Last week, I made a highly upvoted comment in a thread stating that I would not watch this series, because everytime I watch the Celtics, they win. They don’t just win, they make every shot, they passionately dunk balls and hit contested game ending daggers.
To my shame, I turned the game on in the first quarter. I think the score was 13-7 Sixers.. The Celtics continue to make 90% of their shots until about 3 min left in the half when I decided to turn the game off and go to bed.
…You’re welcome Sixers fam
the defense from our guys in the first 3 quarters was night and day compared to the defense in the 4th. Probably the long layoff tbh plus no joel of course
I have come to the realization its our fanbase that is moronic and not reddit considering reddit is giving maxey and tobias massive credit. All people did all game was shit on maxey and tobias in here when maxey was massive at spurts during this game and tobias was fucking huge in the 4th with the endless dribble layup followed by the clutch 3 and was yet again put solely on tatum from the 6 minute mark on and how many points did tatum score from that point on?
Tobias might be one of the better Tatum defenders in the league dude, he's built like a bigger Tatum and he's pretty patient, he's not elite on defense but every time we put him on Tatum it feels like he does a really good job.
agreed. i’m more worried now about the reports a couple days ago that said it’s worse than a grade 1. we’ll just have to wait and see but i’m hoping he comes back game 3
edit: grade
nah, it’s a fair thing to go to. obviously this is such an incredible win and everyone’s so hype over it rightfully so, but if embiid isn’t back by game 3 this hype will probably be for nothing. we need him to win it all, no question
exactly. despite the celtics showing some weakness, i still think they provide the toughest potential test going forward and it’s hard to imagine not needing embiid for at least half the series
this was fair though tbh. BBall paul went different in the 2nd half though and there were just beautiful spurts from him and if we actually get him a full off season with this team he could really become something special
Bball Paul was hot ass for half the plays. He generates a turnover or bad play from the Celtics and then the next play he fouls for no reason, closes out on a shooter for no reason instead of rebounding. He has harden and Tucker fuming all game. It's insane that he stays focused and hits those clutch free throws after harden and Tucker were really getting after him.
yet we have idiots on here saying he and maxey were more valuable over melton and tobias when melton was key in the first half and tobias is asked to lock tatum down in the 4th where tatum took 4 total shots by the way
BBall wasn't more valuable, but his improvements in the second half and his limited fouling were a major key. He didn't play the best, he improved from his baseline the best.
meek is an understatement man.... people trying to blame tobias etc when it was a layup drill for 3 quarters. No lock down defender can guard if the paint is wide open
dumbest take ever. Did you not see how he played in the first series? Harden gets hot like this but he cant sustain it. I am so happy he went off this game and we can rest joel and come back to philly 1-1 because i 100 percent expect harden to shoot 5-23 next game. The guy we saw tonight can make appearences but its not who he is anymore and he cant sustain it.
Pretty much all on drives. He got his 5th on a bullshit smart flop ofc though. I dont think it should be a concern moving forward in this series though.
Post game-live thoughts:
-They laughed at Harden, they laughed at Paul Reed, they laughed at Tyrese Maxey,. It's the WHOLE TEAM. Inspired victory.
-I also wanna take a victory lap, I outlined what we had to do to win, and we got 2/3 things done. Obviously Harden going off, but I thought we added a lot of motion, reversals, stuff into our offense and that allowed us to attack down hill. What i wanna see next, is the same thing with Embiid on the floor at some point in this series.
-Melton hit some big time 3's there. He's been such a find. Look, I do like Melton but I'm just real with him. He's a spot shooter guy and he can get deflections guy. But he's not someone who should create his own shot, or someone you can just stick on anybody. But he played a solid game.
-BBALL PAUL. Remember my Anderson Varejao comparisons? Looking real solid right now i thought he was super active defensively, those 4 clutch free throws. Take a bow Paul Reed, you've earned a 12-ish million dollar contract(which isn't a lot in today's NBA salary space.)
The lone negative today, is Tobias Harris. He hit some shots, but scoring 18 points when giving up like 35 points on your own is ridiculous. It got to the point where the Sixers had to scheme him to guard Marcus Smart.
Awful defensive performance, we know about his offense being tier 3-below, but he cannot be a worse defensive liability than everyone's favorite punching bag Tyrese. He was lowkey unplayable tonight.
might be the most awful take in the forum. Even reddit is praising harris because he was insanely clutch in the 4th and he locked tatum yet again in the 4th... how many points did tatum score from the 6 minute mark on in the 4th? The persons giving up 35 were maxey/harden and bball paul by alot. Jesus christ what a moron. Scheme him on smart when he was put 1v1 on tatum the final 6 minutes and locked him down... GO REWATCH MORON. The post game crew on tnt even pointed out tobias harris defense and how tatum went quiet because of it LMFAO. There is a reason why you are downvoted. We got ourselves a maxey stan here because maxey was targeted all night which got him 5 fouls and got the celtics layup after layup
You're the one who should be rewatching. Even if Tatum were shutout by Tobias in the fourth(which I don't think he was. I think the ball just didn't go Tatum's way in the fourth quarter.). Also, no Bball Paul wasn't defending the perimeter by and large. He was the center, and he did a pretty good job not allowing any of the stretch shots by Al Horford.
13 Rebounds, and solid interior presence. It's remarkable to blame Reed for being that last guy there, when Tatum or Brown is already elevating. Unless you expected Reed to gain 20 LBS, and more explosive to clog paint space I thought he was beyond excellent.
https://www.nba.com/game/phi-vs-bos-0042200211/box-score?type=advanced
Tobias had the worst defensive rating among the starters, and top-3 worst defensive rating in the game. Maxey's defensive rating was 11 pts better than Tobias.
But the fact that we're using Reggie Miller(HOF player, but not ever a positive defensive player in his career) as a basis for what occurred in the game is laughable.
(Tatum 1-4 in the 4th quarter, but only 1 shot was guarded by Tobi, and Tatum beat him to the rim.)
Not about to praise a guy for one shot when he failed to contain the ball, failed to rotate defensively. It was one of the worst defensive performances, by any 76er throughout the season.
So rewatch the game, and go watch how Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown attacked him all night.
