1/1: Celtics@Nuggets

[Jed Zeppelin]

Every time we get to 8-10 range we have a bad possession/shot, like clockwork.

 

[bigq]

Jokic cannot defend Tatum. Few can.

 

[The Mort Report]

fuck I thought Rob was hurt

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

MPJ is also annoying

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Doubling Jokic makes no sense. Not playing a smart game. But guard shooting like this will just kill you whatever else is going on in the game.

 

[timelysarcasm]

League average on wide open 3s is a little under 40%, not the 56% that Denver is shooting.

And? Actually defending the three point shots will lower the make percentage. If they don't regress before it's too late and have a 56% shooting night from three and we're defending, so be it. This is not it.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Celtics have been hot at officials since the ridiculous TL goaltend…and while it’s not an evenly called game they get in trouble when they focus on that stuff.

 

[kieckeredinthehead]

And? Actually defending the three point shots will lower the make percentage. If they don't regress before it's too late and have a 56% shooting night from three and we're defending, so be it. This is not it.

And if both teams were shooting league average from three the Celtics would be up double digits.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Doubling Jokic makes no sense. Not playing a smart game. But guard shooting like this will just kill you whatever else is going on in the game.

I agree with the earlier comment they need more size: he’s just too big for Grant and that’s a whole set of doubles. They just don’t have the size to deal with Jokic once he’s below the foul line

 

[timelysarcasm]

And if both teams were shooting league average from three the Celtics would be up double digits.

And one way to force Denver to shoot more toward the league average is...?

 

[Auger34]

don’t really know much about Cancar but it looks like he can be a flamethrower

 

[Auger34]

Derrick White is a great defensive player. Made a few great decisions to get steals

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Did Nuggets player hit the net? Should be goaltend if so.

 

[Auger34]

I think it’s much more fun to watch Bones Hyland highlights than it is to actually root for him on your team

 

[mikeford]

giving up 100 points in 3 quarters probably means you deserve to lose

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Jokic runs out of batteries sometimes. This is doable.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Nuggets haven’t played particularly well since Q1 but we have played particularly worse.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

giving up 100 points in 3 quarters probably means you deserve to lose

Yeah, unless defense steps up it ain’t going to happen tonight. I know the 3 pt shooting is unbalanced right now but Denver has not had to work all that hard offensively, unfortunately

 

[Auger34]

I think Gordon has popped two Celtics players in the mouth and not got called for either (I believe that was Gordon who hit Rob in the mouth where Rob walked into the crowd for a bit)

 

[kieckeredinthehead]

And one way to force Denver to shoot more toward the league average is...?

You seem to be reading a lot more into two pieces of information that I posted than is actually there.

 

[The Hideous Locust]

For real though, what is going on with Brogden? The "coming off the bench" thing only goes so far.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

Celtics on the wrong side of variance tonight.

 

[ifmanis5]

Hyland is IT out there tonight.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Come on with these shots.

 

[Auger34]

For real though, what is going on with Brogden? The "coming off the bench" thing only goes so far.

Just a bad stretch. He’s getting to his spot and getting to the rim but he’s just missing them

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Celtics have been hot at officials since the ridiculous TL goaltend…and while it’s not an evenly called game they get in trouble when they focus on that stuff.

They also seem to suck when they get multiple days of rest.

 

[Sprowl]

PTL is playing like he really wants the minutes.

 

[bigq]

Too many Nuggets threes.

 

[timelysarcasm]

I like the fight. Can't win with this kind of shooting disparity, though.

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

Refs just had to get in a double tech call.

 

[The Mort Report]

Tatum has a bit of a hard time handling the ball tonight

 

[bigq]

Brown >> Hyland

 

[Reverend]

Celtics on the wrong side of variance tonight.

Remember back when the Nuggets were only shooting 56% from 3? Good times.

 

[shawnrbu]

Even the ref figured a coach would call timeout.

 

[Mooch]

There’s really nothing you can do when a team is this hot from 3.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

17-27 from three. You tip your cap.

 

[ifmanis5]

Would have been better off with Murray.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Every time I watch Jokic play, I'm convinced he shoots 90% from the floor. Fucking guy almost never seems to miss. He's 10-12 tonight.

 

[benhogan]

They also seem to suck when they get multiple days of rest.

yep they have lost their last 6 games with multiple days off

zero rhythm

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Now what?

 

[Cellar-Door]

Celtics haven't been great, and DEN is playing well, but not much you can really take from a game when you shoot 26% from 3 and your opponent shoots 63%, that's just not gonna be survivable in the NBA

 

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Rim to high at mile high? I play under protest

Edit: the guy in jeggings has it figured.

 

[Mooch]

So have the Celtics been shooting on a crooked rim this half? WTF?

 

[Reverend]

Never seen this before.

 

[ifmanis5]

Grant hanging with the Denver bench telling stories.

 

[Reverend]

Bubble Cam™!!

 

[bigq]

Leveling the rim mid-game is wild. I’ve never seen this before.

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

Wow that level is showing it WAY off.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

TL had a dunk this half where he hung on rim a bit—-anything else anyone can remember?

 

[shawnrbu]

So have the Celtics been shooting on a crooked rim this half? WTF?

Happened on Rob’s dunk earlier in the 4th.