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

[Kiorrik]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20 point lead

Okay let's try a different argument:

I'm pretty sure nobody (and I do mean literally nobody) expected it to go THAT poorly.

[liam]

JT and JB are in the top 20 in the league in minutes, Kemba has an ongoing knee issue, Smart plays hard minutes, this is Tristan’s 2nd game back from COVID, and we were up 27.

It’s obvious why the starters were taken out early, if there’s an injury at that point the same people would be complaining about keeping the starters in too long.

Losing that lead in that fashion in that short of time span was ridiculous and that group might never see the floor together in a NBA game. I’m sure Brad will keep PP and Kornet on the court next time.

That's all I'm saying. Pritchard and Kornet can go past 20 minutes. We are getting ready for the playoffs.

[Celtics2021]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were up by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

[liam]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20 point lead

Okay let's try a different argument:

I'm pretty sure nobody (and I do mean literally nobody) expected it to go THAT poorly.

But you don't let it get under 12...

[liam]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were in by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

I thought that's when the starters went out. I would've run with Pritchard 'till the end of the game. He was having one of his best games.

[Celtics2021]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were in by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

I thought that's when the starters went out. I would've run with Pritchard 'till the end of the game. He was having one of his best games.

9 minutes was when Jaylen went out, up by 24. He was playing with bench guys the first 3 minutes of the quarter.  It was still a 24 point lead (having grown as high as 27 with an all-bench lineup) when Waters and Semi came in for Pritchard and Grant at the 5:30 mark.  The Lakers emptied their bench after their timeout at 7:01.  There was no reason that lead should have been blown other than the incompetence of the players on the court.  During that 4 minute stretch they could t even grab a single rebound.

[Tr1boy]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were up by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

Yes it was

Thats when the starters were subbed out, completely

Brad could have left Smart in there a little longer for example

end of the day ....the team won.  And hopefully Brad won't try that again. 

Sub in the 3rd stringers including Tacko. But when you know you know the game is out of reach

[Tr1boy]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20 point lead

Okay let's try a different argument:

I'm pretty sure nobody (and I do mean literally nobody) expected it to go THAT poorly.

I agree with you

[Celtics2021]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were up by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

Yes it was

Thats when the starters were subbed out, completely

Brad could have left Smart in there a little longer for example

end of the day ....the team won.  And hopefully Brad won't try that again. 

Sub in the 3rd stringers including Tacko. But when you know you know the game is out of reach

Dude, you were complaining about Pritchard.  He played until the 5:30 mark.  Stop making up ccrao me cause you think you’re smarter than the coach.

This was an enjoyable win until the Stevens bashing started.  Now I know why I stay out of game threads.  People here can be insufferable, just making up things to complain about.

[liam]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were up by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

Yes it was

Thats when the starters were subbed out, completely

Brad could have left Smart in there a little longer for example

end of the day ....the team won.  And hopefully Brad won't try that again. 

Sub in the 3rd stringers including Tacko. But when you know you know the game is out of reach

Dude, you were complaining about Pritchard.  He played until the 5:30 mark.  Stop making up ccrao me cause you think you’re smarter than the coach.

This was an enjoyable win until the Stevens bashing started.  Now I know why I stay out of game threads.  People here can be insufferable, just making up things to complain about.

Pritchard should've stayed in until the end. My main point is you don't let a blow out get down to two possessions before you right the ship. It was enjoyable until it almost slipped away.

[Tr1boy]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were up by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

Yes it was

Thats when the starters were subbed out, completely

Brad could have left Smart in there a little longer for example

end of the day ....the team won.  And hopefully Brad won't try that again. 

Sub in the 3rd stringers including Tacko. But when you know you know the game is out of reach

Dude, you were complaining about Pritchard.  He played until the 5:30 mark.  Stop making up ccrao me cause you think you’re smarter than the coach.

This was an enjoyable win until the Stevens bashing started.  Now I know why I stay out of game threads.  People here can be insufferable, just making up things to complain about.

