1/10: Wolves@Celtics

[benhogan]

Are NBA refs just making shit up at this point?

I've never, in over 40 years of watching basketball, at any level, seen that call. It literally cannot be both.

Luckily it won't get scrutinized by the L2M committee, the righter of wrongs

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Both teams will be shooting sub-40% from the field by the end of the game.

 

[OnWisc]

Colder than Paul Newman in Quintet.

 

[The Mort Report]

Did the ref just purposefully delay giving Horford the ball because he wanted to get out and run?

 

[benhogan]

WTF is Jrue doing on defense tonight?

 

[Average Game James]

Wait, what? That’s a foul in this game?

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

They need to keep going to Tatum vs McDaniels to start the second half. Three fouls.

 

[OnWisc]

That’s back to back games with a three second violation.

EDIT: I guess I don’t know if that’s notable or not.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Yeah, you don't want to give Edwards extra possessions. He will make them hurt.

 

[Just a bit outside]

That was shit!

 

[128]

Minnesota is tough, mentally and physically.

 

[Euclis20]

Anyone who ever asks why we just let Tatum go full ISO on the last possession of the quarter needs to watch the final possessions of both quarters today.

 

[osori]

Not how you want to play at the end of the half.

 

[SteveF]

I don't know what the deal was with those lob passes by Tatum and White in those end of clock situations.

 

[benhogan]

the 2 best defenses in the NBA going at it will make for an ugly 2nd half

The first team to 100 wins

 

[Imbricus]

WTF was that pass by Tatum? Ugh.

 

[jablo1312]

-appreciate them trying to get brissett some real minutes but it was brutal w/ him on offense
-doesn't get uglier then tatum forcing the iso jumpers when he's not on
-really wish they would just try to attack the rim more w/ no Gobert tn, Jrue the only one trying to put consistent pressure on it

 

[osori]

Anyone who ever asks why we just let Tatum go full ISO on the last possession of the quarter needs to watch the final possessions of both quarters today.

That was pretty braindead lazy on Al's part.

He should have slipped sooner.

 

[TripleOT]

Maybe move the ball in the second half against the stout Minny defense?

The high pick didn’t produce a lot of good looks in the second quarter

 

[benhogan]

Anyone who ever asks why we just let Tatum go full ISO on the last possession of the quarter needs to watch the final possessions of both quarters today.

Under no pressure Tatum lazily throws the ball away and we should just embrace ISO ball?

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Not sure how you watch Jaylen go for 15 in the 1st on 5/7 and then barely acknowledge him on offense, and he only takes one shot (made it) in the 2nd quarter.

 

[Euclis20]

Under no pressure Tatum lazily throws the ball away and we should just embrace ISO ball?

When you're trying to run the clock down, the timing on those sorts of plays gets too tricky.

Either way, Tatum seems a step slow today. A couple of trips to the line is nice, but only 2 FGMs and none inside the arc is ugly.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Dang. KAT just worked Tatum baseline. Not many dudes do that.

 

[OnWisc]

Dang. KAT just worked Tatum baseline. Not many dudes do that.

Can’t help but wonder what kind of shape he’d be in at the end of a long playoff run to the Finals.

 

[benhogan]

back-to-back legs are going to hit the Wolves at some point

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Let's get Tatum hot, yeah?

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Dang. KAT just worked Tatum baseline. Not many dudes do that.

He is going at Tatum

 

[bigq]

I like JT catch and shoot threes.

 

[osori]

Jaylen is still on fire.

 

[benhogan]

fukn JJ Redick

 

[Just a bit outside]

That is not a fucking foul.

 

[SoxFanInPdx]

This a damn good game. Complete street fight.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

You can't play defense if that's a foul

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Jrue with taller player abuse

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Jrue with taller player abuse

With the right hand again

 

[bigq]

JT muscling his way to two.

 

[Just a bit outside]

How is White called for a foul and that isn’t On Tatum? Absolute crap.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

More like FAT, if you ask me.

 

[Lazy vs Crazy]

Games is verging on unwatchable.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Scal getting audibly frustrated with the officiating. We are in early January...I worry about what he is saying by March.

 

[OnWisc]

Back to back games just destroyed by the refs.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Calls are starting to get into the Cs heads.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Games is verging on unwatchable.

Ha, I just changed the channel after the bogus call on Horford, but not before my pithy comment above.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

With the right hand again

He's got a sneaky deep bag.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Contact is not being officiated equally on both ends.

 

[SteveF]

We're just not getting enough rim pressure.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Kornet checks in. Cs get a stop.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

We're just not getting enough rim pressure.

Prom night.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Ant is insane. He is making Jrue look like a G league defender

 

[bigq]

JT is a grown ass man!

 

[OnWisc]

Tatum has gotten T’d up this year for far less emotive complaining than Minnesota has gotten away with tonight.