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

[hpantazo]

Story tomorrow morning: Nembhard is the new face of the league.

[scaryjerry]

DWhite is getting cooked by Nembhard.  We might need to switch the def approach at this point.

Yeah. I love d white. Really do. Maybe even deserving of all team defense because of his effort. He’s not a lock down defender.

[liam]

Are we just not playing defense/they playing harder than us or what?

The switch everything defense is really exposed, resulting in White vs Siakam, which is what the Pacers is looking for. It's been there the whole game.

No adjustment, Joe?

No adjustment, Joe is a good nick name!

[CelticSooner]

Second no show of the playoffs.

4th. We got away with the game 1 this series

Disagree. Only other game IMO was Cleveland game 2. The other ones we’re mostly hot shooting.

[blink]

Are we just not playing defense/they playing harder than us or what?

The switch everything defense is really exposed, resulting in White vs Siakam, which is what the Pacers is looking for. It's been there the whole game.

No adjustment, Joe?

Yes!  The switch everything is hurting us right now.

[liam]

DWhite is getting cooked by Nembhard.  We might need to switch the def approach at this point.

Yeah. I love d white. Really do. Maybe even deserving of all team defense because of his effort. He’s not a lock down defender.

Not on guys 5 inches bigger and 50 lbs heaver...

[Billz401]

DWhite is getting cooked by Nembhard.  We might need to switch the def approach at this point.

Yeah. I love d white. Really do. Maybe even deserving of all team defense because of his effort. He’s not a lock down defender.

Hes a help defender, gets a lot of blocks and steals by gambling the lane and helping on drives. On ball defense he is no bueno

[liam]

Bogus call..

[scaryjerry]

Almost gotta wonder if this was strategic for Carlisle to sit out haliburton. Celtics wouldn’t beat your local ymca team if there best player was out

[Indocelts]

Are we just not playing defense/they playing harder than us or what?

The switch everything defense is really exposed, resulting in White vs Siakam, which is what the Pacers is looking for. It's been there the whole game.

No adjustment, Joe?

Yes!  The switch everything is hurting us right now.

They should stick to their man and see if the Pacers can hurt us with their 3s. The Pacers are partying down low now.

[Phantom255x]

The Pacers are doing the same moves over and over and our defense still looks lost... no adjustments 

[liam]

The pacers are getting away with everything!

[scaryjerry]

DWhite is getting cooked by Nembhard.  We might need to switch the def approach at this point.

Yeah. I love d white. Really do. Maybe even deserving of all team defense because of his effort. He’s not a lock down defender.

Not on guys 5 inches bigger and 50 lbs heaver...

I really appreciate his hustle defensive plays…who has he ever locked down?

[blink]

we need our guys to stop the ball penetration.  no matter who is doing it because it is killing us.  We aren’t blocking out either.
This is basketball fundamentals.

[tenn_smoothie]

So ................... they can push for rebounds but we cannot ?