Celtics (26-11) at Thunder (15-21) Game #38 1/3/23

[celticinorlando]

Wow. This is just ugly

[Silas]

Something is really wrong with this team.  They don't look like the team early in the season.  They look very pedestrian since the GS loss.

[hpantazo]

Outright embarrassing. The Celtics put on a clinic on how to lose in that first half.

[slamtheking]

C's with 5 of their top 6 players with a -16 or worse for this half.  3 of them at -20 or worse.  speaks volumes

[jpotter33]

You could put a side by side comparison of the offense from the start of the season to now, and you'd never guess that it was the same team. All of the movement - both player and ball - is gone, and we're back to taking turns of isos. Joe is going to have to do something to remedy this, as this is becoming more and more common.

[celticinorlando]

Defense this season is just non existent

[Yuckabuck33]

Giving up 74 points in a half.
Joe has ALREADY lost the locker room.
This is disgusting.

[blink]

Something is really wrong with this team.  They don't look like the team early in the season.  They look very pedestrian since the GS loss.

Pedestrian is really being overly kind lol.
but I agree.  we haven't been right since that GS beatdown.

Plus with us as the top team in the NBA, I think EVERYONE is gunning for us more than before.  We seem like we are getting the best game of the year from every team we play.  That might be partially from us sucking so bad, not completely sure.

[celticinorlando]

Going to be third or 4th in the east sooner than later

[Yuckabuck33]

You could put a side by side comparison of the offense from the start of the season to now, and you'd never guess that it was the same team. All of the movement - both player and ball - is gone, and we're back to taking turns of isos. Joe is going to have to do something to remedy this, as this is becoming more and more common.

What's Joe going to do? Switch out his gum?
He's ineffective as a coach. Since Brad won't have the stones to fire him, he should resign at halftime.

[celticinorlando]

This team is just too inconsistent. They either look great or look like trash. This is concerning.

[SCeltic34]

Something is really wrong with this team.  They don't look like the team early in the season.  They look very pedestrian since the GS loss.

Pedestrian is really being overly kind lol.
but I agree.  we haven't been right since that GS beatdown.

Plus with us as the top team in the NBA, I think EVERYONE is gunning for us more than before.  We seem like we are getting the best game of the year from every team we play.  That might be partially from us sucking so bad, not completely sure.

GS already had our team figured out from the Finals, especially from game 5 on.  It's like the rest of the league studied the footage of GS shutting us down again this season and they're applying the same strategy.  That and we stopped making our open 3's.

[LaBran Jaymes]

If we're gonna get embarrassed by OKC without SGA, no way we'll hold onto the top seed. These are games that shouldn't be lost. The Nets are coming.

[radiohead]

You could put a side by side comparison of the offense from the start of the season to now, and you'd never guess that it was the same team. All of the movement - both player and ball - is gone, and we're back to taking turns of isos. Joe is going to have to do something to remedy this, as this is becoming more and more common.

Everyone seems to be back at going one on one as the first option. Even Brogdon who seemed like a good fit at the start of the season has been trying to score by himself lately. smhas something to do with he second stringers getting cold from outside? Whatever it is, they better fix it soon.

[radiohead]

If we're gonna get embarrassed by OKC without SGA, no way we'll hold onto the top seed. These are games that shouldn't be lost. The Nets are coming.

I would like to believe that they’ll bring their A game vs the Nets. This is just a case of simply underestimating the opponent.