Celtics (33-10) at Mavericks (24-18) Game #44 1/22/24

[keevsnick]

Jaylen Brown seems to miss everyone of his FT's short.

[Who]

Embiid finished with 70pts against Wemby.

[liam]

4 missed free throws.

[keevsnick]

Embiid finished with 70pts against Wemby.

Towns at 53 with 7:40 to go in the third.

I think we underestimate just how BAD the SAS/DET/CHA/WAS/POR group is. There have been some absurd performances against those teams.

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I love these plays against Grant and Kyrie...
although I still like Grant a lot more than KI.

[liam]

Is Walsh dressed for this one?

yup

I'd like to see him get some time.

[Goldstar88]

Tatum just stuffing Grant. LOL

[blink]

Jaylen Brown seems to miss everyone of his FT's short.

dead legs?  or maybe just not using his legs when he is shooting the fts
bend the knees a bit maybe?  then JT did the same exact thing missed two, and the first one was really short

[SparzWizard]

Should be no excuses for JT and JB to miss free-throws. Those are basically gimme free-points there. And for their positions, they should be at least 90% at the line.

[keevsnick]

Jaylen Brown seems to miss everyone of his FT's short.

dead legs?  or maybe just not using his legs when he is shooting the fts
bend the knees a bit maybe?  then JT did the same exact thing missed two, and the first one was really short

Ya it's the 11th game in 18 days for them, legs may be an issue.

Tho both guys have been streaky from the line this year. Brown in low 70's, Tatum around 80ish which is about 5% below last year.

[keevsnick]

Should be no excuses for JT and JB to miss free-throws. Those are basically gimme free-points there. And for their positions, they should be at least 90% at the line.

90% from the line is a VERY high bar. There are like 6 guys in the entire NBA shooting 90% from the line.

I don't really get why Brown struggles from the line the way he does, especially given he has such a sweet 10-16 foot jumper. Maybe he should shoot every free throw as a turn and fade?

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Pritchard brought some great energy in the first half.

[keevsnick]

Derick White a -9 in that half. That never happens.

[tenn_smoothie]

Jaylen Brown seems to miss everyone of his FT's short.

tired legs from too many minutes ?

[SCeltic34]

Nice plays by Jrue.  Good shot then good contest int he corner./