Celtics hold the Suns to 86pts

[GrayGoat]

Damn! Celtics despite not having the offense did a number defensively :pimp:

[GrayGoat]

Suns caught shleeping

[DoctorP]

cray

[highwhey]

My Celtics locked them down tonight :rockon:

[Spurs m8]

Spurs held them to 85 a few days ago

[Axe]

Relax. They're still on top of the pacific division anyway.

[Wally450]

Quality win for the Celtics. Now we just need to get everyone back healthy.

[Replay32]

For the Suns it's a 2nd night of a back to back and they had to travel. You can't read too much into it.

[GrayGoat]

For the Suns it's a 2nd night of a back to back and they had to travel. You can't read too much into it.

Celtics were missing two 20pt scorers

[Replay32]

Celtics were missing two 20pt scorers

And? How long you been watching the NBA?

[light]

That's what happens when you can't make your threes.

That's why the Lakers are so dangerous. If they can't make threes they still have LeBron and AD.

[GrayGoat]

And? How long you been watching the NBA?

Long enough to know there are no excuses

[ZionDunks]

Celtics are starting to creep up and play great ball

[tanibanana]

Celtics will always be dangerous... just inconsistent.

[dbugz]

we winning the east :pimp: :pimp: :pimp:

[insight]

Celtics are starting to creep up and play great ball

Celtics have a 4 leaf clover, must the teams around them like the Hawks and Charlotte dealing with major injuries to key personal. It's going to be interesting how things playout, I watched the Suns game and the C's didn't look that good to me coming off two days rest.

[GrayGoat]

Celtics have a 4 leaf clover, must the teams around them like the Hawks and Charlotte dealing with major injuries to key personal. It's going to be interesting how things playout, I watched the Suns game and the C's didn't look that good to me coming off two days rest.
Kemba lit you up. What was cp3 doing?

[highwhey]

Celtics have a 4 leaf clover, must the teams around them like the Hawks and Charlotte dealing with major injuries to key personal. It's going to be interesting how things playout, I watched the Suns game and the C's didn't look that good to me coming off two days rest.

to be fair, suns have played against teams missing key players as well. not to mention they have not shown any resilience in back2back games. they're very good, but i'd say realistically they're a tier below the jazz/healthylakers and healthy nets. they cannot rebound to save their own ass and get way too complacent when they have a 20pt lead. it's been a common (and repeating) theme this season where they are up by double digits in the 3rd quarter and lose the lead and go on to lose the game. they are horrendous at rebounding which they have done zero to improve at. rebounds=extra possessions and their offense is too gimmicky to be sustainable in the playoffs.

their offense literally consists of chucking 3s. thats all they did last night. they didn't attempt to attack the rim even after missing 5 consecutive 3s in a row. it's not only predictable, it's low effort and very elementary. it won't work against a top team in a playoff series. the jazz will destroy them, so will a healthy lakers or clippers team. nuggets too.

sucks bc they should have won last night, but they died by the 3pt shot.

this suns fan isn't convinced. fun regular season team...they won't make it far in the post season however. :facepalm

[Real Men Wear Green]

Sins were playing back to back. Winning without Brown speaks well of the team but the only important thing about last night was winning.

[Manny98]

So?

No one cares about that irrelevant ass franchise, what have Boston done since 2010 :oldlol:

[wagexslave]

to be fair, suns have played against teams missing key players as well. not to mention they have not shown any resilience in back2back games. they're very good, but i'd say realistically they're a tier below the jazz/healthylakers and healthy nets. they cannot rebound to save their own ass and get way too complacent when they have a 20pt lead. it's been a common (and repeating) theme this season where they are up by double digits in the 3rd quarter and lose the lead and go on to lose the game. they are horrendous at rebounding which they have done zero to improve at. rebounds=extra possessions and their offense is too gimmicky to be sustainable in the playoffs.

their offense literally consists of chucking 3s. thats all they did last night. they didn't attempt to attack the rim even after missing 5 consecutive 3s in a row. it's not only predictable, it's low effort and very elementary. it won't work against a top team in a playoff series. the jazz will destroy them, so will a healthy lakers or clippers team. nuggets too.

sucks bc they should have won last night, but they died by the 3pt shot.

this suns fan isn't convinced. fun regular season team...they won't make it far in the post season however. :facepalm

Eh I wouldn't put too much into these past 2 losses. Don't get me wrong, they were ugly, but Booker and Saric are both in historic-level slumps in terms of their careers, and those are 2 of our main guys who don't just spot up and chuck 3's offensively. If they can get out of these slumps soon then I think we'll be fine. Never thought I'd be saying this, but we're really missing Frank Kaminsky as well. He was actually good for us this year before he got COVID. Being able to rest Saric more and let him figure it out would have been really nice. And Frank has height that we're desperately lacking in certain matchups when Ayton comes out of the game.

All of that being said the way this team is so unpredictable is the same exact reason why you can't write them off in the playoffs. Sure, we could go into the playoffs and shoot like shit and underachieve. Or we could go in and suddenly go crazy and hit shots at a high percentage. Don't get me wrong, I agree I'm not sold on being a championship level team yet. And there's certain matchups that don't favor us as well as others. But don't forget how many playoff teams we've beat this season already. Just because we're in a slump rn doesn't mean we can't get out of it before playoffs start. I still have hope.

[Chuckbe]

Saw on Reddit that Book has been in a slump since this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBoS0UzCxto

[Axe]

So?

No one cares about that irrelevant ass franchise, what have Boston done since 2010 :oldlol:
Meanwhile nets have made the ecf a total of zero times in the last five years, emmanuel. So don't just belittle the clover club.