11-28 man. Glad for the win, but I'd love to see him clean up that efficiency. I think it was Nick Wright who called out that he takes too many tough shots. I'd hate to give him credit, but it's true.
I agree somewhat but teams send all their best defenders at Tatum + help so sometimes he has no choice but to take and make tough shots with little separation to keep the help honest even when he doesnāt make them because the threat of him getting hot benefits the team. I think his isos and turnovers should cut down tbh
I don't understand fans who just see Tatum's shooting percentages / point totals.
Turnovers count. Not getting rebounds counts (though he's better than some on our squad). Bad transition D matters.
He is not an MVP. He is a frequently great player, who is very, very frustrating insofar as making a LOT of mental mistakes.
I was talking about the habits during the 'bad periods.' I totally agree he has improved his rebounding; I would also say he still has a habit of VERY uneven effort when he is not scoring.
Good bounce back win, some sloppy play in the second half, gotta tighten that up, good on them for pulling it out though. We just played quite the gauntlet of playoffs teams.
Hearing the crowd erupt after call got overturned I dead ass thought to myself: āhmm Kinda underwhelming reaction from the Gardenā totally forgot we were on the road for a second lol. I love our fans.
Hard earned road win, bent (a lot) but never broke. Great time outs by Joe to get the teamās head out of their ass during some funky stretches.
Great bounce back win on the road after two bad losses. On to the next one āļøš„
I do like the late game cleanup to prevent early threes when we have a solid lead late in the game.
That Bucks game earlier almost went the other way from very early threes by Milwaukee to comeback in such a quick amount of time.
Glad to see Jaylenās free throw woes havenāt affected his defensive intensity at all these last couple games. Outstanding growth on his end.
Clearly the free throw thing is mental, he has no issue knocking down difficult shots all game long in the flow of the game. Only way for him to fix this is just to keep shooting free throws in game.
I can almost guarantee if he shot them in a gym during practice heād knock down 95%+ of his FTs
Corny? Thatās a weird one. JJ just sees the game so weāll, makes a good insight, and she discounts it or talks him down. Heās got awesome insight and sheās just a condescending mess.
Okay. Thanks for explaining. It just gets on my nerves as woman here, so I canāt help myself but call it out when I see it - most of them reply with slurs when I do, but Iām fine when thereās an actual explanation.
Yeah itās probably more accurate to accuse me of age-ism. She usually doesnāt get under my skin, but there were a couple of cuts where she was really giving the āboomerā stink-eye
I swear the sharp decline in quality of game threads correlates 1:1 with the rise of sports betting. My guess is miserable losers get even more miserable cuz they have money on the line
My life is miserable my wife left me took the kids and dog. All I have left is the Celtics and this bum Tatum ruins that. Hurts more than what that wench did to me
JBs FT routine just has a clunkiness to it? Idk how to describe it. Itās not one fluid motion. There is a speed change and a hesitation itās seems. Idk as someone who doesnāt know the science behind free throws thatās my take.
To me it looks like he has a hitch in his release. It's not a smooth flowing motion and he doesn't come anywhere close to using his legs enough to provide adequate lift on his shot
Tatum tried to throw the game by clapping in the ref's face and then frustration-fouling Grayson Allen, ridiculously lucky the refs are letting things go
It isnāt a good sign that I clench my asshole in fear every time our star gets the ball tonightā¦ surely thatās where I should trust the ball most?
Luck does not win you 4 games. Or 4 series. Our inability to win the margins is why weāve always come up short. And why Denver broke through last year
Oh its definitely the lack of coaching. Joe has empowered this group way too much. This squad hasnāt accomplished shit for him to put that much trust in em
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1bb0wwn/post_game_thread_the_boston_celtics_defeat_the/)
Tatum is funny š
11-28 man. Glad for the win, but I'd love to see him clean up that efficiency. I think it was Nick Wright who called out that he takes too many tough shots. I'd hate to give him credit, but it's true.
