Celtics (6-1) at Hawks (3-4) Game #8 11/4/24

[SparzWizard]

Golden State @ Boston next game. I expect the TD Garden will give Steve Kerr a warm welcome.

I want that beat down from last YEAR!!!!!

I just realized the Warriors are 6-1. How the heck are they still this good after moving on from Klay Thompson

[bello_man09]

Golden State @ Boston next game. I expect the TD Garden will give Steve Kerr a warm welcome.

I want that beat down from last YEAR!!!!!

I just realized the Warriors are 6-1. How the heck are they still this good after moving on from Klay Thompson

their good this year !!! and deep they got an insane rotation maybe 12 man rotation. Heid is shooting lights out, they still got core role players and they picked up slow mo and some others guys...

[Vermont Green]

BIG lineup again to start. Really solid lineup despite two of their top three players out.

Last game, this is how the big rotation worked out:

Horford + Kornet           19 min    +6
Just Kornet                   10 min    +2
Horford + Queta             8 min     -2
Just Queta                     7 min     +5
Just Tillman                   3 min     -1

There is some rounding but that +10 for the total game.  Kornet + Horford was great and Queta alone was great.  Tillman has not played much the last couple of games.  Not sure what is going on with that.  On the seasaon, Tillman seems to pair best with Horford or Queta:

Tillman +  Horford        +16
Tillman + Queta           +15
Tillman + Kornet           -11

Without Brown in the line up, it seems we would need more of Tatum as a wing and less one big where Tatum is playing the second big.

Horford + Kornet      16 min
Horford + Tillman     12 min
Just Queta               12 min
Just Kornet               8 min

No Horford + Queta (-3 on the season) and no just Tillman (+5 on season is not bad but I don't like Tillman as the single big).  Play Horford less than 28 min if we build a big lead.

Horford and Kornet ended up not being on the court together at all but Horford and Queta logged 19 minutes together and were +19 (complete opposite of what I predicted).  Horford and Tillman logged 12 min together for +4.  For all of Kornet's 15 min, he was the only big.

Kornet was -8 in one 2 minute stretch on the court with Pritchard, White, Holiday, and Hauser.  I have feeling that the coaching staff is just trying a bunch of things but this line up is just too small.  Kornet + 3 guards and a small wing makes no sense.

Really surprised/impressed with the progress by Queta.  He is giving the team solid rotation minutes.  Queta is +49 in 97 minutes to Kornet +31 in 149 minutes.  The team is doing better with Queta on the floor over Kornet (although both have been fine).  Per36, Queta has more points, Rebs, and fouls than Kornet but Kornet leads in blocks, steals, and assists.  Queta leads the team in +/- per36 at +18.3 (Kornet +7.5 per36)

[Phantom255x]

Golden State @ Boston next game. I expect the TD Garden will give Steve Kerr a warm welcome.

I am going to place a bet that Tatum gets 50+ points

[Redz]

Golden State @ Boston next game. I expect the TD Garden will give Steve Kerr a warm welcome.

I want that beat down from last YEAR!!!!!

I just realized the Warriors are 6-1. How the heck are they still this good after moving on from Klay Thompson

their good this year !!! and deep they got an insane rotation maybe 12 man rotation. Heid is shooting lights out, they still got core role players and they picked up slow mo and some others guys...

And Curry has missed some games too

[Phantom255x]

Brown is already ruled out for tomorrow's game.

I'm starting to worry a little especially after hearing he's now had 2 MRIs on his hip as well. Not worried like "omg he's done for the year" but I do hope they manage him going forward. We can afford it. But hopefully it's not super severe

[Silas]

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Joe Mazzulla on Jaylen Brown's hip flexor issue: "[I'm] not concerned and I don't think he is either"

[tonydelk]

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Joe Mazzulla on Jaylen Brown's hip flexor issue: "[I'm] not concerned and I don't think he is either"

Yet he's out for tomorrow and there's been no news on his latest MRI. 

[Celtics2021]

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Joe Mazzulla on Jaylen Brown's hip flexor issue: "[I'm] not concerned and I don't think he is either"

Yet he's out for tomorrow and there's been no news on his latest MRI.

A mild strain is normally a couple weeks injury, so that bother aligns with him being unavailable tomorrow and there being nothing of concern, considering the Celtics? goals are not largely oriented towards November.