Celtics (19-5) at Raptors (12-11) Game #25 12/5/22

[radiohead]

JB with a team high 8 assists. 0 turnovers..Great to see.

2 games with zero turnovers is really amazing!

[ozgod]

Anyone surprised that Payton didn’t play given Brogdon was out and Smartacus was coming back from injury? Was it his defense they were worried about?

[Kuberski33]

Tatum has 12 rebounds and they edge the Raptors off the boards 49-46. He's doing it all this season.

[hwangjini_1]

Anyone surprised that Payton didn’t play given Brogdon was out and Smartacus was coming back from injury? Was it his defense they were worried about?

that would be my guess given that it what they worry about with him in every game.

[SCeltic34]

Anyone surprised that Payton didn’t play given Brogdon was out and Smartacus was coming back from injury? Was it his defense they were worried about?

Only a little bit.  I thought Mazz would go a bit deeper into his bench rather than play just 8 players.  My guess is that Mazz knew that once PP went into the game they'd run action to get PP switched onto Siakam and let Siakam go to work.  There was quite a bit of iso ball for him and he would have scored pretty easily over PP.

[MattyIce]

al out.
TL out.
Gallinaro out.
on the road.

celtics still win against a good team.

tps for one and all.

and B2B!

[Neurotic Guy]

Anyone who has contact with Nick - plead with him to come back. He should be enjoying this with us. 

[JSD]

Last year, the Celtics didn’t win their 20th game, until January 10

[ozgod]

Last year, the Celtics didn’t win their 20th game, until January 10

The difference between then and now is night and day. For context here's some of the threads on the forum around this time last year, when we were 13-11

[Redz]

JB with a team high 8 assists. 0 turnovers..Great to see.

2 games with zero turnovers is really amazing!

He and Tatum are playing leaps and bounds the best ball of their careers.  So awesome to see.

[radiohead]

Anyone who has contact with Nick - plead with him to come back. He should be enjoying this with us.

I think he’s active in the celticsblog threads, if you’re referring to nickagneta?

[hpantazo]

JB with a team high 8 assists. 0 turnovers..Great to see.

2 games with zero turnovers is really amazing!

He and Tatum are playing leaps and bounds the best ball of their careers.  So awesome to see.

Their two-way dominance on the wings reminds me of prime era Jordan and Pippin

[RockinRyA]

JB with a team high 8 assists. 0 turnovers..Great to see.

2 games with zero turnovers is really amazing!

He and Tatum are playing leaps and bounds the best ball of their careers.  So awesome to see.

Their two-way dominance on the wings reminds me of prime era Jordan and Pippin

remember the times when we had Jordan Crawford and Jeff Green as our wings?

[#1P4P]

Anyone surprised that Payton didn’t play given Brogdon was out and Smartacus was coming back from injury? Was it his defense they were worried about?

We played the Raptors twice in the preseason. I checked the +/- for Pritchard in those games and he was -25 and -11 in those games with him playing the 2nd and 3rd string. With the Raptors rotation being 6'5 and above except for VanVleet and their penchant for hunting size advantages, it's safe to say that the coaching staff did not like the matchup.

[hpantazo]

JB with a team high 8 assists. 0 turnovers..Great to see.

2 games with zero turnovers is really amazing!

He and Tatum are playing leaps and bounds the best ball of their careers.  So awesome to see.

Their two-way dominance on the wings reminds me of prime era Jordan and Pippin

remember the times when we had Jordan Crawford and Jeff Green as our wings?

I try to black out those memories!