isn't playing enough, especially late. I don't like the substitutions. White and Brogdan are both good, but less good together. The slow-down game when they have a lead has led to real issues. Celtics run clock and Young and now Harden make clutch 3s. The other issue is attacking a defense designed to double penetration, leading to turnovers. Kick the ball out and take the open 3s. Stop driving into traffic and expecting a foul call late in the game. There were probably a few that could have been called last night, but that's the playoffs.

Side note: Philly gets away with so many offensive fouls. Harden constantly pushing off is really pretty absurd and they set about 20+ moving screens for him last night, none of which was called.
 
Grizzlies inform Dillon Brooks he will not be brought back:

"Brooks, 27, a second-round pick out of Oregon in 2017, has spent his entire six-year NBA career with the Grizzlies. He is the Grizzlies’ longest-tenured player, establishing himself as a three-and-D wing who could serve as a starter for some teams. He has often been considered part of their heart and soul, as a fiery, gritty defender not afraid to say what’s on his mind..."
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Quite a lot of questionable decisions in both series. Williams isn't playing enough, especially late. I don't like the substitutions. White and Brogdan are both good, but less good together. The slow-down game when they have a lead has led to real issues. Celtics run clock and Young and now Harden make clutch 3s. The other issue is attacking a defense designed to double penetration, leading to turnovers. Kick the ball out and take the open 3s. Stop driving into traffic and expecting a foul call late in the game. There were probably a few that could have been called last night, but that's the playoffs.

Side note: Philly gets away with so many offensive fouls. Harden constantly pushing off is really pretty absurd and they set about 20+ moving screens for him last night, none of which was called.
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Does anyone else want to jump on the "Refs are out to get the Boston Celtics" bandwagon?
 
HuskyHawk said:
Quite a lot of questionable decisions in both series. Williams isn't playing enough, especially late. I don't like the substitutions. White and Brogdan are both good, but less good together. The slow-down game when they have a lead has led to real issues. Celtics run clock and Young and now Harden make clutch 3s. The other issue is attacking a defense designed to double penetration, leading to turnovers. Kick the ball out and take the open 3s. Stop driving into traffic and expecting a foul call late in the game. There were probably a few that could have been called last night, but that's the playoffs.

Side note: Philly gets away with so many offensive fouls. Harden constantly pushing off is really pretty absurd and they set about 20+ moving screens for him last night, none of which was called.
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The thing about the NBA is that the OTHER team gets a lot with a ton. I could argue Smart flops on every drive, Harden got molested on some drives, Tatum pummels guys on D but cries if touched on O. The only real conclusion is refereeing is woefully inconsistent.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Does anyone else want to jump on the "Refs are out to get the Boston Celtics" bandwagon?
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10 fouls called on your beloved Cs last night. TEN. Total. Not in a quarter, not in a 1/2. 10.

That’s 1/2 of what they called against the other team.

Yup, an absolute conspiracy.
 
gioff2323 said:
10 fouls called on your beloved Cs last night. TEN. Total. Not in a quarter, not in a 1/2. 10.

That’s 1/2 of what they called against the other team.

Yup, an absolute conspiracy.
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They are definitely not my "beloved" C's. I was being sarcastic. The Celtics have been getting a friendly whistle in the NBA since the beginning of the Stern era.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Does anyone else want to jump on the "Refs are out to get the Boston Celtics" bandwagon?
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gioff2323 said:
10 fouls called on your beloved Cs last night. TEN. Total. Not in a quarter, not in a 1/2. 10.

That’s 1/2 of what they called against the other team.

Yup, an absolute conspiracy.
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I didn't say the calls made were an issue. Just that Philly ran an endless stream of illegal screens for Harden, who then also pushed off. Guess what, they did and he did. With Embiid in the game, they probably don't do that.

Both teams got away with fouls on drives. That's just playoff basketball.
 
Every time I think about that game last night I get annoyed and have to force myself to think about something else.