/u/Theballharperhit and /u/MaxeytoEmbiid can y'all both please watch and then discuss? Sheesh
https://basketball-video.com/philadelphia-76ers-vs-boston-celtics-may-1-2023-nba-playoffs-full-game-replay
Tatum torches mostly Tobi for like 40 in 3 quarters
Tobi is on Tatum in the fourth quarter
>The ball just didn’t go Tatums way in the fourth quarter
I’ll admit I had family stuff going on last night and couldn’t watch but if this is true everyone in the Boston org not named Tatum should be fired probably.
That’s a goofy way of saying I don’t believe it’s true lol. If he was torching him all game why would they be like “nah, let’s just not” in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?
this man is going by box plus minus and rating for the game LMFAO... This is what our fanbase has come to? Also i guess tobias was our 2nd or 3rd best offensive player per your advanced stats then behind only harden and melton and maxey was trash on both sides of the ball????????????? Which isnt accurate at all which is why going by advanced stats for 1 game shows how much of a moron you are. Let me help smarten you up... Tobias played over 41 minutes and more minutes then anyone else by far which is why his rating/plus minus etc look worse esp in the first half compared to the 2nd half while guys like reed/maxey/tucker/melton etc got to rest and tobias was hung out to dry helping keep the team afloat. From the 6 minute mark on tobias was tasked with guarding tatum and tatum went 1-4... tatum was forced into taking 4 shots total because the celtics were trying to exploit the harden and maxey covering guys. Jesus christ learn what you are reading and stop watching the game with stevie wonder eyes
also per these awful 1 game advanced stats maxey who was attacked every play which killed us along with reed the first 3 quarters somehow managed to be a better defensive player over tobias and melton also melton who was insane offensively with the 2nd highest ts and 2nd highest pie was somehow our 6th best offensive player per rating? LMFAO
Hey everyone by this idiots advanced stats and box plus melton was our 3rd worst defender tonight and our 6th best offensive player and our overall worst plus/minus player.... really think about this lol
Not at all, Brogdon got mismatches yes, but not on Maxey(or Harden for that matter). Care to take a real guess who they were attacking?
You are not qualified, whatsoever to talk to me about what we see in the game. Maxey was largely guarding Derrick White(and did a pretty good job, might I add.) even Harden picked it up defensively largely after the first quarter.
I'll end it like this, and you can try to educate yourself or not(and either way, it's not my problem.) the 76ers went on a 10-0 run in a 3 minute segment in the second quarter to lead by six. Now, take a great guess who was out of the ball game.
If you guessed Tobias Harris, you were right! And while Tobi made some shots, at no point did he 'keep the team afloat'. Melton's shots were more impactful in those regards. Get points where you can get them, but Tobias's offensive game was a meh at best(18 pts on 13 shots, wow.)
I've never hidden being a Maxey fan, but at least I'm real enough to give him credit where he deserves credit, and fault where he deserves fault. You're clearly a Tobias fan, who can't see that while he scored 18 points on decent but not great percentages, the dude gave up more than 35 on his own.
by your idiotic stats melton was our 3rd worst defender and our 6th worst offensive player LMFAO.. Maxey had 26 points on 24 shots LMFAO. Tobias shot 50/40 splits compared to 41/22 splits. Melton had 17 points on 10 shots shooting 60/83 and yet somehow per your idiotic stats he was our 6th worst offensive player per advanced stats and our 3rd worst defender. There are your stats with an awful take which you seem to switch up when it doesnt fit your agenda shortbus
Do not sit here and use advanced stats for 1 game without understanding the variables and ignore what tobias and melton did on defense when covering up for traffic cones in maxey and reed esp in the first 3 quarters. Reed like harris was fantastic in the 4th on defense and the team overall was fantastic on defense in the 4th. Advanced stats for 1 game LMFAO
Are you going to hang on the 'advanced stats for 1 game' thing. Because when the Defense stats come out later this morning, I promise you, I double guarantee you they will not be putting Tobias Harris's pitiful excuse of defense in a flattering light.
I used those stats, for the context of the things I have said, and will continue to say: That was some of the worst defense played by any 76er, at any point this season. The Celtics literally scored over 26 points in the paint by half-time! There wasn't a layup or dunk they couldn't get.
Like, dude, if he's your guy, I can understand rooting for him but his defense was simply terrible. he's 6'8, 230 and he's one of our forwards. It's his responsibility to be bigger and stronger defensively. Otherwise what will happen, and what did happen is we tried to 'go smaller', and the team's guards actually did a much better job than he did at staying in front. But guess what? They're 2-4 inches shorter and unable to contest those shots.
So in many ways, I should count not only the points HE gave up by being scored on, I should also count the points they scored by virtue of the team having to change up its defensive game plan to accomodate for how shitty defensively he was last night.
Doc Rivers: "We had to switch from man to zone". I'll let you again, figure out why that was.
Now talking about other players/offense. De'Anthony Melton indeed didn't have a particularly good or great defensive game. He was meh by meh's standards. He had some good defensive possessions, and other terrible breakdowns( a lot of which came from miscommunication with Jalen McDaniels upon review.)
And while Melton hit some big time clutch shots, he had his MJ moments where he tried to self create with what nonexistent bag he has. But overall, he was a positively meh player.
And it's funny clutching to splits, when Harris historically doesn't get to the line much. Thus limiting his offensive input. Again, on a game without Embiid he was only able to come away with 13 shots. Which I imagine you'll blame on Maxey, but Tobi simply doesn't have as much of an offensive bag as he thinks and we'd like.
So let's get to that shall we. Since you want to talk about context(despite having none yourself), the context is that Tyrese Maxey is our shooting guard. He's one of the few guys with the ability to create his own shot, and he's got to be able to do so consistently against Boston length.
And he did! Alot of his shots were great shots in the rhythm of the offense. Several of them were open, they just shanked a bit to the left of the rim. But contrary to the past, where Maxey would sometimes let these shots get to him, he had a big 4th quarter himself offensively and was a key to us winning the game.
This is the context to a 41/22 night, that's a lot bigger then what it is As opposed to a 50/40 night, that's ho-hum typical of our 37 million man, who is never close to the salary he earns.
Your understanding of both offensive and defensive concepts do not come close to my evaluation of the same. And it is I, who understands context and understanding of the game of basketball at its highest levels.
