Celtics (2-0) at 76ers (0-2) Round 1 Game 3 8/21/20

[gouki88]

All that and we still lead by two.  They're giving us their best shot and it's questionable if that is enough.  This is an annoyance and not much more.  We got this.

Yeah, Philly are absolutely nothing to worry about. Badly coached, badly assembled in terms of their talents not meshing at all, and their star player is in worse shape than me

[coco]

For those old enough to remember Antoine Walker;  every time Smart takes an ill-adviced  3pointer, I cringe.

...same awful feeling I had when Antoine shot the ball.

[Ogaju]

look for the refs to give Tatum a quick 4th foul in the third. And continue to let Philly play Australian Rules Basketball.

[tstorey_97]

Celtics 38.3% FG- 5/20 3 PT - Bench 43 minutes 15 pts
Philly 32.7% FG - 5/18 3PT - Bench 27 minutes 2 pts (uh oh)

Embiid 22 pts

It's ugly so far....see if ugliness continues.

[SCeltic34]

Welp.  Chuck just predicted we'd go up 3-0 in the series.   It is now questionable if we'll win.

[hpantazo]

Smart is the difference in the game so far tonight. If it wasn't for him we'd be down double digits.

[blink]

Welp.  Chuck just predicted we'd go up 3-0 in the series.   It is now questionable if we'll win.

Yeah that is never a good sign lol

[gouki88]

Welp.  Chuck just predicted we'd go up 3-0 in the series.   It is now questionable if we'll win.

Yeah that is never a good sign lol

The kiss of death

[Surferdad]

For those old enough to remember Antoine Walker;  every time Smart takes an ill-adviced  3pointer, I cringe.

...same awful feeling I had when Antoine shot the ball.

Except Smart is not a volume shooter as Antoine was.

[blink]

Smart is the difference in the game so far tonight. If it wasn't for him we'd be down double digits.

huh? 2-6 from the field (0-3 from 3) and 2 fouls?  I know he had a couple of good plays, but he hasn't had a really great game.

[hpantazo]

For those old enough to remember Antoine Walker;  every time Smart takes an ill-adviced  3pointer, I cringe.

...same awful feeling I had when Antoine shot the ball.

Except Smart is not a volume shooter as Antoine was.

And Toine didnt play defense.

[jambr380]

That was a pretty putrid 1st half. The offensive rebounds, TOs, shooting, and terrible officiating; and we are still somehow up.

If the Cs can cobble together even a little consistency and we are able to get Tatum going, then hopefully we can get the W.

Interesting that Tatum was basically punished btw. I don't think Brad was amused by that last reach-in foul and was basically showing him what will happen when he makes dumb mental errors (yes, I understand that he had 3 fouls, but he didn't even put him in for that last offensive possession).

[Ogaju]

it is easy to call the rest of this game..... Boston will win. The only chance the Sixers have is for the refs to allow them to play like I put it before 'Australian Rules' Basketball.

[coco]

For those old enough to remember Antoine Walker;  every time Smart takes an ill-adviced  3pointer, I cringe.

...same awful feeling I had when Antoine shot the ball.

Except Smart is not a volume shooter as Antoine was.

And Toine didnt play defense.

True on both counts

[Atzar]

Smart is the difference in the game so far tonight. If it wasn't for him we'd be down double digits.

huh? 2-6 from the field (0-3 from 3) and 2 fouls?  I know he had a couple of good plays, but he hasn't had a really great game.

He's disrupting the hell out of their offense and he's apparently the only guy on our team willing to attack Embiid on offense.  He can't find his three ball right now but he's playing very well overall.