Bucks (7-0) at Celtics (5-2) Game #8 11/1/18

[gouki88]

Semi was probably my happiest surprise from tonight. Efficient shooting, good defence and some thunderous dunks

[RockinRyA]

Big board, Al!!!

Horford actually allowed Middleton to come around and get position on the baseline on that missed free throw - if the ball bounced the other way, we are tied. Baynes is the one that got us that rebound - he took his guy completely out and allowed Horford to grab the board.

so Horford shouldve dropped the ball then? Anyway you want to put it it was a huge play and Horford grabbed the rebound. Rebounding can be a team effort too, dont you know?

[hpantazo]

Other than Morris , not great performance from our BWA.

Baynes did a great job, he's usually part of the BWA

[Boris Badenov]

This is awful basketball by the Celtics win or lose can they do anything accept shoot a 3 or an off balanced  junper? Can they execute anything on offense besides shooting 3’s? I understand it’s a different game now and everyone shoots 3’s but my god 54 attempts??? They had Milwaukee down by 15 and continued to jack up 3’s while Milwaukee starting driving the paint. Just so boring to watch the Celtics jack up 3’ every possession create some [dang] offense.

If they hadn't been wide open and if we weren't winning this argument might hold. Our offence is designed to shoot threes

Which is why I'm starting to back up on my beating GS thinking.

Why? Houston was a healthy Chris Paul away from beating GSW, and that's how they play offensively too.

We're a much better defence than them too

It's not, actually. Shooting a lot of free throws is a key part of their offense (25 per game, 3rd in the league last year). We shot 13 FTs tonight. It really was just us jacking up the first open 3 we got.

[gouki88]

This is awful basketball by the Celtics win or lose can they do anything accept shoot a 3 or an off balanced  junper? Can they execute anything on offense besides shooting 3’s? I understand it’s a different game now and everyone shoots 3’s but my god 54 attempts??? They had Milwaukee down by 15 and continued to jack up 3’s while Milwaukee starting driving the paint. Just so boring to watch the Celtics jack up 3’ every possession create some [dang] offense.

If they hadn't been wide open and if we weren't winning this argument might hold. Our offence is designed to shoot threes

Which is why I'm starting to back up on my beating GS thinking.

Why? Houston was a healthy Chris Paul away from beating GSW, and that's how they play offensively too.

We're a much better defence than them too

It's not, actually. Shooting a lot of free throws is a key part of their offense (25 per game, 3rd in the league last year). We shot 13 FTs tonight. It really was just us jacking up the first open 3 we got.

Oh yeah, our offence is more 3 or mid-range rather than the key or three that D'Antoni loves. But the heavy reliance on deep shooting is the similarity.

We also don't have a Harden to just get free throws whenever he moves

[jpotter33]

Other than Morris , not great performance from our BWA.

Brad needs to sit Rozier down about his apparently selfish, contract-chasing play so far.

[manl_lui]

great win boys!

[gouki88]

Other than Morris , not great performance from our BWA.

Brad needs to sit Rozier down about his apparently selfish, contract-chasing play so far.

Wonder if IT lent him his truck

[Surferdad]

24 3s, only won by 4. Not a good statistic. I understand 3s are the chic thing right now but there needs to be a healthy balance. Cs barely get to the FT line. They need to be more aggressive attacking the paint.

One is not related to the other. The defense gave up 113 points.

[gouki88]

24 3s, only won by 4. Not a good statistic. I understand 3s are the chic thing right now but there needs to be a healthy balance. Cs barely get to the FT line. They need to be more aggressive attacking the paint.

One is not related to the other. The defense gave up 113 points.

And like, 50 points in the paint or so

[tenn_smoothie]

This is awful basketball by the Celtics win or lose can they do anything accept shoot a 3 or an off balanced  junper? Can they execute anything on offense besides shooting 3’s? I understand it’s a different game now and everyone shoots 3’s but my god 54 attempts??? They had Milwaukee down by 15 and continued to jack up 3’s while Milwaukee starting driving the paint. Just so boring to watch the Celtics jack up 3’ every possession create some [dang] offense.

If they hadn't been wide open and if we weren't winning this argument might hold. Our offence is designed to shoot threes

Which is why I'm starting to back up on my beating GS thinking.

Why? Houston was a healthy Chris Paul away from beating GSW, and that's how they play offensively too.

We're a much better defence than them too

Houston chucked themselves out of the series. The C's can easily do the same.

