Celtics (48-12) at Cavaliers (39-21) Game #61 3/5/24

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

4lead has evaporated to 6

good job joe

smh

now a 3 point lead

HEY JOE CAN YOU CALL A TIMEOUT AND GET US TO PLAY SOME DEFENSE?

[Silas]

This is getting scary...

[ozgod]

Their transition defense after misses has been terrible and I’m guessing that’s why Joe called the timeout. He’s OK with them missing shots, but not OK with them being too slow to run back and being out of position.

[SCeltic34]

We look shellshocked.  Like we forgot how to play intense basketball.  Pay attention to detail guys.  Might want to get out and guard the guy draining 3's this quarter.

[celticinorlando]

What a pitiful 4th. Just giving this game away to a mid cavs team

Up 22 and stopped playing

Always this way in Cleveland. Celtics just give these games away

[jpotter33]

Good Lord, Joe. Do you not see what's going on in front of your eyes??

This is where Joe still struggles. Simply fails to respond to this run. We're reeling and not getting any good looks and playing lost defensively, and he just lets it go and expects the team to figure it out themselves, despite having two timeouts to burn.

Call a timeout and get us a good look to stem this freaking tide, man. It's not that difficult.

[Roy H.]

Not the team's best sequence.  Could have used that timeout about two or three possessions earlier.

[radiohead]

Can’t wait for garbage time… 

That’ll have to wait I guess. Oh man.

[Yuckabuck33]

Hey Joe. Got any adjustments?

[celticinorlando]

Still don’t have the killer instinct vs undermanned teams missing their star players

Literally the only way Cleveland stays in this game is hitting a ton of 3s

[ozgod]

Surprised the Cleveland crowd isn’t getting more excited… That was me And my team was making a comeback like that I’d be yelling my head off

[G-Bones]

We need some stops

[jambr380]

Disappointing for sure and just awful offensive possessions by us, but it is kind of wild that CLE is just hitting everything they throw up. And it’s not even their good players

[ozgod]

I actually don’t mind the Cavs making this run… We need to be able to respond to these types of situations which we haven’t been put in all that often this season

[celticinorlando]

Defense anyone?