Celtics (38-26) at Kings (31-31) Game #66 3/6/19

[Jiri Welsch]

for as bad as we were during that losing streak
we are still 3rd in the league in point differential, a stat that seems a bit overlooked sometimes.

we are only behind Mil and GS in that stat.

That stat is overlooked because honestly its meaningless. They don't hand out championships for point differential. A lot of that was accumulated during that hot streak mid year when we beat the bulls by like 60 and beat up on the lotto teams.

That wasn't a lotto team we beat last night!

Nope. It was als just one win. As a wise man once said, you are what your record says you are.

Point differential is part of the record.

No, it is literally not.

Check standings on ESPN. Check out who has the best point differential. It's the best teams.

I don't think he is claiming that Point Differential is not a recorded statistic. He recognizes that along with Team Rebounds, Blocks, etc. there is a category called Point Differential.

He is making the argument that Point Differential is not the best measure of a team's success. In fact, there is literally something called a "Win-Loss Record" that measures a team's success respective to their games played.

Hopefully this helped.

[keevsnick]

for as bad as we were during that losing streak
we are still 3rd in the league in point differential, a stat that seems a bit overlooked sometimes.

we are only behind Mil and GS in that stat.

That stat is overlooked because honestly its meaningless. They don't hand out championships for point differential. A lot of that was accumulated during that hot streak mid year when we beat the bulls by like 60 and beat up on the lotto teams.

That wasn't a lotto team we beat last night!

Nope. It was als just one win. As a wise man once said, you are what your record says you are.

Point differential is part of the record.

No, it is literally not.

Check standings on ESPN. Check out who has the best point differential. It's the best teams.

Welll not in our case apparently.

[keevsnick]

for as bad as we were during that losing streak
we are still 3rd in the league in point differential, a stat that seems a bit overlooked sometimes.

we are only behind Mil and GS in that stat.

That stat is overlooked because honestly its meaningless. They don't hand out championships for point differential. A lot of that was accumulated during that hot streak mid year when we beat the bulls by like 60 and beat up on the lotto teams.

That wasn't a lotto team we beat last night!

Nope. It was als just one win. As a wise man once said, you are what your record says you are.

Point differential is part of the record.

No, it is literally not.

Check standings on ESPN. Check out who has the best point differential. It's the best teams.

I don't think he is claiming that Point Differential is not a recorded statistic. He recognizes that along with Team Rebounds, Blocks, etc. there is a category called Point Differential.

He is making the argument that Point Differential is not the best measure of a team's success. In fact, there is literally something called a "Win-Loss Record" that measures a team's success respective to their games played.

Hopefully this helped.

Bingo

[liam]

for as bad as we were during that losing streak
we are still 3rd in the league in point differential, a stat that seems a bit overlooked sometimes.

we are only behind Mil and GS in that stat.

That stat is overlooked because honestly its meaningless. They don't hand out championships for point differential. A lot of that was accumulated during that hot streak mid year when we beat the bulls by like 60 and beat up on the lotto teams.

That wasn't a lotto team we beat last night!

Nope. It was als just one win. As a wise man once said, you are what your record says you are.

Point differential is part of the record.

No, it is literally not.

Check standings on ESPN. Check out who has the best point differential. It's the best teams.

I don't think he is claiming that Point Differential is not a recorded statistic. He recognizes that along with Team Rebounds, Blocks, etc. there is a category called Point Differential.

He is making the argument that Point Differential is not the best measure of a team's success. In fact, there is literally something called a "Win-Loss Record" that measures a team's success respective to their games played.

Hopefully this helped.

I already knew what a win loss record was.


The point differential is this thing that shows a teams dominance over other teams. It is also a record. I believe the teams that won the last two NBA championships had the best point differentials. This year the teams with the best point differentials are The Bucks, Warriors, Celtics, Nuggets, Raptors. The teams with the worst ones are Suns, Cavs, Knicks, Bulls, hawks. It's an instrument to tell good teams from bad.

https://celticswire.usatoday.com/2018/12/15/celtics-have-nbas-3rd-best-point-differential-and-4th-in-team-history/

[liam]

LOL the Kings social media team is amazing. You guys should check their latest tweet! 

