76ers (18-7) at Celtics (17-6) Game #24 12/12/19

[hpantazo]

Decent half, but every time we get up by 8 we let them back in. We should have closed the half up by 8-10 points.

[ETNCeltics]

Hate that didn't count, but Kemba wasted way too much time. He milked the clock down far too much before he made his move. Our whole team has a bad habit of that.

[tstorey_97]

He missed by a fraction, but that was a really good play simply because Hayward is one of the best shooters on the court and should be getting the "last shot".

[tenn_smoothie]

We should be up 15 - our 3-point defense has again been weak.
They do watch film and work on weaknesses in practice, right ?

[hpantazo]

Kemba had quite the 1st half! He's so explosive when he's got it going.

[BitterJim]

Do coaches get 1 per half?

1 per game, no matter what

Well not a fan of using it there then.

Me neither, but if you get the call it's hard to complain. Sometimes a better chance just never comes up

As long as Brad was planning to use a TO there anyway, I think it's fine

Should be one per quarter. These officials are a joke,

At the very least, you should have the ability to use another challenge if the first is successful

[RPGenerate]

Keep giving them open 3s

Some of our guys, especially Brown, switch for no apparent reason, constantly putting us in a bad situation.

Brown has a couple of plays a game where he's just incredibly lazy, and gets burned hard. I don't understand it, as he's a really good defender most of the time.

[nickagneta]

Keep giving them open 3s

Some of our guys, especially Brown, switch for no apparent reason, constantly putting us in a bad situation.

That is actually by design. Brown and others are just running the defense the coach wants then to.

[ViolentGhandi]

Do coaches get 1 per half?

1 per game, no matter what

Well not a fan of using it there then.

Me neither, but if you get the call it's hard to complain. Sometimes a better chance just never comes up

As long as Brad was planning to use a TO there anyway, I think it's fine

Should be one per quarter. These officials are a joke,

should be 1 until you lose on the decision - good use of your challenge gets honored this way.

[jambr380]

Decent half, but every time we get up by 8 we let them back in. We should have closed the half up by 8-10 points.

Yeah, this is concerning. We have clearly outplayed them, but the Mike Scott/Matisse Thybulle show from 3 is killing us. Luckily Kemba is bringing it, but we will need him to continue doing what he is doing, while shutting down the lame 3s on the defensive end.

[RockinRyA]

Keep giving them open 3s

Some of our guys, especially Brown, switch for no apparent reason, constantly putting us in a bad situation.

That is actually by design. Brown and others are just running the defense the coach wants then to.

Actually in this game, Brown has been a bit lazy. Playing on a back to back must be a factor, but he actually gave up on a couple of plays.

[ViolentGhandi]

Philly is shooting lightsout (52% from 3). Gotta admit they had a lot of open ones

[hwangjini_1]

i could not watch the first half. recap please for a tp.

[ETNCeltics]

Keep giving them open 3s

Some of our guys, especially Brown, switch for no apparent reason, constantly putting us in a bad situation.

That is actually by design. Brown and others are just running the defense the coach wants then to.

Switching Brown onto Embiid when there's plenty of time to not switch is not by any rational design.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Decent half, but every time we get up by 8 we let them back in. We should have closed the half up by 8-10 points.

Yeah, this is concerning. We have clearly outplayed them, but the Mike Scott/Matisse Thybulle show from 3 is killing us. Luckily Kemba is bringing it, but we will need him to continue doing what he is doing, while shutting down the lame 3s on the defensive end.

Whaddaya know? A couple of role players are killing the Celtics.