Pacers (0-1) at Celtics (1-0) ECF Game 2 5/23/24

[liam]

X and brisset should get more time

Amen!

[Kuberski33]

Scal at half time - ‘guard Siakam’.

[jpotter33]

JT with a team worst -9. That needs to change in the 2nd half. Something’s off. He didn’t even try to get that final shot to end the half.

Yeah, that says it all. I think this is the most unengaged I've ever seen him. Defensively he's not even trying or putting out effort out there.

Realllllyyyy hope the coaching staff holds him accountable for that at halftime. It's one thing for him to not be hitting shots, but he needs to be on the bench if he's not even going to try defensively or on the boards. That is simply unacceptable for any NBA player, let alone a player of his caliber.

I honestly don't think I've ever seen Tatum that bad on both sides of the floor.

[Birdman]

Tatum with 4 points and 2 rebounds...

Lamar Jackson of NBA..great in season but chokes in playoffs

Dak Prescott for sure

Yes Dak lol

[Atzar]

JT with a team worst -9. That needs to change in the 2nd half. Something’s off. He didn’t even try to get that final shot to end the half.

big perk calling him a dog and a choker messed him up mentally i bet

People have taken shots at him his whole career.  Guys were going in on him after G6 against Philly last year.  He responded by nuking that franchise from orbit. 

He can handle criticism.  He can play in the playoffs.  He's proven it.  I don't know what the hell his problem is tonight.  Hope he snaps out of it.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Bad end to the half. But it's real simple. Win the 2nd half, and it's 2-0. Simple as that.

can u please go take joes spot in second half?

i mean anybody here cannot do any worse

[j804]

JT with a team worst -9. That needs to change in the 2nd half. Something’s off. He didn’t even try to get that final shot to end the half.

Yeah, that says it all. I think this is the most unengaged I've ever seen him. Defensively he's not even trying or putting out effort out there.

Realllllyyyy hope the coaching staff holds him accountable for that at halftime. It's one thing for him to not be hitting shots, but he needs to be on the bench if he's not even going to try defensively or on the boards. That is simply unacceptable for any NBA player, let alone a player of his caliber.

I honestly don't think I've ever seen Tatum that bad on both sides of the floor.

Tatum looking more and more like a poor man’s Carmelo Anthony

[jpotter33]

Tatum with 4 points and 2 rebounds...

Lamar Jackson of NBA..great in season but chokes in playoffs

Sure, if you ignore all of the previous playoff performances to the contrary 

As a reminder like we have to do EVERY SINGLE GAME - it's fine to criticize the way a player is currently playing, but that doesn't make it rational to then make bold proclamations about the future or extrapolate it to past performances, particularly when it's clearly untrue like this.

[Billz401]

Tatum playing like a complete weenie out there.. And Hauser is absolutely useless, zero effort on defense and he can't hit wide open shots. He should be buried at the back of the bench

[celticinorlando]

Maybe try to guard Siakim. 9 straight EASY points is trash

Tatum is just in his own head constantly.

Get yourself going by going to the rim

[Larry for 3]

Do guys still smoke up before the games?  Tatum is playing like he's baked, haha.  Lethargic and no coordination.

This is as good an explanation as any.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

no way bro

makes too much sense

[celticinorlando]

Stop playing Hauser. Give his minutes to Brissett. Hauser is useless on both ends.

[j804]

Nesmith outplaying Tatum right now is pretty embarrassing

[Billz401]

JT with a team worst -9. That needs to change in the 2nd half. Something’s off. He didn’t even try to get that final shot to end the half.

Yeah, that says it all. I think this is the most unengaged I've ever seen him. Defensively he's not even trying or putting out effort out there.

Realllllyyyy hope the coaching staff holds him accountable for that at halftime. It's one thing for him to not be hitting shots, but he needs to be on the bench if he's not even going to try defensively or on the boards. That is simply unacceptable for any NBA player, let alone a player of his caliber.

I honestly don't think I've ever seen Tatum that bad on both sides of the floor.

Counting on the coaching staff to do anything is a stretch. These guys thought putting a sloth like kornett in against Indys small ball lineup was a good idea in the 1st