Celtics (2-0) at Pacers (0-2) ECF Game #3 5/25/24

[Phantom255x]

Eating dinner with the family btw but there are a handful of TVs showing the game. Many people around us are still confident the C's will come back lol. We'll see.

[coco]

The most untrustworthy Celtics team ever.

Hope the pacers win by 30. Maybe they will show up some balls Monday.

I feel the same way

[Phantom255x]

I will say, that D-White foul call which became a flagrant was absolute BS and might have been the turning point. I mean, we had cut the lead to 4 and had momentum. Then that's 3 free points for IND, possession and ultimately IND went on a 11-3 run right after. Brutal swing, because of the refs 

[blink]

Siakam-Turner-Nenbhard have shot 71% fg
Those 3 aren’t going to do that in the 2nd half if we defend better.

[scaryjerry]

I'm not going to panic.  Nembhard is going nuclear, Jrue is at half strength, and due to personnel issues we have no interior defense.  I don't think Indiana can replicate this performance going forward.

The pacers are despicable scrubs, if the Celtics find a way to lose this game, never mind the series….they simply don’t deserve a title and would have 0 chance against the actual real competition coming out of the west anyways. I’m not worried about these bum pacers I’m worried about the Celtics.

[Billz401]

Hauser has been unplayable this series.

He's definitely costing himself money with this postseason run.

His defense is hot garbage and offense is non existent. He was a -10 in the first half so that means Joe schmoe will play him another 10 mins in the 2nd half just because he's stubborn

[hpantazo]

Siakam-Turner-Nenbhard have shot 71% fg
Those 3 aren’t going to do that in the 2nd half if we defend better.

[LilRip]

We're still in this... If we can get a fair whistle in the second half we got this!

This will be big. The refs have been completely one sided. Gonna have to be even better in the 2nd half

The refs have been terrible this game. They’re calling it like the regular season. That flagrant on White was terrible and that was after review! I thought White’s close out was actually a pretty soft contest.

[celticinorlando]

Letting nembhard get easy looks is ridiculous.

Needed at least one in Indiana. Pacers selling out for this game and Boston looks like a team that is happy with a split

Better get it or game 5 becomes an unnecessary swing game

[coco]

KP better get ready

Anyone depending on porzingis being a difference maker at this point is delusional. Dude hasn’t played in a month and is made of glass. Good luck with that

Very good point

[mef730]

Eating dinner with the family btw but there are a handful of TVs showing the game. Many people around us are still confident the C's will come back lol. We'll see.

I wish I had that level of confidence. I do. But we’ve just been burned so many times. As the old saying goes, fool me once, shame on you. Fill me twice, shame on me.

We’re on about fool me thirty.

[CelticSooner]

Eating dinner with the family btw but there are a handful of TVs showing the game. Many people around us are still confident the C's will come back lol. We'll see.

At my girlfriend’s relatives get to together. Only one paying attention and I say no. The defensive intensity is trash. Maybe they pick it up but they are getting picked apart.

[Phantom255x]

That was a bad half no doubt, but some of these posts are a bit too much lol. I mean, who predicted a sweep? When you say "Celtics in 5", that means they drop a game guys... Indiana isn't a horrible team, and they are at home and desperate. Wasn't gonna be easy. 

[celticinorlando]

This is an effort usually reserved for game 2.

[Larry for 3]

This is an effort usually reserved for game 2.

lol exactly