Celtics (50-31) at Grizzlies (56-25) Game #82 4/10/22

[SparzWizard]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

The Nets game will be a 7-game series especially without Timelord. C's gotta start treating each game as must-win games moving forward.

[slamtheking]

Saying it now. First round: Celtics vs Cavaliers

would love that.  knock a bit of humility into Kyrie and Durant.   better yet, would love to see Brooklyn lose both the 7/8 game and then the one against the 9/10 winner as well

[Goldstar88]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

Yep, Bucks going to sweep the Bulls and they will be waiting.. well rested. But, hey…HCA.

[RockinRyA]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

Yep, Bucks going to sweep the Bulls and they will be waiting.. well rested. But, hey…HCA.

think a longer series has some benefits for us as well.

[Goldstar88]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

Yep, Bucks going to sweep the Bulls and they will be waiting.. well rested. But, hey…HCA.

think a longer series has some benefits for us as well.

What are the benefits of a long, grueling series?

[MattyIce]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

Yep, Bucks going to sweep the Bulls and they will be waiting.. well rested. But, hey…HCA.

think a longer series has some benefits for us as well.

What are the benefits of a long, grueling series?

I personally would have rathered the 4 seed for multiple reasons including some personal/biased (cause i still believe we would have advanced), but would the rest of you prefered the 4 seed even if/since JB isn't able to play? 

[Goldstar88]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

Yep, Bucks going to sweep the Bulls and they will be waiting.. well rested. But, hey…HCA.

think a longer series has some benefits for us as well.

What are the benefits of a long, grueling series?

I personally would have rathered the 4 seed for multiple reasons including some personal/biased (cause i still believe we would have advanced), but would the rest of you prefered the 4 seed even if/since JB isn't able to play?

Yes. The two seed is the worst in terms of difficulty. Most likely.. Nets, Bucks, then Heat. That’s a brutal draw.

[Kiorrik]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

Yep, Bucks going to sweep the Bulls and they will be waiting.. well rested. But, hey…HCA.

think a longer series has some benefits for us as well.

What are the benefits of a long, grueling series?

I personally would have rathered the 4 seed for multiple reasons including some personal/biased (cause i still believe we would have advanced), but would the rest of you prefered the 4 seed even if/since JB isn't able to play?

Yes. The two seed is the worst in terms of difficulty. Most likely.. Nets, Bucks, then Heat. That’s a brutal draw.

Celts in 6, 5 and 4.

And 6.

[colincb]

Hoop Central:

Jayson Tatum tonight:

31 Points
9 Rebounds
3 Assists
79% FG
6/8 3PM
3/3 FTM

Only 26 Minutes.

[#1P4P]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

I understand the difference in difficulty, there’s no debate that a Bulls series could’ve been easier.

But if a Championship trajectory is thrown off course by a first round matchup with Brooklyn, so be it. We weren’t Championship contenders in the first place, just matchup dependent pretenders.

I see it from a poetic justice perspective, where we eliminate the last 3 teams that have eliminated us. We’ll see how difficult they are when KD and Kyrie have had to go isolation for the majority of their possessions to generate any efficient offense against the best defense in the league while giving up 120 on the other end. I have the C’s in 5 and possibly 6 out of respect to the future Hall of Famers.

[bello_man09]

just watched the highlights loving the way our end of bench guys played.

[Vermont Green]

Hoop Central:

Jayson Tatum tonight:

31 Points
9 Rebounds
3 Assists
79% FG
6/8 3PM
3/3 FTM

Only 26 Minutes.

Yes, excellent production, highly efficient, and Horford had a pretty good game too.  Maybe the rest did them some good after all.

We don't play again until Sunday, right?  This play in game format doesn't make sense to me.  Just start the playoffs already.

[Donoghus]

This Celtics team is really, really good.  The fretting over BKN is overblown, IMO.  If they even draw them (which isn't a foregone conclusion).  Having HCA against MIL is going to be huge.   Getting that was a big deal. 

This Celtics team can beat anyone.  They are a legitimate title contender.

[Celtics2021]

This Celtics team is really, really good.  The fretting over BKN is overblown, IMO.  If they even draw them (which isn't a foregone conclusion).  Having HCA against MIL is going to be huge.   Getting that was a big deal. 

This Celtics team can beat anyone.  They are a legitimate title contender.

Yes, Brooklyn should be more afraid of the Celtics than the other way around.

[dannyboy35]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

I understand the difference in difficulty, there’s no debate that a Bulls series could’ve been easier.

But if a Championship trajectory is thrown off course by a first round matchup with Brooklyn, so be it. We weren’t Championship contenders in the first place, just matchup dependent pretenders.

I see it from a poetic justice perspective, where we eliminate the last 3 teams that have eliminated us. We’ll see how difficult they are when KD and Kyrie have had to go isolation for the majority of their possessions to generate any efficient offense against the best defense in the league while giving up 120 on the other end. I have the C’s in 5 and possibly 6 out of respect to the future Hall of Famers.

   Unless Simmons comes back. Then it’s gonna be a lot less iso. Hope he takes his time.