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

[Goldstar88]

Should be up by 15-20pts, but Ime would rather have them jack up low percentage 3’s.

6-24 from deep...

[Kiorrik]

Hit a couple more shots and we're golden. I like what this team looks like at the moment.

Shots might not be falling but we're playing good D and there's a LOT of ball movement and cutting going on.

Good stuff.

[radiohead]

10 point lead with all the bricks from 3? I’ll take it. Hopefully the 2nd half is much better.

[Phantom255x]

I know Schroder will very likely get dealt, but you do wonder how that'll affect the team if they are competing later this season. He does give the team good production in games like these

[Kiorrik]

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.

[blink]

One positive, only 5 turnovers in the first half.
10 point lead is always a positive.

We need to come out tough on the magic in the third and put this away.

[Surferdad]

This ORL team is so poor, that if the C’s had just decided to not take any 3’s, they would be up by 25 points right now.

[blink]

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.

[footey]

We can’t be complacent. Hope we come out hard in 2nd half.

[Neurotic Guy]

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.

This.   If we had personnel to match what we do, it would feel a lot different.  In fact, even when 1-15 I might even feel -- keep on shooting, they'll start to fall.  But not this team -- they are not talented from beyond the arc and the misses hurt in more ways than just missed shots.  C's are a lazy team when they just throw up the long ball.

[Rikibellevie]

I know Schroder will very likely get dealt, but you do wonder how that'll affect the team if they are competing later this season. He does give the team good production in games like these

Not à Schroeder individuals style fan but he goes out in some needed matches. If we dump him for a second to an eastern concurrent just for money I just hope he kicks our arse in PO just to show how this team is really led in office.

[Kiorrik]

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.

[Silas]

Grant and Schröder off the bench playing well.  Not so for Josh tonight.

[liam]

TIMELORD is our MVP!

[blink]

I know Schroder will very likely get dealt, but you do wonder how that'll affect the team if they are competing later this season. He does give the team good production in games like these

Not à Schroeder individuals style fan but he goes out in some needed matches. If we dump him for a second to an eastern concurrent just for money I just hope he kicks our arse in PO just to show how this team is really led in office.

Agree as well.  Getting back a bad 2nd round pick for DS when he does give us another scorer in the playoffs isn’t what I want to do either.  Just keep him and let the chips fall.  We win this game we are only 4.5 games out of first and we aren’t even a t the all star game yet.  An injury or two, and we could be top 4 in the east easy.