Game 3: Celtics@Sixers
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Oh of course
The entire thing was wishing on a star with a 4 leg parlay and those odds, ha
Was going to say the same thing: Tatum was very quietly dominating in the 4th -- lots of little plays, tips, rebounds, and moves. Just awesome from him.
I tend to think any challenge where you might save points or a foul against an important player is not a bad challenge.
We are stressed as fuck man it’s title or bust season and the Bruins just bombed out.
He completely turned it around. He put the team on his back at the end. And you nailed it, he had a lot of hustle plays or got to the right place at the right time. Great to see
7 of 8 players were positive plus minus.
Only negative was TL at -1, and he was a huge negative at half, once Joe put him on a stagger from the Embiid minutes he flourished, a sneaky nice coaching adjustment.
Only negative was TL at -1, and he was a huge negative at half, once Joe put him on a stagger from the Embiid minutes he flourished, a sneaky nice coaching adjustment.
Reverse angle of Grant getting curb stomped. Remarkable he came back in.
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What an awesome playoff victory.
The Cs won every quarter after losing the first by one point . Everyone contributed, the defense was fantastic and Tatum closed the game out convincingly. The 76ers played extremely hard too - this one was earned.
The Cs won every quarter after losing the first by one point . Everyone contributed, the defense was fantastic and Tatum closed the game out convincingly. The 76ers played extremely hard too - this one was earned.
I know it was kind of beaten out of his game but I loved seeing Tatum free himself for some midrange looks. The turnaround he hit to go up 9 was a big one. He was 7 for 9 inside the arc. Would like to see him aim for more looks in the paint before he’s in the teeth of the D. He’s so long he can do the Durant thing if he wants it.
When the D is doing everything they can to deny the perimeter and crowd the rim against you, sometimes you have to “settle.”
Still think they are leaving some opportunities on the table by forcing so many of his shots to come from him initiating rather than getting him going downhill off a screen or getting a switch in the post. But it’s nice to have other guys who can initiate this year and a bunch of guys who can shoot. They can sustain OK play from Tatum and when they get good or better from him they are nigh impossible to beat.
When the D is doing everything they can to deny the perimeter and crowd the rim against you, sometimes you have to “settle.”
Still think they are leaving some opportunities on the table by forcing so many of his shots to come from him initiating rather than getting him going downhill off a screen or getting a switch in the post. But it’s nice to have other guys who can initiate this year and a bunch of guys who can shoot. They can sustain OK play from Tatum and when they get good or better from him they are nigh impossible to beat.
Sequence of the game for me was after Philly got to 4. Crowd was in it and Celtics had some misses and turnovers. Brogdon offensive rebound and big Al hit the basket of the night.
Catching up on replay. Holy shit that was a W. They play D like that they are unbeatable. Incredible team effort. Praying the switch flipped. A harden step back from up 3-0 too.
Was coming in here to post this.
Al is so reliable and such an important player. He was having kind of a rough playoffs, so it was awesome to see him have a great game today.
One incredibly simple change I would like to see them make for Game 4…close out like crazy on Tucker and make him do something off the dribble. No collapsing on him or anything. Close out and then have a big guy at the basket.
I don’t think PJ has any confidence in himself scoring from anything other than a catch and shoot set 3
I don’t think PJ has any confidence in himself scoring from anything other than a catch and shoot set 3
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Grant Williams said he watched the head smashing video: “Damn, I really got curb stomped.”
Grant Williams said he watched the head smashing video: “Damn, I really got curb stomped.”
I’m super impressed with Grant and the coaching staff. I’m sure it was not easy for him to watch R1 but clearly they let him know that it just wasn’t his series and that he would get his time. And he is out there doing the dirty work, taking the looks when he gets them, but content to D up put in some hard fouls and generally just make things difficult for Philly.
Yeah he needs the Brook Lopez treatment. You are not unhappy if he is taking shots instead of other players, per se, but these are open gym looks and he’s an asshole so he’ll keep hitting them. But he’s panicky inside the arc with the ball, you need to live with maybe getting a better player a shot because you’re also getting a good opportunity for a turnover or a possession-killer.
It wasn’t a ton of possessions but they were imprecise on a few collapses tonight that led to those open looks, oftentimes pinching on guys when the initial defender had it covered. Can’t play perfect defense all night, of course. Sometimes they just lose their head a bit. Need to be OK allowing some crowded two point attempts especially by guys like McDaniels or Tucker.
Sixers were 43 percent from three, good play from their bench, and Embid with a big night — and the Celtics still win by double digits on the road.
It really is all about Harden for them. Barring something weird, he needs to be great for them to have a good chance to win.
It really is all about Harden for them. Barring something weird, he needs to be great for them to have a good chance to win.
Harden was terrible and Tobias Harris and Maxey were invisible. Embiid can not do it all by himself.
They don't need to change their strategies versus PJ Tucker. He's useless. He's scored more than 10 points four times this year.
And called out the T!
The one series where he crouched in front of Embiid was lol funny and awesome
He doesn’t want to shoot period apparently. Doris said about 10 times that he’s shooting because he knows his playing time will get yanked if he doesn’t.
There was one play that I thought was very interesting. He got an offensive rebound under the basket where there was basically no one near him. TL was somewhat in his vicinity. Tucker got the ball and passed it out….without even looking at the basket. It’s pretty clear he doesn’t have any confidence in his offensive game unless it’s a corner 3 with literally no one near him
I think PJ bagged 3 4th qtr 3s against the Celts to seal the 76ers only regular season win this year.
And he bagged a pair of Tatums nuts in G1 in this series. He can be versatile.
I know it wasn't exactly a one or the other decision but sticking with Harris instead of Butler would make my head hurt if I was a Philadelphia fan.
Could you imagine an Embiid/Tatum/Butler core? Simmons also might not have imploded since he'd never have to shoot.
Yeah the announcers go nuts when he hits his twice weekly 3 pointer and grabs the occasional 4th quarter offensive rebound, but he's as close to a zero as you get for a rotation player on offense. Good for him that he's still really solid on defense.
The way the Doris and co were calling the game you almost couldn’t help but think that. It was an odd feeling.
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That's mainly because he's so reluctant to shoot. Leaving him wide open for corner 3s isn't a great idea. That's the one shot he can hit.
Yes to all of this. I bitched a lot last night but it was a great win and one of their best playoff wins over the last few years IMO. Cautiously optimistic that they have figured something out.
That's why I can't game thread basketball. I don't know how you all do it. It's hard enough to watch. No other sport has near this many scoring opportunities. And of course all of ours should go in. And none of theirs should. I've actually got better at looking at the big picture while watching. Especially play away from the ball. Much better on my blood pressure.
In real time it can be maddening. I try to keep the bigger picture perspective but I get lost in it sometimes. It wasn’t perfect last night but it rarely is once you’re at this stage of the season. I mean even the dynasty Pats had some very close, ugly playoff wins
Oh I'm with you. I said I'm getting better at it. I still get lost all the time.