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Post by drboogiebone on Nov 4, 2021 20:52:34 GMT -5
Fernando the block.
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Post by hedleylamarr on Nov 4, 2021 20:52:41 GMT -5
Quality win. Good momentum, gotta keep it going
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Post by cole on Nov 4, 2021 20:53:15 GMT -5
A terrible night shooting for duncan robinson is an average night for marcus smart.
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Post by drboogiebone on Nov 4, 2021 20:53:22 GMT -5
Back 2 back W's. So nice to see them hand some payback to Miami.
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Post by drboogiebone on Nov 4, 2021 20:54:22 GMT -5
Once again... Grant just can't do anything right.
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Post by drboogiebone on Nov 4, 2021 20:55:07 GMT -5
Payton travels. Very evident...
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Post by DaCeltics on Nov 4, 2021 20:55:40 GMT -5
Miami came out like they were going to smoke us and THEY got smoked! I LOVE IT!!
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Post by drboogiebone on Nov 4, 2021 20:56:02 GMT -5
Big moral win for the C's tonight. Wake up call? Lets hope. Night all.
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Post by cole on Nov 4, 2021 21:02:21 GMT -5
Even Taco could have gotten some run tonight
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Post by DaCeltics on Nov 4, 2021 21:04:02 GMT -5
I... LOVE... AARON NESMITH! HE WILL BE A STAR FOR US. I GUARANTEE!
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Post by elvissurfs on Nov 4, 2021 21:19:01 GMT -5
Even Taco could have gotten some run tonight Crap I miss Taco...
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Post by elvissurfs on Nov 4, 2021 21:20:42 GMT -5
I... LOVE... AARON NESMITH! HE WILL BE A STAR FOR US. I GUARANTEE! Yeah I have said this since day 1...but this management is fully capable of screwing this up....
If Nesmith is not given the free reign to play we are totally screwed...Nesmith was drafted to be our 3rd shooter...but he needs to be on the court in order to shoot...
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Post by puddin on Nov 4, 2021 21:24:51 GMT -5
7 greenies in double figures and Smart with 9.
Defense has really tightened up a notch or three.
Nice work IUD and Smarcus, scrambling a few eggs to make omelettes for everyone!
Special thanks to Miami and Orlando for laying such tasty eggs on consecutive nights... no need to look so glum!
Pud
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Post by puddin on Nov 5, 2021 2:41:52 GMT -5
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 5, 2021 8:45:18 GMT -5
Our Defense looked really good last night! We didn't let the Heat out physical us last night!Lanford and Nesmith finnaly got minutes and played great! Schroder is very quick getting to the rim! I'm starting to believe Tatum is thinking too much, just play!
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Post by kdp59 on Nov 5, 2021 8:50:01 GMT -5
Maybe Smart lite a fire on someone's ass?
one thing for sure since he said what he did our defense has been off the charts, IMO. I notice we seem to be switching less also (which is a good thing).Keep it up guys, if we play anything close to this type of defense all season we will win more than we lose for sure.
Tatum still in a shooting funk it seems, but we can win with him having bad nights, even against a good team like Miami. The pass ing by Tatum and just overall had been much better.
Horford is leading this team on the court for sure, as the old vet who will do what is needed, follow his lead young ones!
I still want to see more player movement when someone is in ISO, but maybe that will come. Overall a surprising but great win in thier house on a back to back. Whatever yuo guys are having at those "players only" dinners, keep having it!
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 5, 2021 9:39:40 GMT -5
We'll be even better, when IUD figures Smart is about the 8th best player on the team! He should never be on the floor with Schroder! Nesmith or Langford are much better with Schroder, and their man won't double Tatum or Brown! He probably already knows this, all he needs are the balls to do it!
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Post by petey62 on Nov 5, 2021 10:18:58 GMT -5
First off, good win last night. I'll take it.
However, I'm gonna play devil's advocate here. Oftentimes, things get overblown and they actually have no impact on anything. Smart was critical of JT and JB and their reluctance to pass the ball after the CHI collapse. NOTHING ABOUT THE CELTICS DEFENSE, mind you. Honestly, nothing about JT and JB has changed since Smart's comments. Neither seems to have made a conscious effort to pass the ball more.
Also, those most connected to the Celtics, Horford, Brown and IUD, all say the team had a team gathering for dinner, not necessarily a team meeting. Woj is the only person reporting it was an "emotional meeting" but nobody else confirms that. Oftentimes the media takes things and just runs with it as the story. Heck, Brad suggested everything was fine because he saw Tatum and Smart having breakfast the next morning. Yeah, okay.
Bottom line is this, our offense does not look any better than it did after the collapse against CHI. Tatum has not played well at all. Brown has played well. But our biggest improvement since the CHI collapse is OUR DEFENSE. Our defense looks a lot better. But, even with that, we got huge assistance by the mediocre offense by Orlando on Wednesday and, what I felt, was a huge off day by the Heat.
Neither Orlando (not that good a team) or Miami really played well and I'm not sure it was due to our defense. It wasn't fully our defense nor was it fully them having an off night. It was somewhere in the middle but, to me, last night was a weird game all around.
We won't win many games against good teams when Tatum has 0 points well into the 3rd quarter and JB is our leading scorer with 17 points, all in the first 3 quarters. We won't win many games with that type of production - 27 total points from the Jays.