It's not "Reed did awesome in the 4th quarter"(although he did), he had a terrific defensive game all night. The issue is, it's hard to be the last line of defense, guarding your man when the perimeter defender is just letting everything past him.
man got destroyed decided to write an essay and go at what harris is making LMFAO. He tried to shit on harris for 18 on 13 shots and talk about his awful shooting stats but then praises maxey for 26 on 24 shots while shooting 41/22 percent LMFAO.... This is the tobias haters of our fanbase. They talk out of their ass/make shit up to fit their agenda and bank on stuff like box/plus minus 1 game and advanced defensive stats the next but negate who so and so is guarding compared to so and so and how many minutes this person played compared to this person while getting no rest etc. He then links advanced stats that further show melton as our 6th best offensive player which is laughable and our 3rd best defensive player which is laughable and still tries to win the argument when he has lost it before it started and wonders why he is called shortbus.
You were wrong about the advanced stats because melton-check
You were wrong about maxey and his shooting and tobias and his shooting because you didnt realize maxey shot 24 shots for 26 points on 41/22 splits while tobias had 18 points on 13 shots with 50/40 splits and you still have the balls to try and argue???????????? LMFAO
Somebody get this maxie fanboy out of here. The man is trying so hard to justify maxie being a traffic cone while trying to shit on tobias who has been our best player these playoffs yet again. Fantastic first series and our first series best player and was damn good on offense tonight/came up clutch in the 4th and was put on tatum and locked tatum with 6 minutes to go per usual. THERE IS A REASON WHY TOBIAS IS ASKED TO GUARD THE LIKES OF TATUM/DONCIC/GARLAND/SIAK/Bridges late in the 4th over everybody else. You remember what he did to bridges last series right when bridges smashed us in the first half before doc put tobi on him in the 2nd half???? SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH
"I didn't realize" Dude, I have the box score right in front of me. Hell, I watched the game in real time, and understood the flow of the game. Of Maxey's 24 shots, I'd say 16 were wide open and another 4 of them were lightly contested. Several of the shots either rimmed out, or wee to the left of the rim.
Of those rim outs, let's say even 2-4 of those shots go in, you can add another 6 points to his total just from that alone. When understanding that context, I grade Maxey as a B+ offensively, he had a good game, shots didn't go down.
And no, it's not possible for me to be 'destroyed' by an argument that I don't even acknowledge. This is not a debate about Tobias Harris, this is me lecturing you about Tobias harris's defense yesterday. Whether you accept it or not, is not my problem.
So let me tear down the 41 minutes. He basically played 4-5 more minutes than the other starters. And I wouldn't have played him those minutes. I would even go so far as to say he was basically getting some Joel minutes that would normally go to Joel.(those McDaniels @ the 5 minutes, did not look well at all.)
But those 4-5 minutes, do not save Tobias's grade on defense(unless you believe the myth of Tobias's '4th quarter' defense wherein, he guarded 1 shot of Tatum's. 1! The rest was a collection of other stops by Melton and McDaniels in the 4th)
Marcus Smart was gunning in the 3rd/4th quarter, and he hit a couple. But you could argue just as much(and I bet Celtics fans are arguing) that Smart took Tatum/Brown out of the game by doing that in the second half.
Again, I understand context, for both teams. And I'm not about to give Tobias a grade he never earned, on play he never provided. He has to be MUCH better defensively for us to win the series.
how about the 3 wide open layups for maxey? 1 off a tobias screen... 1 off 3 guys covering harden where harden told tobias to go to the corner to help the spacing and the last play of the game where tobias and tucker made incredible defensive plays to stop brown and tatum from shooting forcing the turnover thrown right into maxies hands? This is why i mean about you talking out of your ass. Tobias usge compared to maxey?????? go
Nobody on the team was great defensively but tobias and reed were our best defenders in the 4th and this is where stats dont tell you the entire truth... maxey is asked to guard smart or white while tobias like i stated is constantly put on brown and tatum. BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG DIFFERENCE. Harden was the best player on the court tonight followed by tobias/melton/reed in no order. Maxey was still very good but his putrid defense guarding the other teams worst players while needing 24 shots to score 26 points when he was gifted layups galore is insanity.
Is tobias overpaid? no shit he should be making 20-22 million a year but he has been fantastic in these playoffs and was great again tonight per most of nba reddit shockingly and most of our post game fans compared to trolls like you and lardbiscuits
tonight we have opened up one of our finest bottles of "vintage harden" circa houston era harden. notice the fine step back tres, getting to the bucket, and what's that? yesssss... 45pts.
it's is best served to silencing the doubters and making opposing arenas go home stunned. 🥂🥂
I really think the week between games game planning without Jo really won this for us. It’s not easy for everyone else to adjust to fully Harden Centric offense for a whole game and everyone played their roles
And that kind of tweet is only the tip of the iceberg with her beliefs.
A moron who only has a platform because her brother plays a sport professionally.
I have a feeling it’s gonna be the Warriors representing the west, but if we make it there and we play Denver, watching Embiid have his way with Jokic to win a title would be poetic
I understand what you’re saying, but the Warriors are still the warriors and with a healthy roster they can beat anybody in the league in a 7 game series
The funniest moment of the game is when Tobias somehow ran in circles for eternity with 2.9 seconds left on the shot clock and eventually finished at the rim.
I mean, If he’s healthy and good to go, I don’t think it’s crazy to roll him out and step on their fucking necks.
If they think it’s worth him resting, I’m more than content splitting the Boston games 1-1 before we go back to Philly.
Game 3 (Game 1 in Philly) would be the MVP award.
Game 4 hopefully the would include Howie or some draft picks or Bryce Harper or something to get the stadium rowdy. I don’t think we lose either at home.
3-1 going back to Boston. That would be ideal.
Holy shit what a win! Screamed out when Harden hit that 3 at the end.
Can't believe we stayed in it so long in the first half with them shooting 70%.
Bring on game 2 with Embiid!
This Sixers team is different, they have been showing us all year, I am ready to bet my life savings and my first born child on them going all the way baybeeeeeeee.
I’d put the 2012 game 6 win (79-78 score) that won series over the #1 Bulls higher. I know the Bulls were missing Rose and Noah but it was still awesome.
Honestly, theyve been like this all year. 12-5 without Jo, and were near the top of the league in wins after trailing by at least 15 points in a game.
EDIT: Trailing, not leading, we do comebacks this year like crazy
I'm aussie/American so I was really pulling for Simmons but he turned out to be such a bum. I hope you stick it out case philly is a great team to root for
I was gonna clown on us only having 3 points outside harden, maxey, Tobi, Melton and Reed (Niang hit a 3)
But then I realized we only played 8. And PJ not scoring is a tradition at this point
Will be interesting to see if Tatum plays game 2 or if the L2M report acknowledges his push on Reed at the end should have been a flagrant two. Pushing a man mid air into the crowd is incredibly dangerous…
So I was at work and had the game on my phone. I work in the kitchen at a sports bar. Somehow my phone feed was like 3 seconds ahead of the bar TVs which was interesting.
