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2022-23 NBA Thread: “you’ll never let me down like the Heat did”, Miami fan says to giant pile of cocaine (3 Viewers)

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NewlyRetired said:
Jayrod said:
I think part of the problem is a lack of fast/hard cutting by Tatum and Brown. They walk into position and just post up using their size, wasting time and putting no pressure on the defense.
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I kind of lump this under the Energy umbrella.

The Celtics are still playing with the energy level of a regular season game while their less talented opponents are playing with playoff level energy which is making these series so much harder for Boston than it should be on paper.

I don't know if you can fix an energy level issue this late into the playoffs but tonight has to be the night if they can figure it out.

As a related aside, many moons ago, Moses Malone once said "I could take 4 guys from the playgrounds and beat these guys". What Jimmy Butler is doing is the closest I have ever seen to this statement coming true.
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now i'm imagining Mo Malone posting 52 and 49 rebounds in a game with 4 middle aged fellas in Converse. doesn't even feel particularly farfetched.
 
Anarchy99 said:
Jayrod said:
Season on the line for Boston tonight. They have a lot to fix.
  1. Brown has to play better because he was AWFUL in game 2. I saw him cost them twice in 1st qtr missing rebounds, was a step slow in his man to man defense multiple times and just ineffective on offense. I put game 2 blame on him over everyone else.
  2. TimeLord got bullied IN the paint. He has to step to drives quicker and decrease the space before they get to the rim. Guys got too deep on him and scored right in his face 5-6 times in game 2. If he can't protect the rim, his lack of shooting is too much of a spacing detriment on offense making him a net negative.
  3. 4th quarter offense can't be awful. The Heat doubling Tatum shouldn't be a shock and their lack of a plan after the double is on Mazzula. This is where he is getting outcoached. Getting Tatum in a spot where he can punish the double team is on the coaches. Brad Stevens could help, but not sure on how their dynamic works internally.
I have been disgusted at times by their effort, coordination, structure and form. Coaching and player effort between these 2 teams is night and day and the Heat are using that to overcome what is a decent sized talent gap. Man vs man, the Celtics are better 1 - 8, but they are just being neutralized too often.
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There has been some whispers that Brown is playing with an injury. To illustrate how awful he's been, he has an offensive rating of 83 and a defensive rating of 127. He's a brother from another mother to Al Horford, who clocks in at 88 and 118. On the surface it looks like Timelord has been a liability, but the numbers show otherwise. His offensive rating so far is 158 with a defensive rating of 121. His performance twin has been Derrick White, who is at 160 and 122, Tatum is even at 121 in both categories.

If anyone takes stock in game score numbers, Tatum is at 23.3, Rob at 13.8, Brogdon at 10.4, with Smart at 10.1. Compare that to Butler (26.8), Bam (19.5), and Martin (17.3). The Celtics aren't winning anything if Rob Williams is their #2 player and Martin laps Brown (7.2) and Horford (4.8).
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What injury?
 
Man this Celtics team just looks so disinterested in winning. Such a weird thing. Lazy turnovers, not coming back in transition defense, just has to be so hard to be a coach with this team
 
Celtics look like a team that is unraveling already. Crying non-stop for calls to the officials and looking a little out of control.
 
ChicoCat said:
This actually works out for the SIxers. They lose to BOS....but get rid of Doc....and BOS gets embarassed by a play in team.
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kind of agree here. I think the Heat would be blowing out the Sixers just as bad with the way they were playing near the end of that Celtics series.
 
msudaisy26 said:
ChicoCat said:
This actually works out for the SIxers. They lose to BOS....but get rid of Doc....and BOS gets embarassed by a play in team.
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Huh?
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SIlver lining, Brah. If the SIxers made it to this round...Doc RIvers job would have been safe and they would have been dismantled by this Heat team. As it is...even though they lost to BOS in the last round, Doc is now gone and BOS is getting crushed.
 
Best NHL regular season team gets bounced in the 1st round.

NBA team gets swept in the conference finals by the 8 seed.

Baseball team 8 games out of first by May 22.

Football team sucks out loud.


Rough year, Boston.
 
ChicoCat said:
msudaisy26 said:
ChicoCat said:
This actually works out for the SIxers. They lose to BOS....but get rid of Doc....and BOS gets embarassed by a play in team.
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Huh?
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SIlver lining, Brah. If the SIxers made it to this round...Doc RIvers job would have been safe and they would have been dismantled by this Heat team. As it is...even though they lost to BOS in the last round, Doc is now gone and BOS is getting crushed.
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Sorry. That line of thinking seems off. I am glad my team lost and didn't get a chance to play to go to the finals? Plus if they got destroyed Doc still would have been gone.

Once you are in the playoffs you want to win. Everytime.
 
man if there is anything milwaukee knows it is that the fireballers are a hell of a good team take that to the bank brochachos
 
msudaisy26 said:
They might want to cancel game 4
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lol i was just thinking the same thing. Considering the lack of focus, energy and will from the Celtics tonight, i have no idea how they will look after completely looking like this after a technical "must" win game
 
will marcus dumb be suspended after the game when the nba looks at that play again he clearly took a swing take that to the bank brohans
 
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