I love the contributions from others but I just hope this can become consistent, which thus far it has not. Who knows if we get these contributions in Dallas on Sunday. Hope so but not banking on it.
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Post by dfries13 on Nov 5, 2021 10:48:19 GMT -5
First off, good win last night. I'll take it. However, I'm gonna play devil's advocate here. Oftentimes, things get overblown and they actually have no impact on anything. Smart was critical of JT and JB and their reluctance to pass the ball after the CHI collapse. NOTHING ABOUT THE CELTICS DEFENSE, mind you. Honestly, nothing about JT and JB has changed since Smart's comments. Neither seems to have made a conscious effort to pass the ball more. Also, those most connected to the Celtics, Horford, Brown and IUD, all say the team had a team gathering for dinner, not necessarily a team meeting. Woj is the only person reporting it was an "emotional meeting" but nobody else confirms that. Oftentimes the media takes things and just runs with it as the story. Heck, Brad suggested everything was fine because he saw Tatum and Smart having breakfast the next morning. Yeah, okay. Bottom line is this, our offense does not look any better than it did after the collapse against CHI. Tatum has not played well at all. Brown has played well. But our biggest improvement since the CHI collapse is OUR DEFENSE. Our defense looks a lot better. But, even with that, we got huge assistance by the mediocre offense by Orlando on Wednesday and, what I felt, was a huge off day by the Heat. Neither Orlando (not that good a team) or Miami really played well and I'm not sure it was due to our defense. It wasn't fully our defense nor was it fully them having an off night. It was somewhere in the middle but, to me, last night was a weird game all around. We won't win many games against good teams when Tatum has 0 points well into the 3rd quarter and JB is our leading scorer with 17 points, all in the first 3 quarters. We won't win many games with that type of production - 27 total points from the Jays. I love the contributions from others but I just hope this can become consistent, which thus far it has not. Who knows if we get these contributions in Dallas on Sunday. Hope so but not banking on it. Exactly Pete Smart never mentioned defense only passing. Miami had an off night shooting and another nite like this from Tatum spells defeat.. In an effort to protect Smart were getting nothing less than a spin machine I'm suprised at the low depths some go to prop up their man.. "Obviously in the midst of trying to win games, you know, it's something that we probably didn't need," Brown said Wednesday. "But we all communicate and talk to each other, so we're all trying to find ways to win
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Post by dfries13 on Nov 5, 2021 10:51:50 GMT -5
We'll be even better, when IUD figures Smart is about the 8th best player on the team! He should never be on the floor with Schroder! Nesmith or Langford are much better with Schroder, and their man won't double Tatum or Brown! He probably already knows this, all he needs are the balls to do it! ah he probably needs an ok from Timmy who has babysit Smart according to some ex players....
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Post by puddin on Nov 5, 2021 10:56:12 GMT -5
Hard to know what exactly transpired during the recent team meeting/dinner.
It could be that the Jays stood their ground, pushing back on criticism about their willingness to pass the ball, perhaps suggesting that TEAM DEFENSE needed to step up too. Could be!
Whatever was said, at first blush it appears that defensive efforts greatly improved.
And that's YUGE!
Too, too early to be way out on a limb, demanding the ouster of IUD and Smarcus too.
Stay tuned!
Pud
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 5, 2021 11:13:53 GMT -5
We'll be even better, when IUD figures Smart is about the 8th best player on the team! He should never be on the floor with Schroder! Nesmith or Langford are much better with Schroder, and their man won't double Tatum or Brown! He probably already knows this, all he needs are the balls to do it! ah he probably needs an ok from Timmy who has babysit Smart according to some ex players.... you could be right! I think Smart is the type of player Stevens had at Butler! Not as talented as some, but would never stop trying. That's probably why Stevens liked Marcus so much! That will only get you so far in the NBA!
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Post by Cabutan on Nov 5, 2021 11:20:35 GMT -5
gotta tell you. This was far from great basketball but a few things. Defense was a joy to watch. Secondly Schroeder was a totally different player. He settled. He was not forcing stuff. He was calmed and playing with instincts. He was actually really darn good. Horford continues to impress me. He is doing everything correct. I worry about his health so hopefully we can have more games with leads like this so we can rest him. I think that Coaching did an amazing job checking the Heat before we played them. They were totally confused and frustrated. Spoelstra trashed his game plans after this game and he is going back to the drawing board. They were exposed. We played at a slower pace. Langford was all over Tyler Herro or whom JB called, Bubble Boy.
I loved this game. I like games were D is the difference maker and this was one of those. Our offense still was bad but great Win. Significant one.
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Post by Cabutan on Nov 5, 2021 11:30:55 GMT -5
One more thing. Neismith >>> richardson. Why bother playing richardson? Ill also take Neismith over Tatum. He plays with heart and passion. Never seen tatum sacrificing his body for a lose ball. I dont have it against Tatum, i just see him as Meh. At least for now.
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Post by petey62 on Nov 5, 2021 11:34:10 GMT -5
I honestly missed that one cab. I thought the key piece in the OKC trade was Moses Brown. After what he did against us last year, I was looking forward to an athletic 7 footer in the paint backing up RWill. I didn't think Horford had much left in the tank.
(Knock on wood) Hopefully he does remain healthy but he likely won't be able to go at this pace for the entire season. We have to get another big to spell Horford.
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