Heat (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Round 1 Game #2 4/24/24

[jambr380]

My biggest worry was that KP couldn't handle the intensity and physicality of playoff basketball, and here we are.

We have a lot of talent, but are an extremely soft team. That talent should allow us to win a series or two, but I think we all assumed that this team could at least sweep the 8-seeded team which is now missing its best player.

[Atzar]

Well s***, if the other team shoots 54% from three on high volume then you're gonna lose.  That just is what it is.

Onto the next one.

[scaryjerry]

Tatum +8 in 41 minutes

Brown -20 in 37 minutes

Pretty much sums up the last 7 years.

for gawds sake are you even watching the game.  Brown has played well.  plus minus doesnt tell the whole story so stupid

Agreed. Absolutely despicable take and stat.

Jayson Tatum is as soft as they come and was moping around with horrid body language much of the second half. He’s a choking dog. But plus minus!
Eye test tells me the only one who even came to play was Jaylen.

[SCeltic34]

IT LITERALLY TOOK JOE UNTIL 30 SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME TO GO SMALL WITH NO KP OR AL. MY GOD IS HE INCOMPETENT.

I would have went small in the first quarter.  The only way the Heat can win is if they light us up from 3.  Joe's dumbass double big lineup got them going.  They made back to back 3's when Joe made that decision.  It was all downhill from there.

[Phantom255x]

My biggest worry was that KP couldn't handle the intensity and physicality of playoff basketball, and here we are.

We have a lot of talent, but are an extremely soft team. That talent should allow us to win a series or two, but I think we all assumed that this team could at least sweep the 8-seeded team which is now missing its best player.

Coaching and schemes isn't gonna do much if KP is gonna suck this bad and look fragile. Tonight was entirely on him, poor shooting, bad decisions, looked lost from the start and clumsy.

[Neurotic Guy]

The bench took 8 shots and made 4. PP took no shots.

Pritchard did not provide a spark and looked awkward all night.  Sam played pretty well, though missed a big wide open 3 in the 2nd.  Al was decent.  Man, this game bummed me.

[liam]

My biggest worry was that KP couldn't handle the intensity and physicality of playoff basketball, and here we are.

We have a lot of talent, but are an extremely soft team. That talent should allow us to win a series or two, but I think we all assumed that this team could at least sweep the 8-seeded team which is now missing its best player.

Play Queta! Do something Joe!

[jpotter33]

the J’s might be scoring but their defensive effort tonight is pathetic. you can’t win a chip if you don’t play both sides of the court for 48 minutes. allowing someone as limited as herro to torch you at home is a joke.

I'm not sure what you're watching, but that's not on the Jays. They're getting screened off by Bam - with illegal screens no less - and it's the bigs that are playing way too far down low to contest it. That's literally what it is every single time, with the only other exceptions being when Jrue is playign his free safety defense and way too far off of his man.

It's the ridiculous defensive gameplan that is killing us - the same one that lost us the Finals in 2022. Wonder who we have to blame? 

i’m watching bam feast in the lane, martin and herro shooting uncontested threes, jaquez and jovic with 25. are the J’s not guarding anyone? their defensive effort has been crap, just like the bigs who are sagging on the pnr. take off your green colored glasses; this team is who they’ve always been and the J’s aren’t stepping up on the defensive end.

and where were the J’s on offense in the second half? another disappearing act in crunch time…against the butler-less heat at home!

I mean, they both went over their season averages in points tonight. You're pointing the finger at the wrong guys, my dude.

[RMO]

Typical.  That Caleb Martin hard foul happened late in game 1 when the game was all but over.  The real chance to respond is tonight and this is what we get.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

REVOKE THEIR PAYCHECKS.

MAKE THEM GET REAL JOBS AT DUNKIN DONUTS

AFTER A WEEK MAYBE THEY WILL WANT TO PLAY

CLOWNS

DISGRACES

[hpantazo]

Porzingis was downright awful tonight. Mazulla should have benched him down the stretch

[SCeltic34]

Tatum +8 in 41 minutes

Brown -20 in 37 minutes

Pretty much sums up the last 7 years.

for gawds sake are you even watching the game.  Brown has played well.  plus minus doesnt tell the whole story so stupid

Clearly isn't watching the game, or doesn't understand the game, or both.  The stat fits the historical pattern, but Brown wasn't the problem tonight.  Anything but.

[liam]

The bench took 8 shots and made 4. PP took no shots.

Pritchard did not provide a spark and looked awkward all night.  Sam played pretty well, though missed a big wide open 3 in the 2nd.  Al was decent.  Man, this game bummed me.

Hauser shot 50% from 3 but only 4 shots.

[blink]

Shaq on TNT - Miami Heat win by 10 tonight.   I hope someone shows that video to Brown and Tatum.

Sigh.

Well Tatum and brown weren’t the problem tonight.  I guess I shoukd have said show it to KP and Jrue.   i hate it that Shaq is right on that one. 

We just need to seriously play tougher and dont listen to whatever Joe was saying.  The players know they need to make adjustments, ignore the coach.

[jambr380]

The bench took 8 shots and made 4. PP took no shots.

PP is a great minutes eater during the regular season, but if he is just going to be passive and indecisive under the big lights, then he can't play. We have two PGs already. Just have to adjust the rotation.

Brissett and Tillman both suck offensively, but they will go full throttle out there. We have to match the Heat's intensity. No surprise to anybody, we just look like we don't care and don't have an answer.