Whoops, I obviously misread that haha. My bad.
Yeah there’s a level of “they’ll figure it out” that I don’t believe this group of players has earned. Two games this series needing points with the final possession, and 0 shots both times.
I’ve said several times they should get JB isolated in the midrange for a Pierce-esque final shot. He’s lethal there and it’s a guaranteed shot.
I'd kill for literally anything that isn't Tatum pounding the ball into the court 40 feet from the hoop till theres 5 seconds left.
Every extra game you open the door to putting your season in the ref’s hands.
Marcus calls his own name a lot.. he shouldn’t be trusted to run the offense late on this current team .. last year it made sense.. this year you have much better shooters just sitting there on the bench. Call TOs to get Smart on the floor for defense.
Or just general shooting variance. Tonight was frustrating but fucking around in Game 1 was really the killer. This should have been Philly’s 3-0 don’t get swept win and then bow out in 5.
Yup
Smart is never going to be on the bench in the final minutes of the game unless he’s traded or retires. Just is what it is and there’s no sense even debating it because it’s not going to change.
Sometimes you win by a tenth of a second, sometimes you lose. That was a great playoff basketball game. They’re winning this series. Probably Thursday night.
He’s a top 2 baby and he ain’t 2.
Embiid had 34 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 assists. If that's what the dude looks like while being "broke".....
That’s great and from 9 minutes to go in regulation until end of regulation how many points did he score and how many times did he get his lunch money taken? He got punked so bad by Al that PJ needed to start giving him pep talks. Cs let these guys off the hook.
He probably should have clarified that to late 3rd/4th when the Celtics actually turned up their defense and stopped letting Embiid parade to the free throw line.
Stop acting like Ike’s Celtics didn’t blow games because that is total fiction. It is too bad Ime couldn’t keep it in his pants since you think he is Red Auerbach
The last couple weeks have led to a lot of introspection given how stressful it has been watching these games with the highest expectations and how unhappy I have been when they lose and merely relieved when they win.
this New NBA wouild hate coaching aga me when playing 2k online i have found out that if u pressure the 3 point shot by putting a hand in the face or pressure they miss 75% which allow me to contal tempo and dare them to out rim run me
I know it's hard not to keep bringing the Bruins into this, but they are completely different teams in completely different windows. Their only similarity was championship expectations.
Yep it’s just leaving the door ajar. And you just don’t know if you get the Game 1 or Game 2 Celtics.
This keeps happening. Love Smart but give me more White in the closing. Also more Brogdon
To be fair, the Smart free throws Tatum had the ball, and Marcus then sank them both.
a time out could have settled them down, get Philly questioning what the play is and maybe make a play--agree give it to Jaylen for a mid range jump shot --and stop the barrage of missed 3's--lost possessions that aren't needed against the Sixers--pound the middle to get Embid in foul trouble, drive to the basket and if you take 3s somebody crash and rebound! Also start really running witht the ball--the Sixers are slow
I've gone back and forth in my head about this--on one hand, I can justify not calling the TO because Philly doesn't have its best defenders on the floor, and we had the Jays, Al, White, and Marcus. On the other hand, there was no urgency to the play--if I didn't know better, I would've sworn they thought the game was tied, and either a T.O. prevents that and allows you to set up a solid play *and* advance the ball, or you call one when they're at half court with about twelve seconds left and it's obvious that nothing is cooking and you need to have a set play to win the game.