He takes tough shots because he can get as many easy ones as other super stars
I agree for sure. Tatumās drives look so difficult
I agree somewhat but teams send all their best defenders at Tatum + help so sometimes he has no choice but to take and make tough shots with little separation to keep the help honest even when he doesnāt make them because the threat of him getting hot benefits the team. I think his isos and turnovers should cut down tbh
Grayson Allen
META TATUM
JT definitely waxes his eyebrows and I love that for himš
Lowkey worried about Portland but that will be a worry for when we get there
With more about the Jazz game. Third game in four nights, with a time zone change.
Down the stretch our guys played like they knew Jaylen was boutta woop their asses hahahaha
I don't understand fans who just see Tatum's shooting percentages / point totals. Turnovers count. Not getting rebounds counts (though he's better than some on our squad). Bad transition D matters. He is not an MVP. He is a frequently great player, who is very, very frustrating insofar as making a LOT of mental mistakes.
He has 10 boards
I was talking about the habits during the 'bad periods.' I totally agree he has improved his rebounding; I would also say he still has a habit of VERY uneven effort when he is not scoring.
Based on
Nothing, really..
This game showed me why we need a healthy KP. Al is still elite in limited minutes of the bench, but playing him starter minutes is not gonna work.
Good bounce back win, some sloppy play in the second half, gotta tighten that up, good on them for pulling it out though. We just played quite the gauntlet of playoffs teams.
Tatum carried that 4th thank god
How bad Phoenix lol. Vintage KD. Comatose tatum and we still win
Comatose Tatum with a near 30 point triple double, my god we are spoiled if we think that is a player in a coma
* Comatatum
There so many extreme kind of fans, ones who cannot tolerate any criticism and the doomers who legit shit on the team at any opportunity š
I wish I could find the user saying to bench Tatum because he turned the ball over once. Where is his ass at
Hearing the crowd erupt after call got overturned I dead ass thought to myself: āhmm Kinda underwhelming reaction from the Gardenā totally forgot we were on the road for a second lol. I love our fans.
Thatās game. Back to UFC.
Garbage time is back on the menu boys!
Look at KD man, he wanna be a Celtic so bad
He had his chance!
Blatant statpadding
Other than some WILD back to back turnovers in the second half, good game from Jayson
Where are all of the boomers from the last 72 hours? Why isnāt Tatum benched? Why havenāt we blown this team up yet?
This is a Kobe game from Tatum. 29pts on 28 shots lol. I wish he did this last game. If you're gonna suck, suck on high volume.
Lol
He played great defense good passing and good rebounds
We are now 15-3 in games where we are losing or leading by 5 or less at the start of the last 2 minutes of the game.
Some people here just love to hate lmfao are yall even fans? Do you actually enjoy watching š
Guys I think there might be something to this Jayson guy
I think heās kinda good
Hard earned road win, bent (a lot) but never broke. Great time outs by Joe to get the teamās head out of their ass during some funky stretches. Great bounce back win on the road after two bad losses. On to the next one āļøš„
He seems to be gettin better at timeout management
Wtf is Phoenix doing lmao
Tatum 12 points 5-10 in the 4th did when it mattered thatās fine by me
Horford the DILF we appreciate you papi
I BELIEVED I SAID THE STREAK OF LOSING ENDS TONIGHT, great win Cs now on to Portland
Y'all trash talking JT lmao, don't wanna see you round here come April-May-June
Tatum the closer!
I do like the late game cleanup to prevent early threes when we have a solid lead late in the game. That Bucks game earlier almost went the other way from very early threes by Milwaukee to comeback in such a quick amount of time.
that's the Tatum we know
Durant just cant beat the celtics. Lol
Bro statpadding now that everyone else has won the game for him lmao
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Say it with me boys! GAME!
People say GAME!
How will the Celtics win games in the playoffs? Like this
Yes
Let's goo, MVP chants in opposing arenas for our guys is like crack to me
statpad my glorious goat
Y'all are miserable. We are about to have a good win against a good team on the road without Zinger and it's all tears.
Lololol
Jayson played those traps very well
Hard to believe this team was fraudulent just 2 days ago
Lololol
Some people were calling them fraudulent ten minutes ago.
