Celtics (8-2) at 76ers (8-2) Game #11 11/15/23

[Celtics Mike]

 An excellent team win TPs all round

[Silas]

As I said earlier, nice job from the bench.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[PAOBoston]

Best win of the year in my book. Undermanned vs the hottest team in the East. Good to knock Philly down a peg. Derrick White was MVP in my book.

[RodyTur10]

Big time win. In the absence of our 2nd and 3rd best scorer it were White and Horford who stepped up.

[Silas]

Great D tonight.

[Celtics Mike]

An excellent team win TPs all round

Even more impressive without 2 recognised starters KP and Jaylen Brown

[hpantazo]

Hell of a statement win while shorthanded. Should put the damper on all the Sixers talk. Boston owns this conference, and the East runs through us!

We’ll just hear that the Sixers were on the second night of a back to back, with no mention of us missing two all-star caliber starters

[SCeltic34]

Single-game +/- is useless but that's not going to stop me from pointing out Embiid's game-low -25.  That's our MVP!

Yeah that was one of the most surprising stats.  I think he was -22 before he was subbed back into the game in the 4th.  The Sixers were noticeably worse with him on the court today which is incredibly uncharacteristic.  Horford did a tremendous job on him and overall had a monster game.  The statline doesn't truly reflect his impact, even with the 5 blocks.

[blink]

Al, White, Jrue played like all stars tonight.
Kornett was productive too, despite being put on skates a couple times by Maxy.
Luke with good minutes for sure.

[angryguy77]

Really impressive win tonight. 6rs have to feel like garbage.

[radiohead]

Best win of the year in my book. Undermanned vs the hottest team in the East. Good to knock Philly down a peg. Derrick White was MVP in my book.

And on the road at that!

[jpotter33]

Interesting thought - with how successful Al has been historically (as well as tonight), do we start big if we play them in the playoffs and mirror Al's minutes with Embiid? I think it's a legitimate question, as we're too gimmicky with guarding Embiid when playing small.

[Silas]

Ready for Toronto Friday.

[Muzzy66]

This was an immensely satisfying win.   Absolutely huge for two reasons.   Not only did we prove we can beat a really good team,  we proved that we can still win big games even with one or two key guys out - and that was something I was really worried about.

Seeing the contribution from white, Horford and Jrue today shows just how much those guys are holding back on the box score most nights due to the sheer depth in star power on this roster.  Jrue looked like #2 guy Jrue from Milwaukee last year,  and Horford looked like Horford from two years ago.

And I love that Horford at 37 years old still gives Embiid fits defensively. He deserves a spot on this team even at the age of 40 if for nothing else then to come in and guard Embiid when we play the Sixers lol 3-10 game contract.

Oh, and credit to Kornet.  Everybody has been petty hard on the guy and fairly so,  but he's had a couple of nice productive games lately and tonight he really stepped up in a big way.

https://www.libertyballers.com/2023/11/15/23962875/sixers-celtics-second-half-thread

Everyone bask in the Sixers fans' agony to this loss! They deserve it after all the smack they talked after last game when they barely won after both the Jays had awful games.

My favourite is one comment saying "Boston's bench is deep".

Said no human ever so far this year