Cavaliers (1-3) at Celtics (3-1) Eastern Conference Semifinals Game #5 5/15/24

[tenn_smoothie]

Charles Barkley said it perfectly..they not going win a championship with this standing around offense..let one player bounce the ball for 18 seconds then shoot..no Porzingus, Denver wax us if we get pass Knicks or pacers

Is this really even true, though? We already have more assists (17) than we did all of Monday night (15). I'm not saying we are playing great, but the passing seems to be on point.

Passing is on point, player movement is not.

[celticinorlando]

It’s effort especially on defense

The cavs have the pace they want

[Surferdad]

How can our offensive execution issues and our defensive scheme problems be so obvious around the league, the media and even among these halftime studio clowns and yet no one within the Celtic organization (players, coach, GM) seems to notice or inexplicably thinks they not problems ?

Well-stated.

[tenn_smoothie]

TNT is sharply criticizing both our offense and defense.  Lots of standing around.

Clowns though they are, every one of them (Barkley, Smith, Green, Shaq) was 100% on target.

[SCeltic34]

Garbage start to the half.  Focus!

[celticinorlando]

Playing way too slow

Standing around on offense

Turning it over

[jambr380]

On the one hand if you wave a hand towards the ref's you will get a T 100% of the time.

On the other hand he was 100% fouled on that shot. And the refs had some brutal officiating that half, so i get the frustration.

Nope. That is untrue. I watch other players - particularly Luka - get away with this ALL the time. For whatever reason, Tatum is the only one where they consistently call it on him.

Seriously, watch Luka tonight. He complains on literally every single call, and every few plays he waves his hands at the refs just like Tatum with no call. It's asinine.

Ask anybody who covers basketball my friend, that gets called

There isn't soe compsiracy against tatum. Enough with that nonsense.

So you're telling me players like Luka, Draymond, Lebron, etc. don't get much more of a leash than some others? Naw, they absolutely are.

Not saying they're singling Tatum out. I think several guys get an unfair whistle like that, but that is absolutely not consistently called a technical foul in any way, shape, or form. You can watch any game and see at least a half dozen or so hand waves to the refs that aren't called. But Tatum gets called for those all the time when they let it go with others.

Yes, I am saying you are biased. Everyone fan thinks this about their star. Every fan is wrong.

Tatum does a lot of complaining, most of the time the refs let it go. If you wave at them maybe you don't get T'd up 100% of the time but your chances go waaaaaay up.

Smae with Luka, Lebron, ect. You can scream at a ref. You can cus at a ref. You wave at a ref thats what gets you.

Not sure why you are dying on this hill. It's pretty well known - even among other fanbases - that Tatum gets really weak techs. There was a meme earlier this year based on Tatum getting techs for 'viciously clapping.' Fans of other teams were joking about it.

[celticinorlando]

Fantastic start Boston

[jpotter33]

Terrible play on both sides by White. Goes under the screen leading to a Strus three, while also shooting a poor late shot clock pull up three.

Honestly, we don't really run any kind of offense. Virtually the only thing we ever consistently do are sets to set up a mismatch for an iso. It's ridiculous.

[liam]

Why is Al in there guarding guards!???

[SCeltic34]

Mobley too weak to back Holiday down.

[Kuberski33]

Offensively they seem to be afraid to attack Mobley for whatever reason. Attack the basket and force him to move, then dish the ball and swing it. Basic stuff.

[scaryjerry]

Playing close with the g league cavaliers but people really think we have a shot against Denver? We have to start shooting and playing considerably better if we even want to beat the Knicks.

[Phantom255x]

Nice bounceback!

[mef730]

Celtics just expect to show up and win.

Cavs being led by g league guys and an old Morris.

Getting Outworked

This. What happens when we play the Knicks in the second round and Brunson is running all over them. As Apollo Creed would say, no eye of the tiger.