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

[slamtheking]

second quarter even worse than the first. 

team has no fire

[blink]

And another jacked up 3 by Tatum.  That isn’t only JB’s issue.

[liam]

second quarter even worse than the first. 

team has no fire

They look tired...

[Phantom255x]

Wait did the commentators say the C's weren't selling out home games nowadays?? 

[Mahk E Mahk]

serious question: can anyone decipher the c’s offensive strategy? it’s so clunky and inefficient, i honesty cannot determine what they’re “attempting” to do.

shoot as many 3's as possible

we really have no true PG that can run an offensive set -- not that Joe seems to have one in his playbook

yeah, i know they emphasize 3’s but what’s the strategy? for example, golden state emphasizes the 3 but their offensive strategy is clear. i cannot comprehend how the c’s offense is managed.

[Yuckabuck33]

The guys are just going through the motions out there getting outworked by the Lakers and just throwing up bad jumper after bad jumper.

At this point, it's hard to know whether they're already tuning out Joe, or if this is literally the offense he wants and just thinks the shots will eventually fall. We look terrible.

I vote for tuning out.
Remember in December when Joe and Jaylen talked about how if the 3 ain't falling they should drive to the hoop? Team has completely forgotten from a month ago.

[celticinorlando]

Hey look. Big game and Tatum and brown playing like crap.

Can’t stop lebron as usual

[jpotter33]

Playing embarrassing out there. Going through the motions. No intensity whatsoever.

They honestly have looked like the end of Brad's tenure, when they just weren't responding to him anymore.

Some of this is Smart being out, as he helps organize the offense, along with our other injuries. But they clearly are lacking the fire from earlier in the year. Something is going on, and Joe simply hasn't had the answer for it and very well may be the source of the problem.

[Silas]

Hauser with 5 mins and 0 shots.  His head is messed up.

[Goldstar88]

Less 3’s, please.

[blink]

serious question: can anyone decipher the c’s offensive strategy? it’s so clunky and inefficient, i honesty cannot determine what they’re “attempting” to do.

shoot as many 3's as possible

we really have no true PG that can run an offensive set -- not that Joe seems to have one in his playbook

yeah, i know they emphasize 3’s but what’s the strategy? for example, golden state emphasizes the 3 but their offensive strategy is clear. i cannot comprehend how the c’s offense is managed.

At the beginning of the year it looked like our off philosophy was move without the ball and share the ball until we break the def down for a great shot.  Lately not as much.

[Neurotic Guy]

Terrible quarter after going up nine. Lost the last 9 minutes by 15 points.  LA started ice cold - Cs respond by taking the foot off the gas, lazy offense, missed 3’s.  I truly don’t get this team.

[Silas]

The Jays 1/10 from 3.  Not going to work shooting 3s.

[jpotter33]

serious question: can anyone decipher the c’s offensive strategy? it’s so clunky and inefficient, i honesty cannot determine what they’re “attempting” to do.

shoot as many 3's as possible

we really have no true PG that can run an offensive set -- not that Joe seems to have one in his playbook

yeah, i know they emphasize 3’s but what’s the strategy? for example, golden state emphasizes the 3 but their offensive strategy is clear. i cannot comprehend how the c’s offense is managed.

At the beginning of the year it looked like our off philosophy was move without the ball and share the ball until we break the def down for a great shot.  Lately not as much.

Absolutely. There was at least off-ball movement and much better ball movement and passing.

Now, it's mainly iso crap out there, and it has been for months. Joe thus far has been futile to change it, and that's a huge problem.

It's one thing to chuck a high volume of threes. But to do so without the type of off-ball movement and passing we had to start the year is just not a sustainable or quality philosophy.

[Phantom255x]

So is G-Will now basically only someone who can shoot corner 3s and that's it? Feels like it. All he does besides that is just run around on the court