Celtics (48-13) at Nuggets (42-20) Game #62 3/7/24

[CelticSooner]

Who outside of Brown truly showed up tonight? Denver has 52 points in the paint and the C's are shooting 30% from three. That's a loss EVERY time.

KP showed up… In fact he’s the only player on the whole team that has a positive plus minus

Ehhh, he's gotten absolutely destroyed by Jokic.

Also missed too many wide open looks.

[liam]

Tatum is out of any MVP talk.

He was never in any talk.  Any MVP conversation goes as follows:

"Jokic."

End conversation.

SGA

[angryguy77]

This team has the lowest IQ in the league

[radiohead]

Tatum is asleep.

He needs to get more involved. Denver has totally taken him out of the game.

[jpotter33]

JB misses the free throw, makes a good play to get the steal, and then forces up a bad 1 on 2 fastbreak. The JB experience, but still miles better than JT tonight.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Only a 6-point game ... amazing what can happen when they finally hit a 3 and string together two straight baskets.

[Mahk E Mahk]

denver getting easy buckets and the C’s are grinding for everything. honestly, denver just seems to be the better team.

tatum a no-show in another big game, and the bench has all but disappeared.

not good.

[SparzWizard]

Mike Malone called that timeout real fast when the Celtics went on that small run. Joe should be taking notes on that.

[blink]

despite all of this, only down 6!!!!
come ON CELTICS!!!!

[Atzar]

Tatum is out of any MVP talk.

He was never in any talk.  Any MVP conversation goes as follows:

"Jokic."

End conversation.

SGA

Nah.  I love SGA, but IMO they aren't close.  Jokic weaponizes his entire team.  The Nuggets have some very limited players who play like serious problems because Jokic unlocks them. 

[Yuckabuck33]

Tatum is asleep.

He needs to get more involved. Denver has totally taken him out of the game.

Because he's a frontrunner. I'm sick of him.

[Indocelts]

I don't want to think about a close game and crunch time. I already know it will be Tatum again with the fade away. Scary.

[keevsnick]

Jaylen Brown has played an awesome game tonight in every category besides free throws, which makes the free throws more baffling.

I legit think he should turn pivot and shoot the FTs off a fadeaway.

[CelticSooner]

The C's are just as good as this team. They will win it all if Tatum shows up in the Finals. That's all that's left to ask.

[Yuckabuck33]

JB misses the free throw, makes a good play to get the steal, and then forces up a bad 1 on 2 fastbreak. The JB experience, but still miles better than JT tonight.

Arguably he should have gotten free throws from that. (I know, can't say he would make them.)