Celtics (45-23) at Raptors (49-18) Seeding Game #5 8/7/20

[ozgod]

15 pts from the bench and 11 from Theis, good to see them stepping up

[keevsnick]

So some things i liked:

Everything timelord
Everything theis
Jaylen Browns defense on Siakam
A more reasonable number of foul calls leading to a better paced game.

[Neurotic Guy]

Boston 5-22 from 3.  No need to keep throwing them up and missing.  Eventually Toronto will hit shots.

By that line of logic, we will too, right?

Possibly.  Boston shooting poorly; Toronto shooting atrociously.  The point being Boston has a tendency to get out their rhythm and get lazy on offense -- and let teams back in. 

[Chief]

So some things i liked:

Everything timelord
Everything theis
Jaylen Browns defense on Siakam
A more reasonable number of foul calls leading to a better paced game.

100% agree on Timelord.

Tp

[hpantazo]

Boston 5-22 from 3.  No need to keep throwing them up and missing.  Eventually Toronto will hit shots.

By that line of logic, we will too, right?

Possibly.  Boston shooting poorly; Toronto shooting atrociously.  The point being Boston has a tendency to get out their rhythm and get lazy on offense -- and let teams back in.

I think part of it is that when teams exert so much effort and focus on defense , their offense suffers.

[hpantazo]

So some things i liked:

Everything timelord
Everything theis
Jaylen Browns defense on Siakam
A more reasonable number of foul calls leading to a better paced game.

And Hayward doing his best Kanter impression on the offensive glass

[jpotter33]

So some things i liked:

Everything timelord
Everything theis
Jaylen Browns defense on Siakam
A more reasonable number of foul calls leading to a better paced game.

Definitely this. Much more enjoyable and fairly balanced officiating game tonight with only a handful of bad calls. Props to the officials for letting them play tonight; now just do it more consistently.

[Neurotic Guy]

It's nice to have solid lead when Tatum and Hayward aren't doing much offensively.  Hope to see both have a solid 2nd half. 

[Kuberski33]

Big positive to me, regardless of how the 2nd half turns out, is they're playing playoff defense maybe for the first time in the bubble. This needs to be a regular occurrence if they're going to have any hopes of advancing.

We're also seeing how Brad's going to play it - short rotation.  6 regulars and then they fill in where needed - though if Time Lord can keep this up maybe he'll make it 7 who play every game?

[jpotter33]

It's nice to have solid lead when Tatum and Hayward aren't doing much offensively.  Hope to see both have a solid 2nd half.

And Kemba.

[Neurotic Guy]

So some things i liked:

Everything timelord
Everything theis
Jaylen Browns defense on Siakam
A more reasonable number of foul calls leading to a better paced game.

And Hayward doing his best Kanter impression on the offensive glass

That was really nice after a sloppy half for him.  Also Tatum step back was nice to see.

[tstorey_97]

Celtics - FG 42.2%  3 PT  5-23
Raptors - FG 33.3% 3 PT 3 - 18

Theis and Brown tied for "game high" with 11 points each

Smart is 0-4 from three

Not to be outdone

Freddie is 1 for 5 from three

[jpotter33]

Big positive to me, regardless of how the 2nd half turns out, is they're playing playoff defense maybe for the first time in the bubble. This needs to be a regular occurrence if they're going to have any hopes of advancing.

We're also seeing how Brad's going to play it - short rotation.  6 regulars and then they fill in where needed - though if Time Lord can keep this up maybe he'll make it 7 who play every game?

Yes, also props to Steven for the rotation. Loving what we're seeing thus far with this playoff rotation.

[BASS_THUMPER]

fun to see others step up in this game!

[Neurotic Guy]

I'm with Perk -- more time for Rob