In the entire Eastern Conference, there are just two teams that remain perfect at home.
The Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics.
You want to see them win a home
2.
You want to play well in their division
3.
It’s safe to say both teams are taking care of their business to start the year.
The Celts had won 4 straight over TOR heading into this game and 10 of their last 12.
In fact, Pascal Siakam hasn’t beaten Jayson Tatum in a basketball game since the bubble.
He’s 0-9 since.
Eventually, the blowout happened.
They moved the ball on offense, their stars showed up.
The bench showed up.
It was about as complete a performance as we’ve seen to start the year.
Speaking of the start of the year, this feels pretty good.
Pretty much everyone who saw the floor last night played well, so let’s have some fun.
Not only that, he’s taking the fewest shots a game since the Bubble season.
Steph Curry
Nikola Jokic
Giannis
Jayson Tatum
That’s it.
That’s the entire list.
Call me crazy, but those 3 guys are pretty decent at this whole basketball thing.
Or at the very least your Top 5 guy has toplaylike a Top 3 guy.
That is what we’re currently seeing with Jayson Tatum to begin the season.
I’ll take that.
That’s exactly what you want to see from your #2 scoring option.
- I’ll never understand why so many people push back against Mazzulla Ball.
At this point I don’t know how you could argue it isn’t successful.
The Raptors finished with just 38/27% splits, so things were a disaster on either end.
The thing is, this wasn’t just a game where the Celts made it rain from deep.
They also finished with 60 points in the paint!
So just add it all up.
That’s Mazzulla Ball.
Move the ball, don’t think just shoot, defend, and play smart.
Maybe….he’s actually not terrible?
Maybe calling for his firing after losing a tough road game in OT is a little insane?
- Every time I watch Kristaps Porzingis play I cannot believe he is a Boston Celtic.
Just listen to how he talks about playing with the Jays
This man is in basketball heaven.
He can’t contain his excitement because he knows just how devastating this pairing can truly be.
He’s really the only player who should have his FGA written in pen.
Everyone else will fluctuate.
Friday night Porzingis only took 4 shots and still made an impact.
Last night he took 14 and still made an impact.
- Everything about this possession ruled
You’ll notice that was Sam Hauser once again making an open 3PA.
Since his first 3 games, Hauser has responded with 57/55% splits and 3.5 3PM a night.
Just give the teamsomething.
We can’t have games where the top 3-4 bench guys finish the game with 3 combined points.
This is why during the Nets game Brad said nobody in the building panics when those guys miss shots.
Oh, and Brad got him for like $2M or something insanely low.
To me that’s not just the bigs/Tatum, but the collective effort from everyone.
Some sloppy turnovers from Jrue (4), but whatever.
He was so good in other areas I have no problem overlooking that.
Randle, Embiid, Barnes, Siakam, Jrue has clamped them all.
- It was great to see the Celts finally knock someone out in a 3rd quarter.
That is something I hope we see a whole lot more moving forward.
- Just 8-13 from the line (61%), wasn’t all that good.
There’s enough talent available to close that out.
The score was 99-73 with 8:46 left in the game.
It was a 30 point lead with 6 minutes to go.
Yet we’re still seeing Al, the Jays, Porzingis on the floor.
My question is….why?
Only bad things can happen in that moment.
kindly take advantage of that, I am begging you Joe.
- I do love that Joe is such a psycho that he’s challenging a call up 30.
That’s the key in of deranged brain that I can get behind.
I love it even more that the Raptors cried about it.
Look, it’s not Joe’s fault that officials are blind morons.
He’s going to stick up for what’s right.
The real anger should be toward the NBA’s officials who continue to be absolutely terrible.
Keep playing how they’ve looked these last two games, and things should be just fine.
