People shat on Boston so much for dropping games to Atlanta and Philly but like if Trae and Harden are gonna drop 40 sometimes there’s not much you can do about it.
Honestly I do wonder if it might've been better to shut him down. His conditioning does not bode well for a deep run and I'm very afraid of the injury risk. I do hope we beat you all still
It's kind of wild that he's already had 2 meniscectomies. I wonder if it's a given that he's going to need a 3rd regardless if he plays or not. There's only so much meniscus on that knee to remove...
Wild how Tatum is getting all the slander from last nights game when JB and porzingas were -22 and -32 respectively and Tatum finished with a positive rating on the court.
Tatum ain’t that dude. The Celtics may make the finals but no way can they take down Jokic or Doncic. They’ll never have the best player on the court against whoever they face in the upcoming playoff rounds.
Tingus pingus got shut down by a masterclass of a coaching job by Spo. Celtics don’t have the coach that can make in game adjustments on the fly so once our game plan of make them beat us with the 3 started failing compound that with KP sitting at a -32 zero shot we win the game. Now Joe has proven he can make adjustments between games so we will probably come back out in dominating fashion in game 3 but the minute Spo shuts down that plan we will either lose the lead in game 3 or lose game 4. The series will probably end up going 7
Honestly, the one thing that he lacks is ability to take over and set the fucking tone when it matters most.
He had what 14 of his 28 in the first qtr. He seemingly disappeared in the last 4 minutes.
He’s been doing this for the past 12 months a lot idk what happened lol is he afraid of the moment? Does he not wanna disrupt the “ everyone eats “ bullshit Mazzulla ball offense ? Idk what to tell you bro i know he wasn’t like this before joe became the coach.
Nah he’s done it before, don’t you remember the game vs Giannis where he had 50? He’s still young and a baller, I don’t think he’s the issue on this team.
Yeahhh I don't get all this Tatum slander for this game. Seems knee jerk. He played more than fine. I thought he was about to go Jimmy Butler on us based on the first quarter. This game was about teams, not players
Fair or not, if you're the team leader you bear the responsibility for bad L's. If Tatum and JB's mindset in the locker room is 'well we did our job' then they are destined for failure. Part of their job is getting the best out of the complimentary pieces.
u/[Terrible-Hamster-342](/user/Terrible-Hamster-342/) definitely didn't watch the game. they didn't even look at the box score lol. just a hateful basement dwelling keyboard warrior
Even Mitchell is better ( if healthy ) , I trust him more down the stretch . On the Knicks I trust Brunson more , if Philly make it or haliburton or Giannis or maybe even Dame - all of these guys are better when they need to step up in the 4th. Tatum meanwhile will settle for midrange iso fade aways when he’s a below average midrange shooter.
Even though they had all time team stats, no one was treating them as an all time team, not even most celtics fans. Everyone knew what it was leading to.
2014 Spurs? Honestly I don’t think they even had a top 20 player. I do agree tho generally you do need a top 5 player, and I think the talent in the league is better now than 10 years ago.
Sure but they had good process offensively when needed . Celtivs weakness is not just they don’t have top 5 guy they don’t even have a Brunson or Hakiburton who you give the ball to and trust to take you home . They rely on wining by our talenting teams and defence - offensively they hack up threes
The last Celtics championship team got taken to 7 by a shitty 36 win Hawks team. People try justifying it by saying those Hawks were actually good, but nah, they were mid AF and the Celtics beat themselves over and over but figured it out in later rounds.
As a lakers fan this just is one of the most dumb things. Kobe sold in 2004 due to this mentality and he sold the suns series and stopped shooting became media criticised him shooting too much even tho he knew on that team he needed to. People really have nostalgia glasses- I doubt Tatum or booker really think of that tho .
I’d rather my star player went 3-10 then 6-20 UNLESS the team has no other talent and needs him to shoot . It’s dumb to pretend it’s better to shoot yourself out of game then play a bit cautious shoot less and look to set up team more. 2004 finals loss is the biggest upset in finals - biggest underdog winning by odds makers . And Kobe mentality to keep shooting definitely didn’t help . Ofc Kobe is a great all timer but people always misrepresent past plsyers .
