Celtics (2-3) at 76ers (3-2) Round 2 Game #6 5/11/23

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

NOT DEAD YET!!!!!

Wooooooooooo!!!!

[tenn_smoothie]

anyone backing off the notion that joe should have benched tatum is drunk on the emotion of the “win.” if hauser or pp or grant replace jt during the game and hit just a few pedestrian buckets, the c’s win going away and they don’t need his last minute “heroics.”

this was bad coaching and if the sixers don’t completely melt down in epic doc fashion, the c’s lose handily. 

our future super max finally hit a few shots, after disappearing for most of the playoffs, including last year’s finals, and suddenly he’s the man? go sell crazy some place else.

i’m glad the c’s won and everyone can revel in the moment, but this isn’t sustainable, winning basketball.

Yes I’m sure Preston Pritchard or Grant Williams are more meaningfully impactful to winning basketball games than Jayson Tatum.

Players miss shots. It happens.

You are missing the point.

All three of those guys are shooters, though Joe has done everything he can to tear down their confidence.
Just say that all three play 10 minutes each, Tatum and Brown get some rest. those three surely hit a few shots between them, plus Grant and Peyton bring energy and effort. Not sure what Mazzulla's problem is with Grant.

[Phantom255x]

Going to predict huge losses every game until we hoist a banner! lol

Can't wait for the 150-95 Sixers prediction Sunday 

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

anyone backing off the notion that joe should have benched tatum is drunk on the emotion of the “win.” if hauser or pp or grant replace jt during the game and hit just a few pedestrian buckets, the c’s win going away and they don’t need his last minute “heroics.”

this was bad coaching and if the sixers don’t completely melt down in epic doc fashion, the c’s lose handily. 

our future super max finally hit a few shots, after disappearing for most of the playoffs, including last year’s finals, and suddenly he’s the man? go sell crazy some place else.

i’m glad the c’s won and everyone can revel in the moment, but this isn’t sustainable, winning basketball.

Yes I’m sure Preston Pritchard or Grant Williams are more meaningfully impactful to winning basketball games than Jayson Tatum.

Players miss shots. It happens.

You are missing the point.

All three of those guys are shooters, though Joe has done everything he can to tear down their confidence.
All three play 10 minutes each, Tatum and Brown get some rest. those three surely hit a few shots between them, plus Grant and Peyton bring energy and effort. Not sure what Mazzulla's problem is with Grant.

THANK U !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[CelticSooner]

The confidence boost this game should give Tatum may be the difference between winning a title or losing to Miami. Stars win rings and tonight was another step his getting over his mental hurdles.

[kraidstar]

For everyone's viewing pleasure, witness the meltdown over at Liberty Ballers 

https://www.libertyballers.com/2023/5/11/23720397/sixers-celtics-game-6-second-half-thread

I'm gonna bookmark that and get back to it after a couple beers here

IM DRINKING NOW. JUST WON BIG MONEY ON CAROLINA CLOSING OUT NEW JERSEY. NEED HEAT TO WIN TOMM. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Hahaha nice

[Phantom255x]

I know I keep saying this but I can't imagine JT will play bad this much. At some point he'll be due for an all-around great game (including 1st half). Hopefully it's Sunday.

[jambr380]

Gotta say, the Sixers players looked devastated at the end, like they know the series is over.

It's not quite as stunning for them as game 4 was for us, but we basically lost two games just from that one loss because of how shell shocked we were. Let's hope they don't come to play in game 7. What a turn of events that would be.

[Neurotic Guy]

anyone backing off the notion that joe should have benched tatum is drunk on the emotion of the “win.” if hauser or pp or grant replace jt during the game and hit just a few pedestrian buckets, the c’s win going away and they don’t need his last minute “heroics.”

this was bad coaching and if the sixers don’t completely melt down in epic doc fashion, the c’s lose handily. 

our future super max finally hit a few shots, after disappearing for most of the playoffs, including last year’s finals, and suddenly he’s the man? go sell crazy some place else.

i’m glad the c’s won and everyone can revel in the moment, but this isn’t sustainable, winning basketball.

Thank You for telling the truth.

Ridiculous - staying with Tatum all the way. Crazy talk to bench him for some Hauser / Pritchard minutes.

 I don’t think any regular here is convinced this team is going to win #18 this year.  But, they are heading home for Game 7 v. Philly and that’s not different from where many thought they’d be.  Absolutely no shame in that.