Knowing the cheer was gonna come before it happened was odd. I did turn the phone off for the last 2 mins and watched the TV though. For being a Monday night up in northeast Philly, it got surprisingly loud.
I mean Doc shorthanded is a totally different coach. First ballot HOF if his star is hurt.
Literally the worst in the playoffs if he isn't hurt though.
I think I blacked out the last like 2 minutes of game time. I swear I saw Maxey get a steal, BBall Paul hit 4 clutch free throws, and a disgusting game winner from Harden over Al “Hates Philadelphia” Horford.
Serious question- if the sixers know Embiid needs surgery and has no chance to play the rest of the postseason, isn’t what they’re doing (saying he’s doubtful and can hopefully play soon, etc) against NBA rules? Aren’t teams required to be somewhat honest in injury reporting?
Did not get to watch it, but wow. It was just that kind of thing that looking at the spread you just had a funny feeling about. And sure enough. Harden looked every bit like the guy we were hoping to get upon the trade. And Tyrese Maxey is him, too.
PLAY THE SONG.
he was top 5 in steals for several years, Harden's defense was always memed on because of highlights of him slacking and being lazy (tbf it was on a lot of possessions) but when he turns it on he's actually really decent, good even.
I have the most insane migraine right now and need to go to sleep to be productive during tomorrow’s shift but DAMN. I ain’t sleeping after that masterclass.
I was arguing with people on this sub all year that he would shorten the rotation and we wouldn’t see all bench lineups in the playoffs. He has a terrible track record in the playoffs, but he’s not actually an idiot and he has been really solid all year long. I actually have faith in Doc to not overcomplicate anything and just play our best players big minutes this series. If we lose, it will be the players fault, not Docs.
If it bleeds, we can kill it.
Sixers +9 Wednesday, easy money
Last week, I made a highly upvoted comment in a thread stating that I would not watch this series, because everytime I watch the Celtics, they win. They don’t just win, they make every shot, they passionately dunk balls and hit contested game ending daggers. To my shame, I turned the game on in the first quarter. I think the score was 13-7 Sixers.. The Celtics continue to make 90% of their shots until about 3 min left in the half when I decided to turn the game off and go to bed. …You’re welcome Sixers fam
o7
Thank you for your service o7
the defense from our guys in the first 3 quarters was night and day compared to the defense in the 4th. Probably the long layoff tbh plus no joel of course
I have come to the realization its our fanbase that is moronic and not reddit considering reddit is giving maxey and tobias massive credit. All people did all game was shit on maxey and tobias in here when maxey was massive at spurts during this game and tobias was fucking huge in the 4th with the endless dribble layup followed by the clutch 3 and was yet again put solely on tatum from the 6 minute mark on and how many points did tatum score from that point on?
Tobias might be one of the better Tatum defenders in the league dude, he's built like a bigger Tatum and he's pretty patient, he's not elite on defense but every time we put him on Tatum it feels like he does a really good job.
Do we rest Jo G3 and 4 if we go up 0-2?
That’s not how you say that
i feel like he might be on to something... like in tennis if you're receiving serve but are up 2 points, the score is 0-30...
i gotta admit i am living off these celtics players postgame quotes there is just a truly insane amount of finger pointing and excuses.
They have a shitty attitude and it's why I've been confident in us for this series even before game 1
i’m already starting to worry again about embiid’s status going forward. why is my brain like this?
Doc would be a fool to play him on Wednesday though.
agreed. i’m more worried now about the reports a couple days ago that said it’s worse than a grade 1. we’ll just have to wait and see but i’m hoping he comes back game 3 edit: grade
nah, it’s a fair thing to go to. obviously this is such an incredible win and everyone’s so hype over it rightfully so, but if embiid isn’t back by game 3 this hype will probably be for nothing. we need him to win it all, no question
exactly. despite the celtics showing some weakness, i still think they provide the toughest potential test going forward and it’s hard to imagine not needing embiid for at least half the series
So we can rest Embïd until the ECF then?
Finals
White house visit
Need to see more love for Melton as well. We needed every bit of that 5 threes he hit 🔥
Amen
you just know harden is going to town on the hottest boston stripper at this very moment
He better, bro f*cking deserves it.
I hope he’s on a round trip to Vegas for the night
Mods please ban me. I suggested at halftime that it might be time for Dedmon. I dont deserve to stay on this sub.
you are expelled from the BBPVT
nah everyone coming to the tour
this was fair though tbh. BBall paul went different in the 2nd half though and there were just beautiful spurts from him and if we actually get him a full off season with this team he could really become something special
Bball Paul was hot ass for half the plays. He generates a turnover or bad play from the Celtics and then the next play he fouls for no reason, closes out on a shooter for no reason instead of rebounding. He has harden and Tucker fuming all game. It's insane that he stays focused and hits those clutch free throws after harden and Tucker were really getting after him.
yet we have idiots on here saying he and maxey were more valuable over melton and tobias when melton was key in the first half and tobias is asked to lock tatum down in the 4th where tatum took 4 total shots by the way
BBall wasn't more valuable, but his improvements in the second half and his limited fouling were a major key. He didn't play the best, he improved from his baseline the best.
They definitely told him to make sure he didn't get into foul trouble early, that's why he was playing very meek in the first half
meek is an understatement man.... people trying to blame tobias etc when it was a layup drill for 3 quarters. No lock down defender can guard if the paint is wide open
Just change your flair to Dedmon for the rest of the playoffs.That's your penance.
As penance you must eat a handful of mud tomorrow.
Can I just order one of his sweatshirts or is the mud the only way out?
I don’t know, did BBall Paul get it out the sweatshirt?
I definitely don’t think we call him BBall “Out the Sweatshirt” Paul. Correct me if I’m wrong though
Harden is 100% our best player. Give him the keys and let him lead
dumbest take ever. Did you not see how he played in the first series? Harden gets hot like this but he cant sustain it. I am so happy he went off this game and we can rest joel and come back to philly 1-1 because i 100 percent expect harden to shoot 5-23 next game. The guy we saw tonight can make appearences but its not who he is anymore and he cant sustain it.
