Celtics (4-2) at Cavaliers (5-1) Game #7 11/2/22

[Silas]

Waited to late for the TO.

[bello_man09]

look at how they were walking the ball up the court and taking dumb shots.

[Neurotic Guy]

That was seriously bad. Rolling up 12 and blink an eye and it’s 10.  TO should’ve happened at 8, maybe 6.

[slamtheking]

I'm really getting the feeling Mazzula may not be the coach for this team after this season - or even the rest of the season.  letting leads evaporate without calling a TO because you "want" the team to figure it out on their own has never worked for this bunch.

[nickagneta]

That bad Smart shot aside we had some really good looks.

Yeah, it was the defense that fell apart.

Players also WANTED that TO and didn't really want to figure it out on their own.

[blink]

like everyone else said, way too late on the TO.
how about that after 6 straight or 8 straight by the cavs? 2-3 possessions too late
very Brad like.

[jpotter33]

Joe has that Brad disease of refusing to call a timeout and killing our lead. Just gave up 8 unnecessary points there when we should have called a timeout four possessions ago when the guys were lollygagging and clearly out of sorts.

[nickagneta]

Joe has that Brad disease of refusing to call a timeout and killing our lead. Just gave up 8 unnecessary points there when we should have called a timeout four possessions ago when the guys were lollygagging and clearly out of sorts.

That's crap. 2 possessions earlier, sure. 4? No way. That's just panic management.

[jpotter33]

I'm really getting the feeling Mazzula may not be the coach for this team after this season - or even the rest of the season.  letting leads evaporate without calling a TO because you "want" the team to figure it out on their own has never worked for this bunch.

Yeah, it's ridiculous. Even Brad would've called the timeout two or so possessions before that. The guys were clearly anticipating the timeout, walking up the floor, etc.

Hopefully Joe isn't so dogmatic that he won't adjust to that. That was just incredibly rookie level for him.

[slamtheking]

I'm really getting the feeling Mazzula may not be the coach for this team after this season - or even the rest of the season.  letting leads evaporate without calling a TO because you "want" the team to figure it out on their own has never worked for this bunch.

Yeah, it's ridiculous. Even Brad would've called the timeout two or so possessions before that. The guys were clearly anticipating the timeout, walking up the floor, etc.

Hopefully Joe isn't so dogmatic that he won't adjust to that. That was just incredibly rookie level for him.

very much.

[bello_man09]

these calls man? what a carry ?

[jpotter33]

That is such a crap call. So arbitrary. If you're going to call that carry violation, then you can call that virtually every trip up the floor in today's NBA.

[Silas]

White or Williams for Smart.  Get him out of there.

[bello_man09]

they really calling all these traveling calls..they need to start calling them on the greek freak and lebron.

[jpotter33]

And now the Cavs have the momentum and the refs are treating them like it. Funny how that works, Joe.