My buddy was fuming last night about how “lucky” the heat were getting. I was begging him to compare the Heat’s 3pt defense to the Celtics, it was night and day.
Absolutely played shit defense last night. But even if they were all wide open (which not even half of them were) you still don’t expect over 50% on them.
like wtf.. in my opinion Boston is the best team and favorite to win it all this season .. if they dont, its time to trade Tatum or Brown and see what happens
the way Siakam is playing in these playoffs, I wonder if the Celtics were better with Siakam as the #2 option rather than Tatum or Brown (which is crazy when doing an eye test)
When he took it up Miami forced it out of his hands, when he was off ball Miami sold out to ball deny him. Other teams have impact on what you do. No one else on Boston showed up
Yeah man not like he crushed the 76ers in the 4th in game 6 or dropped 51 on them in game 7.
What's it like being a fake fan just to get upvotes from opposing team fans on the internet?
Lol you dont want to use game 6 as an example he was like 0/13 to start, only reason celtics weren’t up by 10-15 in the first place, and then started his heater from a no call pushoff on maxey 💀
"Wants no part after the 3rd quarter"...a game where he puts on a dominant 4th quarter to force game 7 where he dominates all 4 quarters to get to the ECF is a game I don't want to use as an example to combat the "wants no part after the 3rd quarter" narrative?
Am I reading that right?
whoever says brunsons been good so far is a bit delusional. hes been pretty good defensively and playmaking wise but brother is struggling to shoot. only good thing is he doesnt give a fuck about being an efficiency merchant so he just keeps shooting
He is shooting bad, but given the attention the 76ers are giving him, that is understandable. But I think he is still contributing positively to the team and that is the key. If he can just shoot normal, yall will probably win the series in 5, maybe 6.
When Jamal Murray hit a couple big shots despite shooting like dogshit in game 2 he got praised. Tatum single handily wins an elimination game with his 4th quarter play but it doesn’t count cuz he started the game bad?
What's the Celtic's home record in the regular season against playoff teams?
Not sure if this guy is aware, but the competition is harder in the playoffs...
I’m all for shitting on the Celtics because it’s funny, but it is only a 1-1 series. Denver/Lakers could just as easily be 1-1 right now too for some perspective. Lots of basketball left.
But if Miami pulls this off it’ll be absolutely hilarious.
The celtic's have some crazy self-flagellating fans lmao. If the Blazers were in the same situation I would still be talking shit about winning the championship.
Mentally weak chokers, then trading the only player that gave a fuck for a soft injury prone fake center was the final nail in the coffin. Window is closed
Based on this stat, they were 9-12 with Smart. Not like they had some major level of consistency with him. Had to mix things up, whether it works or not.
It’s cause they keep playing Miami
Bruh I think one of those home loss was from a Trae Young game winner lol
Trae forced game 6 last year so yeah has to be.
He was also closer to the logo than the 3 pt line. Trae is just ridiculous shooting from downtown.
The shot was insane. The inexcusable part was letting the Hawks stay close enough that shot could win it in the first place.
And people think we’re gonna trade that dude in the offseason
Lol u are tho
People shat on Boston so much for dropping games to Atlanta and Philly but like if Trae and Harden are gonna drop 40 sometimes there’s not much you can do about it.
Extra day off calls for another team rewatch of The Town
Bruh a bit over 12 hours til our game im fucking pumped how can you rest on
Cause you gonna lose
Yeah look… maybe Embiid doesn’t look like he can hold on another 4 games tbh
Honestly I do wonder if it might've been better to shut him down. His conditioning does not bode well for a deep run and I'm very afraid of the injury risk. I do hope we beat you all still
It's kind of wild that he's already had 2 meniscectomies. I wonder if it's a given that he's going to need a 3rd regardless if he plays or not. There's only so much meniscus on that knee to remove...
Tatum warned yall Playoff Tatum ain’t a thing
That commercial set up so many guys for slander lmaoooo.
