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

[Vox_Populi]

Imagine not staggering Kyrie and Horford in the Playoffs.

[hpantazo]

Second chance points are killing us.

[PAOBoston]

Brown has been tragic so far

[CelticSooner]

This game has been everything wrong with this team in a nutshell. The biggest being, too much iso basketball.

[droopdog7]

Guys are definitely playing harder.  But the chemistry not quite there.  Looks like early season games without smart.

[SCeltic34]

Just cut Rozier out of the lineup completely.  On one end he rotates off of Matthews for no reason and leaves him open for 3.  On the other he puts up another stupid 1-legged shot which clearly he is going to miss.

[tstorey_97]

Pacers going with a ten man rotation

Celtics going with eight

[droopdog7]

Has Tatum been back?  Probably in the dog house because of his one on one play.

[Chief]

If Tatum is healthy...a combination of him, Tatum,  Kyrie, and Big Al need to be on the floor together.

Never just one!

[Rosco917]

I'm hoping with Marcus Smart hurt we see more Hayward than Rozier.

[blink]

We need to clamp down on the perimeter def.  lots of easy looks for the Pacers from 3.

[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.  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.

They clinched the best record in game 79. He sat game 80, played game 81, and sat game 82. Yes, the fact that he played the exact game 81 REALLY proves your point, droop. Completely sound logic there.  See my other post where I explain how these are not analogous situations.

[SCeltic34]

22 points in 15 minutes of play.  2 for 11 from 3.

Die by the 3.

[gouki88]

Has Tatum been back?  Probably in the dog house because of his one on one play.

Doesn't seem to get Rozier in the dog house

[Rosco917]

Has Tatum been back?  Probably in the dog house because of his one on one play.

Just about all he knows how to do.