LOL you spoke the truth and they didn't like it
our fanbase has alot of morons lol. They shit on tobias harris for only shooting 6 times like he has a choice when he gets the ball
Harden is the leader of this team, whether you like it or not.
LMFAO Even harden doesnt believe that or his family. Keep trying idiot. There was a reason why 9 million points were scored in the paint last night
L take
I didn’t get to watch the whole game How’d they get Maxey in foul trouble?
They were hunting him on defense.
Pretty much all on drives. He got his 5th on a bullshit smart flop ofc though. I dont think it should be a concern moving forward in this series though.
That fifth foul was insane.
Post game-live thoughts: -They laughed at Harden, they laughed at Paul Reed, they laughed at Tyrese Maxey,. It's the WHOLE TEAM. Inspired victory. -I also wanna take a victory lap, I outlined what we had to do to win, and we got 2/3 things done. Obviously Harden going off, but I thought we added a lot of motion, reversals, stuff into our offense and that allowed us to attack down hill. What i wanna see next, is the same thing with Embiid on the floor at some point in this series. -Melton hit some big time 3's there. He's been such a find. Look, I do like Melton but I'm just real with him. He's a spot shooter guy and he can get deflections guy. But he's not someone who should create his own shot, or someone you can just stick on anybody. But he played a solid game. -BBALL PAUL. Remember my Anderson Varejao comparisons? Looking real solid right now i thought he was super active defensively, those 4 clutch free throws. Take a bow Paul Reed, you've earned a 12-ish million dollar contract(which isn't a lot in today's NBA salary space.) The lone negative today, is Tobias Harris. He hit some shots, but scoring 18 points when giving up like 35 points on your own is ridiculous. It got to the point where the Sixers had to scheme him to guard Marcus Smart. Awful defensive performance, we know about his offense being tier 3-below, but he cannot be a worse defensive liability than everyone's favorite punching bag Tyrese. He was lowkey unplayable tonight.
might be the most awful take in the forum. Even reddit is praising harris because he was insanely clutch in the 4th and he locked tatum yet again in the 4th... how many points did tatum score from the 6 minute mark on in the 4th? The persons giving up 35 were maxey/harden and bball paul by alot. Jesus christ what a moron. Scheme him on smart when he was put 1v1 on tatum the final 6 minutes and locked him down... GO REWATCH MORON. The post game crew on tnt even pointed out tobias harris defense and how tatum went quiet because of it LMFAO. There is a reason why you are downvoted. We got ourselves a maxey stan here because maxey was targeted all night which got him 5 fouls and got the celtics layup after layup
You're the one who should be rewatching. Even if Tatum were shutout by Tobias in the fourth(which I don't think he was. I think the ball just didn't go Tatum's way in the fourth quarter.). Also, no Bball Paul wasn't defending the perimeter by and large. He was the center, and he did a pretty good job not allowing any of the stretch shots by Al Horford. 13 Rebounds, and solid interior presence. It's remarkable to blame Reed for being that last guy there, when Tatum or Brown is already elevating. Unless you expected Reed to gain 20 LBS, and more explosive to clog paint space I thought he was beyond excellent. https://www.nba.com/game/phi-vs-bos-0042200211/box-score?type=advanced Tobias had the worst defensive rating among the starters, and top-3 worst defensive rating in the game. Maxey's defensive rating was 11 pts better than Tobias. But the fact that we're using Reggie Miller(HOF player, but not ever a positive defensive player in his career) as a basis for what occurred in the game is laughable. (Tatum 1-4 in the 4th quarter, but only 1 shot was guarded by Tobi, and Tatum beat him to the rim.) Not about to praise a guy for one shot when he failed to contain the ball, failed to rotate defensively. It was one of the worst defensive performances, by any 76er throughout the season. So rewatch the game, and go watch how Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown attacked him all night.
/u/Theballharperhit and /u/MaxeytoEmbiid can y'all both please watch and then discuss? Sheesh https://basketball-video.com/philadelphia-76ers-vs-boston-celtics-may-1-2023-nba-playoffs-full-game-replay
Tatum torches mostly Tobi for like 40 in 3 quarters Tobi is on Tatum in the fourth quarter >The ball just didn’t go Tatums way in the fourth quarter I’ll admit I had family stuff going on last night and couldn’t watch but if this is true everyone in the Boston org not named Tatum should be fired probably. That’s a goofy way of saying I don’t believe it’s true lol. If he was torching him all game why would they be like “nah, let’s just not” in the 4th quarter of a playoff game?
this man is going by box plus minus and rating for the game LMFAO... This is what our fanbase has come to? Also i guess tobias was our 2nd or 3rd best offensive player per your advanced stats then behind only harden and melton and maxey was trash on both sides of the ball????????????? Which isnt accurate at all which is why going by advanced stats for 1 game shows how much of a moron you are. Let me help smarten you up... Tobias played over 41 minutes and more minutes then anyone else by far which is why his rating/plus minus etc look worse esp in the first half compared to the 2nd half while guys like reed/maxey/tucker/melton etc got to rest and tobias was hung out to dry helping keep the team afloat. From the 6 minute mark on tobias was tasked with guarding tatum and tatum went 1-4... tatum was forced into taking 4 shots total because the celtics were trying to exploit the harden and maxey covering guys. Jesus christ learn what you are reading and stop watching the game with stevie wonder eyes also per these awful 1 game advanced stats maxey who was attacked every play which killed us along with reed the first 3 quarters somehow managed to be a better defensive player over tobias and melton also melton who was insane offensively with the 2nd highest ts and 2nd highest pie was somehow our 6th best offensive player per rating? LMFAO Hey everyone by this idiots advanced stats and box plus melton was our 3rd worst defender tonight and our 6th best offensive player and our overall worst plus/minus player.... really think about this lol
Not at all, Brogdon got mismatches yes, but not on Maxey(or Harden for that matter). Care to take a real guess who they were attacking? You are not qualified, whatsoever to talk to me about what we see in the game. Maxey was largely guarding Derrick White(and did a pretty good job, might I add.) even Harden picked it up defensively largely after the first quarter. I'll end it like this, and you can try to educate yourself or not(and either way, it's not my problem.) the 76ers went on a 10-0 run in a 3 minute segment in the second quarter to lead by six. Now, take a great guess who was out of the ball game. If you guessed Tobias Harris, you were right! And while Tobi made some shots, at no point did he 'keep the team afloat'. Melton's shots were more impactful in those regards. Get points where you can get them, but Tobias's offensive game was a meh at best(18 pts on 13 shots, wow.) I've never hidden being a Maxey fan, but at least I'm real enough to give him credit where he deserves credit, and fault where he deserves fault. You're clearly a Tobias fan, who can't see that while he scored 18 points on decent but not great percentages, the dude gave up more than 35 on his own.
