Hawks (1-3) at Celtics (3-1) Round 1 Game #5 4/25/23

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

post season run is lining up very nice.

had to beat the bucks in conference semis last year and heat in ECF

the heat are about to knock off the bucks.  the heat could also be knocked off next round. would be something if we face neither bucks or heat in ECF. yeah i know we have to beat philly  first but we can look ahead as fans. 

[slamtheking]

Jaylen's killer on his iso moves into a drive -- unless there's a second defender anywhere near him.  almost always gets that dribble stripped

[celticinorlando]

Not a good close to this half.

[Phantom255x]

Annoying end to the half

[slamtheking]

Not a good close to this half.

nope, too many mistakes to close out the last 3 minutes

[liam]

Shouldn't that be a take foul?

YUP

[celticinorlando]

Hawks have three options on offense: the  young floater, the three and the offensive rebound

Lock these fools down

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

OMG just saw one of our posters in the garden

was it that HPTANZO guy?  jeeeez i know it was a guy we swore posts here. had on a funny outfit

[Indocelts]

They're showing the old Celtics Lakers finals now. Are they predicting that to be this year's final?

[Goldstar88]

JB killed it in the first half. [dang].

[blink]

well I only saw the last 6-7 minutes, but we looked really good in that stretch that bumped the lead to 13.
JB, Brogdon on offense, and everyone playing well on def.

Just repeat that little stretch at the start of the 2nd half and push the lead to 20 or so and ATL will break.

[celticinorlando]

Celtics toying with Atlanta. Time to put the hammer down

[blink]

it would be nice to see Tatum get hot in the 3rd and help put this one away

[letsgoblue86]

Hawks have three options on offense: the  young floater, the three and the offensive rebound

Lock these fools down

This got a chuckle out of me

[Who]

Feels like one of those games where the team stays in 2nd-3rd gear most of the night but then ramps it up to 5th gear for 5-6 minutes and wins the game with one good run.

Like a veteran team who is monitoring their energy levels and not extering themselves too much in order to maintain peak energy for the tougher tests ahead.