Celtics (1-2) at Cavaliers (2-1) ECF Game #4 5/23/17

[kraidstar]

Poor composure, but good effort from the C's tonight on the road.

Down our best player we gave them a good game.

Hard to win when Horford is your best player, and is going against LeBron + 2 other all-stars.

[Casperian]

It'd be nice to get one more win at the garden, but I'm not counting on it.

This was draining.

Think about how Drained The Celtics are after all this team has been through...

I do

[mr. dee]

I will happily be rooting against the Cavs when they hook up with the Warriors.

I REFUSE TO WATCH ANY NBA GARBAGE ONCE CELTS ARE OUT

Yep. If I had to choose between a crybaby spoiled diva and a coward, I'd rather watch something else.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

woulda coulda shoulda

[Beat LA]

and thats ballgame

They play hard. But honestly they are still 2 superstars and maybe 2 years away.

i cannot take seeing same stupid decisions OVER AND OVER AND OVER?

WHAT IS BRAD TEACHING THEM???

Dem analytics , lol . Ugh.

[jambr380]

How can Smart be so bad taking it to the hoop?

Really disappointing guard defense from our guys tonight. That is the only thing at which we are elite.

Nice first half, I guess.

Its because he has no explosion. He cant get any vertical leaping off from one foot and hes slow. Its not enough just to be strong if a guy like Kyle Korver can stick to your hip.

He needs to lose a little weight. He needs the extra quickness

He needs to improve his technique. There are some players who doesn't rely on speed but rather on craftiness.

This is true as well.

If he could get a little of that herky-jerky, changing-speed wizardry going it would help greatly, he telegraphs what he's going to do too much.

Every time he takes off, he begins to fall back or down. I agree that it would be great if he could get  a little crafty, but I'd at least like to see him take it strong. He has been watching a little too much IT.

The lack of ability to jump off of one foot is definitely an issue, too.

[Beat LA]

biggest thing they can do to improve is move on from having crowder play these type of minutes.  almost wish they would have just let jaylen have minutes all year.   

Fixed .

[liam]

Poor composure, but good effort from the C's tonight on the road.

Down our best player we gave them a good game.

Hard to win when Horford is your best player, and is going against LeBron + 2 other all-stars.

We are overmatched, but have over achieved this season. I expect this team to take another big step next year.

I wish Jaylen played more but I always wish that!

[wayupnorth]

Brad is in the ECF in his fourth year coaching, third year in the playoffs, and had had incredible success.

He is 40 years old. He took Butler to two straight NCAA championships.

He is a consensus top 5 coach.

You all need to relax.

This team is young as heck, missing our best scorer, and we fought hard.

If we play the next two games like that, I can be happy.

[kozlodoev]

and thats ballgame

They play hard. But honestly they are still 2 superstars and maybe 2 years away.

i cannot take seeing same stupid decisions OVER AND OVER AND OVER?

WHAT IS BRAD TEACHING THEM???

Dem analytics , lol . Ugh.

Brad doesn't teach. He waits.

[kraidstar]

on TNT they just showed a replay of LeBron bricking the potential go-ahead dunk

Gold.

[inverselock]

Here we go.   Blame game time.    Blow it up.  Sack everyone from top to bottom.

[mr. dee]

How can Smart be so bad taking it to the hoop?

Really disappointing guard defense from our guys tonight. That is the only thing at which we are elite.

Nice first half, I guess.

Its because he has no explosion. He cant get any vertical leaping off from one foot and hes slow. Its not enough just to be strong if a guy like Kyle Korver can stick to your hip.

He needs to lose a little weight. He needs the extra quickness

He needs to improve his technique. There are some players who doesn't rely on speed but rather on craftiness.

This is true as well.

If he could get a little of that herky-jerky, changing-speed wizardry going it would help greatly, he telegraphs what he's going to do too much.

Every time he takes off, he begins to fall back or down. I agree that it would be great if he could get  a little crafty, but I'd at least like to see him take it strong. He has been watching a little too much IT.

The lack of ability to jump off of one foot is definitely an issue, too.

I think having an offensive game of a big man will suit Smart much better since he plays bigger than he is.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Brad is in the ECF in his fourth year coaching, third year in the playoffs, and had had incredible success.

He is 40 years old. He took Butler to two straight NCAA championships.

He is a consensus top 5 coach.

You all need to relax.

This team is young as heck, missing our best scorer, and we fought hard.

If we play the next two games like that, I can be happy.

i wont argue some of most that but we play very very stupid for long stretches. game in and game out IT NEEDS TO STOP! THATS ON COACHING. if a player is not listening SHIP THEIR BUTTS OUT!

[kraidstar]

How can Smart be so bad taking it to the hoop?

Really disappointing guard defense from our guys tonight. That is the only thing at which we are elite.

Nice first half, I guess.

Its because he has no explosion. He cant get any vertical leaping off from one foot and hes slow. Its not enough just to be strong if a guy like Kyle Korver can stick to your hip.

He needs to lose a little weight. He needs the extra quickness

He needs to improve his technique. There are some players who doesn't rely on speed but rather on craftiness.

This is true as well.

If he could get a little of that herky-jerky, changing-speed wizardry going it would help greatly, he telegraphs what he's going to do too much.

Every time he takes off, he begins to fall back or down. I agree that it would be great if he could get  a little crafty, but I'd at least like to see him take it strong. He has been watching a little too much IT.

The lack of ability to jump off of one foot is definitely an issue, too.

I think having an offensive game of a big man will suit Smart much better since he plays bigger than he is.

He plays pretty decently in the post.