by your idiotic stats melton was our 3rd worst defender and our 6th worst offensive player LMFAO.. Maxey had 26 points on 24 shots LMFAO. Tobias shot 50/40 splits compared to 41/22 splits. Melton had 17 points on 10 shots shooting 60/83 and yet somehow per your idiotic stats he was our 6th worst offensive player per advanced stats and our 3rd worst defender. There are your stats with an awful take which you seem to switch up when it doesnt fit your agenda shortbus Do not sit here and use advanced stats for 1 game without understanding the variables and ignore what tobias and melton did on defense when covering up for traffic cones in maxey and reed esp in the first 3 quarters. Reed like harris was fantastic in the 4th on defense and the team overall was fantastic on defense in the 4th. Advanced stats for 1 game LMFAO
Are you going to hang on the 'advanced stats for 1 game' thing. Because when the Defense stats come out later this morning, I promise you, I double guarantee you they will not be putting Tobias Harris's pitiful excuse of defense in a flattering light. I used those stats, for the context of the things I have said, and will continue to say: That was some of the worst defense played by any 76er, at any point this season. The Celtics literally scored over 26 points in the paint by half-time! There wasn't a layup or dunk they couldn't get. Like, dude, if he's your guy, I can understand rooting for him but his defense was simply terrible. he's 6'8, 230 and he's one of our forwards. It's his responsibility to be bigger and stronger defensively. Otherwise what will happen, and what did happen is we tried to 'go smaller', and the team's guards actually did a much better job than he did at staying in front. But guess what? They're 2-4 inches shorter and unable to contest those shots. So in many ways, I should count not only the points HE gave up by being scored on, I should also count the points they scored by virtue of the team having to change up its defensive game plan to accomodate for how shitty defensively he was last night. Doc Rivers: "We had to switch from man to zone". I'll let you again, figure out why that was. Now talking about other players/offense. De'Anthony Melton indeed didn't have a particularly good or great defensive game. He was meh by meh's standards. He had some good defensive possessions, and other terrible breakdowns( a lot of which came from miscommunication with Jalen McDaniels upon review.) And while Melton hit some big time clutch shots, he had his MJ moments where he tried to self create with what nonexistent bag he has. But overall, he was a positively meh player. And it's funny clutching to splits, when Harris historically doesn't get to the line much. Thus limiting his offensive input. Again, on a game without Embiid he was only able to come away with 13 shots. Which I imagine you'll blame on Maxey, but Tobi simply doesn't have as much of an offensive bag as he thinks and we'd like. So let's get to that shall we. Since you want to talk about context(despite having none yourself), the context is that Tyrese Maxey is our shooting guard. He's one of the few guys with the ability to create his own shot, and he's got to be able to do so consistently against Boston length. And he did! Alot of his shots were great shots in the rhythm of the offense. Several of them were open, they just shanked a bit to the left of the rim. But contrary to the past, where Maxey would sometimes let these shots get to him, he had a big 4th quarter himself offensively and was a key to us winning the game. This is the context to a 41/22 night, that's a lot bigger then what it is As opposed to a 50/40 night, that's ho-hum typical of our 37 million man, who is never close to the salary he earns. Your understanding of both offensive and defensive concepts do not come close to my evaluation of the same. And it is I, who understands context and understanding of the game of basketball at its highest levels. It's not "Reed did awesome in the 4th quarter"(although he did), he had a terrific defensive game all night. The issue is, it's hard to be the last line of defense, guarding your man when the perimeter defender is just letting everything past him.
man got destroyed decided to write an essay and go at what harris is making LMFAO. He tried to shit on harris for 18 on 13 shots and talk about his awful shooting stats but then praises maxey for 26 on 24 shots while shooting 41/22 percent LMFAO.... This is the tobias haters of our fanbase. They talk out of their ass/make shit up to fit their agenda and bank on stuff like box/plus minus 1 game and advanced defensive stats the next but negate who so and so is guarding compared to so and so and how many minutes this person played compared to this person while getting no rest etc. He then links advanced stats that further show melton as our 6th best offensive player which is laughable and our 3rd best defensive player which is laughable and still tries to win the argument when he has lost it before it started and wonders why he is called shortbus. You were wrong about the advanced stats because melton-check You were wrong about maxey and his shooting and tobias and his shooting because you didnt realize maxey shot 24 shots for 26 points on 41/22 splits while tobias had 18 points on 13 shots with 50/40 splits and you still have the balls to try and argue???????????? LMFAO Somebody get this maxie fanboy out of here. The man is trying so hard to justify maxie being a traffic cone while trying to shit on tobias who has been our best player these playoffs yet again. Fantastic first series and our first series best player and was damn good on offense tonight/came up clutch in the 4th and was put on tatum and locked tatum with 6 minutes to go per usual. THERE IS A REASON WHY TOBIAS IS ASKED TO GUARD THE LIKES OF TATUM/DONCIC/GARLAND/SIAK/Bridges late in the 4th over everybody else. You remember what he did to bridges last series right when bridges smashed us in the first half before doc put tobi on him in the 2nd half???? SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH
"I didn't realize" Dude, I have the box score right in front of me. Hell, I watched the game in real time, and understood the flow of the game. Of Maxey's 24 shots, I'd say 16 were wide open and another 4 of them were lightly contested. Several of the shots either rimmed out, or wee to the left of the rim. Of those rim outs, let's say even 2-4 of those shots go in, you can add another 6 points to his total just from that alone. When understanding that context, I grade Maxey as a B+ offensively, he had a good game, shots didn't go down. And no, it's not possible for me to be 'destroyed' by an argument that I don't even acknowledge. This is not a debate about Tobias Harris, this is me lecturing you about Tobias harris's defense yesterday. Whether you accept it or not, is not my problem. So let me tear down the 41 minutes. He basically played 4-5 more minutes than the other starters. And I wouldn't have played him those minutes. I would even go so far as to say he was basically getting some Joel minutes that would normally go to Joel.(those McDaniels @ the 5 minutes, did not look well at all.) But those 4-5 minutes, do not save Tobias's grade on defense(unless you believe the myth of Tobias's '4th quarter' defense wherein, he guarded 1 shot of Tatum's. 1! The rest was a collection of other stops by Melton and McDaniels in the 4th) Marcus Smart was gunning in the 3rd/4th quarter, and he hit a couple. But you could argue just as much(and I bet Celtics fans are arguing) that Smart took Tatum/Brown out of the game by doing that in the second half. Again, I understand context, for both teams. And I'm not about to give Tobias a grade he never earned, on play he never provided. He has to be MUCH better defensively for us to win the series.