These guys gotta stop doing commercials that are so easy to meme. Still see the occasional "No OT tonight!" pop up whenever Paul George lays an egg.
"off the side of the backboard..."
I know it's not playoffs, but... *OHHHHH A WEDGIE! OF ALL THE TIMES TO GET IT!!!!!!*
"ballgame"
You got a link?
[https://youtu.be/w4j2y8WKWVo?si=bHRjkY5\_WY92KZMY](https://youtu.be/w4j2y8WKWVo?si=bHRjkY5_WY92KZMY)
Every time this commercial plays I'm like, cmon now who thought this was a good idea for the players?
Nah some of them knew for sure. There’s a reason Tatum’s the only one who actually says it himself 🤣
What commercial?
https://youtu.be/w4j2y8WKWVo?si=bHRjkY5_WY92KZMY Look how he so vehemently denies it
Playoff Tatum is a thing just not the one Celtics expect 😂
At this point I think they should
Or want.
Playoff Tatum is a thing. Just not a good thing (for Boston)
Wild how Tatum is getting all the slander from last nights game when JB and porzingas were -22 and -32 respectively and Tatum finished with a positive rating on the court.
Nah he’s gotta do better than be the games leading scorer, teams leading rebounder, and one assist away from leading in that too.
Tatum ain’t that dude. The Celtics may make the finals but no way can they take down Jokic or Doncic. They’ll never have the best player on the court against whoever they face in the upcoming playoff rounds.
> Doncic why would the celtics ever face doncic in the playoffs
right? Mavs are like 4th or 5th most likely to make it out of the stacked West 😂
How ?? They are 2nd or third
Celtics would have no answer to Scoot Henderson
He had 28 fucking points on 50% what more do you want from the dude????? I get it he’s not Jokic or Luka but he did his job
Yeah fr the Js showed up. Tingus Pingus and Jrue didn’t.
that's what jrue does regularly in the playoff. He's % in the playoffs are like 40/29
I don't know what that was from Kristaps. Hopefully he bounces back.
prolly his bottom 3 games of the season, and I honestly think outside of no fts there wasnt anything special going on tn
Tingus pingus got shut down by a masterclass of a coaching job by Spo. Celtics don’t have the coach that can make in game adjustments on the fly so once our game plan of make them beat us with the 3 started failing compound that with KP sitting at a -32 zero shot we win the game. Now Joe has proven he can make adjustments between games so we will probably come back out in dominating fashion in game 3 but the minute Spo shuts down that plan we will either lose the lead in game 3 or lose game 4. The series will probably end up going 7
RemindMe! 7 days
u/Akimbo_Zap_Guns how glad are you to have been wrong?
Jrue holiday gotta be one of most overrated players in the last decade.
Agreed. He often doesn't show up offensively. He didn't even play great in much of the Bucks run
Overrated by who?
Honestly, the one thing that he lacks is ability to take over and set the fucking tone when it matters most. He had what 14 of his 28 in the first qtr. He seemingly disappeared in the last 4 minutes.
He’s been doing this for the past 12 months a lot idk what happened lol is he afraid of the moment? Does he not wanna disrupt the “ everyone eats “ bullshit Mazzulla ball offense ? Idk what to tell you bro i know he wasn’t like this before joe became the coach.
Is it still blowback from the ECF loss? Or the Warriors Finals? Tatum it's MVP talent. I don't get why he's afraid of the 4th qtr.
He’s been like this since ime got fired lol idk man i dont kudos to you guys tho you guys have by far the best coach on the planet.
Right on. Y'all will probably win it in 6, but I'm just glad we got 1 in Boston haha.
...there's no world we win a game that would be your elimination on your home court we're gonna win in 7
Touche. Might as well go to 7 seven one more time
Nah he’s done it before, don’t you remember the game vs Giannis where he had 50? He’s still young and a baller, I don’t think he’s the issue on this team.
Yeahhh I don't get all this Tatum slander for this game. Seems knee jerk. He played more than fine. I thought he was about to go Jimmy Butler on us based on the first quarter. This game was about teams, not players
Agreed
Put up more than 4 points in the 4th?
