True - but up 30 against the 8th seed in the first round? Get the bench some playing time. If they start losing ground, then bring back the starters, The one I worry about the most is Porzingas. He missed 30% of the regular season (25/82 games) and he has not been the best at avoiding injury in...
But that's the real issue, isn't it? When you play a physical team like Miami, they are going to try and beat you up. Porzingas hasn't shown that he can handle that type of physical play this year. He sat out 25 games with injuries. I worry that the Heat could end up causing the Celtics to limp...
Did Mazzulla say why he kept the starters in for 70-85% of this early game? Tatum played 41 minutes and looked out of gas by the end when he missed that open layup. Mazzulla is going to burn them out in the first round if he keeps this up. Playoffs can end up being a lot of games. If each round...
I'd rather see Brown taking it to the hoop against a tough defender than Tatum. Tatum's work at the hoop is more nuanced and his athleticism frees up his shot quite often. Lately, the refs have not been giving him many fouls on these moves.
On the other hand, Brown goes through defenders and...
I don't know exactly what your point is though... every team needs a player like Brown who can drive the lane and take the defense with him. I don't think stats like the ones you've posted take into account how these outside shooters have such high shooting percentages. It might have something...
No way. He got bumped, took two steps and then jumped into Tatum. The contact might not have been intentional but the type of contact was. He went up like a CB defending a pass.
He might've been bumped, but it looked to me like he jumped a bit as well. You get bumped, you stumble, you don't usually leave your feet like that.
Does anyone have a .gif of that play?
Tatum was doubled almost every time he touched the ball. He only posted up against that double team a few times. I don't think he was selfish in this game. You don't get a triple-double if you don't pass the ball. Tatum's problem was his terrible shooting.
I think Brown going to the hoop was a...
Tatum scored his first career playoff triple-double... yet somehow it felt like he had a crappy game. How many dumb passes did he make anyway? 3 or was it 4? I was pretty surprised with how many points he ended up with considering how terribly he shot. FGs were 7-18 (38.9%) and he was a pitiful...
You're talking about a Celtics team that lost to several teams this year when those teams lost leading scorers before the game. If anything, they seem to play worse when the opposing team loses star players.
I don't get why Smith's 3 year $75 Million contract extension should upset Brown, who signed a 4 year $100 Million contract extension in 2022 with 2024 being one of his mega payout years (the other being the imaginary one that he'll never see at the end). The AAV numbers are pretty close.
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