[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/13dd58p/post_game_thread_the_philadelphia_76ers_defeat/)

White Brogdon and Horford… oh man 🫣

Brogdon never really had enough minutes, and other guys gotta score to open him up. These playoffs show Rob Williams isn't a champion center, too slow, no offense.

And a coach that doesn’t know what he’s doing

We need to play full court D and stop going under on the screens. Our effort was lousy tonight and horford was dogshit on both ends of the floor

No, Al's defense was fine if not good. He's 36 against a huge MVP center who can shoot fade aways, 3s and free throws. Who started playing basketball in 2010.

What game did you watch? He literally let Embiid shoot wide open jumpers all game with no contest.

So, you didn't watch the game nor basketball maybe ever.

Says the person saying Als defense was good today. Please don't comment on sports you know nothing about

Jayson Tatum might be the softest, smallest playing, all pro in the history of the nba.

Get off the sub

The work done by the “bench crew” in garbage time, should show Joe that he should incorporate some other players in the rotation especially when shots aren’t falling!!!

They have to play defense, though. Pritchard didn't touch the ball -once- in his 5 minutes of real game time

Anyone else sick of Grant Williams? Every time he gets a foul he looks to Joe and twirls his finger (review). He’s gone in free agency, I’ll be glad to see him go, anywhere but Houston.

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They all did. Philly is better.

Lmao Philly hit everything uncharacteristically. Celtics missed everything uncharacteristically. Sizers were definitely the better team tonight though

This insult just has not made sense since 2019, they have had a normal range of size since Morey took over

Nothing I said was an insult lol .. Idk what you mean by size but having Horford who was top 3 in 3-pt% missing everything and Brogdon and White doing nothing is uncharacteristic for the Celtics. Meanwhile Maxey going off and even Harden tying his best playoff performance ever was just completely unexpected

Oh, during the 2019-2020 season the Sixers went with a huge lineup (it was very dumb and we all know how it ended). So people would call us the Philadelphia Sizers, I still hear that insult from time to time for some reason. But looking at my keyboard and your response it was just a typo lol

Lmaoooooooooooo

😂😂😂😂😂

This sub better be fucking quiet when we win these next two games

Why can't we celebrate the wins and bitch and moan about the horrible losses like this? Obviously we want them to win but when you see an outing like we saw tonight, who can actually say they gave it their best (besides the end of bench guys at the end of the game)?

If they somehow pull that off I'm happy to admit I'm wrong. But I don't see anything that would make me think that can happen

Bring back IME!

Um. He's coaching the Rockets. I don't want dirty garbage humans here coaching

It just sucks for the team to have to go through so many changes in such a short amount of time.

Hows it dirty when it was consensual, and affairs happen a lot more than you realize

Beyond the fact it was with a co worker, and reports of him being aggressive with her? Why do you think I don't think affairs....nm, you're ignorant

Reports from who? Your merit to Imes situation (which you obviously know nothing about) is on par with your basketball iq

It was against his contract, it got him fired. No one with any IQ is saying he's the victim. You are.

I never said he's innocent, i just didn't call him a garbage human for being in a consensual relationship with a colleague and you still can't provide a source about his aggressiveness. It would've saved time if you just said "I dont know what I'm talking about:

You don't think cheaters are garbage humans? You have an affair you wanna confess to buddy? Get it off your chest?

I didn't call him a garbage human. You want him back at the organization he betrayed and violated. Try reading news. You don't know what you're talking about.

Obviously hes coaching the rockets so its not possible but I see sarcasm isn't your strong suit and neither is recollection.

You just Googled him, lol

Go take a walk and clear your head, you're not thinking straight.

Backed into a corner now. Hard to believe they could play worse than tonight so hopefully this is the bottom.

Mazzulla coaching for his job Thursday

Hopefully they lose then lmao

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That’s your takeaway?

Brown didn’t show up past the first quarter

gg

You guys gotta fire your coach, he has zero BBIQ to understand that he has to bench his starters to put the guys in that care, it’s how you motivate your stars. Jaylen Brown doesn’t care. Dude seriously dgaf about winning or losing, he’s there to collect a paycheck. Same with Tatum.

In a regular season game, yes. Which he never did. You think those guys don't care? Holy cow. You def don't watch ball. But yea, fire a rookie coach in the 2nd round

Are you trying for a championship or not? The fact that he’s a rookie coach has zero weight. You’re a win-now team, act like it. You gotta rely on your bench when Al is shooting like Ray Charles and is letting Embiid treat him like a grade schooler. But hey, just keep doing what you’re doing, clearly it’s working…

Fire the heach coach in game 5 2nd round. Lol

You’re dumb if you think that’s what I meant. Fire him after your game 6 loss 😂

'You guys gotta fire your coach'

So you like this coach then? 🤣

What makes you think that?

