Celtics (20-6) at Kings (16-9) Game #27 12/20/23

[jpotter33]

Oh my Lord, JB! Dude has a career-worthy poster list just the first quarter of this season!

[RPGenerate]

Yeah, while the Jays are the two individual best players on the team, I'm definitely won over on the argument that both KP and White are actually are most important. We just play so much different when both of them are available, because they each provide a unique aspect to our offense and defense that we don't have otherwise.

It's literal insanity to think Tatum isn't the most important player on this team. Dang, onee bad game has y'all bent out of shape.

[celticsclay]

Hopefully we can just rest all our guys now

[blink]

JB DAYUM!!!!!

[Yuckabuck33]

"He just pulled the cord on the beam!" New classic.

[jpotter33]

We are up 25. Get porzingas out of there Jesus Joe

Ehh, this Kings team can put up points in a hurry. I bet he's trying to run it up enough to rest him and the other starters the rest of the fourth.

[Donoghus]

Yeah, while the Jays are the two individual best players on the team, I'm definitely won over on the argument that both KP and White are actually are most important. We just play so much different when both of them are available, because they each provide a unique aspect to our offense and defense that we don't have otherwise.

They are such a different team when KP is out there.  He really seems to be the straw.  And Derrick is the calming influence. So cerebral. I loved Smart but Derrick is a better commander.

[JSD]

Ewing theory?


Kidding.

[Donoghus]

Ewing theory?


Kidding.

It’s Porzingis

[SCeltic34]

Interesting by Joe to play both Brown and KP the entire quarter.

We're going to have an interesting 4th quarter lineup/rotation it seems.

[Silas]

Great 3rd!

[celticsclay]

We are up 25. Get porzingas out of there Jesus Joe

Ehh, this Kings team can put up points in a hurry. I bet he's trying to run it up enough to rest him and the other starters the rest of the fourth.

I was thinking this also… but we have played him ten straight minutes since he rolled his ankle and he is still visibly in pain. He has already played 30 minutes. That struck me very much as a darvin ham run ad or Lebron into the ground for no reason. We have bigger goals than this game.

[jpotter33]

Yeah, while the Jays are the two individual best players on the team, I'm definitely won over on the argument that both KP and White are actually are most important. We just play so much different when both of them are available, because they each provide a unique aspect to our offense and defense that we don't have otherwise.

It's literal insanity to think Tatum isn't the most important player on this team. Dang, onee bad game has y'all bent out of shape.

I mean, I guess so in the sense that he's our overall best player. Perhaps that's a bit of an overstatement by me.

I guess what I'm meaning is more their overall importance to the team relative to their individual skill level/ranking on the team. I think both KP and White provide more overall value and importance to the team relative to their individual skill level - a "better than the sum of their individual parts" type argument, if that makes sense.

(And note - this wasn't a dig on Tatum as much as it was me heaping praise on the oversized importance of White and KP.)

[hpantazo]

I'm guessing Porzingis is done for the night. Once he sits that ankle will swell up and stiffen.

[celticsclay]

Interesting by Joe to play both Brown and KP the entire quarter.

We're going to have an interesting 4th quarter lineup/rotation it seems.

If porzginas is shut down for like 8 games after this I am gonna post a ton in the fire Joe thread which I don’t normally do