Sixers (22-12) at Celtics (19-13) Game #33 12/25/18

[bopna]

Wow! Amazing finish. Kyrie is a superstar. We need Hayward to come out of the witness protection program. Jason was fantastic. Morris Sr. was solid and we needed Horford who actually played Embid better than I have ever seen him.

You are right about Hayward....

The Gordon playing right now is Evan Turner wearing a mission impossible mask.

[RJ87]

beat this team in 5 last year without kyrie or hayward

i am more concerned with raps or bux

They got JB, but Kyrie is bigger...man...

butler does not impress me

we beat his ass in 6 two years ago

Butler is pretty awesome.  Kyrie scored over him quite a few times but otherwise Butler was everywhere defensively and put together a pretty good shooting night after a slow start.

It's Simmons who is overrated.  I remain unimpressed by his play.

Butler is great. If only we had a two way wing player like him.

[Phantom255x]

I was one of the guys who thought Kyrie was an all-star but a fringe superstar (not a bad thing, just I didn't think he was labeled a true superstar).

But I'll admit, I'm starting to change my mind about him a bit watching this season play out 

We knew he was a Top-4 PG in the league and somewhere in the Top-12 overall in the league, but he may be elevating his stock even more this season. Great to see!

[slamtheking]

Wow! Amazing finish. Kyrie is a superstar. We need Hayward to come out of the witness protection program. Jason was fantastic. Morris Sr. was solid and we needed Horford who actually played Embid better than I have ever seen him.

You are right about Hayward....

The Gordon playing right now is Evan Turner wearing a mission impossible mask.

hate to say it, but Turner was a better player in his stint here.  could both run the second unit and provide some scoring when he played his game.

[Kiorrik]

I was one of the guys who thought Kyrie was an all-star but a fringe superstar (not a bad thing, just I didn't think he was labeled a true superstar).

But I'll admit, I'm starting to change my mind about him a bit watching this season play out 

We knew he was a Top-4 PG in the league and somewhere in the Top-12 overall in the league, but he may be elevating his stock even more this season. Great to see!

I'd be happy to see him retire a Celtic. Not only because of his game either - he seems like a real class act.

Correct me if I'm wrong please

[celticinorlando]

Imagine if Hayward and Jaylen Brown can be consistent factors night in and night out. Hayward is beyond timid and Brown is just...well I have no idea anymore with him

Need those 2 to be factors if this team wants out of the East

[bopna]

I was one of the guys who thought Kyrie was an all-star but a fringe superstar (not a bad thing, just I didn't think he was labeled a true superstar).

But I'll admit, I'm starting to change my mind about him a bit watching this season play out 

We knew he was a Top-4 PG in the league and somewhere in the Top-12 overall in the league, but he may be elevating his stock even more this season. Great to see!

Kyrie has beenhampered by injuries the last 2 or so years.

He is bout to enter his prime now so we will get the best out of Kyrie the next 5 or so yrs.

[Kuberski33]

Imagine if Hayward and Jaylen Brown can be consistent factors night in and night out. Hayward is beyond timid and Brown is just...well I have no idea anymore with him

Need those 2 to be factors if this team wants out of the East

Those 2 and Rozier have been the main reasons for the under-performance.  Rozier was pretty good tonight. Hopefully that's a sign of better things to come from him.

[Billz401]

Hayward has to become that second big scorer. If this happens, Boston will be a tough out.

100%

I liked what Hayward did in OT. Ran the offense a little bit and stepped up on defense. If he plays like that every night he will be a big help

[Phantom255x]

I was one of the guys who thought Kyrie was an all-star but a fringe superstar (not a bad thing, just I didn't think he was labeled a true superstar).

But I'll admit, I'm starting to change my mind about him a bit watching this season play out 

We knew he was a Top-4 PG in the league and somewhere in the Top-12 overall in the league, but he may be elevating his stock even more this season. Great to see!

I'd be happy to see him retire a Celtic. Not only because of his game either - he seems like a real class act.

Correct me if I'm wrong please

He is. Also, he actually seems genuinely happy to be here, whereas in CLE you always felt he was "held back" a bit and also a bit frustrated.

No one really pointed it out because you know, Lebron's on the team and CLE was making Finals regardless, but then Kyrie demanded out and now you may be starting to see why (and it looks even more validated given Lebron leaving CLE again).

I was one of the guys who thought Kyrie was an all-star but a fringe superstar (not a bad thing, just I didn't think he was labeled a true superstar).

But I'll admit, I'm starting to change my mind about him a bit watching this season play out 

We knew he was a Top-4 PG in the league and somewhere in the Top-12 overall in the league, but he may be elevating his stock even more this season. Great to see!

Kyrie has beenhampered by injuries the last 2 or so years.

He is bout to enter his prime now so we will get the best out of Kyrie the next 5 or so yrs.

Nice! Also dang Kyrie is only 26. That's actually hard to believe still 

[Hank Finkel]

Imagine if Hayward and Jaylen Brown can be consistent factors night in and night out. Hayward is beyond timid and Brown is just...well I have no idea anymore with him

Need those 2 to be factors if this team wants out of the East

I agree both are horrible right now.

[Kiorrik]

I was one of the guys who thought Kyrie was an all-star but a fringe superstar (not a bad thing, just I didn't think he was labeled a true superstar).

But I'll admit, I'm starting to change my mind about him a bit watching this season play out 

We knew he was a Top-4 PG in the league and somewhere in the Top-12 overall in the league, but he may be elevating his stock even more this season. Great to see!

I'd be happy to see him retire a Celtic. Not only because of his game either - he seems like a real class act.

Correct me if I'm wrong please

He is. Also, he actually seems genuinely happy to be here, whereas in CLE you always felt he was "held back" a bit and also a bit frustrated.

No one really pointed it out because you know, Lebron's on the team and CLE was making Finals regardless, but then Kyrie demanded out and now you may be starting to see why (and it looks even more validated given Lebron leaving CLE again).

Well, that's all fair. C's are a class organisation, so he might have been made to feel super at-home here instantly.

It's one of the reasons I'm glad I'm a Celtics fan. I get to brag about our organisation being super, super classy.

[trickybilly]

Tatum, Horford, and Hayward probably don't go 1/14 from 3 again this year.

That was a blowout in disguise

[Kiorrik]

Tatum, Horford, and Hayward probably don't go 1/14 from 3 again this year.

That was a blowout in disguise

Escaping with a W when that's one of the stats, is a great, great thing. We can perform like crap, and still play like this?

On that same topic; the more people complain in these forums, whilst we're having a winning record, the better we really are. Because if there's lots of stuff going wrong, and we're still in the green (harharr) - that means tonnes of room for improvement!

[slamtheking]

Imagine if Hayward and Jaylen Brown can be consistent factors night in and night out. Hayward is beyond timid and Brown is just...well I have no idea anymore with him

Need those 2 to be factors if this team wants out of the East

I agree both are horrible right now.

Brown has the occasional game where he seems back -- had a good stretch before getting hurt again.  Hoping he gets it together before the end of the season where he looks like the player he was last year.

Hayward, frustrating.  he's barely a rotation-level player this year.  no offense to speak of.  D is mediocre at best.  leadership on the floor isn't being displayed.   I was optimistic he'd be reasonably close to the player he was after taking a year off but he's having less of a positive impact for this team than Shane Larkin had last year