Celtics (49-23) at Kings (43-28) Game #73 3/21/23

[Phantom255x]

JAYL3N!

[G-Bones]

I hate hearing the King announcers

[blink]

terrible call on Fox there....so ticky tac

[SCeltic34]

Fortunate to close the quarter this well.

[blink]

JT really closed out the quarter well

[jpotter33]

Great way to end the quarter for once! But that's what happens when you force the issue and take it to the dang rim against a bottom of the league defensive team.

[Neurotic Guy]

Great close of the half. 

Wish I could watch the rest. Go Cs.

[Indocelts]

See what you can get when you drive to the basket, Tatum.

[Silas]

Nice half.  The Jays having a good game.

[Phantom255x]

Awesome response! 13-2 run to finish the half.

Fun game. Tatum looks great, and looks like he can go for 40+ if he wants. We'll probably need it if we want to win

[blink]

great push by the C's at the end of the half...
we got the benefit of some iffy calls, but it happens to us too....

[SCeltic34]

Didn't shoot the ball particularly well and still up 6 on the road.  I'll gladly take it.  The main reason we kept pace despite not playing well is we've been taking care the ball.  The only TO was JB's dead ball TO (failed pass to Timelord)

[slamtheking]

good close to the half.  have to call it a night.  hope to wake up to good news tomorrow morning

[Silas]

Amazing the Cs with only one turnover.

[jpotter33]

JT really closed out the quarter well

Yeah, and doesn't seem to be a coincidence that it's after two days rest. I think we've seen that often enough that there's fairly solid evidence that a lot of his struggles recently are due to fatigue and lack of rest, particularly given the knowledge that he's a league leader in minutes played over the last several years due to his durability and long playoff runs.

So we need to keep that in mind the remaining games. Probably out of the running for the one seed now, but once we lock up the two seed we probably need to make sure Tatum gets lots of rest before the playoffs start.