Celtics (49-23) at Kings (43-28) Game #73 3/21/23

[Silas]

This team is ready for the Pacers.

[radiohead]

#1 still within reach. Nice dominant win. Hopefully this gets the team back on track.

[Phantom255x]

A 4-2 road trip is very solid especially coming off a win over the Kings to finish it off. The Houston game stings a lot, otherwise it could have been a 5-1 trip. Utah loss was also brutal but I can sort of live with that given it was the 2nd night of a B2B, we were missing guys and Utah isn’t a scrub team.

C’s have momentum and in theory are as healthy as can be (besides Pritchard). The defense was super encouraging and hopefully Timelord can stay healthy and help anchor the unit

[hpantazo]

These guys showed that they are still the team to beat when locked in and healthy.

[Goldstar88]

Kyle Draper, Paul Pierce, and Matt Barnes are doing the postgame on the Kings broadcast. Lol.

Fans are chanting, “Let’s go Celtics!”. Pierce is cracking up. 

[blink]

This team is ready for the Pacers.

Pacers are another young team that I like (but not nearly as much as our Celtics)

Haliburton is a fun player to watch, Iowa State Cyclone too!

[hpantazo]

Joe even called time outs tonight and everything!

[jpotter33]

Joe even called time outs tonight and everything!

One of Joe's better games. After a shaky start, he got the guys to actually doe the right thing and attack inside, which then opened up the three point game.

Hell, Tatum had 25 fgas tonight and only 7 (!) were threes! That's great for him and closer to what I want to see from him.

[blink]

Joe even called time outs tonight and everything!

One of Joe's better games. After a shaky start, he got the guys to actually doe the right thing and attack inside, which then opened up the three point game.

Hell, Tatum had 25 fgas tonight and only 7 (!) were threes! That's great for him and closer to what I want to see from him.

Yeah Joe's lineups / rotations were good tonight...having Timelord back helps us a LOT though

[Goldstar88]

Joe even called time outs tonight and everything!

One of Joe's better games. After a shaky start, he got the guys to actually doe the right thing and attack inside, which then opened up the three point game.

Hell, Tatum had 25 fgas tonight and only 7 (!) were threes! That's great for him and closer to what I want to see from him.

Yeah Joe's lineups / rotations were good tonight...having Timelord back helps us a LOT though

Makes a huge difference. Joe could go with that short rotation, which was deadly. Team needs to stay healthy.

[tenn_smoothie]

Seems when this team is rested (2 days off) and focused (playing a good opponent), they play so much better.
They are much more likely to play good basketball, moving on offense and active on defense.
Even Mazzulla appeared to be sharper tonite.

[SparzWizard]

Seems when this team is rested (2 days off) and focused (playing a good opponent), they play so much better.
They are much more likely to play good basketball, moving on offense and active on defense.
Even Mazzulla appeared to be sharper tonite.

Well if they're well-rested then they should not have a problem in the playoffs. Games are spread out to 2-3 days in between. They shot over 40% from the 3. Also, Timelord remaining healthy is also key.

[ozgod]

Seems when this team is rested (2 days off) and focused (playing a good opponent), they play so much better.
They are much more likely to play good basketball, moving on offense and active on defense.
Even Mazzulla appeared to be sharper tonite.

Well if they're well-rested then they should not have a problem in the playoffs. Games are spread out to 2-3 days in between. They shot over 40% from the 3. Also, Timelord remaining healthy is also key.

Yes when they shoot 40% they are unbeaten. What was interesting is that the Kings also shot well but lost.

[angryguy77]

Good win and one of Joe's better games. Ball movement was better than I've seen of late.

 Still skeptical given we've seen this before.

[Roy H.]

Dang it.  This is one of the few games I didn't see the ending for this season.  I only made it threw the first quarter.

It seems like we attacked the basket more?  How was the defensive intensity?  Was this win a different style of play, or simply a matter of hitting our shots?

Tatum in particular seemed to go away from threes to some extent?