Lakers (23-26) at Celtics (35-15) Game #51 1/28/23

[SCeltic34]

13 assists as a team so far this game.  Unacceptable.

[Goldstar88]

Idk what’s wrong with Tatum, but his effort is just not there tonight.

[Phantom255x]

I mean I hate to say it, but just watching this game who would you say "wants it more" and is playing with hustle/intensity on both ends all night long? It's the Lakers. C's are hanging around with some 3-point shooting but otherwise LAL has basically responded to all our runs and they are playing hard. Their role players are also very active on both ends unlike ours

C's look very lazy and are slumping...

[celticinorlando]

Need a playable wing off the bench. Tatum gassed and no other options.

[liam]

I hope JB takes over in the 4th. He’s had a pretty good rest.

He’s sitting again because he committed his 5th foul pushing off Schrodrer who went down like a felled oak

Oh when Schroder hook JB's arm and flopped? Yeah...

[slamtheking]

Lol at this offense.

what offense?

[PAOBoston]

Need some “Joe Mazzulla on the hot seat” takes by the media. Cs have barely been better than a .500 team for almost two months now.

[liam]

Not playing the bench tonight. Again...

[Mahk E Mahk]

Great run and response, but it's still the same problem - we only play that hard when we're making shots. All that was sparked by the Tatum iso threes going in.

We've seen this problem reoccur the past few years. Ime was finally able to work that out of them by focusing heavily on the defensive end and making them elite down there, which fueled their ability to win games ugly even when the shots weren't going in. That's not the case this year, and we're seeing why that's a problem.

spot on, jp, and tp. brad’s philosophy from the beginning was switchable wings at virtually every position to leverage his defense strategy in the “modern” nba. he’s successfully built a team of elite defensive players but joe has lost that identity, which is crazy when you think about the fact that our top six players are elite on defense.

[radiohead]

Need a playable wing off the bench. Tatum gassed and no other options.

That and someone like Naz Reid who could clog the lane a bit. Kornet isn’t cutting it.

[slamtheking]

need Jaylen to make up for all the time he had to sit

[liam]

Where did Pritchard go?

[PAOBoston]

Idk what’s wrong with Tatum, but his effort is just not there tonight.

I think he is physically cooked right now. Think he needs a few games off tbh to get right. He’s got wrist issue, finger issue, too many minutes issue.

[SCeltic34]

What a joke of a foul call.

[jpotter33]

Idk what’s wrong with Tatum, but his effort is just not there tonight.

Definitely tired. He's had to carry a ton of load over the past few months due to JB really cooling off and the bench falling apart. Combine that with his defensive load, and it's clear he's tired.