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

[celticinorlando]

Tatum with a selfish 3

[Mahk E Mahk]

the consistently lazy transition defense is infuriating.

[radiohead]

I really dislike it when Grant does his JT impersonation and complains while not going back on D.

[celticinorlando]

Should go inside every time

[Indocelts]

JT and JB should stop jacking up inefficient contested 3s. There is a a reason why  White, Horford, Brogdon and GW has better 3 point percentages.
Btw, Brogdon shoots 44% from downtown this season.

[blink]

Could be 4 losses in a row to four average teams at best. Celtics are in a slump big time.

Glad they have three days off to figure things out.

How about we let them play the game?  We are down by 3 in the 3rd.  It isn’t impossible for us to win this game.

[Phantom255x]

Go figure. Two drives to the basket, and two fairly easy buckets right there

[Phantom255x]

Got to be honest, G-Will is also really annoying me. Any time there's a bad play on his end, he's either complaining to the refs or acting like he died on the court. Dude, you're not a superstar that's gonna get that call, and to be honest you've been playing like an idiot for the past few weeks too

[blink]

The negativity gets out of control in here sometimes. 

[jpotter33]

Finally showing some intensity, but again it comes after several makes in a row - all that had to be created by the team themselves.

It started with two (bad) iso Tatum threes back to back that happened to go in. That's what started off this run, and that's the problem. Joe's entire philosophy is so hands off and wanting the team to "figure it out themselves", that it leads to them having to play hero ball like this and hope that it sparks the run.

And unlike last year where our defense sparked our offense and was the constant, the only constant we have now is that if we're not making the three ball we're not playing with intensity or pace.

The latter issue is harder to fix and starts with a culture change, which just not sure is actually on the table for this team. But the former issue is simply fixed by Joe actually doing his job and being more involved with managing the flow of the game, like calling plays out to get guys good looks, which should've happened for Tatum a long time ago instead of making him iso himself into getting in a rhythm.

[SCeltic34]

They read Ham's ATO play perfectly.

[blink]

Great little run, go C’s!
Keep it up

[slamtheking]

love the comeback to take the lead.  good to see some defensive intensity pick up

[Silas]

Nice recovery.

[ozgod]

Well as bad as we’ve played in the 2nd half weve managed to tie the game, we’re not out of this we can still grind out a win

Won’t satisfy anyone and won’t stop the questions but at least it’s better than a L