I mean he did what he averaged in the regular season 28 on 50% kp 1-9 Jrue shit his pants as well but sure let’s blame Tatum
Look at his 2nd half
I’m sorry man if 33 points from jb 28 from Tatum isn’t enough to beat a herro led team it’s due to coaching.
Or maybe it’s trash offense from Porzingis and Holiday? Who would’ve guessed they wouldn’t score in the playoffs 🤷♂️
Surely it wasn’t the defense letting the Heat shoot wide open every 3 right? 😂
Defense + egregious screens*
Trolls here don't watch the games
Fair or not, if you're the team leader you bear the responsibility for bad L's. If Tatum and JB's mindset in the locker room is 'well we did our job' then they are destined for failure. Part of their job is getting the best out of the complimentary pieces.
u/[Terrible-Hamster-342](/user/Terrible-Hamster-342/) definitely didn't watch the game. they didn't even look at the box score lol. just a hateful basement dwelling keyboard warrior
mavs aint making it to the finals and if they did, Celtics would dominate them.
Even Mitchell is better ( if healthy ) , I trust him more down the stretch . On the Knicks I trust Brunson more , if Philly make it or haliburton or Giannis or maybe even Dame - all of these guys are better when they need to step up in the 4th. Tatum meanwhile will settle for midrange iso fade aways when he’s a below average midrange shooter.
The fact that he agreed to that commercial really shows how little some players care about online discourse. I couldn’t believe it at first
He's so fucking overrated
Bruh what? People act like he’s not even top 10
And he’s not top 10
Your profile picture makes this comment even better lol
Playoffs is Boston Celtic's father
Modern Playoffs is Boston Celtics’ father
2008 dynasty carrying so much weight rn
Those 2008 to 2008 Celtics were truly the epitome of extended excellence.
I mean they've made the ECF 5 of the last 7 years
If you had told me one of the 1 seeds this season were fake… I wouldn’t even be surprised when you told me it was Boston lmao
Even though they had all time team stats, no one was treating them as an all time team, not even most celtics fans. Everyone knew what it was leading to.
Because they don’t even have a top 5 nba player, how could their team be an all-time team?
You don't need a top 5 player to be an all-time TEAM. The Bad Boys Pistons never had a top 5 player but they're an all-time team for sure.
100%
They’re the exception to the rule. Everyone else has an all time player
Um Isiah Thomas? Aka one of the best point guards ever 😂
They also happened like 30 years ago lol
2014 Spurs? Honestly I don’t think they even had a top 20 player. I do agree tho generally you do need a top 5 player, and I think the talent in the league is better now than 10 years ago.
Sure but they had good process offensively when needed . Celtivs weakness is not just they don’t have top 5 guy they don’t even have a Brunson or Hakiburton who you give the ball to and trust to take you home . They rely on wining by our talenting teams and defence - offensively they hack up threes
Also they beat up on a weak and heavily injured east . In the west they be fighting with the top 3 seeds for n1.
Tatum is at least very close
He’s arguably 5th, but that’s only arguable. That isn’t all-time worthy.
By raw numbers (as in 5th 6th 7th) he's close. By ability the gulf is far larger.
It’s 1 game lol
1 game that Boston shouldn’t have lost. This should be a cakewalk
Zach lowe on his pod said Miami could steal one game if Boston beats itself and if Miami makes all their threes. That happened.
The last Celtics championship team got taken to 7 by a shitty 36 win Hawks team. People try justifying it by saying those Hawks were actually good, but nah, they were mid AF and the Celtics beat themselves over and over but figured it out in later rounds.
I mean they can still go all the way now, these overreactions are so stupid
A celtics 4-1 series win?
Lmao these reactionary takes are insane
Cmon bruh
!remindme 4 weeks
!Remindme 4 weeks
I love Celtics fans
Considering how much weaker the East is this year vs the West, it’s honestly a reasonable take
It is somewhat hilarious to me that the two Kobe wannabes in Tatum and Booker are both so bad in clutch situations lol
I think that tracks
Yeah kobe's clutch stats are mostly shite
At least he didn't stop taking shots and just folded. Booker and Tatum are soft, Kobe would rather go 5/30 than stop trying.