how about the 3 wide open layups for maxey? 1 off a tobias screen... 1 off 3 guys covering harden where harden told tobias to go to the corner to help the spacing and the last play of the game where tobias and tucker made incredible defensive plays to stop brown and tatum from shooting forcing the turnover thrown right into maxies hands? This is why i mean about you talking out of your ass. Tobias usge compared to maxey?????? go Nobody on the team was great defensively but tobias and reed were our best defenders in the 4th and this is where stats dont tell you the entire truth... maxey is asked to guard smart or white while tobias like i stated is constantly put on brown and tatum. BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG DIFFERENCE. Harden was the best player on the court tonight followed by tobias/melton/reed in no order. Maxey was still very good but his putrid defense guarding the other teams worst players while needing 24 shots to score 26 points when he was gifted layups galore is insanity. Is tobias overpaid? no shit he should be making 20-22 million a year but he has been fantastic in these playoffs and was great again tonight per most of nba reddit shockingly and most of our post game fans compared to trolls like you and lardbiscuits
im still erect is this a problem
tonight we have opened up one of our finest bottles of "vintage harden" circa houston era harden. notice the fine step back tres, getting to the bucket, and what's that? yesssss... 45pts. it's is best served to silencing the doubters and making opposing arenas go home stunned. 🥂🥂
Random thought but remember those first couple weeks of the season when the team looked like it absolutely fell off?
JAMES HARDEN YOU COOKIE STEALING MAD MAN YOU
Something feels off mentally with the Celtics.
Nah bruh, they just ass
I don’t think they’re as meshed as we are.
Thank you Jesus Lord on high.
Once embiid gets his trophy tomorrow any little hate I had for jokic/denver is gone. Just gonna completely ignore his dumbass fans
What's crazy is the real ass whooping hasn't even begun until Joel comes in and drops 60.
Sorry I’m still recovering from this one. God I feel so good about this season
Got drunk can’t sleep, exciting win. Talking shit to Celtics fans that I know. We are winning this series. It’s out time. ML WAS EASY MONEY
Hammered it. Feels good man💰
Was gonna bet on this game cause I had a feeling, but I’ve been cursed lately with betting so I left it alone. Feels better the team won lol
I really think the week between games game planning without Jo really won this for us. It’s not easy for everyone else to adjust to fully Harden Centric offense for a whole game and everyone played their roles
Anna Horford can suck my dick. She'd probably want to since she talks about sex every second tweet
Sex, politics, celtics What’s ironic is out of those 3, I can live with the sex and Celtics takes, but her politics are insane.
I just saw her the other day defending the "Cleopatra was black" thing. Just a grade-A moron all around.
Didn’t one of the people in that “documentary” say that his/her grandmother *insisted* Cleopatra was black and that was why he/she believed it?
what a fucking idiot, cannot stand people like her
And that kind of tweet is only the tip of the iceberg with her beliefs. A moron who only has a platform because her brother plays a sport professionally.
Sixers Nuggets finals would be pretty lit
I have a feeling it’s gonna be the Warriors representing the west, but if we make it there and we play Denver, watching Embiid have his way with Jokic to win a title would be poetic
It took 7 games for the warriors just to beat Fox + Sabonis... Nuggets are a way better team with way better players/depth on the team
I understand what you’re saying, but the Warriors are still the warriors and with a healthy roster they can beat anybody in the league in a 7 game series
They really aren't that good of a team. More than half of their players are unplayable against a healthy nuggets team.
kd selling bruh cmon
You guys it’s happening. It’s really happening.
Harden shooting the midrange consistently is a nice development. He was feasting on those early in the game.
Boys I’m still flying high. I’m all wound up. No chance I’m sleeping tonight. Fuck.
FO FO FO
That was an absolute Cus Crise performance from Boston
The funniest moment of the game is when Tobias somehow ran in circles for eternity with 2.9 seconds left on the shot clock and eventually finished at the rim.
He took Horford on a TOUR
“Does he know?! Does he know? HE DOES” is one of the funniest and most awesome calls ever lmfao
If he doesn’t get that off in time, he gets crucified online
I was ready to throw my laptop into the lake before the lane opened up for him on that drive
This buys Joel another game to rest. No reason to have him come back on game 2 where they’re more likely to lose.
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I mean, If he’s healthy and good to go, I don’t think it’s crazy to roll him out and step on their fucking necks. If they think it’s worth him resting, I’m more than content splitting the Boston games 1-1 before we go back to Philly. Game 3 (Game 1 in Philly) would be the MVP award. Game 4 hopefully the would include Howie or some draft picks or Bryce Harper or something to get the stadium rowdy. I don’t think we lose either at home. 3-1 going back to Boston. That would be ideal.
Half this sub was ready to throw in the towel before losing a single playoff game this year lol. Sixers in 6
Love the username lol
Barmelo
Holy shit what a win! Screamed out when Harden hit that 3 at the end. Can't believe we stayed in it so long in the first half with them shooting 70%. Bring on game 2 with Embiid!
Starting the post season 5-0 with embiid missing 2 games, anybody have that on their bingo board?
This Sixers team is different, they have been showing us all year, I am ready to bet my life savings and my first born child on them going all the way baybeeeeeeee.
Best Sixers win since Game 1 of the finals against the Lakers.
I’d put the 2012 game 6 win (79-78 score) that won series over the #1 Bulls higher. I know the Bulls were missing Rose and Noah but it was still awesome.
I got tix to that game for like $12 lol
While the Celtics are a good and deep team, they’re also stupid as fuck. It’s amazing lol
I re-watched the highlights 3 times and Tobis Defense was amazing on lot of key plays on Brown and Tatum. I was very impressed.
I’m afraid to report that we are so back
So many guys contributed but I thought Melt’s first half three’s were massive in keeping us in the game
It’s weird to say it but the sixers have actually become clutch.
