Celtics (2-0) at 76ers (0-2) Round 2 Game #3 5/5/18

[trickybilly]

The confetti sweeping pun valve is about to burst..

Seriously though, C's were just more composed, had a better balance on D, no great surprise this is 3-0

Everyone needs to calm down. I want LeBron. And I want to win in 4.

[kozlodoev]

Is anyone else annoyed by how, in an almost casually-dismissive way, it's a foregone conclusion that the 76ers are the more talented team? That's just NOT TRUE.

Horford, Tatum and Brown vs Embiid, Simmons and Redick is at worst a wash. Rozier and Morris are probably better than Saric and Covington. Gah!

[hwangjini_1]

Regardless of the outcome of this series, I think it's amazing what Philly was able to accomplish this season.  They are well ahead of schedule and this is probably their most successful season since Iverson.  That said, they should consider hiring a real coach after this season.  It's great that Brett Brown had that win streak with them, but he's been awful in these playoffs.  It's rare for a coach to survive post-tank.  Probably time for them to bring in someone real.

Brown is still teaching these guys and they have $ coming up. I stick with Brown unless they can lure LeBron or another real FA to actually be contenders. They got no shot against a healthy C''s

i cannot conceive of lebron wanting to come to a team that is this mentally weak and this poorly coached. lebron has zero time to waste waiting for kids to mature.

lebron may jump the sinking cleveland ship, but it wont be for philly.

i was shocked at how simmons crumbled in big moments. he may yet shape up and become tougher, but for now he has a major problem.

[BringToughnessBack]

I just wanted to give a HUGE thank you to all on this thread! 

I was outside with family so couldn't watch the game, but had this forum game thread up almost the entire time (lol). Was frustrating at times with connection errors on the site and occassionally my 4G/LTE going slow depending where we were, but was great to follow along the game with everyone's posts here!

Throughout all the frustrations, raging at refs, raging at missed FT's, praising folks, celebrating makes, it was a hard fought win and a battle that we won at the end. The end of the 4th definitely gave me a heart attack as connection problems hit again on this site, but I was seeing some folks like Kaufman and others on Twitter talking confetti, "OH MY GOD", etc. lol 

#OnToGame5 #GreatSaturday 

TP for family loyalty! We might need you to miss more away games 😁😉

[hwangjini_1]

The confetti sweeping pun valve is about to burst..

Seriously though, C's were just more composed, had a better balance on D, no great surprise this is 3-0

Everyone needs to calm down. I want LeBron. And I want to win in 4.

ha ha ha ha ha ha.....no. 

[BudweiserCeltic]

I just hope we don't see Larkin again on crunch time.

By the way, at the end of regulation we had 20 fouls called on our team vs. 10 to Philly. That's insane.

[BringToughnessBack]

Rumor out of Philly is that there  is a job opening for confetti button pusher-

Prayers to Celtics fans leaving that arena tonight- stay safe and stay classy PA-Vikings fans are still recovering from the abuse and assaults.

[Tr1boy]

I want Jayson Tatum to be a Celtic for his entire career.

And that's it. I'm done.

His idol is Kobe Bryant

he definitely has some of the same traits

ice in his veins.  So money

Our kids grew up idolizing tough players like MJ and Kobe. No wonder why they aren't afraid of the limelights.

yes. And playing away...the boos actually fuel them

[rondofan1255]

This series is more thrilling than the Bucks one. The Philly media hype was too much!

[jpotter33]

Embiid is really complaining about calls after this game and the foul disparity there was in their favor??

[LarBrd33]

[MJohnnyboy]

Sixers are just too green for their own good right now. They should have won this game, but their lack of composure murdered them.

I expect Philly to build off this season no question, BUT THAT MISSED DUNK BY SIMMONS IS GOING TO HAUNT HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS CAREER!

[hwangjini_1]

oh, and for those of you keeping count of playoff scoring in this series is...

tatum 72
fultz 0

 

[jpotter33]

I just wanted to give a HUGE thank you to all on this thread! 

I was outside with family so couldn't watch the game, but had this forum game thread up almost the entire time (lol). Was frustrating at times with connection errors on the site and occassionally my 4G/LTE going slow depending where we were, but was great to follow along the game with everyone's posts here!

Throughout all the frustrations, raging at refs, raging at missed FT's, praising folks, celebrating makes, it was a hard fought win and a battle that we won at the end. The end of the 4th definitely gave me a heart attack as connection problems hit again on this site, but I was seeing some folks like Kaufman and others on Twitter talking confetti, "OH MY GOD", etc. lol 

#OnToGame5 #GreatSaturday 

Who prioritizes family over a C's playoff game?? 

[celticinorlando]

I really like the way Boston matches up with the Cleveland team.