Clippers (17-17) at Celtics (16-18) Game #36 12/29/21

[Who]

I’m not sure why people are so shocked with the shooting. Based off the moves they made in the offseason, we knew the offense/shooting would be inept with this cast of characters.

Too much focus on defense. Not enough focus on shooting.

[Kiorrik]

So, I'ma disagree with literally everyone and say I liked everything I saw tonight except the 3pt%.

I agree with you, there was some pretty good runs of play by Timelord, Horford and Brown.  I don't get why we jacked up so many 3's. They must be coached to do that.

But I don't get the complaining about the assists either.  We only hit 35% from the field, we aren't going to have 30-35 assists.

Under no circumstances will you ever tell your team to "not take an open 3".

Telling your players that is just bad basketball imo.

You need the 3. Nothing else to it.

It's supposed to be the most efficient shot in Basketball.

... just maybe not when you're the 23rd place team in 3pt%. (And this might drop, after this game)

If you are open you can also drive the ball.

Errr

no?

Because being open at the 3 generally means your man went under the screen to protect a drive or your man is still inside the 3 trying to recover.

[hpantazo]

9.5% from the 3pt line. 9.5%!!! And 34% from the field. Guys would make more than that just randomly chucking it up without even trying.

[tenn_smoothie]

Watching this makes me question how different Marcus Morris and Jaylen Brown are offensively.

Two guys who are all about themselves on offense.

Do nothing to help others.

They can score. They can get theirs. But they do not make much overall difference in a team's offense because they are only about themselves.

And then compare those two to a guy like Jae Crowder - who is all about helping his team win games.

[PAOBoston]

I’m not sure why people are so shocked with the shooting. Based off the moves they made in the offseason, we knew the offense/shooting would be inept with this cast of characters.

Too much focus on defense. Not enough focus on shooting.

On ownership and Stevens. They punted on this season before it even started.

[liam]

So, I'ma disagree with literally everyone and say I liked everything I saw tonight except the 3pt%.

I agree with you, there was some pretty good runs of play by Timelord, Horford and Brown.  I don't get why we jacked up so many 3's. They must be coached to do that.

But I don't get the complaining about the assists either.  We only hit 35% from the field, we aren't going to have 30-35 assists.

Under no circumstances will you ever tell your team to "not take an open 3".

Telling your players that is just bad basketball imo.

You need the 3. Nothing else to it.

It's supposed to be the most efficient shot in Basketball.

... just maybe not when you're the 23rd place team in 3pt%. (And this might drop, after this game)

If you are open you can also drive the ball.

Errr

no?

Because being open at the 3 generally means your man went under the screen to protect a drive or your man is still inside the 3 trying to recover.

Yeah, if your open you can drive the ball. Maybe not all the way to the hoop but in. The Celtics were open by like 10 feet. There is a reason the defense is giving you that shot. There was basketball before the 3 point shot.

[Kiorrik]

So, I'ma disagree with literally everyone and say I liked everything I saw tonight except the 3pt%.

I agree with you, there was some pretty good runs of play by Timelord, Horford and Brown.  I don't get why we jacked up so many 3's. They must be coached to do that.

But I don't get the complaining about the assists either.  We only hit 35% from the field, we aren't going to have 30-35 assists.

Under no circumstances will you ever tell your team to "not take an open 3".

Telling your players that is just bad basketball imo.

You need the 3. Nothing else to it.

It's supposed to be the most efficient shot in Basketball.

... just maybe not when you're the 23rd place team in 3pt%. (And this might drop, after this game)

If you are open you can also drive the ball.

Errr

no?

Because being open at the 3 generally means your man went under the screen to protect a drive or your man is still inside the 3 trying to recover.

Yeah, if your open you can drive the ball. Maybe not all the way to the hoop but in. The Celtics were open by like 10 feet. There is a reason the defense is giving you that shot.

Agree to disagree.

I'ma stick to my point; 9% is not gonna win you a championship, a series, or even a single game in this league. Ever.

[liam]

So, I'ma disagree with literally everyone and say I liked everything I saw tonight except the 3pt%.

I agree with you, there was some pretty good runs of play by Timelord, Horford and Brown.  I don't get why we jacked up so many 3's. They must be coached to do that.

But I don't get the complaining about the assists either.  We only hit 35% from the field, we aren't going to have 30-35 assists.

Under no circumstances will you ever tell your team to "not take an open 3".

Telling your players that is just bad basketball imo.

You need the 3. Nothing else to it.

It's supposed to be the most efficient shot in Basketball.

... just maybe not when you're the 23rd place team in 3pt%. (And this might drop, after this game)

If you are open you can also drive the ball.

Errr

no?

Because being open at the 3 generally means your man went under the screen to protect a drive or your man is still inside the 3 trying to recover.

