Celtics (42-17) at Pacers (26-34) Game #60 2/23/23

[kraidstar]

Tough win!

Nice to see Crash shine on that 3 point play without ultimately hurting us!

Yup. Any road win is a good win. Liked how we responded to a seemingly highly motivated Pacer team.

Next up: those dirty little Sixers. Let's give them the drubbing they deserve.

[footey]

Best thing that ever happened to Indy was PHX matching their offer for Ayton.  Myles Turner is miles better. He has really played well.

[celticinorlando]

Ugly but they got the rust off and got the win.

Cavs lost and sixers going to lose. Good night for the good guys

[Silas]

Tired of OT games but a win is a win.

[Vermont Green]

Marcus Smart coming up big in the overtime.

My concern was that Al and Rob both looked very pedestrian.  Why not play Grant or someone.  6 min for Grant, 5 for Kornet, and no other bench bigs.  I guess it didn't hurt our offensive rebounding.

[Goldstar88]

Hauser played twice as many minutes as Grant. Found that odd.

[kraidstar]

Best thing that ever happened to Indy was PHX matching their offer for Ayton.  Myles Turner is miles better. He has really played well.

Turner is the anti-Ayton. He defends the rim and hits 3s.

[Silas]

What happened to MM and PP?

[Kuberski33]

Hauser played twice as many minutes as Grant. Found that odd.

It may have had something to do with the way Hauser played. He was excellent tonight.

[slamtheking]

Hauser played twice as many minutes as Grant. Found that odd.

very surprised Grant got very little time this game. 

[celticinorlando]

What happened to MM and PP?

Tightening of the bench.

[Phantom255x]

Ugly but they got the rust off and got the win.

Cavs lost and sixers going to lose. Good night for the good guys

Would be nice if the Bucks lost the next few with Giannis out

[jpotter33]

Maybe Timelord's worst defensive game of his career. Letting Turner get a 40 piece is ridiculous. Evidence of his limited lateral mobility it seems.

Turner goes 8-10 from 3 with 0 dribble drives while Rob was playing in our switching defense where he ended up defending a different player and this is your observation?

You ever think there may have been a reason he went 8-10? He was wide open virtually every time.

Rob was getting cooked all night on the perimeter no matter who he was guarding - big or small. They weren't consistent on the switch at all. Actually, a lot of the time they looked like they were trying not to switch because Rob was getting cooked so much by the guards. Rob just looked slow all night long out on the perimeter.

Al wasn't much better either.

[jpotter33]

Marcus Smart coming up big in the overtime.

My concern was that Al and Rob both looked very pedestrian.  Why not play Grant or someone.  6 min for Grant, 5 for Kornet, and no other bench bigs.  I guess it didn't hurt our offensive rebounding.

Yeah, watching both of them get cooked on the perimeter all night I had the same thought. He gives up height and verticality, but GWill at least has a better chance of staying with his guy on the perimeter, which is where they were killing us.

[celticinorlando]

Just watching the end of the sixers Memphis game.

Memphis looks like a first round exit. They do not finish games at all