Had to look it up, and it did not disappoint.

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/1103528878297890817

well at least we have this... gg, @celtics 🏆

Beautiful!

[Androslav]

LOL the Kings social media team is amazing. You guys should check their latest tweet! 

Had to look it up, and it did not disappoint.

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/1103528878297890817

well at least we have this... gg, @celtics 🏆

Beautiful!

They are counting in the Rochester title from '51?

[SparzWizard]

LOL the Kings social media team is amazing. You guys should check their latest tweet! 

Had to look it up, and it did not disappoint.

https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/1103528878297890817

well at least we have this... gg, @celtics 🏆

Beautiful!

They are counting in the Rochester title from '51?

I mean the Lakers are counting the 5 banners from Minnesota, and if we try to argue they'll rebuttal that the Celtics played in a league of only 10 teams in the Russell era 

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

I loved Gordon’s confidence in taking that game winning shot we need him confident. He only scored 12 but was pretty influential

Only downside to Gordon playing well is Jaylen Brown will not be able to play in crunch time.

Teams that aren't playing as big, they can put Brown in for Morris

I think Brad still doesn't trust Jaylen's decision making.

Brown still makes a lot of mistakes, like trying to out-jump every defender he faces.

And Brown needs to know when to shoot and when not to shoot.


Also, his FTs needs to improve if he wants to play in crunch time.

Brown has played during crunch time a lot of our last few games. CBS trusts him plenty.

[gouki88]

I loved Gordon’s confidence in taking that game winning shot we need him confident. He only scored 12 but was pretty influential

Only downside to Gordon playing well is Jaylen Brown will not be able to play in crunch time.

Teams that aren't playing as big, they can put Brown in for Morris

I think Brad still doesn't trust Jaylen's decision making.

Brown still makes a lot of mistakes, like trying to out-jump every defender he faces.

And Brown needs to know when to shoot and when not to shoot.


Also, his FTs needs to improve if he wants to play in crunch time.

Brown has played during crunch time a lot of our last few games. CBS trusts him plenty.

Plus, it's not like Morris is renowned for making good decisions

[Fierce1]

I loved Gordon’s confidence in taking that game winning shot we need him confident. He only scored 12 but was pretty influential

Only downside to Gordon playing well is Jaylen Brown will not be able to play in crunch time.

Teams that aren't playing as big, they can put Brown in for Morris

I think Brad still doesn't trust Jaylen's decision making.

Brown still makes a lot of mistakes, like trying to out-jump every defender he faces.

And Brown needs to know when to shoot and when not to shoot.


Also, his FTs needs to improve if he wants to play in crunch time.

Brown has played during crunch time a lot of our last few games. CBS trusts him plenty.

Plus, it's not like Morris is renowned for making good decisions

Morris is the better shooter.

We'll know for sure in the playoffs if Morris continues to play instead of Brown in crunch time.

[gouki88]

I loved Gordon’s confidence in taking that game winning shot we need him confident. He only scored 12 but was pretty influential

Only downside to Gordon playing well is Jaylen Brown will not be able to play in crunch time.

Teams that aren't playing as big, they can put Brown in for Morris

I think Brad still doesn't trust Jaylen's decision making.

Brown still makes a lot of mistakes, like trying to out-jump every defender he faces.

And Brown needs to know when to shoot and when not to shoot.


Also, his FTs needs to improve if he wants to play in crunch time.

Brown has played during crunch time a lot of our last few games. CBS trusts him plenty.

Plus, it's not like Morris is renowned for making good decisions

Morris is the better shooter.

We'll know for sure in the playoffs if Morris continues to play instead of Brown in crunch time.

Except over the last 20 games Morris has been shooting 27% from three. He's ice cold

[Fierce1]

I loved Gordon’s confidence in taking that game winning shot we need him confident. He only scored 12 but was pretty influential

Only downside to Gordon playing well is Jaylen Brown will not be able to play in crunch time.

