Kings (10-7) at Celtics (14-4) Game #19 11/25/22

[Silas]

Can’t wait until Rob is back. 

[Celtics Mike]

Great effort from the team to regain their energy when the game was 82-76 Kings. They went on a 27-6 run to 103-86 and end the game on a 46-22 run.

Kudos to PP, the Green Kornet and Hauser for the energy they brought that started that run, and JT for anchoring that group.

My only concern is that they flipped the switch so easily and swept the Kings aside like dirt on a smooth tile floor. They may think they can do that all the time.

But anyway TPs for all!!!!

Have to agree nice energy from Hauser Kornet and PP

[SCeltic34]

Did they say that the Kings season low was tonight at 104 points?  That's pretty crazy.  Great job by our players to limit their high powered offense.

Sacramento was 8-2 in the last 10 games prior to this one.   Although they lost in Atlanta in the game before this one they've been killing it.

[RockinRyA]

Great win C's.  I'm not going to lie, I was getting very frustrated prior to the PP and Kornet sub.  We had poor energy and the officiating was atrocious.

Game ball to PP.  His minutes were huge.  Tatum didn't even play for the final 10 minutes of the game.  Our bench limited the minutes our starters had to play which is invaluable.

We were starting to get a bit of momentum before the subs. After they get subbed in is where the separation happened.

[Csfan1984]

A few guys with 4ast or more. Guys are getting good moving the ball.

[Goldstar88]

Nice to see Pritchard get some burn. He looked good out there.

[blink]

A few guys with 4ast or more. Guys are getting good moving the ball.

yeah 5 guys with at least 4 assists!  great job.
Tatum, Horford, Smart, Jaylen, and Brogdon..

[Silas]

Good night from North Carolina.

[SHAQATTACK]

Can’t wait until Rob is back.

That’s when we gonna really stomp the mud out of some teams . 

All those drives and free bee layups in the paint gonna disappear for the opponents . 

The team till go twin turbo on everybody

[RockinRyA]

Can’t wait until Rob is back.

That’s when we gonna really stomp the mud out of some teams . 

All those drives and free bee layups in the paint gonna disappear for the opponents . 

The team till go twin turbo on everybody

Opposing players will think twice about driving. Part of why the Kings went on a run and got back in the game was the lineup with Grant at the 5 when Al was resting. Its okay when his hitting his shots, but he wasnt so for those times he is better playing the 4 with an actual threat of a shotblocker.

[0003323344]

Liking the 3 guard lineup.

[slamtheking]

watched on tape delay.  tonight's hot takes:
- great start and coughed it up in the second and early third with lazy play on offense and defense. 
- bench was awful until Pritchard and Kornet came in.  those 2 injected the needed energy to get the team back on the right track.
- terrific night from Tatum, particularly with the bench in the later part of the third quarter to take back the lead.
- Brogdon with another off game offensively -- hoping he gets back on track
- Smart was not a help out there tonight.  neither was Grant.
- refs were bad.  really bad. 

[Celtics2021]

watched on tape delay.  tonight's hot takes:
- great start and coughed it up in the second and early third with lazy play on offense and defense. 
- bench was awful until Pritchard and Kornet came in.  those 2 injected the needed energy to get the team back on the right track.
- terrific night from Tatum, particularly with the bench in the later part of the third quarter to take back the lead.
- Brogdon with another off game offensively -- hoping he gets back on track
- Smart was not a help out there tonight.  neither was Grant.
- refs were bad.  really bad.

Also watched on delay.  Was it the same crew that ejected Joe and Grant earlier in the season?  I need to look that up.

EDIT: Just Natalie Sago.

[Birdman]

Can’t wait until Rob is back.

Can we really depend on him?

[smokeablount]

Great finish to the game.

I like Joe. I love the offensive system and his bench rotations. But he needs to eventually call timeouts to stop runs. It doesn’t need to work 100% of the time, it just needs to be asked, which coaches would do it?

Would Pop call a TO to stop a run? Yes.
Spo? Yes
Kerr? Yes
Phil Jackson? Yes
Rudy T? Yes

These guys are/were among the best at it. Sorry guys but the new coach who doesn’t have enough experience to wipe his own butt hasn’t one upped all the coaches who won multiple championships in Joe’s lifetime. If he’s not doing this in the playoffs, that’s bad.