Celtics (29-25) at Magic (12-42) Game #55 2/6/22

[SCeltic34]

Scal said after the first quarter that he didn't think our defense was that good, and that the Magic were simply missing shots.  Then at the half he said our defense has been good throughout the game.  Hmm.

[Silas]

Orlando playing like a high school team this quarter.

[liam]

Don't mind the shots we've been taking to be honest.

They've been pretty open, or in the flow of the offense, with the exception of 1 or 2.

Orlando ain't good though.

I guess when we are bottom 9 in the NBA in 3point % and our players act like we are top 10, it gets under my skin a bit.  We aren’t a good 3 point shooting team, we are great at scoring in the paint, so we clank a bunch of 3 point shots.

I agree we should rely on it less - but we're getting a lot of open ones and I'd rather keep shooting those. It's a good shot.

Also, it's not like we're top 10 in attempts per game either.

I agree there were a couple attempts too many though, but mainly early in the game. We didn't take it to the hoop at all. Since then, there's a lot more movement.

Well we took 24 3 point shots in the first half.  We took 21 non-3point shots.  I mean what is the ratio we should be at if we are the 9th worst 3 point shooting team in the nba?

That is a genuine question, not being sarcastic.

Depends on the game very much. But the league is shooting between 30 and 40 threes a game. So between 15 and 20 would've been better here. Which I think kind of aligns with the early 3 point attempts we saw in this game. About a handful were just too much.

I suppose with our slow pace, we should shoot a few less still, but again, in this game, we've been getting a lot of good open looks too.

Open for a reason.

[Silas]

Except for his 3pt shooting, Al is having a really good game.

[Phantom255x]

Man Orlando is just really bad lol

[tonydelk]

Glad we're playing the magic.  One of those cant hit the broad side of a barn night's

[jpotter33]

Pretty poor game from Tatum thus far. Does have 5 assists at least.

This defense is stifling, though.

[blink]

We have only shot 5 fts.

[tonydelk]

Man I hope Suggs is ok.  Hate seeing an injury like that

[Kiorrik]

Cursed floor. Seen at least 3 people hobbling with sore ankles.

[Surferdad]

WAKE UP

[tonydelk]

Tatum looks disengaged tonight.

[blink]

Tatum looks disengaged tonight.

We play down to the competition a lot.

[Neurotic Guy]

Wow Jaylen.  Thing of beauty there.

[SCeltic34]

Hooly crap.  JB