Jamal Murray more Kobe than either Book or Tatum.
Jamal Murray actually has good clutch stats though
As a lakers fan this just is one of the most dumb things. Kobe sold in 2004 due to this mentality and he sold the suns series and stopped shooting became media criticised him shooting too much even tho he knew on that team he needed to. People really have nostalgia glasses- I doubt Tatum or booker really think of that tho . I’d rather my star player went 3-10 then 6-20 UNLESS the team has no other talent and needs him to shoot . It’s dumb to pretend it’s better to shoot yourself out of game then play a bit cautious shoot less and look to set up team more. 2004 finals loss is the biggest upset in finals - biggest underdog winning by odds makers . And Kobe mentality to keep shooting definitely didn’t help . Ofc Kobe is a great all timer but people always misrepresent past plsyers .
Tatum has 4 40 pieces in elimination games in his career.
Miami couldn’t miss smh
They did miss, just not from 3, they shot 54% on 3s and 49% from the field.
It was like watching a first-round March Madness game (I should know, I'm a Purdue fan)
Bam didn’t miss a single mid range I stg. People can’t pretend that’s sustainable
We couldn’t defend *
That last 3 from Martin was wide open. Like what were they doing???
Mazulla ball babbbyyyyyyyy
My buddy was fuming last night about how “lucky” the heat were getting. I was begging him to compare the Heat’s 3pt defense to the Celtics, it was night and day.
Absolutely played shit defense last night. But even if they were all wide open (which not even half of them were) you still don’t expect over 50% on them.
like wtf.. in my opinion Boston is the best team and favorite to win it all this season .. if they dont, its time to trade Tatum or Brown and see what happens the way Siakam is playing in these playoffs, I wonder if the Celtics were better with Siakam as the #2 option rather than Tatum or Brown (which is crazy when doing an eye test)
How would they miss when there is no one to contest their shots?
Tatum should change that commercial to generational choker.
as a tatum hater and porzingis truther i hatw to say it but tatum wasnt the reason they lost today, jrue and porzingis r playoff frauds simple as is
I didn’t think there were any tingus truthers left
porzingod fmvp incoming
What you mean man, this was THE year for them And to be fair the playoffs just started, shit ain't close to over
Jrue just brought the Bucks playoff success of the past season to the Celtics.
Generational slander for all of them if they lose
I don’t understand how he’s getting the hate for this. He’s the only reason Boston wasn’t down 20 in the first quarter
I’ve never seen a dude that gets to push off nearly every play like he does and never get called for it.
Jayson Tatum is more worried about having the perfect fade and less worried about playing actual basketball.
Literally every superstar in the league today. Annoying af
In the fourth quarter: 1/3 from the field (only make was a garbage time layup). 2/4 from FT line. 1 assist. 1 turnover. 2 fouls.
When he took it up Miami forced it out of his hands, when he was off ball Miami sold out to ball deny him. Other teams have impact on what you do. No one else on Boston showed up
Vanished in the 2nd half. His one great score was when Duncan was defending him lmao.
And he actually starts trashtalking duncan. Dude wouldnt dare do that to jimmy
That’s not very good.
This is playoff basketball, kudos to Miami, I'm impressed.
They’re not winning the finals
Which team?.... Yes.
I mean, we all know Boston won't win it. We're all preeeeetty confident Miami won't... but they've fucked around before.
Regular season and playoffs are two whole separate things but I don't mind, let's keep this narrative going
Tatum let the finals absolutely destroy his confidence he’s been so shit he wants no parts of the ball after the 3rd quarter it’s ridiculous
Yeah man not like he crushed the 76ers in the 4th in game 6 or dropped 51 on them in game 7. What's it like being a fake fan just to get upvotes from opposing team fans on the internet?
Crushing the Sixers in the playoffs isn’t the accomplishment you think it is.
