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Post by Admin on Nov 21, 2023 16:36:51 GMT -5
Now this is a BIG GAME!
Thanksgiving Eve ... Chomping at the bit with deer season open!
It's soon to be snowing
and my juices are flowing
from the sweet smell of turkey, pie and much more ...
But oh! What could be finer than watching us score, one hundred and twenty or even much moar!
Dame with Giannis & Old Milwaukee won't do ...
Get me a Sam Adams, you damn well know they miss Jrue!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Nov 22, 2023 14:19:12 GMT -5
Jrue Holiday: “I think they got what they wanted so I can’t be mad at that… I’m in the best place that I can be to compete against them.” – via Souichi Terada @ Booth Newspapers Top Rumors, Jrue Holiday, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks
Here’s everything the Celtics guard said about playing the Bucks: On any extra motivation playing the Bucks… “I think as motivated as any other game. Obviously this is one of the top teams in the East. Just kind of see where we test out and see how it goes.” – via Souichi Terada @ Booth Newspapers Jrue Holiday, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks
On if he views the Bucks trade differently since more time has passed… “I think it’s been about the same once I got traded. You know business is business. From a business standpoint, I’m in a very good position to be where I want to be — and that’s win a championship. Again, still happy to be here. None of that has ever changed. So, yeah. I don’t think anything has changed.” On reflecting on his Milwaukee days… “It was a good time. I won a championship. Made some friends, made some family members. Yeah, it’ll always have a place in my heart.” – via Souichi Terada @ Booth Newspapers Jrue Holiday, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks
On seeing old teammates… “It’ll be fun. It’ll be fun to compete against them. Obviously I know their game pretty well. I was damn near there up until the day before training camp, so I feel like maybe knowing their tendencies and things that they want to do. Obviously mixed in some different stuff. But yeah, it’ll be fun to compete against them.” On if the trade reconfirmed that the NBA is a business… “That people do see it as a business. The personal side is kind of pushed to the side, for the most part. I can’t say that about everybody. But I think for the most part, it is about the business.” – via Souichi Terada @ Booth Newspapers Trade, Training camp
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Post by hedleylamarr on Nov 22, 2023 14:21:03 GMT -5
With Jrue Holiday now in the fold, the Celtics had six starting-quality players — and only five spots to put them in, meaning one of them wouldn’t be introduced as a starter, and one would be sitting on the pine in the closing minutes of games. Both topics quickly were injected into the bloodstream in Boston, with plenty of fans and those in the media opining about how it should go. But rather than letting it fester, and allowing one of the league’s biggest unanswered questions to spiral into a narrative, Jayson Tatum gathered his five teammates in a room at the team’s practice facility — without any coaches, or anyone else. He wanted to address the obvious elephant in the room. “I wanted us to get in the room and talk about it,” Tatum told ESPN. “We all are human and have feelings, and I opened the floor and basically said, ‘There’s six of us. Only five can play at one time. One of us is not going to finish the game all the time. “Whether it’s fair or not, me and JB are probably going to always start, and always finish the game. But we have to be held to a different standard and be able to be coached differently. Whether it’s KP and Al, one of you guys may not finish a game, and you have to be OK with that.” – via Tim Bontemps @ ESPN Top Rumors, Al Horford, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Boston Celtics
That included whether he would start, he said, or come off the bench — a debate that raged in the media around the Celtics throughout the preseason. “I’ve just been really impressed with [Holiday’s] commitment to the team, to what we’re trying to do,” Horford told ESPN. “You can already tell he’s a no-excuse type of guy. It’s a lot, what he’s had to go through and relocation and getting used to a new environment, and we’re asking a lot of him.” – via Tim Bontemps @ ESPN Al Horford, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, Boston Celtics
Coach Joe Mazzulla ultimately opted to start Holiday and shift Horford to the bench, creating a starting five of Tatum, Brown, White, Holiday and Porzingis that, in 176 minutes across 10 games together has posted a 9-1 record and is outscoring teams by 28.4 points per 100 possessions — easily the best 5-man group in the NBA to date. But what mattered more to everyone in the room was Holiday’s approach — and offer. “I came out of that meeting, and my respect for him grew tremendously,” Porzingis said. “And I told him right away. “His demeanor in that meeting … he said it, and he meant it, and we knew that he meant it. And being an NBA champion and just having all that experience and coming into a new team, one of the biggest rivals, and just being like that … that also just set the standard for everybody else in that meeting. “Man,” he concluded with a smile, “Top G. Top dude.” – via Tim Bontemps @ ESPN Joe Mazzulla, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Boston Celtics
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 22, 2023 18:52:40 GMT -5
Any word on Tatum?