Teams that aren't playing as big, they can put Brown in for Morris

I think Brad still doesn't trust Jaylen's decision making.

Brown still makes a lot of mistakes, like trying to out-jump every defender he faces.

And Brown needs to know when to shoot and when not to shoot.


Also, his FTs needs to improve if he wants to play in crunch time.

Brown has played during crunch time a lot of our last few games. CBS trusts him plenty.

Plus, it's not like Morris is renowned for making good decisions

Morris is the better shooter.

We'll know for sure in the playoffs if Morris continues to play instead of Brown in crunch time.

Except over the last 20 games Morris has been shooting 27% from three. He's ice cold

Morris has always been a good 3pt shooter his whole career.

He'll be fine.

[gouki88]

I loved Gordon’s confidence in taking that game winning shot we need him confident. He only scored 12 but was pretty influential

Only downside to Gordon playing well is Jaylen Brown will not be able to play in crunch time.

Teams that aren't playing as big, they can put Brown in for Morris

I think Brad still doesn't trust Jaylen's decision making.

Brown still makes a lot of mistakes, like trying to out-jump every defender he faces.

And Brown needs to know when to shoot and when not to shoot.


Also, his FTs needs to improve if he wants to play in crunch time.

Brown has played during crunch time a lot of our last few games. CBS trusts him plenty.

Plus, it's not like Morris is renowned for making good decisions

Morris is the better shooter.

We'll know for sure in the playoffs if Morris continues to play instead of Brown in crunch time.

Except over the last 20 games Morris has been shooting 27% from three. He's ice cold

Morris has always been a good 3pt shooter his whole career.

He'll be fine.

He's solid, but he's not fantastic. 36% is alright, but nothing special

[Somebody]

I loved Gordon’s confidence in taking that game winning shot we need him confident. He only scored 12 but was pretty influential

Only downside to Gordon playing well is Jaylen Brown will not be able to play in crunch time.

Teams that aren't playing as big, they can put Brown in for Morris

I think Brad still doesn't trust Jaylen's decision making.

Brown still makes a lot of mistakes, like trying to out-jump every defender he faces.

And Brown needs to know when to shoot and when not to shoot.


Also, his FTs needs to improve if he wants to play in crunch time.

Brown has played during crunch time a lot of our last few games. CBS trusts him plenty.

Plus, it's not like Morris is renowned for making good decisions

Morris is the better shooter.

We'll know for sure in the playoffs if Morris continues to play instead of Brown in crunch time.

Except over the last 20 games Morris has been shooting 27% from three. He's ice cold

Morris has always been a good 3pt shooter his whole career.

He'll be fine.

He's solid, but he's not fantastic. 36% is alright, but nothing special

Pretty much around Jaylen's percentages I think, and Morris has never had a season like Jaylen's last year.

[j804]

I am just getting into my hotel after the game and a late night meal. Wow what an experience that was awesome. It was really cool to see everything up close I had great seats. Brad giving Smart some tough love yanking him a few possessions, Kyrie encouraging and bringing him back up. Smarts defense is just amazing to see in person he is a [dang] hawk his defensive IQ and instincts are amazing. As I was saying earlier Mike Zarren was just chilling in normal seats like 2 rows beside me. I wanted to hit him up to take a picture but he was chatting it up with a couple dudes, I didn’t want to intrude. Headband Tatum was clutch he looks even smoother in person. The players are massive and freak athletes but the game is a lot slower than it looks on TV.

During halftime me and a couple Celts fans were chatting it up grabbing some brews and all of a sudden we see Cedric Maxwel just walking right by us back down to the floor, we hit him up for a pic and he obliged was cool as hell. He said the Celtics are back and he was sensing something special heading into the playoffs. Kyrie who I was prob closest to was hilarious on the bench, really engaged and just acting a fool with Yabu and Timelord dancing and cheering his butt off. It sucks Kyrie didn’t play but all in all the experience was awesome and something I’ll never forget.