I think some here think you get to game 7s without losing 3 games.

[kraidstar]

For everyone's viewing pleasure, witness the meltdown over at Liberty Ballers 

https://www.libertyballers.com/2023/5/11/23720397/sixers-celtics-game-6-second-half-thread

I'm gonna bookmark that and get back to it after a couple beers here

Ha.  I'm sure they've enjoyed reading our comments the last few days.

Don't say things like that Roy lol

[Phantom255x]

C's finished on a 14-1 run

It's nice to be on the other side of a choke/gag for a change 

[Mahk E Mahk]

anyone backing off the notion that joe should have benched tatum is drunk on the emotion of the “win.” if hauser or pp or grant replace jt during the game and hit just a few pedestrian buckets, the c’s win going away and they don’t need his last minute “heroics.”

this was bad coaching and if the sixers don’t completely melt down in epic doc fashion, the c’s lose handily. 

our future super max finally hit a few shots, after disappearing for most of the playoffs, including last year’s finals, and suddenly he’s the man? go sell crazy some place else.

i’m glad the c’s won and everyone can revel in the moment, but this isn’t sustainable, winning basketball.

Yes I’m sure Preston Pritchard or Grant Williams are more meaningfully impactful to winning basketball games than Jayson Tatum.

Players miss shots. It happens. You’ll have at least another game to doomsay, don’t worry.

and you’ll have another game to not understand what you’re watching.

[cman88]

anyone backing off the notion that joe should have benched tatum is drunk on the emotion of the “win.” if hauser or pp or grant replace jt during the game and hit just a few pedestrian buckets, the c’s win going away and they don’t need his last minute “heroics.”

this was bad coaching and if the sixers don’t completely melt down in epic doc fashion, the c’s lose handily. 

our future super max finally hit a few shots, after disappearing for most of the playoffs, including last year’s finals, and suddenly he’s the man? go sell crazy some place else.

i’m glad the c’s won and everyone can revel in the moment, but this isn’t sustainable, winning basketball.

Yes I’m sure Preston Pritchard or Grant Williams are more meaningfully impactful to winning basketball games than Jayson Tatum.

Players miss shots. It happens.

You are missing the point.

All three of those guys are shooters, though Joe has done everything he can to tear down their confidence.
All three play 10 minutes each, Tatum and Brown get some rest. those three surely hit a few shots between them, plus Grant and Peyton bring energy and effort. Not sure what Mazzulla's problem is with Grant.

And if they have bad Hauser/grant games you would be calling for mazullas head for putting in Hauser/grant instead of Tatum/brown in an elimination game on the road.

Grant hasn't been good vs embiid

[Kernewek]

anyone backing off the notion that joe should have benched tatum is drunk on the emotion of the “win.” if hauser or pp or grant replace jt during the game and hit just a few pedestrian buckets, the c’s win going away and they don’t need his last minute “heroics.”

this was bad coaching and if the sixers don’t completely melt down in epic doc fashion, the c’s lose handily. 

our future super max finally hit a few shots, after disappearing for most of the playoffs, including last year’s finals, and suddenly he’s the man? go sell crazy some place else.

i’m glad the c’s won and everyone can revel in the moment, but this isn’t sustainable, winning basketball.

Yes I’m sure Preston Pritchard or Grant Williams are more meaningfully impactful to winning basketball games than Jayson Tatum.

Players miss shots. It happens.

You are missing the point.

All three of those guys are shooters, though Joe has done everything he can to tear down their confidence.
All three play 10 minutes each, Tatum and Brown get some rest. those three surely hit a few shots between them, plus Grant and Peyton bring energy and effort. Not sure what Mazzulla's problem is with Grant.

A 7 man rotation feels extreme for me from a minutes played perspective, but those guys are nothing more than warm bodies. Our much-vaunted depth is, basically, 1-7. Grant Williams in a pinch is replacement level.

Before tipoff who is predicting Tatum goes 1-13? Who is honestly going to advocate for pulling him for journeymen? He’s not my favourite player or my favourite Celtic but you ride and die with your best players.

[trickybilly]

I'm not really on the fire Joe train, but there seemed to be a lot of trial and error this series.

Doc wasn't really switching anything up..

Having Jaylen instead of Smart as Harden's primary defender was a good idea though