Pacers (0-0) at Celtics (0-0) Round 1 Game 1 4/14/19

[Chief]

I HATE THESE EARLY STARTS

They have to get the game over before Game of Thrones.

[Phantom255x]

Honestly, that was a sloppy quarter and we managed to come back and tie it.

Feels like once we start building momentum we can build a lead soon.

[BitterJim]

We're already missing Smart's playmaking and continuity with the starters.

His contributions in the Magic game were so worth it.

Can we drop the magic game already. Smart could easily have gotten hurt in the first few mins of this game.

Sure, if those two games were in any way analogous, but they're not.

Please go check what pretty EVERY other coach did in the second to last game.  And the issue is that smart got hurt.

I don't give an F what every other coach did, as their situations are all different. It didn't make any sense whatsoever to play any of our regular guys over the last two games, as there was literally no benefit to it and only risk. Amazing how people can bury their heads in the sand and put the blinders on all to absolve Brad of this clear mistake.

Um, Giannis played that game too.  Meant even less got them.  You can’t single out brad for being an idiot when he did what every other coach does.

must coaches suck that is why they get fired.

Including the guy that NBA coaches voted as coach of the year?

[Ogaju]

PACERS bring Sabonis off the bench..... now that is thinking out the box no one will accuse Brad Stevens of ever doing that.

Brad never thinks outside the box? What?

name one move outside the box.... dude could not even bench Hayward to start season.

Was starting Gerald Green against the Bulls 2 years ago "in-the-box" thinking?

moves you make when you have no choice do not count, that belongs to the Doc Rivers school of forced adjustments.

How was that a "forced" adjustment? Because we were playing poorly and had to make a change, therefore any change (no matter how out-of-the-box) is standard?

Do you only count adjustments if your team is already doing well?

I give more credit to proactive rather than reactionary moves.

[PAOBoston]

Well, Mook definitely showed up ready to play today.

[Chief]

Tatum headed towards the locker room.

I still dont see him. I'm hoping he's riding a stationary bike off camera.

Reporters say that's what he's doing. Using the stationary bike.

Tp

[jpotter33]

We're already missing Smart's playmaking and continuity with the starters.

His contributions in the Magic game were so worth it.

Can we drop the magic game already. Smart could easily have gotten hurt in the first few mins of this game.

Sure, if those two games were in any way analogous, but they're not.

Please go check what pretty EVERY other coach did in the second to last game.

What if Smart had been hurt in game 80 instead of game 81? He should have sat that one, too. Or game 79? Should have sat there. And obviously game 78.

Hell, he should have sat all year to make sure he stayed healthy. I'm sure he would have LOVED that

Uh, game 80 there was literally reason to play, i.e. home court advantage - there was literally no reason to play the last two games. Literally none.

People want to keep pointing at other teams and saying what they did, but that's apples and oranges. Take Milwaukee, for example, who continued to play some of their main guys on and off over the final games once they had the best record locked up after winning the Philly game. But that's a different context. It's a hard sell to sit your main guys three games in a row at the end of the season, but that's a lot easier to do with only two games remaining, which is why you saw Giannis sit two of the final three games.

Hell, Brad could've even played the main guys for a single stint or the first half and that'd be understandable, but he didn't. He played them the entire game short of cutting Horford and Baynes' final stint in the fourth quarter, and it got us down a starter for the forseeable future. Rationalize it however you want, but that's clearly a mistake on Brad, and the arguments being put forth to absolve him of blame are all rife with poor logic.

[droopdog7]

We're already missing Smart's playmaking and continuity with the starters.

His contributions in the Magic game were so worth it.

Can we drop the magic game already. Smart could easily have gotten hurt in the first few mins of this game.

Sure, if those two games were in any way analogous, but they're not.

Please go check what pretty EVERY other coach did in the second to last game.  And the issue is that smart got hurt.

I don't give an F what every other coach did, as their situations are all different. It didn't make any sense whatsoever to play any of our regular guys over the last two games, as there was literally no benefit to it and only risk. Amazing how people can bury their heads in the sand and put the blinders on all to absolve Brad of this clear mistake.

Um, Giannis played that game too.  Meant even less got them.  You can’t single out brad for being an idiot when he did what every other coach does.

must coaches suck that is why they get fired.

LOL

[Ogaju]

We're already missing Smart's playmaking and continuity with the starters.

His contributions in the Magic game were so worth it.

Can we drop the magic game already. Smart could easily have gotten hurt in the first few mins of this game.

Sure, if those two games were in any way analogous, but they're not.

Please go check what pretty EVERY other coach did in the second to last game.  And the issue is that smart got hurt.

I don't give an F what every other coach did, as their situations are all different. It didn't make any sense whatsoever to play any of our regular guys over the last two games, as there was literally no benefit to it and only risk. Amazing how people can bury their heads in the sand and put the blinders on all to absolve Brad of this clear mistake.

Um, Giannis played that game too.  Meant even less got them.  You can’t single out brad for being an idiot when he did what every other coach does.

must coaches suck that is why they get fired.

Including the guy that NBA coaches voted as coach of the year?

makes sense if you believe that most coaches suck then their choice would obviously suck.

[BitterJim]

PACERS bring Sabonis off the bench..... now that is thinking out the box no one will accuse Brad Stevens of ever doing that.

Brad never thinks outside the box? What?

name one move outside the box.... dude could not even bench Hayward to start season.

Was starting Gerald Green against the Bulls 2 years ago "in-the-box" thinking?

moves you make when you have no choice do not count, that belongs to the Doc Rivers school of forced adjustments.

How was that a "forced" adjustment? Because we were playing poorly and had to make a change, therefore any change (no matter how out-of-the-box) is standard?

Do you only count adjustments if your team is already doing well?

I give more credit to proactive rather than reactionary moves.

It sounds like you only give credit to proactive moves (or moves made by people not named Brad Stevens)

[Big333223]

Someone give GH a kick in the pants.... we do not need kick out threes when you have a breakaway easy basket.

He keeps aborting drives before he ever gets close to the rim. Not a good sign. Hopefully he figures it out.

[Phantom255x]

Hayward needs to be a bit more aggressive while driving. The Pacers defenders know he's probably going to pass it or take a fadeaway. Drive all the way GH!

[SCeltic34]

Hayward looks focused

[Phantom255x]

Hayward needs to be a bit more aggressive while driving. The Pacers defenders know he's probably going to pass it or take a fadeaway. Drive all the way GH!

THERE WE GO HAYWARD!!

[liam]

HAYWARD!!!