Celtics (29-26) at Lakers (34-21) Game #56 4/15/21

[Celtics Mike]

Celebrate this win with Tommy Points all round

[Kiorrik]

Dang son that was something else.

[radiohead]

The next game vs the Warriors is gonna be huge. TPs for all!

[liam]

Wow Jaylen!! Kornet really good game. How did we almost blow it? Brad you needed some starters back a little sooner like the timeout when up 17 but LA had all the momentum. Don't be a nice guy. Make sure to WIN WIN WIN!

Brad could've gone with 2nd stringers to finish it. Pritchard was turning it on, man!!!

[hpantazo]

This is just an incredible stat from Jaylen:

https://twitter.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1382909212519403523?s=19


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Jared Weiss
@JaredWeissNBA
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Jaylen Brown finishes the night 15/17 (88.2%) from the field, the best shooting performance on 15+ FGA in Celtics history. This is the 32nd time in NBA history a player has shot 88+% from the field on 15+ attempts, per Stathead."

[blink]

ok TP's for all!!!!

[SCeltic34]

Seriously though, as bas as the finish was that game was worth watching for Jaylen's performance alone.  That was incredible.

[LilRip]

I thought we would go 1-2 or 0-3 this road trip. Never would’ve imagined 3-0. That’s why we play the games, I guess!

[Ogaju]

Stevens took out the starters with over 9 minutes to go....KNEW this would happen....Idiot.

Not a big Brad fan but no way I blame that embarrassment on him.

[esel1000]

Always have supported Brad. This is telling....It may be time for him to go.

How can you blame this on Brad?

Why take out Pritchard and Kornet and go 3rd string with sooooooo much time on the clock. Is Brad just covering the spread?

Because we were up almost 30 and almost any G League squad should be able to take it from there. 

This is entirely on the players that coughed the lead up.  Absolutely no NBA-caliber lineup should be capable of coughing up a 27-point lead in eight minutes.

Exactly, sadly nobody in that lineup outside of Nesmith (hopefully) and Semi on some days is NBA caliber.

[footey]

The ending was nerve wracking.  Deep bench was pretty clueless across the board.   But the starters and rotation guys were tremendous.  Jaylen is really cooking, man.  Just so fun to watch him wheel and deal.  Tristan was solid.  This team is really jelling.

[SCeltic34]

This is just an incredible stat from Jaylen:

https://twitter.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1382909212519403523?s=19


"
Jared Weiss
@JaredWeissNBA
·
22m
Jaylen Brown finishes the night 15/17 (88.2%) from the field, the best shooting performance on 15+ FGA in Celtics history. This is the 32nd time in NBA history a player has shot 88+% from the field on 15+ attempts, per Stathead."

I wish he didn't take that full court shot at the end of the 3rd.

[Ogaju]

Where are all the TPS ....don’t be stingy y’all.

[ozgod]

People talking about the end of bench performance was Brad's fault, he wasn't on the court. He gave those end of bench guys a chance to close out a game where we were leading by 20+ points. It's not his fault the following players did this:

Wagner -20 and 3 straight turnovers in 5 min
Nesmith, Tre and Semi - 17 in 4 min (to be fair Nesmith and Semi were just there for the carnage but bad defense nonetheless)
Carsen -18 in 7 mins

Honestly how can the above performance in 5 min be Brad's fault. Criticize where it's due but credit where it's due. He did the right (and difficult) thing of having to put the starters back in when it got down to 10. No coach wants to have to do that but he did it.

[LilRip]

Always have supported Brad. This is telling....It may be time for him to go.

How can you blame this on Brad?

Why take out Pritchard and Kornet and go 3rd string with sooooooo much time on the clock. Is Brad just covering the spread?

Because we were up almost 30 and almost any G League squad should be able to take it from there. 

This is entirely on the players that coughed the lead up.  Absolutely no NBA-caliber lineup should be capable of coughing up a 27-point lead in eight minutes.

Yup. I’ve been critical of Brad but even I can admit this wasn’t on him. Trash effort by our third stringers