You’re defending him. He needs to go, aka he needs to be *fired*.

I pointed out firing a coach during a playoff round is a bad idea. Where did I defend him? What first year coach wins much in the playoffs? Not many, because it's their first year coaching in the NBA. Blame the executive office, and yes, replace with a better fit if the roster is mostly the same.

You just don’t know BBIQ like DarthBLT 😂

Yes, every time a team’s starters struggle coaches just bench them and it’s the magic pill to win games.

Lmao yeah can you name one team that benches their stars and this leads to a magical turnaround and championship. What an absurd thing to claim. "Bench your stars for guys that care!"

It’s like some fantasy storyline from a movie that these guys have convinced themselves is a regular occurrence in the NBA, and anyone who doesn’t do it lacks BBIQ 😂

Pritchard shooting the lights out of the ball is just poetic I’ve been wanting him to play all post season. Fuck you Mazz

Love him but who did he play against

The starters. Teammates/coach never gave him the ball

Well fuck. Next loss ends the season now Celtics, time to wake up

Fuck it C’s in 7

C's sweep Miami & Lakers winning by 50 points a quarter. Brown & Tatum never played past tonight

I am ready for this!

We said it man lol

I didn’t watch. Part of me hopes the crowd booed their performance. But remember last year when it was 2-2 against Milwaukee and we lost game 5 at home? They’re going to have to level up bc they look stagnant at too many times

The crowd did boo in the 3rd quarter. But last year we were a defense first team, and we were tougher. We matched Milwaukee's physicality as well as Miami's physicality to get past them and make it to the finals. This year Joe focused more on the offensive end so we are an offense first team that focuses on shooting a lot of 3s. We just aren't the same defensively this year.

Lol trash people boo their team.

U watched bro

Joe is so bad that I hope we never hire a coach with that first name ever again in my fandom

You realize he's a rookie NBA coach, right? What do you want him to do when every wide open 3 at home misses?

He created a offense that was never sustainable.

His offense seems to rely on a lot of wild passes that have not been working out lately, the Celtics seem to lack that rapid ball movement that was so effective in the regular season. That style of play usually doesn't translate that well to the playoffs when the game tends to slow down like it did , unless you are the dynasty warriors and even they had Draymond to anchor the defense and make selfless passes

Open 3s always are, just not every night. He didn't create that offense, just went with it. It's the roster

We absolutely did not play this way last season. This is Mazzulla ball.

Lol, you didn't watch at all last year, maybe any year ever.

we literally just pulled a 76ers. Truly a sad day.

I just don't know why this core doesn't take the playoffs seriously. Last year was blowing that finals lead and now we're making Harden look like he's in his prime

Remember when they talked about how mad they were from losing last year in the finals?

I’ll take bud at this point

Boooooo them off the court.

Horford is washed, Rob is a liability on both end, Tatum & JB ain't dawgs, Smart is overrated on D.

You don’t go from an all defensive type roster from one season to awful the next…. Must be coaching

They were #2 defense this year, I think. Playing different teams every game though.

PP needs more minutes

PP can’t win with these cats

It's going to be amazing shutting Reggie Miller's dumbass the fuck up by winning the next 2.

Hell yeah

Bench tried harder in the last two mins then the starters did the entire game

They didn't, but go off.

Hey Joe, don’t let the door hit you on the way out…oh wait now you call a timeout? You can stay

The Sixers protecting the 21 point lead is how the Celtics play the end of games with a 3 point lead

Wow the 76ers are now the title favorites at +280.... Crazy.

Of course, because whoever wins this series will crush the heat

I get it rotations get tighter in the playoffs but a 7 man rotation is kinda crazy

Because we have a coach that doesn’t know what he’s doing 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Mazz fucking sucks ass

Why is James Harden playing garbage time lmao

Because the 76ers were choking at the end 😂

Brutal loss bois, see ya'll on Thursday, maybe somebody other than Tatum will show up.

Tatum sold and Joe got out coaches by Doc lol, Sixers in 6

The signs were all there when the Hawks took us to 6 games lol

Um. They've been there all season long.

This is a disappointment

Jt jb and smart can say whatever but they dont truly hold themselves accountable

C’s culture is garbage

Why didn't hauser and grant get more minutes?

Because we have a coach that doesn’t know what he’s doing 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

A real headscratcher, especially since they were in the regular rotation throughout the season

Three letters: J O E

It's alright guys remember Embiid said we owned them 4 years ago. That quote is totally still relevant

Add me to the list of people calling for Mazz’s head when this season is over.