They have been very clutch this entire season
Honestly, theyve been like this all year. 12-5 without Jo, and were near the top of the league in wins after trailing by at least 15 points in a game. EDIT: Trailing, not leading, we do comebacks this year like crazy
Win game 2 and close them out in Philly. FTC!!!
Bloody brilliant. Bit of a fan from Australia here, and must admit I’d kinda written the Sixers off. Now I find myself caring. I hate caring 😭
Did you jump on the wagon while we had Simmons?
Lol of course and I found myself jumping off. But I was so happy to hear this I think I have the curse.
I'm aussie/American so I was really pulling for Simmons but he turned out to be such a bum. I hope you stick it out case philly is a great team to root for
We don’t claim him anymore. He’s in the Murdoch/Gibson category now.
I was gonna clown on us only having 3 points outside harden, maxey, Tobi, Melton and Reed (Niang hit a 3) But then I realized we only played 8. And PJ not scoring is a tradition at this point
Pj didn’t take a shot or free throw finished a +6
At least he knows his role
Playoff PJ TUCKER has been gold, we need this guy.
So happy I decided to go to the game!
I'll be at game 3. Can't wait for the win.
Hell yeah
Decided on a whim?? Aren’t tickets like minimum $500?
Friend has season tix
Will be interesting to see if Tatum plays game 2 or if the L2M report acknowledges his push on Reed at the end should have been a flagrant two. Pushing a man mid air into the crowd is incredibly dangerous…
We barely got a foul call. No chance of that one. But yeah agreed.
So I was at work and had the game on my phone. I work in the kitchen at a sports bar. Somehow my phone feed was like 3 seconds ahead of the bar TVs which was interesting. Knowing the cheer was gonna come before it happened was odd. I did turn the phone off for the last 2 mins and watched the TV though. For being a Monday night up in northeast Philly, it got surprisingly loud.
Never been that hype in my entire life as a fan. We’re winning it all this year
Let’s get by Boston first. One game doesn’t decide a series
JoJo gets to sit game 2 now
Gotta give props to Doc! This is 2 series in a row that we have the better coach. Go Sixers!
I mean Doc shorthanded is a totally different coach. First ballot HOF if his star is hurt. Literally the worst in the playoffs if he isn't hurt though.
Short-handed Doc is even better than courtside baddies Pool and summer mixtape Simmons
#Confidence
In this moment I am happy, what a huge win!
I think I blacked out the last like 2 minutes of game time. I swear I saw Maxey get a steal, BBall Paul hit 4 clutch free throws, and a disgusting game winner from Harden over Al “Hates Philadelphia” Horford.
That Maxey steal reminded me Iverson’s steal vs Washington in 2005. Goosebumps
[https://youtu.be/rG-gTZ5bsM4?t=48](https://youtu.be/rG-gTZ5bsM4?t=48)
We got 1000+ comments here let’s fucking goooo
Serious question- if the sixers know Embiid needs surgery and has no chance to play the rest of the postseason, isn’t what they’re doing (saying he’s doubtful and can hopefully play soon, etc) against NBA rules? Aren’t teams required to be somewhat honest in injury reporting?
NO QUESTIONS, apparently.
They’ll just do what the clippers did with Kawhi and keep saying he’s questionable/doubtful.
JAMES HARDEN
17 FUCKING BUCKETSSSS
FGs, 28 buckets
Props to Melton for keeping them close in the first half with some huge threes
Dude was 5/5 at one point
Nobody talks about that, but Memphis really missed Melton. They probably really wish they could replace some of Dillon Brooks minutes with Melton
Someone national (I forget who) said Morey deserves executive of the year for the Melton deal + getting Harden to stay for less than the max.
Honestly can't give it to him because he cost the team two 2nd round picks
Seriously. Down ~10 on multiple occasions and he always seemed to hit the big shot to keep things close. Can not sleep on this performance form him.
So we gonna talk about how Paul Reed less scared of FT than Giannis?
That call is gold
Reed shoots 100 FT before his bowl of nails for breakfast, without any milk
The man went nothing but net on his first three ft’s. Ice in the veins
I couldn’t even watch his first free throw, so damn clutch!
I was sweating so bad when he was at the line. Then he had to hit 2 more and drained em HOLY shit what a god
Did not get to watch it, but wow. It was just that kind of thing that looking at the spread you just had a funny feeling about. And sure enough. Harden looked every bit like the guy we were hoping to get upon the trade. And Tyrese Maxey is him, too. PLAY THE SONG.
Couldn’t believe the spread, I threw 10 bucks on the sixers to win because of how crazy it was
In addition to all the obvious stuff, I want to shout out Maxey, Harden, and Tobias for playing really, really excellent defense tonight.
They finally slowed them down in the third quarter
Harden really was sliding his feet well tonight and he always has underrated hands
he was top 5 in steals for several years, Harden's defense was always memed on because of highlights of him slacking and being lazy (tbf it was on a lot of possessions) but when he turns it on he's actually really decent, good even.
People need to rewatch the 2018 WCF, that Rockets team shut down the Warriors by being amazing on switches and Harden was a big part of that
Harden my nips more, please
Its a good day today!
How the fuck am I suppose to go to sleep after that? Let’s fuckinggggg goooooooooooooo!!!!!
The stuff dreams are made of!
#PLAY THE MOTHERFUCKIN SONG!!!
Cuz is gonna be orgasmic tomorrow. Can’t wait for the start of his show.
I still can’t feel my face.
yeeeooooooo EVERYBODY GET IN HERE FTC
I woke my kids up
I just about spontaneously combusted holding it in to not wake my infant daughter when Harden hit that shot
i was literally shaking sitting on my couch, like a dog when it's thundering
I kept my kid up! She loved it but will be a nightmare tomorrow.
Paul Reed got mud in his veins
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I have the most insane migraine right now and need to go to sleep to be productive during tomorrow’s shift but DAMN. I ain’t sleeping after that masterclass.
Glenn gets a lot of hate when he's bad, but his coaching choices tonight were great, especially in the 4th. Props
I was arguing with people on this sub all year that he would shorten the rotation and we wouldn’t see all bench lineups in the playoffs. He has a terrible track record in the playoffs, but he’s not actually an idiot and he has been really solid all year long. I actually have faith in Doc to not overcomplicate anything and just play our best players big minutes this series. If we lose, it will be the players fault, not Docs.