How was that 4th quarter enjoyable??

making up things to complain about? If Brad didn't sub in the starters, team would have lost

[ozgod]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were up by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

Yes it was

Thats when the starters were subbed out, completely

Brad could have left Smart in there a little longer for example

end of the day ....the team won.  And hopefully Brad won't try that again. 

Sub in the 3rd stringers including Tacko. But when you know you know the game is out of reach

Dude, you were complaining about Pritchard.  He played until the 5:30 mark.  Stop making up ccrao me cause you think you’re smarter than the coach.

This was an enjoyable win until the Stevens bashing started.  Now I know why I stay out of game threads.  People here can be insufferable, just making up things to complain about.

The bashing would have been worse if someone important had suffered an injury because they were in in a blowout 

That was my main fear with the starters getting subbed in when they had been out of the game for 7 mins and were not warmed up because they weren't expecting to come back into the game then they come back in when the other team has their tails up...that's when injuries happen.

But as a coach that's the reality, if the team plays well it's because of the players, if not it's because of you. And your moves will always be second guessed by fans with the benefit of hindsight...that's why they call us fanatics 

[liam]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were up by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

Yes it was

Thats when the starters were subbed out, completely

Brad could have left Smart in there a little longer for example

end of the day ....the team won.  And hopefully Brad won't try that again. 

Sub in the 3rd stringers including Tacko. But when you know you know the game is out of reach

That's all I'm saying. It got down to a two possession game.

[liam]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were up by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

Yes it was

Thats when the starters were subbed out, completely

Brad could have left Smart in there a little longer for example

end of the day ....the team won.  And hopefully Brad won't try that again. 

Sub in the 3rd stringers including Tacko. But when you know you know the game is out of reach

Dude, you were complaining about Pritchard.  He played until the 5:30 mark.  Stop making up ccrao me cause you think you’re smarter than the coach.

This was an enjoyable win until the Stevens bashing started.  Now I know why I stay out of game threads.  People here can be insufferable, just making up things to complain about.

How was that 4th quarter enjoyable??

making up things to complain about? If Brad didn't sub in the starters, team would have lost

TP

[Celtics2021]

Stop apologizing for Stevens....it was a Bonehead move to take out the starters with over 9 freaking minutes to go on the road...gave the Lakers the momentum and confidence...you gotta leave the starters in til around 5-6 minutes...especially since the Refs aint gonna call anything--like the foul they didn't call on the Pritchard 3 pointer attempt.

Nah. This is just your anti-Brad bias coming out. Up 27, you pull those starters. That's the right move and a move every coach in the league would have made.

You pull the starters but not your 2nd stringers with 9 minutes to go. Pulling Pritchard who was clicking was a mistake.

Wrong. You empty the bench. As I said, not one other coach in the league would have done anything differently.

That bench could only score 2 points in 5+ minutes. That's all on those players, not Brad.

With 9 mins left though?

That is plenty of time to erase a 20ish point lead

It wasn’t 9 minutes.  It was 7 minutes when Wagner came in, and 5:30 when Waters and Semi replaced Pritchard and Grant.  They were up by 24 when that happened.  I don’t know where this 9 minutes came from.

Yes it was

Thats when the starters were subbed out, completely

Brad could have left Smart in there a little longer for example

end of the day ....the team won.  And hopefully Brad won't try that again. 

Sub in the 3rd stringers including Tacko. But when you know you know the game is out of reach

Dude, you were complaining about Pritchard.  He played until the 5:30 mark.  Stop making up ccrao me cause you think you’re smarter than the coach.

This was an enjoyable win until the Stevens bashing started.  Now I know why I stay out of game threads.  People here can be insufferable, just making up things to complain about.

Pritchard should've stayed in until the end. My main point is you don't let a blow out get down to two possessions before you right the ship. It was enjoyable until it almost slipped away.

Pritchard wasn’t going to play the entire 4th.  And Brad agreed it shouldn’t get to two possessions, that why he subbed everyone back in when it was a 7 point game with 1:50 to go, so I’m not quite sure what you’re arguing.