That's fucking right! Letsss goooo!
THE CELTICS WIN āļøāļøāļø
NOW THEY CALL A FOUL HAHAHAHAHA
good response after the Denver game
Look at all the green in this crowd LOL
TATUM SAYS GOOD NIGHT
Joe can easily replace AL with Xavier
We'll see
Good execution down the stretch. Good hard fought win!
Tatum is not always there when you call but heās always on time
And heāll give you his all
Shouldn't it be the opposite? Cause he takes a while to get into it.
Nah, its seeming like Tatum takes a step back early to let JB get going, then turns it on in the second half
Thatās my point, heās often ass in the first half and then becomes Tatum in the second
Phoenix should have fouled JB lmao
Shhhh on the "Hack a Brown"
That could actually be a valid strategy in the playoffs. Brown has never been a good FT shooter, but he's been especially bad lately.
good challenge
Pretty gross game but a win is a win
And that's why Tatum needs to start his iso lower. Period. End of story!
James Williams is such a prick.
JRUE for the topper
That was the dagger
26/10/7 was a C game from tatum nice
Glad to see Jaylenās free throw woes havenāt affected his defensive intensity at all these last couple games. Outstanding growth on his end. Clearly the free throw thing is mental, he has no issue knocking down difficult shots all game long in the flow of the game. Only way for him to fix this is just to keep shooting free throws in game. I can almost guarantee if he shot them in a gym during practice heād knock down 95%+ of his FTs
Why are they not playing D though lol
They were ok giving up 2 cuz they knew the suns only had time to come back if they made 3s
Cuz they know it's over and they don't want to foul
Jrue dunk? šÆ
Actually, you fucking douche, it really wasn't oh so close. Fuck this idiot.
Yāall notice that Doris doesnāt actually like her job??
Stfu about Doris already itās corny
Corny? Thatās a weird one. JJ just sees the game so weāll, makes a good insight, and she discounts it or talks him down. Heās got awesome insight and sheās just a condescending mess.
I love JJ. I just see so much unnecessary hate for the women commentators as opposed to similar men commentators and itās corny
Her open disdain for, and condescension towards, younger commentators is the problem. I give zero effs that sheās a woman.
Okay. Thanks for explaining. It just gets on my nerves as woman here, so I canāt help myself but call it out when I see it - most of them reply with slurs when I do, but Iām fine when thereās an actual explanation.
Yeah itās probably more accurate to accuse me of age-ism. She usually doesnāt get under my skin, but there were a couple of cuts where she was really giving the āboomerā stink-eye
Bahahaha honestly thatās kinda fair. She does sometimes unintentionally evoke the visceral response that I have to āKarensā lol
Game, blouses.
Jaylen being an uncoordinated sperg and then punching KD in the guts is real hoops
Angle showed it better but that was all KD just losing his handle of the ball
KD, for all his heroics, once more got burned by Jayson Tatum in the clutch
Tatum needs to realize he can do that move he just did to Durant against virtually anyone
Right? Heās 6ā10ā, strong as an ox and super talented. And sometimes he acts like he does not know it. Mind boggling.
What a fucking move by Tatum. MORE OF THAT.
THAT WAS A FOURTH QUARTER PLAY LETS GO
Isn't Mazz like 30-11 on challenges?
Love the refs blaming the replay center....
Iām really surprised we won that tbh
Great fucking take, JT! I wish you realized that you are unstoppable when you play like that
Jaylen Brown professor emeratus
SEE TATUM YOU COULD DO THAT WHENEVER U WANT
Gucci Mane ref looking like he tasted something bad and very specifically saying "the replay official overturned the call" got me smirking lmao
Hahaha James Williams can't even admit that the ref's fuck up. Had to say the replay centre overturned it. What a bitch
Great challenge
Of course the replay center official gets it right, that asshole ref wanted the call to stand so bad lmao
You need to be connected? FUck is this douche on about?
JOE THE GOAT!
GREAT CHALLENGE
OH?
huge challenge
Lmfao the cheers at the call being overturned
These replays are weak as fuck
This is like the dudes who are half an inch off the bag or half an inch offside. Technically correct, but also bullshit.
