Celtics (13-3) at Bulls (6-10) Game #17 11/21/22

[slamtheking]

its an Effort thing on Defense- too casual with derosen

too casual with everyone.  Bulls now playing like they feel they can win this and C's just shoving their heads further up their butts

[ozgod]

They need to regroup and think about how bad they want to beat this team that seems to have the wood on them. It starts on the defensive end. If the 3s aren’t falling we can still win if we stop them scoring

[jpotter33]

Good Lord, everything just in and out. Hopefully we shoot better in the second half, but that's an inherent weakness of this extremely three point heavy offense. Some nights you're just not going to shoot well.

[PAOBoston]

No defense and over reliance on the 3. 46 shot attempts and 26 threes. Need to be more aggressive and attack the hoop. They have multiple bad defenders in Derozan and Vucevic on the floor.

[bello_man09]

even though we lose this game lets learn something from it and show some fight.

[radiohead]

At least it’s a manageable deficit. The Bulls really do give us a tough match up every time.

[SCeltic34]

Chicago's defense isn't even good.  We're just bricking wide open shots.  I'll take being down 13 given how poorly we've played on both ends.

[bello_man09]

Good Lord, everything just in and out. Hopefully we shoot better in the second half, but that's an inherent weakness of this extremely three point heavy offense. Some nights you're just not going to shoot well.

I saw so sure they will lose that Thunder game. lets see how they respond here.

[JSD]

So Kornets weird jump on D is to block the rim? Interesting. I kind of like it now

It’s apparently to block the shooters view of the rim

Haha, yup. I had no idea what he was doing all season. I was just cringing at it

[SHAQATTACK]

I m preparing to climb in bed tonight disappointed and dream of threes CLANKing off the rim all night in my dreams. 

[Goldstar88]

8-26 from 3pt. That’s just way too many shots from deep. Hope they mix it up more in the second half.

[liam]

So Kornets weird jump on D is to block the rim? Interesting. I kind of like it now

It’s apparently to block the shooters view of the rim

Haha, yup. I had no idea what he was doing all season. I was just cringing at it

He was doing it in G league last year. It has its moments...

[liam]

Bring in energy guy PP for the second half!

[tenn_smoothie]

So in the long history of basketball, successful coaches for years have used timeouts to stop an opponent's run of points along with re-setting their own team's offense and possibly making a defensive adjustment. The timeout also serves to hopefully cool off the other team's shooting and offensive flow. Another positive effect is the pause which allows a raucous home crowd a chance to quiet. All these probable results of calling a timeout are positives for the coach's team.

But along comes Joe Mazulla, youngest coach in the league and with no head coaching experience aside from a small college stint a few years back and he has a magic formula for improving his team and supposedly winning games. He refuses to call timeouts in the middle of large scoring runs of 10+, 15+, even approaching 20 points by his opponent. This guy, with absolute minimum experience, is going to fly in the face of convention and, according to him, develop his team's mental toughness by leaving them out in a blizzard.

Yes, the record is great vs weak to mediocre teams. I see lots of slippage into bad habits in the middle of these runs the Celtics have endured. Why are you trying to be some genius Coach ? The offense has improved when they don't self destruct in a barrage of missed 3's that you do not put a stop to. Stick to the basics and focus on what you seem to be good at.

[Silas]

0/7...not Al's night, so far.