Celtics (2-0) at Pacers (0-2) Round 1 Game 3 4/19/19

[BringToughnessBack]

TP’s to all..dream of brooms.

[Chief]

Excellent road playoff win. Impressive defensive effort in the second half once again.

You can b!tch all you want about certain aspects of the game but an 8-10 point road playoff win is hard to get, as is going up 3-0 on a playoff team.

Really, really good win and shows why this is such a tough to to beat. They have so many players that can just go off and also one of the premier closers in the game.

Tp

[bopna]

The starting five that we were suppose to run in Nov is getting it done...in the playoffs no less.

Just less Rozier and im happy...Didn't he have Al's bug so he does not play in G4...I want Wannamaker.

[tstorey_97]

Well Done lads!

On to game four!

[LarBrd33]

Both the Bucks and Celtics are in for a culture shock when they finish up sweeping these garbage below .500 also-rans.

[jpotter33]

Oh yeah - and suck it, Jaylen Rose and Stan Van Gundy!!

Now we just need Detroit to take at least one of those games at home to extend their series a bit and give us more time for rest and to get Smart healed up.

[RJ87]

We're going to need to play a lot better if we're going to win any games against non-creampuff opponents.  Indiana is terrible.

The Bucks are sitting at home licking their chops right now as they're watching this game.

While we certainly haven't been perfect and have some things to clean up, these are shortsighted comments and not respectful enough of Indy. They're clearly lacking offensively sans Dipo, but they're as good as it gets defensively, and in the playoffs that's enough to keep games close (see Boston Celtics the last several years prior to 2018).

Hell, we're very likely going to sweep Indy at this point, which is not at all easy. Hell, look at Cleveland's championship year. They swept Detroit in the first round that year, and that series was very similar to this one with three really close games and only one that wasn't that close. And that Detroit team was no better than this Indy team.

But also, we're up 3-0. Can the doom and gloom be put on hold for 24 hours?

[Kuberski33]

Is it just me, or is that crowd a bit more overweight then usual crowds 😁

Another great game outcome and Kyrie and Tatum and Brown and Horford amazing together. Kyrie’s killer gear awakens at end of every playoff game. He is truly a great alpha for us.

Given that the Celtics have been on the receiving end of that gear, it's nice to have it on our side.

[slamtheking]

good to see this team come together to make the big plays down the stretch for the win.  didn't see that in a lot of the regular season games.

now if we can just get the to play like they did in the first quarter all the time, we're taking home the banner

[ozgod]

We're going to need to play a lot better if we're going to win any games against non-creampuff opponents.  Indiana is terrible.

The Bucks are sitting at home licking their chops right now as they're watching this game.

While we certainly haven't been perfect and have some things to clean up, these are shortsighted comments and not respectful enough of Indy. They're clearly lacking offensively sans Dipo, but they're as good as it gets defensively, and in the playoffs that's enough to keep games close (see Boston Celtics the last several years prior to 2018).

Hell, we're very likely going to sweep Indy at this point, which is not at all easy. Hell, look at Cleveland's championship year. They swept Detroit in the first round that year, and that series was very similar to this one with three really close games and only one that wasn't that close. And that Detroit team was no better than this Indy team.

TP totally agree. What they’re lacking in talent Indy make up for in grit and heart. Unfortunately In tight games like these you need people you can give the ball to to make things happen at the end. We have those and they don’t.

And we’re also starting develop a bit of our heart...Indy put us under the gun the last couple of games and we responded when during the regular season we would have folded.

Obviously we need to play better to make a deep run but we’re getting there.

[SHAQATTACK]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

luv it

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[SparzWizard]

Bring the brooms!

Would be nice to sweep. Hoping the Celtics don't blow a 3-0 lead.

[0003323344]

What is up with the ft shooting?

They're not used to shooting them since they have been a perimeter team in the regular season. Perhaps Brad should channel Larry Bird and have each of them shoot at least 100 foul shots in practice and have JB practice his layups too.

[slamtheking]

got to love Scal's line questioning why the Indy fans were leaving before the final buzzer "I thought gold didn't quit."