According to NBA.com, Hauser only gave up two made baskets: one to Halliburton where he was clearly looking for help/to hand-off Haliburton and one to Turner.
No he wasn't getting beat with the ball he was getting beat on his movements and rotations. It was 100% this game and very noticeable on B2B plays or else it wouldn't have stuck out to me. I'm thinking he's been worn down or being made to look slower by playing against so many first units.According to NBA.com, Hauser only gave up two made baskets: one to Halliburton where he was clearly looking for help/to hand-off Haliburton and one to Turner.
Maybe it was the other game.
He's out tonite with a shoulder injury. Perhaps that's been affecting his overall game.
I’m guessing there were a few plays where he got caught on a screen or guessed the wrong way and those plays are standing out in your mind.
Yeah it was definitely a small handful of plays but I recall thinking something didn't look right w him the prior game too. Now I'm going to have to find this sequence tonight so I can sleep lol.
yea he hasn't looked as locked-in defensively when playing OKC/Indy recently.
Where is this limited minutes thing coming from? He played 28 against UTA just a few nights ago. Only 10 against OKC, but 20 and 34 minutes the previous two games before that
really?
No I meant like why are people saying he has been playing "limited minutes"? Doesn't seem limited to me
To me, it looked more like the C's came out with the same first half effort/execution, while IND ratcheted their energy way up, flying around after losing Haliburton and the first half by 9 points. In the four minutes it took us to match their intensity, the lead was already gone. It wasn't so much like, "we got worse"— more like, "they got better".
Ugh, the Celtics 3rd Quarter defense was a mix-tape of open 3s, TJ layups, and a red carpet to the FT line. Not exactly a recipe for winning basketball.
I think it's a combination of things. One, the Celtics take their foot off the brake as they overthink what adjustments are now being made. Two, which is a cousin of one, the losing team is the team making halftime adjustments not the winning team. So it seems to me we are being reactionary in this chess match and take the necessary time to figure out what adjustments are being made then play the rest of the way to the score which makes Net Rating a little phony since we are playing to win the game not to win the game by more than we led at the half.
Milwaukee had a nice stretch there for awhile but have reverted back to the same uninspired team that takes the floor without a purpose. Even before last nights loss without Lillard I had downgraded this team pretty significantly as others have touched upon in past few days. I don't have them in the same stratosphere as us and not even in same class as Philly. Miami is a team flying under the radar right now....Kevin Love has played like an All-Star over the past week and they looked great last night without Butler and with Bam in foul trouble. Jacquez is not only a top rookie....he's becoming one of the best players on one of the best teams in the East. It will be interesting to see how his game translates to the playoffs as it is based off effort and determination. In the playoffs that gap closes quickly.
Yeah that's what I had in mind, not a full blown don't play hard for 3 weeks.
If they don't want him to suggest nefarious things, maybe they should not overturn fouls where he clearly gets hit in the head, and then amateurishly gaslight him about it?
Not implying that I disagree with Jaylen's anger, but the league office will be trying to put on a good face in public while (hopefully?!!) dealing with the refs involved behind closed doors. There is a summit to be held amongst all parties for sure: Jaylen is usually very diplomatic as an executive director in the NBAPA, so for him to be publicly talking like that means he was very shocked and hurt by the refs' actions.
That is definitely a possiblity - it's an aggressive language choice from a very thoughtful player and while he was emotional, I doubt it was an accident.
The official did indeed tell him that. There's clear video of him and Jaylen talking after the overturn. I forget whether it was audible, or I was reading lips, but you can see Jaylen asking for clarification that he wasn't hit in the head, and receiving it from the official.
I think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill here honestly.
Jaylen following this up with a Buffalo Wild Wings tweet all but guarantees a fine.
Yeah, Tatum can definitely rest when needed, and it's also a big deal for the playoffs. +8.6 without your superstar is really, really, really good. Like, not sure people realize how good that is.
Now here's the big question: When the actual playoffs start, how do you handle Al? Is any 2 game lead a rest day?
It might---but it DEFINITELY puts him in the tweet hall of fame!
This lines up with what I posted back in October, about what actual test games the team has, amid the other faff in the schedule:
I think we can add to that list our remaining home game vs Philadelphia, Feb 27th, and Apr 3rd vs OKC. But how have we done in those tests so far?
There is ~0 chance that the Celtics do that.
they empty Al's tank in the playoffs
I think the "Sit Horford on B2B" for long term maintenance of a 37 yr old with 35k minutes logged in his career has somehow turned into thinking Horford isn't durable or even not durable enough to play B2Bs if he had to do so.
Guess this part of the rulebook is irrelevant:
Like fine, if the contact was a hand resting on the hip of a player, yeah fine no call from contact. But arm to the head? Complete bullshit
