Celtics (39-16) at Lakers (42-12) Game #56 2/23/20

[Jiri Welsch]

Maybe we run the offense again...

[esel1000]

Too much Tatum. The other guys are just standing around watching Tatum play basketball. They gotta play too. Get involved. Don't just pass Tatum the ball and stand there.

Yeah they’ve been bad outside of Tatum tonight... need more guys to step up

[Birdman]

Refs not going let Lakers lose in national tv

[jpotter33]

Yeah, about three possessions too late on that timeout yet again, Brad. 

It was pretty clear that they started denying Tatum the ball and we were reeling. Brad has to do better at recognizing those flow and momentum changes. After 7 years you would've thought he would have improved that area of his craft by now.

[Ogaju]

If our bench was simply just average, we'd be blowing them out.

Wanamaker is hot garbage today

cold garbage.

[RockinRyA]

Wanamaker comes in, the Lakers narrow the gap. This is particularly bad because Tatum is about to get his rest.

[Surferdad]

If we lose, it's because of this sorry bench.

But I really hope we win with Tatum's coming out game.

Yeah this is bigger than the Clipper game.  Need to win!!

[Who]

Kuzma is a lovely player to watch when he plays simple. Don't overcomplicate things. He just looks smooth out there. Finds so many opportunities to score.

[BringToughnessBack]

I wanna see Wannamaker wake up.

[OhioGreen]

Wannamaker is terrible.... can't catch now!  Pathetic.

[jpotter33]

Such poor decision making.  Smart looked off Tatum and gave Wanamaker the ball instead, who then gets swatted by AD leading to a broken offensive possession. 

Come on.  Give Tatum the ball.

To be fair, Tatum isn't exactly going and getting the ball either. They've smartly started denying him the ball from the get-go, and Tatum looks a bit fatigued out there and isn't expending that much energy to get open.

[RJ87]

Too much Tatum. The other guys are just standing around watching Tatum play basketball. They gotta play too. Get involved. Don't just pass Tatum the ball and stand there.

I don't know how true that is. It seems like Jaylen decided he wasn't passing the ball at all this game, no matter how many defenders are in front of him.

[RockinRyA]

If we lose, it's because of this sorry bench.

But I really hope we win with Tatum's coming out game.

Yeah this is bigger than the Clipper game.  Need to win!!

I wanted them to beat the Clippers because we havent beaten them yet. But beating the Lakers no matter how meaningless the game is trumps everything.

[Ogaju]

Kuzma is a lovely player to watch when he plays simple. Don't overcomplicate things. He just looks smooth out there. Finds so many opportunities to score.

you like Kuzma, huh?

[Surferdad]

Yeah, about three possessions too late on that timeout yet again, Brad. 

It was pretty clear that they started denying Tatum the ball and we were reeling. Brad has to do better at recognizing those flow and momentum changes. After 7 years you would've thought he would have improved that area of his craft by now.

Such a great point. Even as fans we could see that LAL had changed to overplaying JT. Come on Brad!