Knicks (38-27) at Celtics (45-19) Game #65 3/5/23

[celticinorlando]

Knicks won the season series against us and has our number. Hard avoid the Knicks in the first-round.

But perhaps it also time to declare the C's are now in trouble? They play the Cavaliers tomorrow night lol

Knicks will be the 4 seed. Cleveland the 5. Celtics will be the 2 or 3

[PAOBoston]

I love our fan base! So positive!

What's to be positive about?

A top 5 team in the NBA. Time to acknowledge reality. They have an issue at coach and center. They’re lucky to have this record.

Top 5 is being generous. They are trending downward.

[Goldstar88]

59 attempts from 3pt is just stupid. Brad and Joe need to come up with a better strategy.

[MarcusSmartFanClub]

Knicks the better team right now

No kidding. Have you seen their streak?

[jpotter33]

He's just so incompetent lol His players are out there shrugging their shoulders in a go-ahead situation because they don't know what to do because he refuses to call the dang timeout to set something up.

At least he actually called it once the play was broken this time, but holy cow it's just pure incompetence. How many times do we have to do this before you learn?

They were trying to get Robinson in a PnR with Tatum attacking. Jaylen was messing it up by being in between (his man would have switched onto Al, and they would've blitzed Tatum), then Grant wandered in there for no reason. That's why Tatum was mad. He should have had a 2-on-2 action on his strong side to win the game.

Exactly. And that's because they didn't know what they were doing. That's exactly why you call the timeout there and get everyone on the same page about the play. We wasted ten seconds there because Joe is just incompetent and cannot recognize that the obvious play there is to callt he timeout and regroup everyone.

He didn't have the argument of not letting them set their defense. It was a 24 shot clock violation, and they could've subbed and set their defense then. But they didn't. Just pure incompetence.

[keevsnick]

Great job by JT taking it to the rim!

Yet the final play call is yet again another three. You can't make this stuff up.

Do people legitimately think this is going to work in the playoffs? Teams have already caught on.

Ehh, thats a good shot. You got an open corner three out of a guy shooting like 60% from three since the all break.

They have a game tomorrow, at some point you gotta be okay shooting for the win.

[SCeltic34]

We've really not looked good after the ASB.  Joe has done as poor a job as he has at any point of this season.

Forget about the seeding at this point.  Just need to figure out a way to right the ship and play with consistency.

[celticinorlando]

Celtics need to worry about the sixers and not losing the 2 seed. This team has not played good ball in a long time.

[Kuberski33]

OT was lost on Williams awful foul on Randle under the Celtics rim. Grant then took another 2 3s and bricked them.

Celtics played no defense on quickley all night.

They can't beat the knicks.

They can and will beat the Knicks if they get them in a 7 game series. Grant's shooting is off because his minutes haven't been consistent. That's on the coach. You can't depend on your bench guys offensively if they play a lot one night, play 5 minutes the next and go DNP the next.

Time for Joe to stop worrying about best record and get this team ready for the playoffs. Home court doesn't mean as much in the NBA as it used to.

[PAOBoston]

If playoffs started today, Cs would be matched up with Miami. Anyone actually believe the Cs would beat them?

[angryguy77]

I love our fan base! So positive!

What's to be positive about?

A top 5 team in the NBA. Time to acknowledge reality. They have an issue at coach and center. They’re lucky to have this record.

Top 5 teams don't blow 28 pt leads and games like tonight.

You all need to let thay hot start go because it means nothing at this point.

We are not winning a ring with Joe. These guys are not good enough to overcome his colossal bad coaching.

[gouki88]

Grant playing that many minutes is inexcusable

[gouki88]

I love our fan base! So positive!

Nobody makes you participate here, you realise?

[Phantom255x]

Double-whammy because it went 2 OT.

Smart is hurt, doubt he plays tomorrow. No chance Horford plays after registering 45+ minutes. Maybe Brogdon returns, but looks like Hospital Celtics on the road tomorrow against Cleveland

But who knows. Maybe having a bunch of guys willing to compete off the bench and looking to "prove something" actually inspires them and sparks them to a win. Because this current crew is playing like an entitled group that's won before and as if they can just coast, when they actually haven't.

[Kuberski33]

Grant playing that many minutes is inexcusable

Who else is guarding Randle?