Heat (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game #2 4/24/24

[celticinorlando]

My biggest concern is Boston plays so poorly at home in the playoffs. It’s just crazy.

Also in 2008, the Atlanta Hawks an eight seed pulled the highly respected and favored Celtics into a seven game series. In the end that seven game series as well as the one with Cleveland served that Boston team well.

Don’t give up the ship. Game three will tell a lot about this team.

[jpotter33]

https://x.com/coupnba/status/1783309855899422943?s=46&t=lGU0TGXtwjkuVuoin6WTNw

Miami now has four playoff games in the past two seasons with 50% shooting from three...against Boston.

No other team has more than one...against anyone.

Hmmm, it’s almost like playing drop against this team and making no adjustments to our coverages isn’t the right call?

This also doesn’t bode well for the “they don’t shoot that well again” camp. They absolutely will if you keep giving them open looks!

[SparzWizard]

This “historically good super team” just lost home court advantage in round 1 game 2 against the worst team in the playoffs without their best player.

They. Are. Frauds.

Same ole story

Let’s see how they respond in game 3. Still think they win in 5.

You have more confidence than me. The way that game just played out and tatums  disgusting body language has me shook. Miami has literally nothing to lose and this is a legacy defining playoff run for some of these Celtics. Lots of pressure. It’s not going to be a cake walk in Miami and I have no idea why anybody would think that or that the Heat are not going to play well again. I guarantee you the Heat will play well again.

We've actually done really well in Miami in recent years. Last two postseasons, a combined 5-2 there. That's not some "home court advantage" for them either, when the stadium is only like 50% filled 

Well the silver lining is we've won two straight in Miami in postseason games. Including 5 of the last 6 dating back to 2022. And the C's played pretty well on the road in the playoffs last two years, so let's see if that magic continues

[tazzmaniac]

Well s***, if the other team shoots 54% from three on high volume then you're gonna lose.  That just is what it is.

Onto the next one.

Most optimistic take. Thanks. Yeah, 23-43 is difficult to defeat, especially when you are shooting a pedestrian 12-32.   33 point differential.  The downside of the take is -- they had way too many good looks.

This is the most important point, though. It wasn't like they were hitting super contested, difficult threes. We were gift wrapping them wide open threes of the PnR because of a poor defensive gameplan and lack of adjustments.

You can't claim a fluke when you're giving them wide open threes. They're still professional basketball players on a team that is known for three point shooting.

They're not going to shoot that well from 3 in three more games.  If they had gone 19-43, they would have shot an excellent 44% but lost the game.

Very unlikely, but the difference is Spo will continue to adjust to get the most out of his inferior roster. The same simply cannot be said about Joe, who demonstrated complete futility when it came to making any kind of adjustment tonight.

In a 7-game series, a significant talent advantage almost always wins out regardless of coaching.  The Celts shot well from 3 and they took the ball to the basket a bunch.  Besides the Heat's unsustainable shooting, Porzingis had a really bad night.  Now Jaylen's freethrow shooting might cost us in a close game.  Spo might just try a hack-a-Shaw on him. 

[SparzWizard]

Wish we had Coach Spo. He ran circles around Joe Schmoe.

[Phantom255x]

It’s just wild to me how a team just coasts a playoff game. Like teams lose because they might not be as talented or have flaws. For a good chunk of this game it really felt like the C’s had zero urgency even in the 4th… 

[celticinorlando]

Spo’s genius game plan revolved around them making threes. If Miami didn’t or make half they lose.

Defensively they don’t want Boston shooting threes. Boston helped out by turning it over and missing free throws. Not winning anything with KP, Jrue and white almost no shows

Boston wins game three by double digits.

[tenn_smoothie]

I’m more concerned about Joe still than anything.

He has zero feel for coaching a playoff game

"He has zero feel for coaching a basketball game"

[hpantazo]

It’s just wild to me how a team just coasts a playoff game. Like teams lose because they might not be as talented or have flaws. For a good chunk of this game it really felt like the C’s had zero urgency even in the 4th… 

That has been the identity of the Celtics the past several seasons and popped up again the last month or so before the playoffs. These guys feel very entitled like they can just show up and win from reputation alone.

[SparzWizard]

Spo’s genius game plan revolved around them making threes. If Miami didn’t or make half they lose.

Defensively they don’t want Boston shooting threes. Boston helped out by turning it over and missing free throws. Not winning anything with KP, Jrue and white almost no shows

Boston wins game three by double digits.

We'll see if they win Game 3. Miami has home court advantage now. Tho that might be an advantage to Celtics since they flourish on the road, right in hostile environment.

[Mahk E Mahk]

It’s just wild to me how a team just coasts a playoff game. Like teams lose because they might not be as talented or have flaws. For a good chunk of this game it really felt like the C’s had zero urgency even in the 4th… 

that’s the single most frustrating thing about this team, and the J’s, since they’ve been the consistent core for the past five years: lack of urgency (and a strong sense of entitlement). all these years later, with added experience, playoff heartbreak, new coaching staffs, new teammates, and alleged maturity, this massive character flaw sadly hasn’t changed.

[Goldstar88]

It’s just wild to me how a team just coasts a playoff game. Like teams lose because they might not be as talented or have flaws. For a good chunk of this game it really felt like the C’s had zero urgency even in the 4th… 

that’s the single most frustrating thing about this team, and the J’s, since they’ve been the consistent core for the past five years: lack of urgency (and a strong sense of entitlement). all these years later, with added experience, playoff heartbreak, new coaching staffs, new teammates, and alleged maturity, this massive character flaw sadly hasn’t changed.

Yep. Can’t teach/coach effort. I don’t expect them to play like that 2 games in a row, but it was certainly disheartening to see tonight.

[celticinorlando]

Jayson Tatum got in his own head in the third quarter because he didn’t get a foul called. It impacted every part of his game from the point on. He missed layups. He was lazy on defense. He missed free throws.

This team is so poorly equipped mentally to handle anything. When things don’t go their way or aren’t easy they fall to pieces.

I need white jrue and KP to get things going.

[tenn_smoothie]

My biggest concern is Boston plays so poorly at home in the playoffs. It’s just crazy.

Also in 2008, the Atlanta Hawks an eight seed pulled the highly respected and favored Celtics into a seven game series. In the end that seven game series as well as the one with Cleveland served that Boston team well.

Don’t give up the ship. Game three will tell a lot about this team.

Interesting point, but that Celtics team blew Atlanta out in their home games that series. It was in Atlanta against a hyped-up Hawk team in a hostile environment that they struggled, though those road losses were very close games. The '08 team didn't come out flat and lethargic at home and their leader, Garnett, never looked intimidated or shaken by the moment. That group had never been through a tough playoff series together and they became better as the playoffs progressed. This current '24 group has plenty of playoff experience, individually and together.

[celticinorlando]

My biggest concern is Boston plays so poorly at home in the playoffs. It’s just crazy.

Also in 2008, the Atlanta Hawks an eight seed pulled the highly respected and favored Celtics into a seven game series. In the end that seven game series as well as the one with Cleveland served that Boston team well.

Don’t give up the ship. Game three will tell a lot about this team.

Interesting point, but that Celtics team blew Atlanta out in their home games that series. It was in Atlanta against a hyped-up Hawk team in a hostile environment that they struggled, though those road losses were very close games. The '08 team didn't come out flat and lethargic at home and their leader, Garnett, never looked intimidated or shaken by the moment.

That 2008 team was not as good on the road in the playoffs as this group is. Say what you will but the core of these guys usually win multiple road games in a series. I expect they win Saturday.