Celtics (45-19) at Cavaliers (39-26) Game #66 3/6/23

[PAOBoston]

I’m glad the weed gummy is starting to hit. I’m honestly not even mad right now.

[Phantom255x]

Outscored 40-22 the final two quarters (4th + OT).

This team is frontrunnery and the complete opposite of last season. Last season we tended to start slow/steady and then dominate late. That was also the theme of the season (meh 1st half, awesome 2nd half + playoffs). This year's team has been the opposite in games and overall season

[Goldstar88]

GWILL THIS IS YOUR FAULT

Nope. It’s all Joes fault. He should have told Grant to concentrate before he went to the line. If he only did that the C’s would have won.

It's hilarious that you continue in your Joe apologism, even after he continues to admit mistakes down the stretches of losses and even after a game tonight where he actually did good with his timeouts and it greatly impacted the game. Insane.

Do you seriously not see the problem with Joe being invisible in OT tonight? Did you see any discernible plays or sets out there to get good looks, or did you just see JB iso'ing each time down the floor trying to make homerun plays?

Read my signature. Just once. At least try.

[radiohead]

This team has forgotten how to win. If you go back in the closing minutes in the fourth, Smart and Brown launched ill advised threes early in the shot clock even though we were ahead. This mentality of shooting every open three is our downfall. We could have easily used the clock on both situations, and to our advantage. If Joe still has zero concern about this loss then he should be sacked. We’re going through a rough patch but man, at least show that you care. There definitely is something wrong with our team.

[SparzWizard]

Idk why Hauser was in the dog house.

In the doghouse for Grant Will? Horrible decisions

[slamtheking]

Would have been such an awesome statement win. Instead more of the same. Choking down the stretch, making dumb decisions and plays late. Not sure why guys like GWill, Kornet and Smart get so much playing time in these moments compared to some of the other options too.

Kornet was huge tonight, and I don't think he played in the last few minutes or OT save for rebound situations. I think you're mixing him up with Muscala.

Kornet was active on the offensive boards but invisible on the defensive boards and not making an impact on Cleveland drives or shots in the lane

[bello_man09]

JB forced some shots in overtime- This kinda losses should make them stronger. PP played decent too good defense from him. PP should get more mins, he can rebound the ball. hes 6 feet but can track the ball  better than half the guys on the team.

[SCeltic34]

Lot of people whining and moaning after our team, on the second night of a back to back after going to double OT the night before and traveling to a road game, without 3 of our starters including our best player, came within a free throw of beating one of the best teams in the East on the road. Give these guys credit. They played hard and they played a great game.

Agreed.  I'm not mad about the loss.  Frustrating way to lose the game for sure, but I think most of us expected a loss after coming off a 2OT game and then having to fly out to the mistake by the lake and play on a B2B.

[Goldstar88]

I’m glad the weed gummy is starting to hit. I’m honestly not even mad right now.

It’s better than drinking. That’s for [dang] sure!

[Mahk E Mahk]

GWILL THIS IS YOUR FAULT

Nope. It’s all Joes fault. He should have told Grant to concentrate before he went to the line. If he only did that the C’s would have won.

It's hilarious that you continue in your Joe apologism, even after he continues to admit mistakes down the stretches of losses and even after a game tonight where he actually did good with his timeouts and it greatly impacted the game. Insane.

Do you seriously not see the problem with Joe being invisible in OT tonight? Did you see any discernible plays or sets out there to get good looks, or did you just see JB iso'ing each time down the floor trying to make homerun plays?

it was clear that jb was complete trash late in the game but joe allowed him to continue jacking horrific shots. a professional coach would have called plays for brogdon, as he was our best player tonight. joe is clueless and allows the “stars” to do what they want, regardless of outcome. joe must go.

[Phantom255x]

Lot of people whining and moaning after our team, on the second night of a back to back after going to double OT the night before and traveling to a road game, without 3 of our starters including our best player, came within a free throw of beating one of the best teams in the East on the road. Give these guys credit. They played hard and they played a great game.

Agreed.  I'm not mad about the loss.  Frustrating way to lose the game for sure, but I think most of us expected a loss after coming off a 2OT game and then having to fly out to the mistake by the lake and play on a B2B.

Yeah true. The guys played hard and fought well given the circumstances. It still sucks because the game was so winnable and we choked down the stretch for a 3rd straight time.

It's good we have two days off after the Blazers game, because this team really needs it.

[jambr380]

Would have been such an awesome statement win. Instead more of the same. Choking down the stretch, making dumb decisions and plays late. Not sure why guys like GWill, Kornet and Smart get so much playing time in these moments compared to some of the other options too.

Kornet was huge tonight, and I don't think he played in the last few minutes or OT save for rebound situations. I think you're mixing him up with Muscala.

Kornet was active on the offensive boards but invisible on the defensive boards and not making an impact on Cleveland drives or shots in the lane

Yeah, credit to Luke for getting us some 2nd chance opportunities, but in all other aspects of the game he totally sucks. And I feel bad saying this, but embarrassingly so

[celticinorlando]

Lot of people whining and moaning after our team, on the second night of a back to back after going to double OT the night before and traveling to a road game, without 3 of our starters including our best player, came within a free throw of beating one of the best teams in the East on the road. Give these guys credit. They played hard and they played a great game.

They have given the last three games away. Gave away the bucks game in OT. They can’t finish

[Phantom255x]

We can nitpick everything, but ultimately if GWill simply hits 1 FT at the end, we win.

I really can't see him getting more than the MLE at this rate in FA. What team will actually give him 15M+ AAV, let alone 20??

[jpotter33]

Can we not run a play for Brogdon?

Nah, that would require Joe to, ya know, actually do something. He's like a construction foreman who refuses to do anything during the actual process of work. That's essentially what he is.

Though I will give him credit - he actually did a good job with his timeout calling tonight, and it really helped. And overall he did a decent job the first 3.5 quarters, but he pooped the bed in the final minutes per usual by giving his guys too much leeway and sticking too long with Kornet who was just awful on the defensive boards and overall defense.