He's an actor, you know he's fuckin fine.Lowry hurting?
Much like this version of the Heat the Cs are up against, who is going to score points for the Knicks in this hypothetical series? Jaylen Brunson sure as shit doesn't look like the answer after his first 2 games here.Celtics are going to struggle with the physicality if they end up getting the Knicks. The thought of the ball in Jaylen’s hands at any point in those final 30 seconds is going to keep me up tonight.
Honestly if he values his career going beyond this season, he should sit. There is no way he's not doing irreparable harm to himself by being out there like this.Imo Embiid will sit Games 3 and 4 and this is a sweep.
Brunson has to create shots in the halfcourt as the at is a staple of the Knicks sets. He can’t stop creating shots against the shot clock. This has been what many of us have been saying once the playoffs begin in that he doesn’t create the type of separation against playoff defense like say a Maxey.Brunson just needs to stop forcing his shots right now. He'll figure it out but not tonight, clearly.
That's very fair, but he's not even driving the ball well these first two.Brunson has to create shots in the halfcourt as the at is a staple of the Knicks sets. He can’t stop creating shots against the shot clock. This has been what many of us have been saying once the playoffs begin in that he doesn’t create the type of separation against playoff defense like say a Maxey.
Exactly. They get a ton of offensive rebounds because they miss a lot of shots (21st in shooting %). And despite Brunson being the #5 player in the league against Tatum at #7, their offense was bottom half off the league. There's a reason the Celtics went 4-1 against them, the Celtics can match their defense and their offense is far superior. They need another star/scorer to hit that last tier.I don't see it in terms of the Knicks being a tough match for BOS... sure they're gritty and physical, so are the Heat. But they can't score on a PHI team that has Embiid limping around despite PHI choosing to leave Hart and sometimes Donte wide open..... Celtics would have been up 25 in this game.
I think the biggest argument against this is that Brunson had high usage during regular season and will almost certainly have high usage to get to the ECF. At some point, he may run out of gas but he’s fully capable of scoring 30-35 PPG against the Celtics with Donte, Hart, OG putting in 45-50. And then you hope your defense frustrates the Celtics into some lower scoring games.Much like this version of the Heat the Cs are up against, who is going to score points for the Knicks in this hypothetical series? Jaylen Brunson sure as shit doesn't look like the answer after his first 2 games here.
He’s at a quickness disadvantage against these defenders. We are watching him be exposed when used as their go-to guy. He’s at his best in transition or with numbers in space….if the Knicks are going to continue utilizing him like this in the half court this is probably what you’re going to get. Not sure what Thibs can do without Randle’s shot creation though.That's very fair, but he's not even driving the ball well these first two.
Possible, but in the 172 minutes he's played this year against Boston he's been below his normal output in scoring and assists, and he's gotten obliterated on D. I think PHI (assuming even 80% Embiid) is the tougher matchup for BOS.I think the biggest argument against this is that Brunson had high usage during regular season and will almost certainly have high usage to get to the ECF. At some point, he may run out of gas but he’s fully capable of scoring 30-35 PPG against the Celtics with Donte, Hart, OG putting in 45-50. And then you hope your defense frustrates the Celtics into some lower scoring games.
Down 1 with 13 seconds left, I was so sure we were getting a Maxey buzzer beater for the win.Those are some verticals.
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I don’t think either team has enough juice to beat us 4 times out of 7 but I also don’t see much value in looking at games when they had RJ Barrett in their lineup and not OG, a far superior wing defender. Eventually, the Celtics’ talent advantage would likely win the day but I could see it going 6 games or so. In any event, they’ll have to go through Milwaukee before I give this scenario much more thought.Possible, but in the 172 minutes he's played this year against Boston he's been below his normal output in scoring and assists, and he's gotten obliterated on D. I think PHI (assuming even 80% Embiid) is the tougher matchup for BOS.
Hartenstein really balled out in that second half. He was awesome.Great job by Hartenstein in the 2nd half on those 10 foot shovel shots over Embiid, that was a wild game, with multiple swings each way, same as game 1. NY is very lucky to be up 2-0.
The reason I preferred PHI to MIA in the 7/8 game as a NY opponent was twofold, 1 is that Spoelstra destroys Thibs and 2 is that the Villanova Knicks love playing in Philly.
What the fuck?View: https://twitter.com/TimBontemps/status/1782607497901064202
I appreciate Morey's utter dedication to being a loser.
The Celtics feast on teams that don't have offensive upside.I don't see it in terms of the Knicks being a tough match for BOS... sure they're gritty and physical, so are the Heat. But they can't score on a PHI team that has Embiid limping around despite PHI choosing to leave Hart and sometimes Donte wide open..... Celtics would have been up 25 in this game.