And they wouldn't have been able to win 3 games without their shooting. This argument can go in circles forever.

I'm not saying I like all the threes, but it's clearly our modus operandi

No they went up 3-2 by slowing the game down and playing tough hard defense. Then they started chucking 3's again and it cost them. You don't beat GS by trying to outscore them. I just don't like the offense and honestly never have under CBS. Everyone is allowed to take bad shots without consequence.

Yes, Yes and Yes. We are not Golden State - we have good inside scorers and are much better when we drive it or feed the post some. Plus, jacking all these 3's has hurt our offensive rebounding, which was greatly improved last year. Now Stevens has allowed Baynes to think he is a wing. Stevens has to be a tougher coach with his players - and don't tell me we don't know what is said in meetings or practice. It's obvious by shot selection that he is not correcting this problem. A record shooting night will only make things worse in the long run. Just look what happened late - we couldn't score down the stretch and almost blew an important game.

[Rosco917]

Other than Morris , not great performance from our BWA.

Brad needs to sit Rozier down about his apparently selfish, contract-chasing play so far.

Agree with this, Terry is out of control much of the game. He looks for his and his alone.

[gouki88]

This is awful basketball by the Celtics win or lose can they do anything accept shoot a 3 or an off balanced  junper? Can they execute anything on offense besides shooting 3’s? I understand it’s a different game now and everyone shoots 3’s but my god 54 attempts??? They had Milwaukee down by 15 and continued to jack up 3’s while Milwaukee starting driving the paint. Just so boring to watch the Celtics jack up 3’ every possession create some [dang] offense.

If they hadn't been wide open and if we weren't winning this argument might hold. Our offence is designed to shoot threes

Which is why I'm starting to back up on my beating GS thinking.

Why? Houston was a healthy Chris Paul away from beating GSW, and that's how they play offensively too.

We're a much better defence than them too

Houston chucked themselves out of the series. The C's can easily do the same.

And they wouldn't have been able to win 3 games without their shooting. This argument can go in circles forever.

I'm not saying I like all the threes, but it's clearly our modus operandi

No they went up 3-2 by slowing the game down and playing tough hard defense. Then they started chucking 3's again and it cost them. You don't beat GS by trying to outscore them. I just don't like the offense and honestly never have under CBS. Everyone is allowed to take bad shots without consequence.

Yes, Yes and Yes. We are not Golden State - we have good inside scorers and are much better when we drive it or feed the post some. Plus, jacking all these 3's has hurt our offensive rebounding, which was greatly improved last year. Now Stevens has allowed Baynes to think he is a wing. Stevens has to be a tougher coach with his players - and don't tell me we don't know what is said in meetings or practice. It's obvious by shot selection that he is not correcting the bad shot selection. A record shooting night like this game will only make things worse in the long run. Just look what happened late - we couldn't score down the stretch and almost blew an important game.

100% agree. He needs to get onto Baynes and Rozier I think

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

The fact we're still getting wins against quality opponents while still having plenty of things to improve on is not a bad thing.

there's always work to be done

FOLLOW THE PROCESS

[Boris Badenov]

This is awful basketball by the Celtics win or lose can they do anything accept shoot a 3 or an off balanced  junper? Can they execute anything on offense besides shooting 3’s? I understand it’s a different game now and everyone shoots 3’s but my god 54 attempts??? They had Milwaukee down by 15 and continued to jack up 3’s while Milwaukee starting driving the paint. Just so boring to watch the Celtics jack up 3’ every possession create some [dang] offense.

If they hadn't been wide open and if we weren't winning this argument might hold. Our offence is designed to shoot threes

Which is why I'm starting to back up on my beating GS thinking.

Why? Houston was a healthy Chris Paul away from beating GSW, and that's how they play offensively too.

We're a much better defence than them too

It's not, actually. Shooting a lot of free throws is a key part of their offense (25 per game, 3rd in the league last year). We shot 13 FTs tonight. It really was just us jacking up the first open 3 we got.

Oh yeah, our offence is more 3 or mid-range rather than the key or three that D'Antoni loves. But the heavy reliance on deep shooting is the similarity.

We also don't have a Harden to just get free throws whenever he moves

More drive-and-kick from TR and KI would help. And a few post-ups by Smart and Horford.

In a way we are cursed by our talent. We get good shots really easily, and guys are shooting it. We need to hit that level where we pass up the good shot for the *great* shot. If we can do that, we will start destroying people.