Celtics 2023 - 2024 Discussion

[rochrist]

Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram are both good players.
Neither one is remotely close to a guy named Jaylen Brown.

Ben Simmons???

 

[ausbacker]

Jaylen Brown has turned himself into a monster and, credit where it's due, Joe Mazzulla has coached his ass off this series.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

This makes my heart warm.

He has my vote for MVP and would be hard to change. He took over the team leadership. Called for the ball to ram through Donkey and foul him out. Dominant defense.

Biggest quarter for Cs in series was 3rd quarter tonight. Brown and White leading way.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Ben Simmons???

Ben Simmons is a good player

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

My ****ing heart! Jaylen Brown pretty much sealed Finals MVP tonight.

 

[Kdo5]

Shout out to the bench tonight especially Hauser and Tillman with real solid D. Hauser has been great all series.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Shout out to the bench tonight especially Hauser and Tillman with real solid D. Hauser has been great all series.

Tillman rattled Luka. Luka never came back mentally.

 

[rochrist]

Ben Simmons is a good player

6 points per game last season. 7 points per game the season before. Refused to shoot in the closing minutes of a playoff game because he was scared. 17 percent 3 point career average. Yeah, he’s aces.

 

[Kdo5]

Tillman rattled Luka. Luka never came back mentally.

This was the worst Luka game I’ve ever seen him play. Horrible defense, inefficient shooting, getting bodied up one on one by Payton Pritchard, fouling out (really should’ve had about 10 of them) and proceeding to be a little ***** and complain about the refs after.

 

[UrbanCowboy]

Ben Simmons???

haha, ya, I had to think for a second too

 

[Brewskies]

Congrats to coach Joe Mazzulla, this game was his.

Go Celtics

 

[Keep Up With The Joneses]

That was the game that should break Dallas. They got everything they needed. Better defense, the crowd behind them, a decent lead early, good offensive games from their two best players, points in the paint, and they still bleeping lost.

Tillman was a nice surprise off the bench. The moment did not look too big for him. Our house went bananas when he hit that 3. Right now he deserves more minutes as far as I'm concerned. Hauser played his best game I've seen in a while.

Brown is in another stratosphere right now. He has been the best player in the world for the past month. I hope we continue to see this version of him over the next 5 years.

I never imagined I would say this but I can see this being a sweep at this point. It's going to be tough for Dallas to recover from this one.

 

[1960Pats]

That would not have helped them on that Brown push in the back because there was no call. You can't challenge a no-call.

I saw a side angle on that play and it wasn't a push. Brown was making light contact with his hand.

 

[1960Pats]

That drive and slam by JB at the end of the third. WOW! Momentum!

That slam reminded me of Jordan. I think Brown left his feet around the foul line.

 

[Triumph]

The Celts are just too good. Dallas is no match for them.

Celtics sitting on the bench would be starting on another team. Whats scary is that Boston can play much better, but they still won last night.

 

[jimnance]

Ben Simmons is a good player

Just making sure y'all were awake

 

[jimnance]

Just making sure y'all were awake

I was channeling my inner Belichick

 

[bresna]

This was a great game. I wish I could've seen it live but I was at Brady Night.

Watching the replay this morning and one thing I hope is that if the Celtics win this championship, they collectively turn to the announcers' booth and flip them all the finger. These announcers sucked. Doncic crying after every single shot or drive and the announcers agreeing with him but when any Celtic gets fouled, they hardly even comment. The Mavs get a dunk and they go crazy. Brown gets that jam at the end of the third and it's "Brown with the flush". Really? That was an incredible jam.

There were some missed calls on both sides but from my view, they missed a whole lot more on the Mavs than the Celts.

Bout time Hauser hit a few. BTW - on his one miss, he was a fouled too.

 

[Patriot Missile]

Donkey finally decides he’s gonna play defense for the first time in his career and he finds out it’s hard to do. Credit to the guys offensive prowess. He’s one of the very best there is but like someone mentioned, the way he played there were about 10-12 calls they could have made.

It was just pure genius on Mazzulla for attacking Donkey the way they are. Exposed them so bad on the National stage. The rest of the country might be upset the way this series is going but it’s bitter sweet for us.

Best defensive Celtics team I’ve ever seen in all my years. Wasn’t around to watch Russell.

 

[1960Pats]

Donkey finally decides he’s gonna play defense for the first time in his career and he finds out it’s hard to do. Credit to the guys offensive prowess. He’s one of the very best there is but like someone mentioned, the way he played there were about 10-12 calls they could have made.

It was just pure genius on Mazzulla for attacking Donkey the way they are. Exposed them so bad on the National stage. The rest of the country might be upset the way this series is going but it’s bitter sweet for us.

Best defensive Celtics team I’ve ever seen in all my years. Wasn’t around to watch Russell.

Russell was the king but this team is very deep on defense.

I was worried about Mazzulla at the start of the season but I'm not now.

Donkey looks and plays out of shape. He needs to cut way back on the hay.