Celtics (1-2) at Heat (2-1) ECF Game #4 9/23/20

[wiley]

1.1 seconds is enough time to not do a hail mary pass.  Give it someone in the back court...three dribble for a half court heave...even closer if you can get it to someone around half court...

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Meanwhile, Heat are the best team with record in the postseason- 11-2

I'm sure they'll start struggling once they face the Lakers.

and mysteriously, they’ll start committing more fouls.

LOL, yup

[scaryjerry]

1.1 seconds is enough time to not do a hail mary pass.  Give it someone in the back court...three dribble for a half court heave...even closer if you can get it to someone around half court...

The game was already lost...would it be cool to win on a half court heave? Sure. But pretty trivial thing to pick at...they’ve gotten some good looks on some Hail Mary passes and just simply missed a shot...no problem with it

[hodgy03038]

I think Brad should have called Nick Nurse at halftime for some advice.

[ozgod]

So Tyler Herro, who had 37 points, shot 14-21 (66%) overall and 5-10 (50%) from 3 is apparently a -4 for the game

Meanwhile Duncan Robinson who was 0-5 and his only 3 points came from the foul line, was a +3

[Tr1boy]

CElts in the bonus with what 5 mins to go??  don't take advantage of this.

This is the 3rd time Brad has failed to take advantage of this situation in the playoffs

Fine you can't drive against the zone

You could have brought in Kanter for a few possessions and fed him the ball down low.  Try to generate FTs ... get the Heat 2nd guessing

Brad instead just paralyzed by Heat zone D..... probably thinking,  "wow such a good zone D by the Heat. And that Herro what a stud. Tip my cap to him.  Let me figure out how to beat this zone for game 5.  Can't wait to watch tape!"

[BackDoorCut]

CElts in the bonus with what 5 mins to go??  don't take advantage of this.

This is the 3rd time Brad has failed to take advantage of this situation in the playoffs

Fine you can't drive against the zone

You could have brought in Kanter for a few possessions and fed him the ball down low.  Try to generate FTs ... get the Heat 2nd guessing

Brad instead just paralyzed by Heat zone D..... probably thinking,  "wow such a good zone D by the Heat. And that Herro what a stud. Tip my cap to him.  Let me figure out how to beat this zone for game 5.  Can't wait to watch tape!"

Quite frankly I thought they did a great job in the third getting into the middle of the zone and then as they always do, went away from what worked. I don't think that's on Brad, bench someone? who's he going to put in, sharpshooter Semi?

[Tr1boy]

CElts in the bonus with what 5 mins to go??  don't take advantage of this.

This is the 3rd time Brad has failed to take advantage of this situation in the playoffs

Fine you can't drive against the zone

You could have brought in Kanter for a few possessions and fed him the ball down low.  Try to generate FTs ... get the Heat 2nd guessing

Brad instead just paralyzed by Heat zone D..... probably thinking,  "wow such a good zone D by the Heat. And that Herro what a stud. Tip my cap to him.  Let me figure out how to beat this zone for game 5.  Can't wait to watch tape!"

Quite frankly I thought they did a great job in the third getting into the middle of the zone and then as they always do, went away from what worked. I don't think that's on Brad, bench someone? who's he going to put in, sharpshooter Semi?

Again Celts were in the bonus with 5 mins to go in the 4th.  And instead of focusing on taking advantage of this .... he just lets the team pass the ball around the perimeter to try to execute tough jump shots.   

The idea of bringing in Kanter, feeding the ball down low..... really good chance he either gets you the sure 2s or goes to the line. Bam has had a tough time guarding time down low

You could have gone to this execution 2 to 3 times ....  just to get Heat D scrambling.

[Ogaju]

So Tyler Herro, who had 37 points, shot 14-21 (66%) overall and 5-10 (50%) from 3 is apparently a -4 for the game

Meanwhile Duncan Robinson who was 0-5 and his only 3 points came from the foul line, was a +3

you know what they say about three types of lies..... lies, white lies, and statistics.

[Mahk E Mahk]

CElts in the bonus with what 5 mins to go??  don't take advantage of this.

This is the 3rd time Brad has failed to take advantage of this situation in the playoffs

Fine you can't drive against the zone

You could have brought in Kanter for a few possessions and fed him the ball down low.  Try to generate FTs ... get the Heat 2nd guessing

Brad instead just paralyzed by Heat zone D..... probably thinking,  "wow such a good zone D by the Heat. And that Herro what a stud. Tip my cap to him.  Let me figure out how to beat this zone for game 5.  Can't wait to watch tape!"

Quite frankly I thought they did a great job in the third getting into the middle of the zone and then as they always do, went away from what worked. I don't think that's on Brad, bench someone? who's he going to put in, sharpshooter Semi?

Again Celts were in the bonus with 5 mins to go in the 4th.  And instead of focusing on taking advantage of this .... he just lets the team pass the ball around the perimeter to try to execute tough jump shots.   

The idea of bringing in Kanter, feeding the ball down low..... really good chance he either gets you the sure 2s or goes to the line. Bam has had a tough time guarding time down low

You could have gone to this execution 2 to 3 times ....  just to get Heat D scrambling.

completely agree with this. kanter is the only center on the team with a post-up game. feed the ball to him in the post and after he makes a couple of shots or gets to the FT line, the zone is forced to collapse to prevent easy buckets in the paint. suddenly, we have open shooters for kanter to kick the ball out to. it’s so simple, a college coach can draw it up. 

[ozgod]

So Tyler Herro, who had 37 points, shot 14-21 (66%) overall and 5-10 (50%) from 3 is apparently a -4 for the game

Meanwhile Duncan Robinson who was 0-5 and his only 3 points came from the foul line, was a +3

you know what they say about three types of lies..... lies, white lies, and statistics.

All I can say is his teammates must've played REALLY bad while Herro was on and if not for him they would have been in deep doodoo 

[Kuberski33]

All I can think of is the Heat drafted a stud in Herro and one pick later we got a guy who's made of glass and can't shoot.

[SparzWizard]

All I can think of is the Heat drafted a stud in Herro and one pick later we got a guy who's made of glass and can't shoot.

It's always like this...first Giannis and now Herro. Frustrating

[SparzWizard]

I would totally trade records with the Nuggets right now.

Let the Nuggets be down 3-1, while the Celtics down 2-1 and have a rerun and do things right lol. Sigh who am I kidding though.

[Somebody]

So Tyler Herro, who had 37 points, shot 14-21 (66%) overall and 5-10 (50%) from 3 is apparently a -4 for the game

Meanwhile Duncan Robinson who was 0-5 and his only 3 points came from the foul line, was a +3

you know what they say about three types of lies..... lies, white lies, and statistics.

All I can say is his teammates must've played REALLY bad while Herro was on and if not for him they would have been in deep doodoo 

He was also on the court a lot when we made our runs via offensive outbursts (that stretch at the end where we tried to make a comeback really hurt his raw +/-). There's nothing wrong with statistics when people apply context to the numbers instead of taking them at face value.

The real three types of lies are lies, white lies and narratives