Celtics (16-10) at Wizards (11-16) Game #27 12/12/18

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Great comeback win against a bad team.  Need to win those games.  Continues to be disappointing to see opposing PGs go absolutely ham on us, though - Wall with 34-13-7-2-1 on 53% shooting.

there no bad teams in the NBA.

The Bulls...

the bulls are terrible

[slamtheking]

great win after blowing the lead in regulation.  Wall looked like he was auditioning for a team to trade for him with all those layups

[hpantazo]

Brad just saying that Smart was 'officially' playing the 5 out there in OT. Interesting he felt the need to reference exactly what position he was playing.

Also, 25-25 on FTs - that is doing what you are supposed to!

Yeah, gotta give them credit for making all their free throws tonight, when we needed each and every one of them.

[jambr380]

Great game.  Someone get John Wall a wheelchair.

Gotta tip my hat to him for going with the old Paul Pierce maneuver

I feel like they were trying to rattle Kyrie by giving him Hayward flashbacks, but once Kyrie realized Wall was fine, he just got mad and started going NBA Jam on everyone.

Game totally holds up on the iPhone, btw - my go-to game whenever I have a few minutes to kill and don't feel like going online.

[Surferdad]

Why on earth were we playing with 3 guards and 2 wings at the same time?

Rozier-Kyrie-Smart-Tatum-Morris

There was no one to protect the paint. No one to secure the rebound either.

Anyway, hats off to Kyrie for the 3-pointers in the clutch! Smart has been great throughout the game as well! 

Because Theis had fouled out, Timelord not yet trusted in crunch time, and Baynes needed for last few minutes.

[Atzar]

How the heck did we give up 125 points to a mediocre Wizards team?

We had no paint presence.  Theis fouled out after 10 seconds, Baynes appears to have been on a minutes limit, and Williams isn't ready yet.  So all Wall had to do was get by his man and he had a layup.  And regardless of his other deficiencies, Wall can get into the paint whenever he wants.

We missed Horford badly tonight.

[hpantazo]

Why on earth were we playing with 3 guards and 2 wings at the same time?

Rozier-Kyrie-Smart-Tatum-Morris

There was no one to protect the paint. No one to secure the rebound either.

Anyway, hats off to Kyrie for the 3-pointers in the clutch! Smart has been great throughout the game as well! 

Because Theis had fouled out, Timelord not yet trusted in crunch time, and Baynes needed for last few minutes.

Yeah, and Baynes was still not fully right with his ankle.

[hpantazo]

How the heck did we give up 125 points to a mediocre Wizards team?

We had no paint presence.  Theis fouled out after 10 seconds, Baynes appears to have been on a minutes limit, and Williams isn't ready yet.  So all Wall had to do was get by his man and he had a layup.  And regardless of his other deficiencies, Wall can get into the paint whenever he wants.

We missed Horford badly tonight.

#cutTheis

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Why on earth were we playing with 3 guards and 2 wings at the same time?

Rozier-Kyrie-Smart-Tatum-Morris

There was no one to protect the paint. No one to secure the rebound either.

Anyway, hats off to Kyrie for the 3-pointers in the clutch! Smart has been great throughout the game as well! 

Because Theis had fouled out, Timelord not yet trusted in crunch time, and Baynes needed for last few minutes.

which makes this win HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE

for what we overcame on the road!

we had it won and blew it in regulation then played 5 more minutes and pulled it out with 2 kyrie daggers.

this is the NBA

take what you can get. will be ugly at times

take the W and get outta DC

[tenn_smoothie]

"This Guy" is just telling the truth about obvious lack of defensive EFFORT.

[nickagneta]

Everyone will give Irving credit - but he gave up one layup after another in regulation and overtime. If he plays defense, we don't need those miracle 3's he made.

Agree

Really guys? John Wall is like the fastest guy with a dribble in the league. When he is on, and he was, he can be pretty unstoppable. Complaining about Kyrie after this game is just showing your obvious bias.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

How the heck did we give up 125 points to a mediocre Wizards team?

We had no paint presence.  Theis fouled out after 10 seconds, Baynes appears to have been on a minutes limit, and Williams isn't ready yet.  So all Wall had to do was get by his man and he had a layup.  And regardless of his other deficiencies, Wall can get into the paint whenever he wants.

We missed Horford badly tonight.

#cutTheis

 

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Everyone will give Irving credit - but he gave up one layup after another in regulation and overtime. If he plays defense, we don't need those miracle 3's he made.

Agree

Really guys? John Wall is like the fastest guy with a dribble in the league. When he is on, and he was, he can be pretty unstoppable. Complaining about Kyrie after this game is just showing your obvious bias.

yep. wall is one of if not the best dribble driver to the hoop in the NBA

we saw it firsthand two years ago in the playoffs

he is a beast

[hpantazo]

How the heck did we give up 125 points to a mediocre Wizards team?

We had no paint presence.  Theis fouled out after 10 seconds, Baynes appears to have been on a minutes limit, and Williams isn't ready yet.  So all Wall had to do was get by his man and he had a layup.  And regardless of his other deficiencies, Wall can get into the paint whenever he wants.

We missed Horford badly tonight.

#cutTheis

 

Gotta love these forums!

[nickagneta]

I'm just wondering why Williams wasn't in the game at the end to possibly try to defend the rim from Walls late game assault.

Might have been that Wall absolutely schooled Williams on a regular basis earlier in the game.