We are watching a very tired basketball team - physically and mentally. Mental fatigue impacts the teams' ability to stay focused on playing the right way and executing. Seems the heavy schedule of late has taken our legs.
Big problem with our Celtics is our real horsepower, Tatum and Brown, are terribly inconsistent. You have no idea what you are going to get game to game. Walker is generally reliable and Hayward, who is our playmaker, I think is playing hurt. You wonder if he is ever going to fully recover from the residuals of the horrible leg injury. Add in the fact that we are basically weak inside and you have a team that lacks real, game to game, consistent firepower and by that, I mean all aspects of the game, offense, defense, rebounding and shooting.
The Bucks are a little bit of a mystery to me. I get that they have the Antelope, who is a top 5 player every nite out. But their supporting cast, while very solid, just doesn't strike me as the best group in the league. They don't overwhelm you, except for their record and they have cruised through a heavy schedule of games with ease. I suspect they may turn out to be vulnerable come playoff time.
The other really big question is, why do we continue to wear these gawd-awful "City Edition" uniforms
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Topic: Celtics 27-12 at Bucks (35-6) Game #40 1/16/20 (Read 48961 times)