Celtics (11-9) at Clippers (17-6) Game #21 2/5/21

[hpantazo]

Kemba and TT are looking better too. I really think TT needed to play himself back in shape after starting the season with a hamstring injury.

The only negative is Teague still looks like he's cooked.

[Moranis]

Boston won yet another game against a great team without Jaylen Brown.  At some point will this board finally catch up to the idea that the only person that truly matters is Tatum.  He is the guy everyone else is just filler.

[Scottiej23]

Best thing for Edwards tonight, his big game was in meaningful minutes and a big part of the reason they won. He was injected to give them a spark, and the kid finally pulled it off. I'm not a big fan of him long term, but he shone tonight.

[Rikibellevie]

Boston won yet another game against a great team without Jaylen Brown.  At some point will this board finally catch up to the idea that the only person that truly matters is Tatum.  He is the guy everyone else is just filler.

I hope it is a joke ! We may not forget that we missed our omega player and our defensive dog, but so did they with George and Beverley. It must relativise our win. Tatum almost lost two balls in the last 2 mns with a 3 point missed. Still question about his clutchitude. Whatever if we win it all at one time it will be because of our duo

[Jiri Welsch]

BEST WIN OF THE SEASON. RAINING TP'S!!!

[Ogaju]

Boston won yet another game against a great team without Jaylen Brown.  At some point will this board finally catch up to the idea that the only person that truly matters is Tatum.  He is the guy everyone else is just filler.

Brown is more than a filler. You need more than one piece to win it all. Cs need Brown.

[Neurotic Guy]

Boston won yet another game against a great team without Jaylen Brown.  At some point will this board finally catch up to the idea that the only person that truly matters is Tatum.  He is the guy everyone else is just filler.

I really don't think you wrong about this.  But "filler" tonight came from less reliable players who, over time, will not fill anywhere near Jaylen.  Jaylen isn't Jayson, but he extremely necessary.

[colincb]

Kemba and TT are looking better too. I really think TT needed to play himself back in shape after starting the season with a hamstring injury.

The only negative is Teague still looks like he's cooked.

Wasn't the only negative (see starting lineup), but TT has been playing better and Kemba finally had a good game. PP is really cool for a rookie and Edwards may be able to stick?! The Williams both had their moments too.

[hpantazo]

Boston won yet another game against a great team without Jaylen Brown.  At some point will this board finally catch up to the idea that the only person that truly matters is Tatum.  He is the guy everyone else is just filler.

Brown is arguably better than Tatum. The best strategy is to keep both of those guys for a decade.

[colincb]

A bit of a negative here:

Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
about 9 minutes ago

Stevens said Daniel Theis was complaining about knee soreness before the game and got some treatment and he was feeling better. But once he was playing he was moving slow and did not feel good, so they benched him at half time. Stevens doesn't think it's a big concern.

[tenn_smoothie]

That was an incredible win. So many different players stepped up and everyone played hard in the second half. A lot of fun to watch.

That was a lot of fun. Seems like it's been awhile.

[RPGenerate]

Boston won yet another game against a great team without Jaylen Brown.  At some point will this board finally catch up to the idea that the only person that truly matters is Tatum.  He is the guy everyone else is just filler.

I do agree that Tatum is our most important player. He bends the opposing defense in ways that Brown simply can't at this point. Calling everyone else "filler" is hyperbolic though.

[Moranis]

Boston won yet another game against a great team without Jaylen Brown.  At some point will this board finally catch up to the idea that the only person that truly matters is Tatum.  He is the guy everyone else is just filler.

I hope it is a joke ! We may not forget that we missed our omega player and our defensive dog, but so did they with George and Beverley. It must relativise our win. Tatum almost lost two balls in the last 2 mns with a 3 point missed. Still question about his clutchitude. Whatever if we win it all at one time it will be because of our duo

Of course it isn't a joke.  I've been saying it for years.  In fact since Tatum joined the team, Boston is well below .500 without him and actually wins a greater rate when Brown misses games and it is around 40 games missed by Brown (so a decent sample size).  Last year, Brown missed 15 games and Boston went 10-5, the exact same win percentage in the games he played while Boston was 2-4 without Tatum and 2-3 without Tatum thus far this year.  Entering tonight, Boston is 13.1 points per 100 possessions better with Tatum on the floor than with him off and just 2.3 better with Brown than without him.  And it doesn't matter who Tatum plays with, the results are the same when you hit a big enough sample size no matter what 4 you put on the floor with him.  Tatum is the person that drives Boston's success and he has driven it since basically the first game he played.  No one else really matters to that discussion as the team wins at around the same rate, if not better, when basically any other player misses games.  Just not the case with Tatum. 

[tenn_smoothie]

Boston won yet another game against a great team without Jaylen Brown.  At some point will this board finally catch up to the idea that the only person that truly matters is Tatum.  He is the guy everyone else is just filler.

Brown is arguably better than Tatum. The best strategy is to keep both of those guys for a decade.

Thank You, 100% agree. Brown is more consistent and has carried the team this season.

[Tr1boy]

Grant, Edwards, PP went a combined 8-12 in 3s

Thats superb bench production