Cavaliers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 2 5/9/24

[liam]

I'd love to see Q get a chance on Mobley.

[Muzzy66]

I really can't complain about Tatum tonight.

At this point Tatum has 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 0 turnovers in 20 minutes of play.  If he continues at this rate that translates to and end line of 32 points, 12 rebounds 8 assists and 0 turnovers.

On top of all that he's also 8-10 FT at half time which is great. That's 8 easy points and 5 fouls drawn against the opposition. 

[liam]

We played with more energy with Pritchard in the game.

[keevsnick]

That may be the worst Jrue Holiday defensive games I've seen him play. Got back cut multiple times, didn't stay in front of anyone. Just bad.

[jambr380]

The Celtics need to take more threes. They've fallen into the trap of attacking the rim too much. Their offense is at its best when they are taking around 45 threes, only 17 in the first half.

Well, the Cavs whole game plan coming in was to prevent us from taking 3s. But who knew we would be allergic to making lay-ups.

On the other end, I can't believe how many easy lay-ups we're giving up. Unacceptable. Maybe time to give Queta a shot out there. Defending the rim and rebounding are the things he's actually good at. Please god, no more Kornet

[radiohead]

Somehow i just feel a big third quarter coming up…fingers crossed.

[Phantom255x]

Would be nice if JT had a signature 2nd half and won the game for us. Would be big for the team and his own confidence going forward.

[liam]

The Celtics need to take more threes. They've fallen into the trap of attacking the rim too much. Their offense is at its best when they are taking around 45 threes, only 17 in the first half.

Well, the Cavs whole game plan coming in was to prevent us from taking 3s. But who knew we would be allergic to making lay-ups.

On the other end, I can't believe how many easy lay-ups we're giving up. Unacceptable. Maybe time to give Queta a shot out there. Defending the rim and rebounding are the things he's actually good at. Please god, no more Kornet

Agreed. Q would inject some size and energy.

[Silas]

Missed most of first half, I consider myself lucky.

End of quarter didn’t look great but not worried. We wont
lose to this Cavs team. Expect a 20 point lead going into 4th and final score of 119 to 98

Sounds good to me...

[cman88]

I mean we can’t win every game by 20. It’s a tie game. Win the 2nd half and we win the game

[keevsnick]

The Celtics need to take more threes. They've fallen into the trap of attacking the rim too much. Their offense is at its best when they are taking around 45 threes, only 17 in the first half.

Well, the Cavs whole game plan coming in was to prevent us from taking 3s. But who knew we would be allergic to making lay-ups.

On the other end, I can't believe how many easy lay-ups we're giving up. Unacceptable. Maybe time to give Queta a shot out there. Defending the rim and rebounding are the things he's actually good at. Please god, no more Kornet

A team game planning to take something away doesn't mean you need to simply give in and allow it to happen, that plays right into Clevlands hand.

The fewer threes the C's take the better Clevland's chances.

[celticinorlando]

Really would be nice to actually get up 2-0 in a series and not give one of the games away.

[Surferdad]

My prediction: CLE will win this game, then BOS steals one on the road, come back home down 3-2. C’s win the series in 7, but it should have been an easy sweep with Allen and Wade injured.

[celticinorlando]

Last half of that quarter it turned into hero ball on offense.

[jambr380]

The Celtics need to take more threes. They've fallen into the trap of attacking the rim too much. Their offense is at its best when they are taking around 45 threes, only 17 in the first half.

Well, the Cavs whole game plan coming in was to prevent us from taking 3s. But who knew we would be allergic to making lay-ups.

On the other end, I can't believe how many easy lay-ups we're giving up. Unacceptable. Maybe time to give Queta a shot out there. Defending the rim and rebounding are the things he's actually good at. Please god, no more Kornet

A team game planning to take something away doesn't mean you need to simply give in and allow it to happen, that plays right into Clevlands hand.

The fewer threes the C's take the better Clevland's chances.

I agree, but it means that 3s will be harder to come by and inside shots will be easier to come by. If we were actually making some of our shots at the rim, we would have a double digit lead easy