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Post by dfries13 on Oct 22, 2021 21:04:33 GMT -5
This team is a mess so early and the coaching is even worse. We loss by 32 points at home to Toronto. they shot 28% ON THREES AND STILL BEAT US TO DEATH,,,
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2021 21:08:48 GMT -5
Wasted a 2 out triple by Kike' as Devers pops it up for final out in 6th ... Ugh!
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Post by solly on Oct 22, 2021 21:10:03 GMT -5
It may soon be time for Brad to step in and show newbie how to coach at the NBA level.
Pud
Or simply step down this team still has Stevens written all over it. Bums still hanging huh. sox have me worried... Poor Brad still gets blamed even if he isn’t coaching! Just bad aura if he’s in the building I guess
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 22, 2021 21:27:28 GMT -5
Awesome...glad I didnt waste any time watching this...but instead I watched the Sox...THey have scored one run in something like 22 or 23 innings...WTF?...
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 22, 2021 21:29:15 GMT -5
It may soon be time for Brad to step in and show newbie how to coach at the NBA level.
Pud
'You are killing me Smalls'...
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Post by sfbosfan on Oct 22, 2021 21:31:13 GMT -5
Eovaldi just got out of a bases loaded 4th to keep the game at 1-0 Astros on three strikeouts! Yup, then they had men on 1st & 3rd no outs and only scored 1 on a DP. So at 2-0 still hopeful.
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 22, 2021 21:31:50 GMT -5
Red Sox have no hits after 4 innings. If eliminated, I was hoping to switch my sports watching attention to the Celtics but don’t know how enjoyable it will be. Nice to see you here SF!...
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Post by sfbosfan on Oct 22, 2021 21:33:53 GMT -5
Sox have scored 3 runs last 3 games....1 and 2 and 0 now.
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 22, 2021 21:33:54 GMT -5
It may soon be time for Brad to step in and show newbie how to coach at the NBA level.
Pud
Or simply step down this team still has Stevens written all over it. Bums still hanging huh. sox have me worried... Gawd I hope you are not right...I was hoping that Stevens might be better in the front office...
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Post by sfbosfan on Oct 22, 2021 21:38:24 GMT -5
Men on 1st & 3rd 1 out I’m chewing my nails in between gulps of beer!
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 22, 2021 21:42:18 GMT -5
Sox have scored 3 runs last 3 games....1 and 2 and 0 now. Ok, guess I did not hear the announcers right...sure seems that way though!... no runs in forever...
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2021 21:42:40 GMT -5
3-1 count on Shaw ... load the bases?
3-2 ...
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2021 21:43:12 GMT -5
A 3 run homer would be sweet ...
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 22, 2021 21:43:58 GMT -5
Announcers again just said only one run in the last 22 innings...
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2021 21:43:59 GMT -5
Are you shitting me!
Strike out throw em' out at 2nd ... Inning over in 7th ... WTF!
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Post by sfbosfan on Oct 22, 2021 21:44:55 GMT -5
PREDICTABLE...Travis Shaw strikes out on a possible ball 4 to load the bases while man on 1st goes to 2nd and gets tossed out...DP!
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Post by sfbosfan on Oct 22, 2021 21:46:41 GMT -5
Celtics and Sox(got 2 innings to prove me wrong) both suck!
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2021 21:46:50 GMT -5
Astros couldn't buy an out in games 2 & 3 and the Sox must have used up all their offense on those 2 games and defeating the Rays ... they have been c**k-blocked by the same pitchers they clobbered previously.
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Post by sfbosfan on Oct 22, 2021 21:49:26 GMT -5
If Sox don’t score it’ll be 1 run per game last 3 when the previous 2 games they scored 9 and 12=21. Does anyone really care we scored 3 Grand Slams in this series? I feel bad for Eovaldi as he did not pitch a bad game and in the previous game felt he had a strike out in the 9th but not called and they went on to win or it would have been 2-2 with us coming up last of the 9th.
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2021 21:51:32 GMT -5
It was fun while it happened but I can remember thinking they had better save some of that offense for the rest of the series ... my premonition proved accurate.
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 22, 2021 21:52:39 GMT -5
'Mike me up' Altuve at the plate...
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Post by sfbosfan on Oct 22, 2021 21:55:05 GMT -5
It was fun while it happened but I can remember thinking they had better save some of that offense for the rest of the series ... my premonition proved accurate. YUP, I felt the same but with the next 2 games in Fenway I felt our offense would be OK.
