A normal, logical person should feel nothing in these games, regardless of the result.
I know that’s not normal.
I know it’s probably more sad than something to brag about, but I’m just being honest.
My heart was racing the same way it was before Derrick White’s Game 6 tip in.
For a game that meant absolutely nothing.
Summer League, preseason, the Maine Celtics, it’s all the same to me.
If we’re keeping score in some sort of basketball contest, I would like the Celts to win.
This is also uncharted territory for us as fans.
With that is going to bring some hilarious basketball.
That’s the best way I could describe last night.
Personally, I had a blast, which is a testament to the beauty of this team.
And you know what?
The good part about that is this is the version of KP we’ve been getting essentially all season.
Not only has he embraced being a Celtic, he’s delivering.
In a weird way, this is sort of like when the Celts brought in Al.
That’s what’s happening as we speak with Porzingis.
Now, how Brad and Joe handle KP and these last 5 games is all that matters.
you’re free to only do that by playing.
But on the other hand, you’re so close to the playoffs and he’s perfectly healthy.
These games mean nothing and the games in two means mean everything.
I think a fair compromise is 3 of the last 5?
Sit NYK (Al plays) and then play the next night against CHA (Al sits)?
Then sit the early game vs WSH in the finale and it’s on to the playoffs.
Now when Pritchard touches the floor, you know immediately you’re getting elite on ball pressure.
It was another opportunity to let his players figure it out and play their way out of it.
The Celts ended the 3rd quarter up 12.
What this tells us isn’t that Joe should never call timeouts.
The point is it all depends on the flow of the game.
Letting the players have situations where they need to figure shit out is good.
Having situations where you call a timeout early in an effort to stop a run is good.
Why some still can’t see that when it comes to Joe is a little confusing.
- Did you know the Celts are 34-2 this season when Al Horford scores at least 8 points?
I didn’t until I looked it up but that seems like a pretty good record.
That’s big time stuff.
It’s sort of like how the Dynasty Warriors weren’t the Dynasty Warriors because they only hit 3s.
But that’s the beauty of this Celtics season.
They are making the impossible seem possible.
Of course that’s the one he doesn’t get, and it results in a game winner.
This was me
I was making launch angle (?)
calculations at a speed I didn’t know was possible.
The whole sequence was pure chaos.
At least they remain true to who they are, but christ is that taking years off my life.
- I’ve liked what I’ve seen from Jrue these last few games, especially offensively.
Another 5-8 shooting night paired with 7 AST and only 1 TO in his 30 minutes.
That’s all I’m going to need from Jrue for the next two months.
Give me an efficient 10 points and do your think defensively and that should be more than enough.
It’s been Holiday’s only question to answer since he got to Boston.
But he’s not here for the regular season.
How it looks in 2 weeks is still TBD.
It more speaks to the larger trend of what we know gets this team into trouble.
Opponent OREB/2nd chance points.
Forcing misses, but not getting stops.
It’s what did them in against the Hawks and it nearly did them in again last night.
I don’t know how it couldn’t be for anyone who watches this team.
It’s essentially the one constant in a majority of their losses.
- We as fans deserve answers.
Why is he getting iced out?
The whole game plan should be to play through him whenever he’s on the floor.
That’s how you develop.
Let the kid loose!
Summer League and preseason are the times for prospects.
Coast away as far as I’m concerned.
The Ugly
- I mean, where else would you put a 1-18 (1-13) performance?
He could go 0-100 and I still want him taking every open look he gets without hesitation.
The man is a lifetime 40% shooter, sometimes the rim has a lid on nit.
It was in fact not good.
Hilarious sure, but awful basketball.
I’m pretty sure they didn’t score for half a quarter.
As a team, they shot 26/10% while also missing 2 FTs.
They were a disaster.
And just like that, the Celts once again have the longest active winning streak in the NBA.
That seems pretty good.
Just 5 more games to go.
We’re so close.
