Heat (1-1) at Celtics (1-1) ECF Game #3 5/21/22

[liam]

That's the play they call flagrant???

[jpotter33]

Are you kidding me? IN what world is that a flagrant?  What a soft league. Dude wasn't even in the air. He jumped in the air on the contact. Idiots.

[86MaxwellSmart]

Really dumb plays by Smart ALL game long, bad risky passes---should have left Pritchard in there....now Smart will most likely miss the next game.

[gouki88]

I don’t understand how this team can play without any discipline.

It's astounding how bad this team is at the fundamentals. Terrible rebounding and some of the worst turnovers I've seen an NBA team commit.

Grant Williams, and maybe Al, are the only guys who block out for rebounds.

G Will??? G Will rebounds like a freaking 6 foot guard. He's terrible at rebounding. I trust PP to secure a board more than him.

That would be because they basically have an identical rebound rate. Nesmith is a better rebounder than Grant

[Silas]

Poor execution, Tatum lousy shooting and way too many turnovers cost the Celtics a win.

[scaryjerry]

Cs have now only been outscored in 2 out of 12 quarters in the series so far and are down 2-1. That's how bad those 2 quarters have been. Miami frankly deserves to win to win the series at this point - we are that immature. Does anybody really think we stand a chance against GSW anyway?

Eh I think golden state is entirely overrated and still think the mavs will make that a series…but I agree Miami absolutely deserves to win this series and get swept in the finals

[gouki88]

One of the most despicable performances in a while. That and Game 5 are unforgettably bad efforts

[Yuckabuck33]

Shouldn't have brought Tatum back in. We had it to 4.

So he could throw it right to Miami again?

[86MaxwellSmart]

COLLAPSE......not what any of us expected---but we should have.

[Mahk E Mahk]

ime has to send a message; tatum cannot be allowed to think he’s untouchable. when he checks out and becomes a liability, like he did again tonight, sit him. embarrass him. call him out. dude is soft as tissue paper. a stellar regular season means nothing, if you’re a consistent mia in the playoffs.

[BringToughnessBack]

We stopped them first half of fourth and couldnt score due to endless TO’s- we looked like we expected to win and played to lose

[liam]

Shouldn't have brought Tatum back in. We had it to 4.

So he could throw it right to Miami again?

Exactly.

[jpotter33]

Showed a lot of heart in this game after the first quarter but ultimately you have to execute too.  A -15 turnover margin just ain't it. 

Jaylen played his heart out, Smart and Tatum demonstrated a lot of toughness and desire, but just too many d***ed mistakes.

Uh, what? Tatum showed absolutely zero heart whatsoever. Brown and Smart showed heart. Perhaps Al, too.  Pretty much everyone else was a no-show or didn't get the opportunity to do anything. Just a complete fold by our guys.

[tenn_smoothie]

I don’t understand how this team can play without any discipline.

It's astounding how bad this team is at the fundamentals. Terrible rebounding and some of the worst turnovers I've seen an NBA team commit.

Grant Williams, and maybe Al, are the only guys who block out for rebounds.

G Will??? G Will rebounds like a freaking 6 foot guard. He's terrible at rebounding. I trust PP to secure a board more than him.

Yes, Grant struggles to go up and get the rebounds, but he clears out Abeyo and Co. from getting putbacks.
If all our guys would be more disciplined about fundamentals, we wouldn't be getting beaten by offensive rebounding by a smaller team.

[Indocelts]

JT is really the softest player I've seen wearing the Celtics uniform for such a long time.

He avoids contact  up to the point that he will shove people when dribling. He would complain and cry a lot and forget to play defense.
Today, he just faked an injury, curling up like a baby while his team mates were defending the basket.

He needs to grow up if he wants to be a complete player.