Celtics (4-0) at Pacers (1-3) Game #5 10/30/24

[jpotter33]

Let's go C's! Hopefully we can go 5-0 tonight and a bounceback Tatum offensive game.

[jpotter33]

Very little defense on either side thus far.

[liam]

The Pacers are just smacking the crap out of us with no calls.

[SCeltic34]

Getting beat by Isiah Jackson like this is not acceptable. 

[jpotter33]

We're getting punked. They're playing alot harder than us.

[jpotter33]

Dirty play by Mathurin.

[liam]

Pacers are getting away with a lot!

[liam]

We're getting punked. They're playing alot harder than us.

By the refs and the pacers...

[Silas]

Cs getting screwed by the refs...

[Yuckabuck33]

So our best player is elbowed in the face and pushed in midair, but the refs think that everything is copacetic?

[jpotter33]

Feel like we need to feature Tatum more offensively to start off games. He's the key, and everyone benefits when he gets going given his gravity with the defense that our other players just don't generate. The last two games we've not really prioritized him to start off games and we've started off really slow.

[jpotter33]

Who is the color commentator on the ESPN broadcast? His voice sounds familiar, but I can't place who it is. I don't think it's Legs.

EDIT: It's Bilas. Interesting that he's doing an NBA game.

[Atzar]

We struggle with their team speed and pace.  Did in the playoffs too. 

[SCeltic34]

Fortunate to be down just 4.  We don't look good on either end of the floor.

Tatum settling for difficult shots.

[jpotter33]

So much for Tatum's progress with his three point shot. He's 2-14 in the last five quarters from three. Shot quality has a lot to do with it, though. Feels like he's forcing things.