Celtics (2-1) at Heat (1-2) Round 1 Game 4 4/29/24

[liam]

CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT:

I would 100% prefer Doris Burke in commentary over SVG.

Can't believe I said it, but SVG was horrific tonight.

I think a talking bird would be better than either one.

[Goldstar88]

i’m more concerned that not one celtic went after bam after that deliberately dirty play. soft.

Exactly. Big part of this team's problem. Lord, they are a passive bunch.

Horford went over and pushed Bam away from Tatum. Are you guys watching the game?

no, he didn’t. al brushed bam’s shoulder running to help up tatum. bam could have taken out our best player with that intentionally dirty play; someone should have sent a message.

And he got a tech for that. We're down Zinger already, what is the realistic outcome you wanted from that situation than stupid, macho violence?

I'd like to see some macho violence myself.

i’d like to see a celtic send a message to miami that their dirty play will have consequences, especially if they try to intentionally hurt a player. doesn’t mean a punch, but how about getting in bam’s face with some words of warning if he continues to play dirty ball. some of you guys are soft.

Yeah, some of you are jumping from one extreme (passive, no response) to another (punch the guy's lights out).
Jumping right into the Miami player's face, chest to chest, with some strong  words by more than one Celtic would be much better.

When was the last finesse team with such a passive personality win the title ?

Yeah, we need an enforcer like Jokic and Jamal Murray! Oh, wait… 

[Atzar]

For those of us with a tendency to cite single-game +/- as if it means anything, Jaylen Brown had a team-high +17 despite playing like absolute s*** all night. 

That's what that stat is worth.  Zilch.

[Celtic Fan Forever]

Is Tatum's ankle OK?

He seemed to be moving well afterwards

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT:

I would 100% prefer Doris Burke in commentary over SVG.

Can't believe I said it, but SVG was horrific tonight.

I think a talking bird would be better than either one.

[SparzWizard]

People keep saying to just rest porzingis Game 5 on Twitter, LOL that's a foregone conclusion already, I'm just praying it's not season-ending or something like that

I’m with you on that. That sequence with KP did not look good to me. If he’s back at some point next series I’ll be very happy.

Just hoping it doesn't become another Timelord situation where he comes back and becomes pretty much ineffective

[blink]

For those of us with a tendency to cite single-game +/- as if it means anything, Jaylen Brown had a team-high +17 despite playing like absolute s*** all night. 

That's what that stat is worth.  Zilch.

man you beat me to it.   The +/- here gets a lot of love.  JB played like crap all night and had the highest +/-.

JT/JB need to get back to playing well, and soon.  We can't expect DWhite to turn into Curry every night.   JT/JB need to play a lot better.  I don't understand the effort and poor play tonight.

[Neurotic Guy]

Is Tatum's ankle OK?

I don’t see how it isn’t impacted. It turned and he was in a good deal of pain. He’ll feel it tomorrow.

[Celtics2021]

CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT:

I would 100% prefer Doris Burke in commentary over SVG.

Can't believe I said it, but SVG was horrific tonight.

I think a talking bird would be better than either one.

To be fair, a talking bird would be pretty cool.

[Silas]

Bottom line is the Cs are in control up 3-1 and going home.

[RJ87]

i’m more concerned that not one celtic went after bam after that deliberately dirty play. soft.

Exactly. Big part of this team's problem. Lord, they are a passive bunch.

Horford went over and pushed Bam away from Tatum. Are you guys watching the game?

no, he didn’t. al brushed bam’s shoulder running to help up tatum. bam could have taken out our best player with that intentionally dirty play; someone should have sent a message.

And he got a tech for that. We're down Zinger already, what is the realistic outcome you wanted from that situation than stupid, macho violence?

I'd like to see some macho violence myself.

i’d like to see a celtic send a message to miami that their dirty play will have consequences, especially if they try to intentionally hurt a player. doesn’t mean a punch, but how about getting in bam’s face with some words of warning if he continues to play dirty ball. some of you guys are soft.

Yeah, some of you are jumping from one extreme (passive, no response) to another (punch the guy's lights out).
Jumping right into the Miami player's face, chest to chest, with some strong  words by more than one Celtic would be much better.

When was the last finesse team with such a passive personality win the title ?

No, no one is jumping to any extremes. We just recognize that Al - in the situation you described - got a technical foul for his behavior. If that escalates further, punishments will be more severe.

At the point of the game in question, we're up big with little time left. We're down a key player. Just be smart and move on to the next game. There's absolutely no reason to jeopardize your availability in game 5 when game 4 is in hand other than to appease a section of the fanbase that will always be miserable.

[CelticSooner]

People keep saying to just rest porzingis Game 5 on Twitter, LOL that's a foregone conclusion already, I'm just praying it's not season-ending or something like that

I’m with you on that. That sequence with KP did not look good to me. If he’s back at some point next series I’ll be very happy.

Just hoping it doesn't become another Timelord situation where he comes back and becomes pretty much ineffective

That's now the worry, we have no idea how he is going to be, going into each game. The NBA playoffs really do lose something when all these teams keep losing impactful players due to injury.

[SparzWizard]

Is Tatum's ankle OK?

I don’t see how it isn’t impacted. It turned and he was in a good deal of pain. He’ll feel it tomorrow.

Shades of 2023 Game 7. 

[Neurotic Guy]

For those of us with a tendency to cite single-game +/- as if it means anything, Jaylen Brown had a team-high +17 despite playing like absolute s*** all night. 

That's what that stat is worth.  Zilch.

man you beat me to it.   The +/- here gets a lot of love.  JB played like crap all night and had the highest +/-.

JT/JB need to get back to playing well, and soon.  We can't expect DWhite to turn into Curry every night.   JT/JB need to play a lot better.  I don't understand the effort and poor play tonight.

I liked JB defensively. He’s had an ok series. A little up and down. Tonight wasn’t great offensively. And he sure missed a big shot that would have preempted some anxiety tonight.

[perks-a-beast]

CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT:

I would 100% prefer Doris Burke in commentary over SVG.

Can't believe I said it, but SVG was horrific tonight.

I think a talking bird would be better than either one.

We are in the dark ages of NBA commentary. It’s really bad. Reggie Miller is the worst of all imo.