Celtics (24-9) at Timberwolves (17-15) Game #34 1/2/25

[mef730]

I don?t know if that?s the best quarter we?ve played all year, but it?s up there.

[radiohead]

Perfect time for Sam to regain his shooting touch. And what about Neemy?! What a great second quarter for the big guy!

[mef730]

Has to be one of the best quarters of the season there.  Lioved the smothering D.

Jinx.

[liam]

Great turnaround with JT on the bench and kept it going when he returned. Q, Sam, and PP.  Yes, the 3?s started to fall and it did make a difference.  Stepping up the D also has made a difference.   Go to the hoop JT.

But the threes only started falling once we started going inside and mixing up the offense, as well as more playmaking. It got us better looks because the defense had to play us more honest and not just stay tight to contest the shot. The first quarter we were mostly throwing up poor pull up threes.

We're definitely still chucking some of those threes in the second quarter, but they were mixed in with better quality threes.

Those offensive rebounds really helped!

[Neurotic Guy]

What a quarter.  Won it by 20.

Does this mean the Cs will go 4-0 on the trip?  Of course not - just as going down by 9 early doesn?t mean much.  Great effort in that quarter - Q was impressive!!

[Phantom255x]

Dang, they took away 2 points since Queta's last layup was a shot clock violation.

62-51 instead

[radiohead]

Don't think they're counting that Queta shot.  ESPN scoreboard says 62 at halftime.

That?s surely a bummer! It looked like he got it off on time.

[Phantom255x]

Alright everyone, the new Queta name. Finding Neemias!

[Phantom255x]

Those days off really seemed to help Jrue. He looks like young Jrue again lol

[jpotter33]

Offensive boards are killing us.

[angryguy77]

We need to run some box out drills

[jpotter33]

We do this too much where we get away from Tatum initiating the offense and it leads to these mini runs. He's got to play more of a role in the offense, especially with no JB or KP.

And, man, Horford has been awful shooting the ball.

[Phantom255x]

We do this too much where we get away from Tatum initiating the offense and it leads to these mini runs. He's got to play more of a role in the offense, especially with no JB or KP.

And, man, Horford has been awful shooting the ball.

Horford unfortunately can't really get much of a break since KP is always out. If he was on his usual "rest" schedule more often or even took some games off like Jrue I'm sure it'd help him a ton.

[Neurotic Guy]

35 three attempts so far. Will need to step it up to get the record.

[Goldstar88]

C?s should be hunting Conley.