Yeah, if your open you can drive the ball. Maybe not all the way to the hoop but in. The Celtics were open by like 10 feet. There is a reason the defense is giving you that shot.

Agree to disagree.

I'ma stick to my point; 9% is not gonna win you a championship, a series, or even a single game in this league. Ever.

Yeah, just keep shooting when they aren't falling. You should coach.

[cltc5]

So, I'ma disagree with literally everyone and say I liked everything I saw tonight except the 3pt%.

I agree with you, there was some pretty good runs of play by Timelord, Horford and Brown.  I don't get why we jacked up so many 3's. They must be coached to do that.

But I don't get the complaining about the assists either.  We only hit 35% from the field, we aren't going to have 30-35 assists.

Under no circumstances will you ever tell your team to "not take an open 3".

Telling your players that is just bad basketball imo.

You need the 3. Nothing else to it.

It's supposed to be the most efficient shot in Basketball.

... just maybe not when you're the 23rd place team in 3pt%. (And this might drop, after this game)

If you are open you can also drive the ball.

Errr

no?

Because being open at the 3 generally means your man went under the screen to protect a drive or your man is still inside the 3 trying to recover.

Why in gods name would you be hanging around the 3 point line when you’re shooting 9% all night and you’re down by 4 points.  You go with the low percentage shots.  Good grief.

[csfansince60s]

IME TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!!

He doesn’t know how, he isn’t capable.

Time for Uchoka to go

[liam]

So, I'ma disagree with literally everyone and say I liked everything I saw tonight except the 3pt%.

I agree with you, there was some pretty good runs of play by Timelord, Horford and Brown.  I don't get why we jacked up so many 3's. They must be coached to do that.

But I don't get the complaining about the assists either.  We only hit 35% from the field, we aren't going to have 30-35 assists.

Under no circumstances will you ever tell your team to "not take an open 3".

Telling your players that is just bad basketball imo.

You need the 3. Nothing else to it.

It's supposed to be the most efficient shot in Basketball.

... just maybe not when you're the 23rd place team in 3pt%. (And this might drop, after this game)

If you are open you can also drive the ball.

Errr

no?

Because being open at the 3 generally means your man went under the screen to protect a drive or your man is still inside the 3 trying to recover.

Why in gods name would you be hanging around the 3 point line when you’re shooting 9% all night and you’re down by 4 points.  You go with the low percentage shots.  Good grief.

Well that's what they did. I don't know why!

[cltc5]

So, I'ma disagree with literally everyone and say I liked everything I saw tonight except the 3pt%.

I agree with you, there was some pretty good runs of play by Timelord, Horford and Brown.  I don't get why we jacked up so many 3's. They must be coached to do that.

But I don't get the complaining about the assists either.  We only hit 35% from the field, we aren't going to have 30-35 assists.

Under no circumstances will you ever tell your team to "not take an open 3".

Telling your players that is just bad basketball imo.

You need the 3. Nothing else to it.

It's supposed to be the most efficient shot in Basketball.

... just maybe not when you're the 23rd place team in 3pt%. (And this might drop, after this game)

If you are open you can also drive the ball.

Errr

no?

Because being open at the 3 generally means your man went under the screen to protect a drive or your man is still inside the 3 trying to recover.

Why in gods name would you be hanging around the 3 point line when you’re shooting 9% all night and you’re down by 4 points.  You go with the low percentage shots.  Good grief.

Well that's what they did. I don't know why!

Sorry meant to quote the other guy

[hpantazo]

Brad's been strangely quiet for a while now. We used to hear from Danny now and then when the team struggled in the past. So far, silence.

[Kiorrik]

Alright, the points I'm trying to make about our offense:

 - I think coaching wasn't the issue (coach's schemes got us wide open shots)
 - I think player IQ wasn't the issue (individual decisions made were generally fine)
 - I think the number of shots from 3 wasn't necessarily the issue (it was high, but that happens, especially with this many 2nd chance shots)
 - I think the problem here was that we couldn't hit.

In this league, you NEED to hit more. You NEED to hit 35%+ to fall.

No amount of coaching or decision-making is going to make up for you missing every, single, shot.

Who says the drives would've gotten us more points? Because that's a higher percentage? Who says we would've hit THOSE? They're generally MORE contested. Harder shots.

You play the numbers; law of averages. Sometimes, outlier games mean that doesn't work. Today was such a day.

What this all means to me is very simple; WE DID NOT DESERVE THE WIN, because we couldn't hit wide open shots.

[pokeKingCurtis]

Alright, the points I'm trying to make about our offense:
.......

What this all means to me is very simple; WE DID NOT DESERVE THE WIN, because we couldn't hit wide open shots.

I think we're bottom in the league in 3pt %. Would you say the roster needs a shakeup in terms of backup/support players - if so I would agree