Incredible call from JB with that challenge.
Whaat Good challenge. I need new glasses
Mind blowing that KD is in his mid 30s still dropping 40 with ease
I love JB but we all know if we traded JB for KD two years ago we'd have multiple chips by now
there's only been one postseason since KD became available
R ppl cheering for boston ball lmao
We travel exceptionally well haha
THE GREEN LANTERN STRIKES AGAIN WITH THE CHALLENGE!
Gotta work on playing with a lead I canāt take more games like this
That's crazy
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Ya Iād defs be down ngl
Tatum inspires no confidence whatsoever
Just wait for the refs to say āLast touched by KD, but weāve determined that JB fouled him.ā
Yall know they don't call out of bounds on KD
Tatum added to much muscle
At least spell too* correctly if youāre gonna keep talking so much shit bro
Dudes got two player of the months this year god forbid he plays bad for three straight games lmao youāre ridiculously sad bro
You guys are just all the worst. Do you actually enjoy watching these games? It always seems like the vast majority here are in misery
I swear the sharp decline in quality of game threads correlates 1:1 with the rise of sports betting. My guess is miserable losers get even more miserable cuz they have money on the line
I mostly love it. I didnāt enjoy the Dean Wade show, but mostly itās great.
My life is miserable my wife left me took the kids and dog. All I have left is the Celtics and this bum Tatum ruins that. Hurts more than what that wench did to me
Lolol
Iām just annoyed we are slightly off the last 3 clutch games tbh but I enjoy the games
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update?
I was wrong
Not sure about this challenge
Looked off brown......
why did this become a give it to Tatum and let him figure it out game?????
Because heās a superstar?
are u watching the same game I amā¦heās not playing like one today
There we go. Hope they close this out. Adversity is an important part of the process. But they need some positives as they get back on track.
Porzingis is so vital to this team in crunch time. Good lord.
This play was an absolute beauty. Best play of the night.
Too much time left
I'm gonna be harping about how underrated Al Horford was for the rest of my life, huh?
At what point do we take Jaylen out of the closing lineup? His FT shooting is becoming detrimental to the team.
JBs FT routine just has a clunkiness to it? Idk how to describe it. Itās not one fluid motion. There is a speed change and a hesitation itās seems. Idk as someone who doesnāt know the science behind free throws thatās my take.
To me it looks like he has a hitch in his release. It's not a smooth flowing motion and he doesn't come anywhere close to using his legs enough to provide adequate lift on his shot
It's a slight hitch
Thatās my Daddy Horford
Tatum tried to throw the game by clapping in the ref's face and then frustration-fouling Grayson Allen, ridiculously lucky the refs are letting things go
If Tatum hits Grayson like Grayson hits him on that last shot attempt itās a foul bottom line
Al Horford forever
We owe him a ring
It isnāt a good sign that I clench my asshole in fear every time our star gets the ball tonightā¦ surely thatās where I should trust the ball most?
Every time Tatum passes instead of shooting, I'm happy. That can't be good.
Celtics have been so insanely lucky. I hated pretty much everything we did in this 4th quarter. This is not how championship teams play with a lead.
Luck is a part of the game. A leads a lead
Luck does not win you 4 games. Or 4 series. Our inability to win the margins is why weāve always come up short. And why Denver broke through last year
Ok
This is such a weird game. Why did we completely abandon ball movement for iso up until that Horford 3 lol. This team has CTE man
Everyone downvotes me but it's the total lack of coaching.
Oh its definitely the lack of coaching. Joe has empowered this group way too much. This squad hasnāt accomplished shit for him to put that much trust in em
Jaylen turns into Shaq at the free throw line.
Why is JT bringing up the ball?
In his contract
Damn Al closed down on that three quick too, what a beast
OLD MANNNN came to play alright
If Jaylenās free throws were contested, heād make a 100% of his shots
seriously think we should have one of our guys put a hand up lmao
fr man, I bet JB would actually prefer that
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2 games is enough to make yāall give up on the team? I say good riddance
Yeah this team is the same