11/13 - @ Deez Nets

[RSN Diaspora]

Last night sucked. Tonight will not suck. After blowing a very winnable game through rookie-level turnovers and getting thoroughly abused on the boards, the Celtics take out their frustrations on Brooklyn by remembering to secure the ball at all times.

7:30 @ Barclay’s Center. WIN.

 

[RSN Diaspora]

View: https://twitter.com/celtics/status/1856760371819807034


For Brooklyn, Dorian Finney-Smith is questionable (left ankle sprain), Bojan Bogdanovic is out (left foot injury), Day'ron Sharpe is out (left hamstring), Trendon Watford is out (left hamstring), and Ben Simmons is questionable because of course he is.

 

[JCizzle]

View: https://twitter.com/celtics/status/1856760371819807034


For Brooklyn, Dorian Finney-Smith is questionable (left ankle sprain), Bojan Bogdanovic is out (left foot injury), Day'ron Sharpe is out (left hamstring), Trendon Watford is out (left hamstring), and Ben Simmons is questionable because of course he is.

Why is Tatum playing in this game? Seems absolutely crazy to me. Dude needs a breath.

 

[Imbricus]

Why is Tatum playing in this game?

Part of the reason may be Tatum. He never wants to take a night off.

 

[128]

When Claxton is hitting free throws, the C's are in trouble.

 

[Imbricus]

Wow. That Queta chase-down block was impressive. I thought he had lost his man.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Part of the reason may be Tatum. He never wants to take a night off.

I think this is it. He said last night that his ankle was sore, but he was going to play. It's a point of pride for him.

 

[Imbricus]

Queta's gotta be smarter than that on the fouls. That first foul was pretty dumb.

 

[128]

C's digging an early hole again.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

I've seen two turnovers already that basically can never happen.

 

[kfoss99]

Oh, hey, another slow start.

 

[timelysarcasm]

Second verse, same as the first

 

[OnWisc]

Good evening, gentlemen.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

I know these are not playoff games, but the difference between the way Tatum/Brown drove in the playoffs and how much they do now is night and day. Do we have the fewest drives in the league? Maybe it's just because of the commitment to the 3, but no one seems to respect their drive right now. This is dreadful.

 

[OnWisc]

Sounds like they're playing as if this is the fifth quarter of last night's game?

 

[JoeSuit]

Second verse, same as the first

A little bit louder, a little bit worse…

 

[128]

It's troubling that the C's have looked so old in these past two games.

 

[The Hideous Locust]

Are White and Holliday concussed?

 

[The Mort Report]

What a fucking pass by JT

 

[Spelunker]

Are White and Holliday concussed?

I'm getting a bit concerned about Jrue. He hasn't looked right.

 

[OnWisc]

That was a really dumb foul.

 

[OnWisc]

 

[HowBoutDemSox]

Tatum is so good, but would prefer they run an offense so he doesn’t have to be.

 

[Imbricus]

Starting to wake up!

 

[timelysarcasm]

Tatum said stfu guys.

 

[OnWisc]

Some pretty possessions there by Tatum.

 

[Spelunker]

Tatum goes nova

 

[SteveF]

Things turned around when they stopped turning it over. Had something like 4 turnovers in the first 4 minutes (9 points conceded off those turnovers) and none since really.

 

[Euclis20]

Tatum is so good, but would prefer they run an offense so he doesn’t have to be.

Missing some good looks, plus White is buried in foul trouble and no KP again...sometimes the superstars have to step up and create the offense. I'm ok with it.

 

[The Hideous Locust]

Stupid foul, Q.

 

[The Mort Report]

How is that a foul?

 

[OnWisc]

Nothing like running half a possession with moving graphics being projected around the floor.

 

[128]

I don't know if it's lack of effort, or what, but the C's defense is a sieve. Nets are scoring on every possession.

 

[HowBoutDemSox]

Pritchard is really going for the 6MOTY award

 

[JCizzle]

The disparity in the whistle on those back to back possessions...man...

 

[bohous]

What's with so much Luke and no White?

 

[Scriblerus]

What is Scal talking about? He’s happy about the Cs getting mugged?

 

[slamminsammya]

What's with so much Luke and no White?

white got 3 quick fouls. no horford since segababa. and queta looks very bad

 

[Imbricus]

White foul trouble. And Queta foul trouble.

 

[bohous]

white got 3 quick fouls. no horford since segababa. and queta looks very bad

Thanks. Makes sense.

 

[bohous]

I like these good PP games

 

[OnWisc]

Haven't seen someone tend goal like that on Long Island since Billy Smith.

 

[RSN Diaspora]

I'm not sold on the idea of rushing a play to get a 2-for-1 opportunity, but that was just bad offense to end the half.

 

[SteveF]

What's the rule on the "officials don't know who the ball went off of and jump it up" with respect to the shot clock? Is it supposed to be reset to 24 regardless of who gets possession?

 

[nattysez]

I'm not sold on the idea of rushing a play to get a 2-for-1 opportunity, but that was just bad offense to end the half.

My impression is that the league has collectively decided 2-for-1s just result in 2 bad possessions.

The third time Cam Johnson poked the ball away, Jaylen might've considered letting someone else handle it.

 

[Euclis20]

My impression is that the league has collectively decided 2-for-1s just result in 2 bad possessions.

The third time Cam Johnson poked the ball away, Jaylen might've considered letting someone else handle it.

2 bad possessions for the Celtics usually means two contested off the dribble 3's for tatum, which he hits at about 25%. That means two bad possessions are worth about 1.5 points, quite a bit more than one quality half-court possession (the math is so strongly in favor of two possessions over one that's it's hard to believe they've purposely gone away from it).

No KP, no Horford, and the starting backcourt has just two points so far. Ugh.

 

[BaseballJones]

I'm not sold on the idea of rushing a play to get a 2-for-1 opportunity, but that was just bad offense to end the half.

I always prefer to try for good shots over rushing to get 2-for-1 opportunities. I get the argument otherwise, but unless you need two possessions (like down by 4 at the end of the fourth quarter), I want to have a good possession and get the best shot possible.

 

[BaseballJones]

2 bad possessions for the Celtics usually means two contested off the dribble 3's for tatum, which he hits at about 25%. That means two bad possessions are worth about 1.5 points, quite a bit more than one quality half-court possession (the math is so strongly in favor of two possessions over one that's it's hard to believe they've purposely gone away from it).

No KP, no Horford, and the starting backcourt has just two points so far. Ugh.

Good argument if your numbers are correct. What's Tatum's shooting percentage shooting contested threes at the end of quarters?

 

[BaseballJones]

Thinking about this more, if two crap possessions leading to rushed pull-up contested three pointers is more likely to produce more points than one good, well run possession, why don't teams apply this over the course of a whole game and just rush down and jack up the first shot they can get within like 8 seconds, thus seeking to basically double the number of possessions they get in a game? Isn't the math basically the same?

I'm now suddenly very curious about this.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

I think the math on 2-for-1 is pretty compelling.

.2 x 3 x 2 = 1.8
.5 x 3 x 1 = 1.5

Shooting 20% on two possessions is still better than shooting 50% on one.