Celtics (62-16) at Bucks (47-31) Game #79 4/9/24

[liam]

They will flip that call cause it's the first Bucks foul.

[angryguy77]

No fouls is malpractice.

This league is a joke.

[Goldstar88]

Silver must really want the Bucks to get that two seed.

[liam]

Refs giving us nothing...

[SCeltic34]

Miwaukee's perimeter defense is less than impressive.

[liam]

How was that not a travel on Giannis??? This sux!

[angryguy77]

Don't tell me there hasn't been a directive

[SCeltic34]

Another bad defensive possession by the Bucks.  The C's are missing wide open looks.

[liam]

Don't tell me there hasn't been a directive

I won't...

[celticinorlando]

Should have left the top 6 in Boston. No reason at all to play them.

[jambr380]

Do y'all really think the Celtics want the Bucks to blow us out TWICE just to draw a better playoff catchup? That shows less confidence than my high school dating life.

I don't think they necessarily want to get blown out, but they are casually just tossing up 3s like it's shootaround. If they were knocking them down, maybe they would be a little more into it (like the Sac game), but I definitely think they don't care about this game at all. Don't get injured and don't give anything away.

It's not reflective in the score, but this Bucks team kind-of sucks - I'm happy to see it. Poor guys are out there flexing and giving it their all and the Celtics just wanna go home.

[jambr380]

Should have left the top 6 in Boston. No reason at all to play them.

Yeah, that's the only issue I have. They've earned a night off - especially in a game they want to lose. I hope the media doesn't make a thing out of this. It would have been a lot easier to explain this away if Tatum and Brown weren't playing.

[JSD]

Sit the starters and Horford. What the heck are we doing

[celticinorlando]

Should have left the top 6 in Boston. No reason at all to play them.

Yeah, that's the only issue I have. They've earned a night off - especially in a game they want to lose. I hope the media doesn't make a thing out of this. It would have been a lot easier to explain this away if Tatum and Brown weren't playing.

Would have sat everyone tonight. Used the Knicks games as playoff tune up and then sit everyone the last two games

[tenn_smoothie]

Just now turned the game on ......... I saw the score and figured half the team was sitting, but only Horford and Porzingis.

So what happened and why are Tatum and Brown already at 20 minutes ?