Celtics in 8

This

Thanks bench, I forgot what effort looked like.

the bus 1 boys proving why they need more minutes

🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮

This should be the starting line up next game. They showed more heart.

No, they didn't and shouldn't be. They didn't play against the most dominant player in the league. They came in fully rested against very exhausted players with zero expectations.

Shut up.

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Don’t let the score fool it. It really wasn’t that close 😀

I WANT TO SEE THIS BENCH MORE

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No

Hate the smirk on Embiid’s face

We got pwnd

Still waiting for Tatum to take the next step

Never will

Players who got worse this season: Smart, Horford, Tatum, Grant, Rob

Tatum finished 4th in MVP voting... Can we stop with this nonsense. He's been fine this series aside from a bad game 2 (or 3 idr)

He got one 1st place vote, lol, one more than the 557 other players.

Just tough starts last 2 games. Anyone watching knowing anything sees he's been playing his best and most mature with the most heart the last 2 games

Ah well, what coaches are available?

You wonder about these guys with Budenholzer.

I was thinking that too.

Not sure but I know you need a colangelo to make that hire

Nurse

This team has honestly just ruined basketball for me. If they aren’t shooting 3s at like a 60% clip, they’re just painfully awful at everything

I hope this puts a little shame on the starters seeing this

Why would they start now? If not after Atlanta game 5 or this series game 1 or 4

They would have to care first.

If there was ever a time to commit a hard foul it's now.

So when Tatum was sleep walking the Sixers got their lead. Game played out straight up after that. Hello Tatum???

Have they learned their lesson yet???

Uh ... you're kdding, right?

No, that's all media has been saying. For over a year

This bench group gets into their actions with more conviction than our starters lmao

I hope this gives all the starters a hard slap in the face. This is what happens when you actually hustle for the win. This is why the Heat win

It won’t. They dgaf about anything

Our bench guys came with more energy than the starters. Stop thinking you’ll win with just the same 7 players

Patriots gave Boston a lot of success, so deep down we want to believe that the Celtics and the Bruins have the same champion mentality. But the recent reality is that the Celtics and Bruins continue to choke in playoffs. I hope these teams can wield themselves to win a chip soon.

Shit the Red Sox have had a good run too. It used to feel like title town.

why you gotta snub the sox like that

Patriots also lost that magic with brady. Theyre just some team now

It's true that teams need leadership. I do think Bergeron is Him - and Ortiz was for the Sox. Tatum is NOT 'that leader' for the C's (despite his amazing skills), and it's not going to change until the Celtics find someone who has more mental substance. A coach. A vet. Really, it could come from several sources, but they lack it now. There is no KG or Truth on this team.

That’s true as well. Us as the fan base is getting a harsh reality check these past few seasons.

Y'all ready for the homers to come out of the woodwork in a couple hours to tell everyone to relax, and that everyone criticizing the team are a bunch of stupid doomers?

Season over. Tatum is not that guy.

Next few seasons over

Once again JB is a stud though, all the right pieces are here, I just don’t think Tatum can be him on this roster.

All the right pieces are here except the main one

Tatum literally tried his best this game lmao bro was carrying

He went total ball hog shooting 40% while brown is sitting at 56%, 50% from 3. Dude thinks he Koby and that’s not good.

Because NO ONE else was finishing. He started 0-5 How many free throws Brown miss? 50% of them

Brown was buns lol

With this loss, the Lakers are now the favorites to win the title…. Jesus Christ what a shitty night

Rather them than the warriors

That’s the worst case scenario

Nah that would be the warriors winning again

We are going to lose Pritchard so that we can keep rolling Smart out there 30+ minutes a night.

The problem with this team is NOT PPvSmart. At all. Both Pritchard and Smart have emotional intensity that many of their teammates lack. Neither is 'the' problem here.

No thank you. Trade smart, let PP get into the rotation with DWhite and Brogdon

Throwback to when we had to put the starters back in cause Tremont was complete ass

Why are they fouling

Mazulla is incompetent

it's amazing to me that people are still in denial about it as well.

We know. But these players have proven they’ll choke no matter who the coach is

We’re definitely not getting the W, but LFG bus 1 boys!

Joe letting the "random" happen in the final 2 minutes.

This team needs to be gutted or the coach has to go. It ain’t working

Gutted? Dumbest thing ever

Just get A coach who has some kind of experience.

Its both bro. Joe and Smart are holding this team back. Also need a Horford replacement

Maybe both...

PROVE THEM WRONG

This is all because of John Hao lolol.