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

[Vermont Green]

Collins had his first good game too.

[ozgod]

I’m sure they switched off with Murray’s suspension and then tried to kill the game with 6 to go instead of continuing to play

[Who]

Why not play Trae tighter? He basically just walked into an open three.

Trae is so fast and there is so much open room behind the defender. That is a tough situation.

Even tougher for a wing player like Jaylen who is slower and not able to pressure the ball on a speedy PG like Trae Young in today's environment where any slight contact is a foul.

[blink]

the game COMPLETELY changed when Tatum and Smart came back in that last time.
Those two weren't really ready to play and had two horrible TO's right when they came back in.
Then Smart got the T and the snowball was getting huge and heading right for us at that point.
Smart blew this game 100%.  Those two turnovers, the Tech, the bad foul that gave TY the two fts.
Man what a fiasco.  Gonna be some yelling in that locker room.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

CAN BRAD COACH REST OF THE PLAYOFFS? i think i have seen enough of this joe guy

HE IS NO IME

how did we get stuck with this clown

[BudweiserCeltic]

Weak

[tenn_smoothie]

We were up 102-89 at one point too...

13-point lead in the 4th quarter of a closeout game vs an inferior opponent.

Thanks for ruining my night.

[celticinorlando]

When is game 7?

[Who]

Trae Young is a terrible terrible defensive player but he is bloody brilliant on offense.

[slamtheking]

ATL ended the game on a 30-15 run in just the final 6 minutes

We gave up 30 points in the last 6. Insane.

yup, anyone that thinks this is a top defensive team is delusional.  can't stop Trae from going wherever he wants with the ball

[Kuberski33]

I did predict 6 games because they would blow 2 of them.

[Phantom255x]

White gave us clutch FTs at the end. Meanwhile Smart had three boneheaded plays in the final 90 seconds including that foul to give ATL the lead again 

White needs to be playing a lot more, period. Brogdon too

[blink]

Lose by 2 with JB missing at least two free throws in the fourth and JT getting a late stupid T.

And don't get me started on incompetent Joe. He sat there and watched us give up the entire lead making no adjustments or calling any timeouts until 9 seconds left in the freaking game. How people seriously think he can lead us to a championship is beyond me. He needs to go back to D3 coaching. What a joke.

This loss wasn't on JB.  He gave us 35 7 and 5.  NO way it is on JB.

Smart completely cratered the team when he came back in.  I have never seen anything like it.

[SparzWizard]

This team has all of the talent and none of the killer instinct.

If we don’t see Smart back next season, I’m just fine with that.  Done with him.

I rather we lose that "defensive hustle" and "intensity" and get me a more competent player. He's a double-edged sword, and it's hurt us more than it's helped

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

DISGUSTING

WE WANT BRAD!

WE WANT BRAD!