I was conflicted about this game once the Fakers took a 10 point lead after our collapse...part of me wanted us to lose to put some pressure on the team and on Joe to really examine themselves as to how they could have let such a mediocre team beat us after we had been leading by 15. In a way winning would seem to be papering over cracks that they need to really address, like how their transition defense completely fell apart once they started missing 3s and when they started to get distracted by the officiating - I know the officiating sucked, but newsflash - it sucks most nights, and to be fair it usually sucks for both teams. GWill started the rot by whining to the referees about a foul they called on him when he was guarding AD and then he became a passenger with his pouty petulant body language till he started to make shots late in the 4th.
But they do deserve credit for getting themselves back on track after falling behind by 10 and forcing overtime. Tatum deserves MOM for his performance, he kept us in the game and is the reason we didn't lose this game. He wouldn't let us lose it.
But they have plenty of work and I don't think they should be happy with their performance. I'm really getting tired of seeing GWill complaining to the refs, he 100% has a rep with them now I'm sure.
But for us it's a win. So TPs for all!!
Topic: Celtics (21-7) at Lakers (11-15) Game #29 12/13/22 (Read 31654 times)