Raptors (0-2) at Celtics (2-0) Round 2 Game 3 9/3/20

[kraidstar]

really mad right now

just ridiculous

[GreenEnvy]

If there’s any player to blame, it’s Tatum. There wasn’t a Raptor within 10 feet of him. I think he lost focus with everyone scrambling.

[KGs Knee]

The Raptors are playing much better each game. Celtics can't be throwing this series away like that. Need to start playing well and stop committing dumb turnovers and play sound defense.

Nurse has made a few good tweaks to their game plan and they clearly played desperate tonight.  Kudos to them, but Boston had this and blew it.

[Linwood]

Really sickening loss

[hpantazo]

Tatum 5-18 and Smart 4-15 shooting is what hurt us tonight. I expect it from Smart, but Tatum didn't have it. I don't know if it's something the Raptors defense did or mainly Tatum being off, but even with that poor shooting the Raptors barely survived.

[Ogaju]

well that was a brain f by someone ..the only way the win is  by a catch and shoot  three  surely  the staff should have come up with a scheme to defend  that...

[bopna]

TBH id rather had them guard the three with their life and risk OT...No way they could have won if this went to OT.

Kanter played 4 min. and I think, the Raptors did not miss a shot when Enes was in....if they did it was probably a rare one...they ate our D when he was in.
 

[greenhead85]

Game 4 is their biggest test in this playoffs.

[RPGenerate]

Tatum 5-18 and Smart 4-15 shooting is what hurt us tonight. I expect it from Smart, but Tatum didn't have it. I don't know if it's something the Raptors defense did or mainly Tatum being off, but even with that poor shooting the Raptors barely survived.

They both were atrocious. Missed bunnies, dumb shot, and stupid turnovers that made me wanna scream.

[Banner18now!]

That is a about a huge of a loss as you can get. The difference of pretty much ending the series for Toronto to now giving them life. And all because they left open a wide open look at a 3 with .5 seconds were the player wasn't even under duress. Toronto couldn't have had a better shot than that.
We shall what the this Celts tema is made of. Do they come out p---ed and take it to Toronto? Or do they come out timid knowing the blew a game that they had won. You know Toronto is going to come out hard again and with new life.

[scaryjerry]

The Raptors are playing much better each game. Celtics can't be throwing this series away like that. Need to start playing well and stop committing dumb turnovers and play sound defense.

Nurse has made a few good tweaks to their game plan and they clearly played desperate tonight.  Kudos to them, but Boston had this and blew it.

Yup celtics had the raptors right where they wanted them without even playing that well and blew it..
I say the celtics are a much better team but that play changes the momentum of the series

[pearljammer10]

Why did Jaylen position himself like that? What was he thinking. Makes zero sense.

[Jvalin]

No worries. You gotta lose 1 to win in 5.

[ScoobyDoo]

I have no idea why we would play zone in this situation. With man to man the pass in bounds to the shooter needs to be nearly perfect and then he has to gather a shoot. I thought the choice to play zone created "way more" chaos than was needed defensively.

[GreenEnvy]

TBH id rather had them guard the three with their life and risk OT...No way they could have won if this went to OT.

Kanter played 4 min. and I think, the Raptors did not miss a shot when Enes was in....if they did it was probably a rare one...they ate our D when he was in.

A catch and shoot three is probably easier to get off with that little time than anything besides a wide open alley-oop. Definitely need to guard the three unless they are moving away from the basket.