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 22, 2021 21:55:47 GMT -5
Six outs left to score 2 runs and tie this...go on to win and we have a game seven!...
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Post by dfries13 on Oct 22, 2021 21:57:59 GMT -5
It was fun while it happened but I can remember thinking they had better save some of that offense for the rest of the series ... my premonition proved accurate. Old adage comes true..
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Post by Admin on Oct 22, 2021 22:07:33 GMT -5
Celtics mirror last year’s worst moments in 115-83 loss to Raptors
Boos rained down, Jayson Tatum’s frustrations flared against the officials and the Raptors outran the Celtics on the break to build a 20-point lead by the fourth quarter.
By Bobby Manning
Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports
The Celtics achieved three things they rarely did last season before the tip-off occurred on Friday. They suited up their full lineup with the returns of Al Horford and Josh Richardson from COVID-19 and a migraine. A full crowd showered Paul Pierce in the loudest applause of the young season during a pregame NBA 75th anniversary ceremony. The presence of Satch Sanders and Pierce, among other Celtics greats, fell among the missing regular events at TD Garden last year.
Boston’s player’s greeted the mix of champions and hall-of-famers at half court pregame, then delivered a home opener effort far below that standard.
By the end of the third quarter — the Celtics trailing by 20 with the Raptors racing to open transition layups and fumbling on offense — the boos rained down like they did numerous times last season from limited fans in attendance. Sparks of momentum never lasted. Robert Williams III blocked Fred VanVleet at the three-point line during Toronto’s decisive third-quarter run, then watched the ball land back in his hands to set up a three. The Raptors pummeled the Celtics, 115-83, Boston falling to 0-2 with its worst home opener of the past decade.
The Celtics appeared different on the floor to start, and that quickly faded too. Horford entered the lineup to a raucous applause and blocked five shots in his first seven minutes. Richardson provided some spacing going 3-for-3 from three in the first half after a migraine knocked him out of opening night.
Williams III logged nine first-quarter minutes, blocking Fred VanVleet to sure up a defensive breakdown before getting some rest after nearly an hour of early-season run through five quarters and two overtimes.
Tatum shook off a rough opening night, hunting VanVleet on switches to hit runners in the lane and a tough fadeaway spinning away from the smaller Raptor on the wing. The Celtics held Toronto to 35% in the first half, but trailed by as many as 10 points and by 51-47 at halftime. The offense’s disconnectedness didn’t stray too far from last year’s worst moments in the first half, Brown attempting only four shots after his 46-point effort in New York before half.
Smart started 0-for-4 from the field, with groans flowing from the crowd on a second quarter long three from the right wing. Precious Achiuwa salvaged the few run outs he secured into a pair of easy baskets, while Smart served up VanVleet with a pass driving baseline, sending OG Anunoby out for a layup.
Toronto generated more transition looks, producing an early +10 turnover differential and grabbing 15 first half offensive boards. They built a 16-4 run on the fast break, before Dennis Schröder and Williams III chipped away with three straight scoring plays getting the big man rolling downhill. Smart found Williams III a play later soaring over Khem Birch for a three-point touch layup through the foul, but an inconsistent showing flowed into the second half.
Horford provided an initial burst with a stumbling three-point play falling into Gary Trent Jr. and sliding toward the baseline, after hitting a 14-foot jumper two players earlier. He stepped out to the perimeter and blocked Anunoby at he three-point line, his sixth, sending Tatum bursting into transition to toss a lob to Brown.
Trailing in the third, Tatum didn’t go to the sideline until Trent returned a pair of his misses for baskets, Achiuwa broke up a Brown play and dunked in transition, then Barnes strolled into an uncontested layup after a pair of Raptors threes to go ahead 78-61. The boos began flowing and Boston’s bench shuffled in alongside Brown.
Another put-back by Barnes and a Birch finish in the lane boosted Toronto’s lead by 20 before the fourth. Some more momentum rose, with four points from Brown and a Williams III steal along the sideline. Then it fell again, with a long Brown shot finding nothing but air, a pair of turnovers from him and Schröder passing directly to Raptors and a Horford post-up pass bounced off some long arms in the lane out-of-bounds.
Tatum returned midway through the fourth with the Raptors’ disruptiveness only growing. Williams III hit front rim on a face-up floater and Smart struggled into the back court as Chris Boucher burst ahead of him for a dunk.
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