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 22, 2023 19:15:21 GMT -5
Just heard Tatum is playing!
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Post by cole on Nov 22, 2023 19:41:37 GMT -5
is big pop corn game for fan tonights buck
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2023 19:42:21 GMT -5
Just heard Tatum is playing!
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2023 19:46:11 GMT -5
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 22, 2023 19:49:46 GMT -5
JB is on fire!
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2023 19:54:44 GMT -5
Q1:
Celtics lineup change (Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White, Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum)
Bucks lineup change (Brook Lopez, Malik Beasley, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, Khris Middleton)
JB a driving DUNK!
JB a running THREE!
Tatum a driving floater
Brown another THREE!
10-0 BOS
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2023 19:55:31 GMT -5
Tatum a driving layup ... 12-5
White makes a THREE ... 15-7!
Celtics lineup change (Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White, Al Horford, Jaylen Brown, Sam Hauser)
Bucks lineup change (Brook Lopez, Pat Connaughton, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, MarJon Beauchamp)
Now AL hits a THREE ...
Whites follows up w/ his 2nd THREE ... 21-8 BOS!
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2023 19:59:03 GMT -5
Bucks lineup change (Brook Lopez, Pat Connaughton, Bobby Portis, Damian Lillard, MarJon Beauchamp)
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 22, 2023 20:02:52 GMT -5
We seem to play more uptempo when White is on the floor!
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Post by cole on Nov 22, 2023 20:03:56 GMT -5
We seem to play more uptempo when White is on the floor! Yeah that last three was a little too uptempo, but only because he missed
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 22, 2023 20:15:08 GMT -5
Holiday needs to step it up!
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 22, 2023 20:17:18 GMT -5
Great ball movement from Pritchard and Al!
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Post by cole on Nov 22, 2023 20:18:04 GMT -5
Holiday needs to step it up! He got bumped on that one turnover. There's an example (I think) of a foul you don't get when you're ahead on national tv.TV. He did guard gianis
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2023 20:18:30 GMT -5
Porgie makes 1-2 FTs Celtics lineup change (Al Horford, Jrue Holiday, Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard, Jayson Tatum) Bucks lineup change (Pat Connaughton, Bobby Portis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, MarJon Beauchamp) Tatum a finger roll Payton a pullup J
Sam blocks Dame then hits a THREE from Al! Dame answers w/ a 3 to end Q1 29-17 BOS
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 22, 2023 20:18:33 GMT -5
JT to the rack!
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Post by cole on Nov 22, 2023 20:22:18 GMT -5
Love watching Horford punk crazy bobby
Here comes. Portis 3 I bet
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Post by kyceltic on Nov 22, 2023 20:23:45 GMT -5
How's our bench looking tonight?
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Post by cole on Nov 22, 2023 20:23:47 GMT -5
Celtics opened up a pine tar box of whoopass tonight
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2023 20:25:08 GMT -5
Q2: 29-17 BOS
Bucks lineup change (Cameron Payne, Pat Connaughton, Bobby Portis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton)
Al makes a THREE!
Tatum makes 2-2 FTs
Hauser a THREE!
Tatum a finger roll
TIME OUT BUCKS ... 39-26 BOS
Bucks lineup change (Malik Beasley, Cameron Payne, Bobby Portis, MarJon Beauchamp, Khris Middleton)
Payton a THREE!
Tatum a THREE!
Al a driving layup +1 ... converts
Celtics lineup change (Derrick White, Al Horford, Jaylen Brown, Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard)
Bucks lineup change (Brook Lopez, Malik Beasley, Cameron Payne, MarJon Beauchamp, Khris Middleton)
Payton ANOTHER THREE!
Brown a driving layup +1 ... converts ... 54-33 BOS
Celtics lineup change (Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard)
Bucks lineup change (Brook Lopez, Malik Beasley, Pat Connaughton, Damian Lillard, MarJon Beauchamp)
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Post by cole on Nov 22, 2023 20:27:20 GMT -5
Jb and Zinger punked the defense
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Post by Admin on Nov 22, 2023 20:27:55 GMT -5
Hauser gets a tip-in
Lopez gets away w/ steps for the +1
Porgie & Bess teamup for the alley-oop!
Porgie matches THREEs w/ Bucks ... 61-42 BOS
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