The fact that the Celts played a severely undermanned Grizzlies team last night is mostly an afterthought.
Overall it was about as perfect a night as you could possibly ask for.
In terms of the actual game?
Those 2 losses mark the 2nd fewest in the entire NBA.
Crazy what things look like when you incorporate a little perspective huh?
The Good
- Easiest no brainer in the history of no brainers to kick us off this morning.
For me, two parts hit especially hard.
That’s when I teleported to Waterworks City, population me.
I knew it was going to be emotional heading in, and it sure was.
I’m not sure there was a single defender that Tatum even noticed while on the court.
It was a bad game, get over it.
It’s lazy analysis in my mind.
I’m just trying to keep up.
No matter where you looked, the Celts took care of business.
They allowed 91 points on 38/28% and forced 20 TOs.
That’s not my problem, I’m not a Grizzlies fan.
It could be a contender, it could be the worst team in the NBA.
A win is a win is a win.
That seemed pretty good.
That length is a legit weapon.
you could survive with one, but you could’t survive with both.
There’s been no reverting back to what we saw in 2021.
What a moment
We all see it right?
He didn’t hunt his shot and take bad shots just because he had scored.
Playing in blowouts against a G-League team is one thing.
Let’s just see it!
To me, his offensive rebounding is a weapon.
His size is legit and his 6 fouls can be a weapon.
It’s OK man, you’re really good!
Your offense is partly why Brad traded for you!
This doesn’t mean he needs to spam early shot clock pullup 3s or anything like that.
- The Celtics are suddenly incapable of holding an opponent to under double digits on the offensive glass.
They are literally the worst team in the NBA at keeping their opponents off the glass.
They’ve been dogshit and are 3-2 as a result.
The Ugly
- Whole lot of cardio from Pritchard and Hauser in this game.
If the shooters aren’t shooting, the bench gets real thin real quick.
I get it, they are playing for their bench spot lives, but guess what?
Brad has probably already made up his mind at this point.
That needs to stop.
I don’t need Lamar Stevens isolations when I could have Jordan Walsh possessions.
If they do that, everyone is happy.
