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Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #675 on: April 17, 2019, 09:45:48 PM »

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Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #676 on: April 17, 2019, 09:46:05 PM »

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That last minute was the kind of weapon-at-every-position basketball we were all hoping to see at the beginning of the year.  And with the Kyrie/Brown/Hayward/Tatum/Horford lineup that Stevens seemingly abandoned in November.

Horford block.  Brown takes it the length of the court, dish to Tatum for the 3!

Great D by all. Next time down Kyrie to Tatum to Hayward.

Next time down, Tatum to Hayward to Hordford to Tatum for the and-1 dunk.

Everybody's touching the ball and is a threat to score.  A beautiful thing.

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Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #677 on: April 17, 2019, 09:46:31 PM »

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Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #678 on: April 17, 2019, 09:49:24 PM »

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Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #679 on: April 17, 2019, 09:50:39 PM »

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Lebron just wasted one year of his basketball life after being duped by Magic Johnson.

Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #680 on: April 17, 2019, 09:55:20 PM »

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Lebron just wasted one year of his basketball life after being duped by Magic Johnson.

Yes. :)

Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #681 on: April 17, 2019, 09:56:15 PM »

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Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #682 on: April 17, 2019, 09:56:45 PM »

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Kyrie and Tatum were great when needed, but we won the battle of the boards by 12 and that was huge as well.

Agree!

Celts usually win when they win the rebounding battle.

I have said this for years. No rebounds, no rings.


You were the one that came up with that? Wow.

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« Reply #683 on: April 17, 2019, 10:21:05 PM »

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Celtics have held the Pacers to 5 quarters of 21 or less points in a quarter. Quarters of 21, 20, 8, 12, 17 points given up. That's freaking impressive.

Maybe Indy is shooting bad but I think the Celtics playing some stiffling stretches of defense is the reason.

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« Reply #684 on: April 17, 2019, 10:21:41 PM »

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Some nice grit in the 4Q. The one nice thing about tonight was the defense was consistently good for most of the game - and especially in the 4th with the game on the line.  I'm wondering whether Baynes was hurting where he didn't play much?

Nothing out of Morris (once again) shooting 0 for 8 and Brad wisely sat him the entire 4Q. Al toughed it out tonight - was definitely sub par - but not defensively.  His presence defending the post was huge.  Tatum stepped up big time.


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« Reply #685 on: April 17, 2019, 10:27:33 PM »

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Kyrie had 37 points with just two free throws. WOW!

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« Reply #686 on: April 17, 2019, 10:33:00 PM »

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Celtics did what they needed to do- to defend home-court.

Teams who start the series 2-0 win the series about 93% of the time, I believe. Now let's go out and steal Game 3. The Celtics need to start their playoff series by winning on the road.


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« Reply #687 on: April 17, 2019, 10:42:45 PM »

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Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #688 on: April 17, 2019, 10:56:58 PM »

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Sorry guys, playing offense this way is not going to get us anywhere near a title. Same reason Houston never gets it done. Everyone is so busy worshipping Kyrie, that they are missing the big picture. Irving's ball dominance has reached new heights in the playoffs. Two players took over half our shots.
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Re: Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game 2 4/17/19
« Reply #689 on: April 17, 2019, 10:58:52 PM »

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Sorry guys, playing offense this way is not going to get us anywhere near a title. Same reason Houston never gets it done. Everyone is so busy worshipping Kyrie, that they are missing the big picture. Irving's ball domination has reached new heights in the playoffs. Two players took over half our shots.

Then Ainge needs to package Brown and Tatum to get Anthony Davis. Get 2017 Hayward performance in 2019-2020. And then find a way to get Bradley Beal. Warriors East.  8)


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