Thunder (20-41) at Celtics (32-29) Game #62 4/27/21

[slamtheking]

On the positive side, the Knicks, hornets, hawks and heat all lost too so we didn’t lose any ground. Better than nothing

Yeaaaah...another victory

is it though?   seriously, at this point I think that they need a real kick in the ass by dropping to the play-in game --> not the 7-8 slot, the 9-10 slot and lose that game.  these players need some sort of drastic wake up call that they are not as good as they think they are and they need to play hard every game all game long.

[Atzar]

I think one of the most frustrating parts of all of this is that other teams visibly enjoy playing against us.  Basketball is easy and fun when you play against the Celtics.  Every single person in this organization should take that personally. 

[ozgod]

Brad never calls this team out!!! They should be ashamed of the effort tonight. I'm soooooooo tired of Brad just pumping up the other team. They are a bad team but we didn't show up!!!! Call it out Brad!!!!

I’m sure he’s going to yell at them in the locker room...he doesn’t want to throw them under the bus like Jose Mourinho does, which is why Mourinho always loses his locker room. Probably they all know they played bad. I don’t think getting hammered by your coach in public helps. I know as a fan we want to throw rotten fruit at them but a coach is in a different position when it comes to criticizing his players in public. Rather than him criticizing them in public he needs to make him accountable for their actions on the court. Unfortunately tonight they were short which is why he was forced to play some of the riffraff longer than he should have.

The media though that’s another story, they are 100% entitled to call the team out. That’s their job and they should do it when the team deserves it.

[Ogaju]

I think one of the most frustrating parts of all of this is that other teams visibly enjoy playing against us.  Basketball is easy and fun when you play against the Celtics.  Every single person in this organization should take that personally.

Nah....Cs do not care..they are good at hugging the other team after the game though. No one cares.

[PhoSita]

Bring on the offseason. This season is just a cascade of misfortune and bad losses and the whole thing has really exposed the flaws of the roster.

I'm ready for some changes.

[Ogaju]

Brad never calls this team out!!! They should be ashamed of the effort tonight. I'm soooooooo tired of Brad just pumping up the other team. They are a bad team but we didn't show up!!!! Call it out Brad!!!!

I’m sure he’s going to yell at them in the locker room...he doesn’t want to throw them under the bus like Jose Mourinho does, which is why Mourinho always loses his locker room. Probably they all know they played bad. I don’t think getting hammered by your coach in public helps. I know as a fan we can’t to throw rotten fruit at them but a coach is in a different position when it comes to criticizing his players in public.

The media though that’s another story, they are 100% entitled to call the team out. That’s their job and they should do it when the team deserves it.

I agree with this post...but bench some players though.

[liam]

I think one of the most frustrating parts of all of this is that other teams visibly enjoy playing against us.  Basketball is easy and fun when you play against the Celtics.  Every single person in this organization should take that personally.

Even a Thunder team with no stars, maybe even no starter level players, went to the line 36 times against us. Everyone likes getting a great whistle and you get one against the Celtics, every game!!! It gives players confidence.

[Ogaju]

Bring on the offseason. This season is just a cascade of misfortune and bad losses and the whole thing has really exposed the flaws of the roster.

I'm ready for some changes.

First burn some counter sage at TD Garden.

[SparzWizard]

Dropped 3 games in a row, and to the 21-41 Thunder.

[ozgod]

Brad never calls this team out!!! They should be ashamed of the effort tonight. I'm soooooooo tired of Brad just pumping up the other team. They are a bad team but we didn't show up!!!! Call it out Brad!!!!

I’m sure he’s going to yell at them in the locker room...he doesn’t want to throw them under the bus like Jose Mourinho does, which is why Mourinho always loses his locker room. Probably they all know they played bad. I don’t think getting hammered by your coach in public helps. I know as a fan we can’t to throw rotten fruit at them but a coach is in a different position when it comes to criticizing his players in public.

The media though that’s another story, they are 100% entitled to call the team out. That’s their job and they should do it when the team deserves it.

I agree with this post...but bench some players though.

Sorry I edited my post to say rather than throw them under the bus he needs to hold them accountable for their performance. Probably tonight they were so short he couldn’t really sit some of them.

[liam]

Brad never calls this team out!!! They should be ashamed of the effort tonight. I'm soooooooo tired of Brad just pumping up the other team. They are a bad team but we didn't show up!!!! Call it out Brad!!!!

I’m sure he’s going to yell at them in the locker room...he doesn’t want to throw them under the bus like Jose Mourinho does, which is why Mourinho always loses his locker room. Probably they all know they played bad. I don’t think getting hammered by your coach in public helps. I know as a fan we want to throw rotten fruit at them but a coach is in a different position when it comes to criticizing his players in public. Rather than him criticizing them in public he needs to make him accountable for their actions on the court. Unfortunately tonight they were short which is why he was forced to play some of the riffraff longer than he should have.

The media though that’s another story, they are 100% entitled to call the team out. That’s their job and they should do it when the team deserves it.

The only one Brad was yelling at tonight on the court was Pritchard who was playing his heart out. Thompson was a scrub out there, Smart shot us out of the game and Brad yells at Pritchard and doesn't even play Parker. Kornet was our best big and he played 20 minutes.

[86MaxwellSmart]

we got the lead in the 3rd by Pritchard pressing full court...he came out it stopped for the rest of the game. can't even shoot 20% from 3....bunch of no talent chuckers on this team.

[Ogaju]

The reason I hold Brad responsible for this team is because I believe this team was built in his image.

[radiohead]

Scal and Perk saying that the Celtics D in the 4th quarter was just simply unacceptable and they lost to a G league team that is 2 years younger on average than the Baylor Bears. They lost to a team that can’t even buy a beer legally yet

We were on a nice roll when GWill was inserted into the game. Off the bat he missed a defensive rotation that resulted in a 3 pointer by OKC. Then on two consecutive possessions, OKC scored in the paint against GWill. 7-0 spurt to shift the momentum right there.

[Atzar]

I think one of the most frustrating parts of all of this is that other teams visibly enjoy playing against us.  Basketball is easy and fun when you play against the Celtics.  Every single person in this organization should take that personally.

Even a Thunder team with no stars, maybe even no starter level players, went to the line 36 times against us. Everyone likes getting a great whistle and you get one against the Celtics, every game!!! It gives players confidence.

I don't give a s*** about the whistles.  That's a symptom, but not the disease.

The part that gives them confidence is the fact that we give them whatever they want.  They want to get to the rim?  They got it.  They want to get out and run?  Go ahead, we'll let you.  Trying to get your shooters some good looks from three?  Drive and kick, set a screen, or just pull up and jack it.  We'll give you what you want.  We're going to be two steps late, scrambling to catch up to whatever teams do.  That's what leads to the foul tallies that teams rack up against us - we're always late.

We don't take a thing away from anybody and other teams love it.  We just sit there and watch Rozier and Graham laugh and high-five after every open layup and three we hand out.  We watch the Thunder throw out a team of nobodies that proceed to flex on us. 

P***es me off.