The Sixers are the whiniest organization in the NBA, and I have no idea who is in 2nd.View: https://twitter.com/TimBontemps/status/1782607497901064202
I appreciate Morey's utter dedication to being a loser.
Reminds me of when a certain now-Sixers-GM tried to litigate his way to a 2018 WCF win.The Sixers are the whiniest organization in the NBA, and I have no idea who is in 2nd.
View: https://twitter.com/NBCSPhilly/status/1782610896226812137The Sixers are the whiniest organization in the NBA, and I have no idea who is in 2nd.
Nurse and Morey are the Avengers of whining.The Sixers are the whiniest organization in the NBA, and I have no idea who is in 2nd.
Nice lash out, but if you think the Celtics are entitled in the eyes of the officials, you weren't tuned in for the Brad Stevens and Daniel Theis doormat era. It has taken JT's superstar status for them to nudge into slightly getting the benefit of the doubt on calls. (And of course the rules changed mid-season, so that edge has probably dropped now.)https://x.com/NBCSPhilly/status/1782610896226812137
Or maybe Nurse has a point.
You Massholes should really check yourselves. Go look at how much crowing about an unfinished season you've already done, and whining about the lack of respect Tatum gets that have been posted over the past few months here. Well, your team has already put a historic regular season, and thanks to injuries to your potential opponents' superstars (Embiid, Giannis, Butler, Randle), the ECF is set up as a potential cakewalk for your team, so no excuses.
Because, of course, nothing could go wrong with their inevitable rise to a finally adding another banner to the increasingly dusty collection hanging in your rafters. Just like last year, when your hockey team also had a historic regular season and cruised to another championship. Please feel free to share in your inevitable vituperative responses all the pictures you took at last year's Bruins' Stanley Cup parade. Were you able to get a picture of the Cup? Hold it? Sip out of it? Please don't hold back a single instance of your joy on that day.
If your coach had been ignored like that while trying to call a timeout in a key situation at the end of the game, this board would have exploded in outrage over the injustice. Of course, that would be after it got over the shock of your coach actually trying to call a timeout in a key situation at the end of the game, which if I learned anything from my rare sojourns into this forum, is something he apparently lacks the sense to do.
this literally happened a month ago. Thanks for giving us massholes the opportunity to again always be right: you really get us!If your coach had been ignored like that while trying to call a timeout in a key situation at the end of the game, this board would have exploded in outrage over the injustice.
I’d lose my shit more if the Celtics look like a junior high B team on an inbounds play with the season on the line like the Sixers did.The officiating has gotten really weird though. It’s bullshit Nurse didn’t get the TO. It wasn’t like he called it as the ball was leaving the inbounder’s hands. We’re all going lose our shit when something like that inevitably happens to the Celtics.
My anecdotal observation is that the refs are letting stuff go to an almost violent degree when it's a guy driving to the basket or in a crowd getting hacked. But then they're still calling stuff relatively tight when it's a one-on-one situation in open space. I can see why the lack of consistency is getting to the players.The officiating has gotten really weird though. It’s bullshit Nurse didn’t get the TO. It wasn’t like he called it as the ball was leaving the inbounder’s hands. We’re all going lose our shit when something like that inevitably happens to the Celtics.
* Good thing for Nuggets fans that Malone didn’t “have the sense to call a timeout” to allow for LA to make defensive substitutions and set up their halfcourt defense.Of course, that would be after it got over the shock of your coach actually trying to call a timeout in a key situation at the end of the game, which if I learned anything from my rare sojourns into this forum, is something he apparently lacks the sense to do.
View: https://twitter.com/NBCSPhilly/status/1782610896226812137
Or maybe Nurse has a point.
You Massholes should really check yourselves. Go look at how much crowing about an unfinished season you've already done, and whining about the lack of respect Tatum gets that have been posted over the past few months here. Well, your team has already put a historic regular season, and thanks to injuries to your potential opponents' superstars (Embiid, Giannis, Butler, Randle), the ECF is set up as a potential cakewalk for your team, so no excuses.
Because, of course, nothing could go wrong with their inevitable rise to a finally adding another banner to the increasingly dusty collection hanging in your rafters. Just like last year, when your hockey team also had a historic regular season and cruised to another championship. Please feel free to share in your inevitable vituperative responses all the pictures you took at last year's Bruins' Stanley Cup parade. Were you able to get a picture of the Cup? Hold it? Sip out of it? Please don't hold back a single instance of your joy on that day.
If your coach had been ignored like that while trying to call a timeout in a key situation at the end of the game, this board would have exploded in outrage over the injustice. Of course, that would be after it got over the shock of your coach actually trying to call a timeout in a key situation at the end of the game, which if I learned anything from my rare sojourns into this forum, is something he apparently lacks the sense to do.