3/7 - Catch-22 in Mile High

[DeadlySplitter]

d'oh

 

[Brand Name]

Fucking PERFECT look in the MFing corner, goddamn Jayson.

 

[timelysarcasm]

Man. That was it.

 

[Nator]

Fuck, gotta hit that.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Take the layup you dumbasses.

 

[RSN Diaspora]

Fucking PERFECT look in the MFing corner, goddamn Jayson.

I was sure it was gonna fall

 

[TripleOT]

Tatum again slow to react to the dunkers spot.

 

[bigq]

Jokic is unreal. So tough to stop.

Again. He is unreal.

 

[Kliq]

Bad fourth quarter for Tatum--it happens.

 

[Helmet Head]

Have a game Tatum. Really shocked he missed a shot late in the game to take a lead

 

[Spelunker]

The half hook pass alley oop is unstoppable.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Damn. Respect for that pass.

 

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

Nice elbow to KP there. Felt like I was watching Giannis.

 

[OnTheBlack]

Tatum hasn’t boxed Gordon out once all game. He’s been awful

 

[lars10]

The narrative tonight will be Tatum if they lose btw.

So many Celtic fans in here hoping they lose so they can continue to blame Tatum for everything as they have all game

 

[Brand Name]

I love Jokic's game but I don't think that was his intention with that pass given the way his body was angling relative to the cylinder. Still amazing.

 

[patinorange]

Take the layup you dumbasses.

Oof.

 

[timelysarcasm]

Aaron Gordon should cut Jokic a percentage of his deal.

 

[ifmanis5]

Gordon has dunked over a vacated Tatum a few times in Dean Wade fashion.

 

[TripleOT]

Bad fourth quarter for Tatum--it happens.

Tatum has bern bad the entire game

 

[Euclis20]

Bad fourth quarter for Tatum--it happens.

He's had a terrible game. Not like he had a real shot anyway, but this is the nail in the coffin for his MVP chances.

 

[chilidawg]

Jrue coming up big here, Tatum not so much.

 

[SteveF]

The missed Tatum 3 was their chance. Lots of things to clean up in this game. FT shooting and turnovers was the game.

 

[timelysarcasm]

It's annoying because Tatum had been on a heater from 3 lately. Of course not tonight.

 

[Spelunker]

I was sure it was gonna fall

That was Bird 87esque

 

[kazuneko]

Bad fourth quarter for Tatum--it happens.

Bad game for Tatum. He’s sucked all night

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Anyone who wants this to be the Finals matchup is nuts and a masochist.

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

Jokic is so damn good. And fun as hell to watch too.

 

[wrong rim ricky]

It hurts me to say this as a JT fan, but I don't feel confident when he shoots it in the crunch.

 

[TripleOT]

Boston again fails to make plays in crunch time against Denver

 

[teddykgb]

Think we are seeing why they were messing with 2 big lineups. Nobody has an answer for Jokic but KP looks especially poor against him 1 v 1 and we are over helping and paying as a result. Setting aside all the specifics of this game we will need some type of plan of we see these guys in a finals because any close and late situation is liable to go the same way with Jokic facing no real resistance

 

[patinorange]

Jokic is so damn good. And fun as hell to watch too.

He’s great. Reminds me of Larry.

 

[bigq]

Maybe it's not the worst thing for the Celtics to see that they are not getting gifted the title. What a game.

 

[RSN Diaspora]

Tough outcome, but this is far less frustrating than the Cleveland loss.

 

[kazuneko]

How do you not challenge that?

 

[Kliq]

It will go forgotten by most fans, but Brown played phenomenal defense on Murray down the stretch.

 

[Jo_Co]

Tatum continues to not shake the "clutch shot" narrative again, unfortunately.

 

[Just a bit outside]

So many Celtic fans in here hoping they lose so they can continue to blame Tatum for everything as they have all game

Nobody wants the Celtics to lose. Do you think Tatum played well tonight?

 

[chilidawg]

So many Celtic fans in here hoping they lose so they can continue to blame Tatum for everything as they have all game

You don't think he deserves it?

 

[Bergs]

So many Celtic fans in here hoping they lose so they can continue to blame Tatum for everything as they have all game

Yes. We're all fucking delighted.

 

[TripleOT]

Boston 16-25 FTs
Denver 21-22. Denver with the professional win again tonight.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Nuggets beat us hitting 4 threes.

 

[bigq]

It will go forgotten by most fans, but Brown played phenomenal defense on Murray down the stretch.

Brown's offense was pretty good tonight as well.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Personally, I'm fine with this. It means nothing in the standings and hopefully, these last two games punch a little reality into the team. Title ain't theirs yet. They're fighting their asses off though.

 

[Brand Name]

For as much grief as the Celtics deserve at the stripe, and they do deserve it, Denver going 21 of 22 at the line is an absolute outlier. It's their 34th such game with 20+ FTA this season, but their first of those 34 with one or fewer misses. Just a bit unlucky in that specific regard, twice over.

 

[lars10]

Watching on Hulu.. just realized I was 5 minutes behind you all.. blaming the margaritas

 

[SteveF]

Didn't really need Tatum to hit a clutch shot. Didn't need him to be as good as Jokic. Just needed him to be average Tatum and he simply wasn't.

 

[Auger34]

So many Celtic fans in here hoping they lose so they can continue to blame Tatum for everything as they have all game

Jesus. This is maybe the most ridiculous post I have ever seen in a game thread

 

[teddykgb]

Tatum hasn’t boxed Gordon out once all game. He’s been awful

Haven’t most of those been more other people crashing Jokic leaving Gordon?

 

[ifmanis5]

Boston 16-25 FTs
Denver 21-22. Denver with the professional win again tonight.

Plus DEN was 4/21 from 3 and still won.