Celtics (4-5) at Mavericks (5-3) Game #10 11/6/21

[nickagneta]

I'm not buying that Smart foul was planned or called by the coach until someone on the team says it was.

[Indocelts]

Smart has actually played to his strength most of his time in this game.

But I am beginning to wary of leaving Smart on the court in the last minutes of the game.

[SCeltic34]

Lousy way to lose the game but I'm not all that upset by the loss itself.  Maybe my expectations are just lower because of how poorly we've started this season, but we've played a lot of really good basketball during the past 3 games.

[footey]

Tatum played a beautiful game tonight.  And Schroder was quite good too.  Smart actually played outstanding D until that last foul.

Josh Richardson was excellent.  Back to doghouse for Nesmith.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Good job, Boston. Way to bring that defense again. But hey, at least we have a moral victory.

[Kiorrik]

I'm not buying that Smart foul was planned or called by the coach until someone on the team says it was.

Nah he went to Ime straight after and rolled his eyes straight after, when Ime covered his mouth to tell him something.

Regardless of who it was on, seemed very much like miscomms.

[kraidstar]

well that was disappointing....Luka just with ice in his veins.
There were 3 guys around him, not sure what else you can do?

One thing we can do is not intentionally give them the last shot of the game. That would be a start.

[Neurotic Guy]

Can we fire Ime now? Or do we have to wait..

Dumb game management!!!

Yep, more mismanagement by him down the stretch. We had at least three awful offensive possessions down the stretch that we could've benefited from a timeout and ATO play, yet we ended the game with two timeouts to spare.

Granted, Ime's ATO plays have been junk anyways.

And why is Al not on the floor in crunch time? No Jaylen and he’s been playing outstanding so far this season. It’s a joke.

With how the unit plated, I'm not sure you can fault Ime.  I thought of Al not being out there, but this group played well to get the game winnable and I'm definitely OK with staying with it.

[Goldstar88]

Gorman an Scal need to go too. They won't hold this team accountable for anything. That foul is one of the dumbest plays I've ever seen in any sport and they barely make a peep.

No let's drool over Doncic instead.

Mike and Scal both said that was a poor strategy having Marcus use the “foul to give” like that as they would not get the ball back.

[hodgy03038]

The Smart foul was stupid. That cost us the game.

[kraidstar]

I'm not buying that Smart foul was planned or called by the coach until someone on the team says it was.

It was Smart losing his cool because he didn't get an earlier call. Sometimes tbe game becomes all about him, and those are games we almost always lose.

[hwangjini_1]

i am asking for a rule clarificaiton here. why did the foul by smart reset the time in dallas' favor? i thought that after a foul the time of possession would not change?

enlighten me please.

[blink]

well that was disappointing....Luka just with ice in his veins.
There were 3 guys around him, not sure what else you can do?

One thing we can do is not intentionally give them the last shot of the game. That would be a start.

I was talking about the def on Luka after the foul.  Relax.

[ozgod]

We lost to a last second off balance 3 by a top 5 player…I can live with that. The comeback was great, falling behind in the first place not so much. But headed in the right direction

[jpotter33]

Can we fire Ime now? Or do we have to wait..

Dumb game management!!!

Yep, more mismanagement by him down the stretch. We had at least three awful offensive possessions down the stretch that we could've benefited from a timeout and ATO play, yet we ended the game with two timeouts to spare.

Granted, Ime's ATO plays have been junk anyways.

And why is Al not on the floor in crunch time? No Jaylen and he’s been playing outstanding so far this season. It’s a joke.

Yeah, I was wondering what was going on with that, too.