Round 1, Game 3 - Friday, 7 p.m., against the team from Atlanta

[Jed Zeppelin]

Hawks were rolling than Trae came in.

Amazing

 

[jmcc5400]

He had a great angle to see this too. Was that Foster?

They called it a kicked ball by Marcus, I think.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Hawks are doing a good job of limiting Tatum's finishing at the rim.

Bogdan and Bey are a combined 10-10. They'll miss at some point.

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

Man Cs playing this game like a playoffs "preseason" on defense at least.

 

[jmcc5400]

I'll take the glass half-full approach and observe that Grant's shot looks really good.

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

But agree, even open shots shouldn't be hit at this high a rate by the Hawks going forward.

 

[slamminsammya]

that half was ridiculous

 

[Euclis20]

Hawks were rolling than Trae came in.

Worst +/- on the team, even as his numbers look ok for the first time all series. Very interesting to see if this trend continues, and if he's even playing in crunch time.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Not sure what you can do.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

That was roughly half Hawks shooting unsustainably well and half Celts playing pretty weak defense. Those both should change this half with any luck (and any effort)

 

[benhogan]

Doc Rivers said referees have to stop favoring instigators

really, that's the takeaway Doc?

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

Lol I saw the ESPN chyron headline "Doc: NBA must stop players from goading stars" in regards to Claxton last night. As if Doc didn't coach and benefit from Rondo and Beverley.

 

[TripleOT]

ATL with 35 bench points on 13-14 shooting, 7-7 from three

ATL 22-30 on twos, mostly in the paint. Boston with zero blocked shots. AL and TL, zero points, one shot.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Lol I saw the ESPN chyron headline "Doc: NBA must stop players from goading stars" in regards to Claxton last night. As if Doc didn't coach and benefit from Rondo and Beverley.

Yeah, Royce O'Neal's privates were just TAUNTING Harden to visit them after all

 

[TripleOT]

Hawks are doing a good job of limiting Tatum's finishing at the rim.

Bogdan and Bey are a combined 10-10. They'll miss at some point.

Boston 1-5 in the paint the second quarter. 8-20 on twos in the first half, 15-25 from three

 

[RSN Diaspora]

Missed the 2nd quarter—was ATL that good, or was it more that our defense was butt?

 

[benhogan]

lets see how committed they are to defense this half

 

[The Hideous Locust]

Missed the 2nd quarter—was ATL that good, or was it more that our defense was butt?

Little from column A, little from column B.

 

[RSN Diaspora]

I swear these second and third chance buckets are gonna put me in an early grave

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Attack

The

Rim

 

[thebutlerdidit]

say what you will about the Hawks but I love that they have a live organist doing the music

 

[Ale Xander]

Smaht

 

[cardiacs]

marcus!!!!

 

[Ale Xander]

JFC make the shot

 

[Ale Xander]

Smaht playing well

 

[Royal Reader]

That didn't take long.

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

Tatum's shooting percentage inside of 6" is plummeting.

 

[Eastchop]

Just got home and turned it on- what’s up with this broadcast? Main cameras are out?

 

[nattysez]

Goodness gracious that ATL lead disappeared in a hurry.

 

[SteveF]

Didn't like a few of those shots, but meh. They've cranked up the defense a bit. The intensity is the important part.

 

[bigq]

Marcus has his A game.

 

[TripleOT]

So much for that lead. Young was the catalyst for the Boston comeback

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

John Collins can kiss the fattest part of my ass.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Def a Scott Foster game

 

[Auger34]

If Marcus actually takes the time to throw that alley oop it’s an easy dunk. Smart’s the hoops equivalent of the dumbest smart person in the room

 

[Ale Xander]

JFC

 

[Ale Xander]

Playing like shit again

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Where's TL?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Stop kicking it out from the paint holy fuck

 

[Auger34]

Some absolutely moronic passes by Tatum and Smart recently

 

[shawnrbu]

Why does Scal keep saying big possession?

 

[Just a bit outside]

Go to the basket

 

[Average Game James]

17 is a moving screen every possession

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Not sure what Tatum is doing rn

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Why does Scal keep saying big possession?

Right? Every possession

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

TimeLord, WYD?

 

[NavaHo]

Why does Scal keep saying big possession?

I had to switch to the ESPN feed, Scal was so annoying.

 

[TripleOT]

Exasperated Coach Don, who does the YouTube defensive breakdown videos, is going to have a field day critiquing the Celtics D.

 

[OnWisc]

I’m just getting here, so I don’t know if anyone has pointed out that the Hawks scored more points against us in the first half than Cleveland did in Game 2 of the 2017 ECF, which is one of the worst sporting events I’ve ever seen, but the Hawks scored more points against us in the first half than Cleveland did in Game 2 of the 2017 ECF, which is one of the worst sporting events I’ve ever seen.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Embiid has a sprained knee---not playing game 4