How are you going to let Game 1 get away with the likely MVP sitting out? How are you going to continue to play so poorly at home in the playoffs? They were gifted home court advantage when the Bucks went down but now it doesn’t matter. Where is the defense that made the C’s such strong contenders in recent years?

Methinks maybe now with these guys becoming “veterans” in the league they’re becoming too big for their britches. The Celtics were so successful in recent years because they moved the ball so well and played hard nosed defense. Seen so little of that in this year’s playoffs.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
I didn't say the calls made were an issue. Just that Philly ran an endless stream of illegal screens for Harden, who then also pushed off. Guess what, they did and he did. With Embiid in the game, they probably don't do that.

Both teams got away with fouls on drives. That's just playoff basketball.
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Embiid flops like it's going out of style. It's only going to get worse.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
They are definitely not my "beloved" C's. I was being sarcastic. The Celtics have been getting a friendly whistle in the NBA since the beginning of the Stern era.
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Fortunately their window closed last season.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I didn't say the calls made were an issue. Just that Philly ran an endless stream of illegal screens for Harden, who then also pushed off. Guess what, they did and he did. With Embiid in the game, they probably don't do that.

Both teams got away with fouls on drives. That's just playoff basketball.
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Thankfully the Cs set perfectly legal screens and do not create space with their body. Truly an admirable team all should celebrate. 10 whistles - no hacking in lane, no traveling in lane (actually whistled Philly for foul on that). Stop the whining - you got almost every call and still lost, at home.

Blame a lot of things, but make the refs excuse #5468
 
HuskyHawk said:
Nah. They can still win this thing. There aren't any great teams out there.
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I was being sarcastic. That was Nelson's take last season about a team whose two best players were, at the time, 24 and 25.

With that being said, they've looked bad thus far. And Mazzulla is not inspiring a ton of confidence. I'd be surprised if they make it out of the East.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
I was being sarcastic. That was Nelson's take last season about a team whose two best players were, at the time, 24 and 25.

With that being said, they've looked bad thus far. And Mazzulla is not inspiring a ton of confidence. I'd be surprised if they make it out of the East.
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If Embiid can’t return they really should make it back to the finals. They have about as easy a road they could’ve asked for.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
If Embiid can’t return they really should make it back to the finals. They have about as easy a road they could’ve asked for.
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And yet . . .

They made Atlanta look formidable and that should have been at worst a 5 game series.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
And yet . . .

They made Atlanta look formidable and that should have been at worst a 5 game series.
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The defense has been an issue, along with late game leads. Philly shot 17-38 from 3 (about 45%). Boston was at 58.7% overall FG% thanks to all those open dunks and layups in the first half. Derek White had a rough game, but everyone else was pretty phenomenal on offense. But they traded 2s for 3s and that was the difference. Can't have Harden going 7-14 from 3.

I expect them to bounce back and win the next one. Thought this was a 7 game series no matter what.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
And yet . . .

They made Atlanta look formidable and that should have been at worst a 5 game series.
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Agreed, they’ve been underwhelming. Just at the outset if they were to choose a path it couldn’t have gotten much better.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
I was being sarcastic. That was Nelson's take last season about a team whose two best players were, at the time, 24 and 25.

With that being said, they've looked bad thus far. And Mazzulla is not inspiring a ton of confidence. I'd be surprised if they make it out of the East.
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The Celtics are the best team left by a mile given Embiid's and Butler's injuries, and the mediocrity (Nuggets) and old age (Suns, Lakers, Warriors) in the West. It would be a major failure by that team, its coaches, its organization, and its fans, if they do not win the NBA Championship.
 
An absolutely inexcusable missed call where the ball hit the rim on a Miami possession that ended with a shot clock violation. I can live with missed foul calls because those are always subjective, but a simple missed call about a fact, like the ball hitting the rim on the shot, should never happen, especially in the playoffs. The ball clearly hit the rim and that is something the refs should be looking for.
 
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