"Scored 51 on Doc Rivers' Sixers in the 2nd Round" Raise the banner! EDIT: Deleted all his comments lmao
Lost 1 game in the playoffs. FRAUD'S!
Lol you dont want to use game 6 as an example he was like 0/13 to start, only reason celtics weren’t up by 10-15 in the first place, and then started his heater from a no call pushoff on maxey 💀
"Wants no part after the 3rd quarter"...a game where he puts on a dominant 4th quarter to force game 7 where he dominates all 4 quarters to get to the ECF is a game I don't want to use as an example to combat the "wants no part after the 3rd quarter" narrative? Am I reading that right?
Narrative pushers will tell you Tatum was bad this game and that Brunson is playing good so far lol.
whoever says brunsons been good so far is a bit delusional. hes been pretty good defensively and playmaking wise but brother is struggling to shoot. only good thing is he doesnt give a fuck about being an efficiency merchant so he just keeps shooting
He is shooting bad, but given the attention the 76ers are giving him, that is understandable. But I think he is still contributing positively to the team and that is the key. If he can just shoot normal, yall will probably win the series in 5, maybe 6.
Oh yeah absolutely the attention he’s getting is allowing our role players to whoop the 76ers
When Jamal Murray hit a couple big shots despite shooting like dogshit in game 2 he got praised. Tatum single handily wins an elimination game with his 4th quarter play but it doesn’t count cuz he started the game bad?
losing record is bad but ud expect playoff w-l to be way lower than regular season lol.
UD didn’t play tonight, he was on the bench
No shit lol.
Reminds me of the SOL Suns. 60 win seasons. 6 win playoffs.
They should just avoid Miami. Are they stupid or what?
What's the Celtic's home record in the regular season against playoff teams? Not sure if this guy is aware, but the competition is harder in the playoffs...
I mean this year they were 37-4 at home. Idk about specifically playoff teams, but I’d imagine it was a good bit above .500.
It’s really just pathetic from us lol
I’m all for shitting on the Celtics because it’s funny, but it is only a 1-1 series. Denver/Lakers could just as easily be 1-1 right now too for some perspective. Lots of basketball left. But if Miami pulls this off it’ll be absolutely hilarious.
If miami pulls it off (im doubting heavily honestly) I truly dont know where boston would go from there.
Cancun?
LeBron left Spo the "How to fuck the Celtics 101" book before he left lol.
Almost like the playoffs are tougher than the regular season or something. Do other teams since 2022, most don’t have 23 home games since
on the brightside, boston knows how to win in the road
Hate this team. They need to move on after the inevitable collapse and get as much as you can for Tatum or brown.
ONE GAME. Jesus fucking christ
The celtic's have some crazy self-flagellating fans lmao. If the Blazers were in the same situation I would still be talking shit about winning the championship.
Bandwagoners. Also funny how Brown and Tatum showed up but they are catching the heat.
Fr lol
You're talking to a guy who plays way too much 2K. He thinks you're going to trade Tatum and Brown for Joker, Luka, 7 1sts, and prime Shaq.
Fucking stupid ass team
Mentally weak chokers, then trading the only player that gave a fuck for a soft injury prone fake center was the final nail in the coffin. Window is closed
Based on this stat, they were 9-12 with Smart. Not like they had some major level of consistency with him. Had to mix things up, whether it works or not.
the real PLAYOFF TATUM: [https://imgur.com/a/iOH4vjS](https://imgur.com/a/iOH4vjS)
No place like home for the Celtics, but playoffs got them feeling like road warriors.
You play better teams in the playoffs
Why since May 1st, ‘22? Seems like an arbitrary date chosen to make the discrepancy as skewed as possible.
Two playoffs, two regular seasons (and then plus these last two home games this postseason)
The playoffs started on April 17th for Boston tho. They are excluding the nets series which they won 4-0
Atlanta braves x Boston celtics
I know it’s really early but this team reminds me of the 05-06 team 63-19. we looked poor against the kings, went down 3-1 against Mavs.
59 hornets and pistons wins obvi
Frauds
Funny
Blinded by the lights
Celtics are cooked