Celtics (0-0) at Heat (0-0) ECF Game #1 5/17/22

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

oh well.

i will expect the worst and hope for the best

but we need smart and al back next game

[Kernewek]

Oh man, I hope it’s a false positive. This just really sucks. I mean he was at shootaround?

False positives are way more rare than false negatives with most quick covid tests, unfortunately.

I guess we just need a thread about how Tatum needs to score 60+ now, because this is going to be a much more even game on paper than expected

[Kiorrik]

I’m not a fan of the fact that Timelord is still going to come off the bench.

wait what???

sp theis starts?

will we see another big off bench other than timelord?

what about fitts?

Grant and Derrick getting the nod

With Brown, Tatum and....?

Yeah, in the whirlwind I had forgotten Smart is out too. Hmm…

White-Brown-Tatum-Grant-Theis, it would seem.

Oh drat.

[Phantom255x]

I love how this thread already has 14 pages and we're probably still 30 minutes before tipoff

Also the title saying (no covid chatter plz) LOL

[Phantom255x]

I’m not a fan of the fact that Timelord is still going to come off the bench.

wait what???

sp theis starts?

will we see another big off bench other than timelord?

what about fitts?

Grant and Derrick getting the nod

With Brown, Tatum and....?

Yeah, in the whirlwind I had forgotten Smart is out too. Hmm…

White-Brown-Tatum-Grant-Theis, it would seem.

Oh drat.

[satch]

How come Dallas gets two days off from Sunday's game seven and the Celtics get one?

[liam]

I’m not a fan of the fact that Timelord is still going to come off the bench.

wait what???

sp theis starts?

will we see another big off bench other than timelord?

what about fitts?

Grant and Derrick getting the nod

With Brown, Tatum and....?

Yeah, in the whirlwind I had forgotten Smart is out too. Hmm…

White-Brown-Tatum-Grant-Theis, it would seem.

Oh drat.

John ends up winning that.

[Yuckabuck33]

The timing to me feels so weird though. Like just an hour before they announced Horford was in protocols, he was literally on the court shooting and talking with guys too. How does that work?? So do the people he interacted with also become close contacts? Did he suddenly develop symptoms while shooting?

 

Ime gives answers here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm1NlvpnsHc

Who knows, might've been a routine test done before shootaround and the results came back after.

They're not disclosing much.

Thanks! Tbh if he tested positive I think we'd hear about it.

I swear to god though, if he misses a game because of some false positive or something... 

Odds are that it is a false positive if he is asymptomatic.
However, someone else said that Horford felt sick and asked for a test. If so, that's a bad sign.

[Kiorrik]

How come Dallas gets two days off from Sunday's game seven and the Celtics get one?

Yeah, I'm surprised there wasn't more backlash on the scheduling.

I personally immediately went "what in the heck" when I saw it was only a single day in between

[liam]

How come Dallas gets two days off from Sunday's game seven and the Celtics get one?

Yeah, I'm surprised there wasn't more backlash on the scheduling.

I personally immediately went "what in the heck" when I saw it was only a single day in between

Yeah, every other team is getting multiple days...

[mobilija]

I'm absolutely pumped!

Feel like we have nothing to lose. Play hard and loose, a win is gravy.

I totally think this adversity is galvanizing and the team is gonna respond. Heat fans don't show up until at least 2nd qtr, they gonna show up with the wind already knocked outta their sails.

Lets gooooooo!

[radiohead]

Ok, so it seems that he got exposed to someone positive. Ime said his availability for the next game will now depend on Al having a series of negative tests. I wonder how this works? Will he be tested daily? With how close these games are scheduled I really don’t see him being available for game 2?

https://mobile.twitter.com/Tom_NBA/status/1526701226150207489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1526701226150207489%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcomments.celticsblog.com%2Fapi%2Foembed%3Ftype%3Dtwitterurl%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FTom_NBA2Fstatus2F1526701226150207489siteID%3D112aa377-e27f-4b58-9156-5e5df25f39a2frameID%3Dframe-id-9f6bb21a-20d9-4436-861c-01e96de0be44-a779bde0-d63f-11ec-b00d-89699b9bb505

[gouki88]

How come Dallas gets two days off from Sunday's game seven and the Celtics get one?

Yeah, I'm surprised there wasn't more backlash on the scheduling.

I personally immediately went "what in the heck" when I saw it was only a single day in between

NBA just needs that game every day. Having one day without games probably killed them, lol.

[mobilija]

I’m not a fan of the fact that Timelord is still going to come off the bench.

wait what???

sp theis starts?

will we see another big off bench other than timelord?

what about fitts?

Grant and Derrick getting the nod

With Brown, Tatum and....?

Yeah, in the whirlwind I had forgotten Smart is out too. Hmm…

White-Brown-Tatum-Grant-Theis, it would seem.

Oh drat.

John ends up winning that.

Yessssssss


...Meme gave me goose bumps...

[Phantom255x]

I’m not a fan of the fact that Timelord is still going to come off the bench.

wait what???

sp theis starts?

will we see another big off bench other than timelord?

what about fitts?

Grant and Derrick getting the nod

With Brown, Tatum and....?

Yeah, in the whirlwind I had forgotten Smart is out too. Hmm…

White-Brown-Tatum-Grant-Theis, it would seem.

Oh drat.

John ends up winning that.

Yessssssss


...Meme gave me goose bumps...

The C's look defeated, then enter the Knights of the V(al) Horford