Celtics (26-9) at Thunder (29-5) Game #36 1/5/25

[Who]

Cason Wallace has some talent. I like his game.

[President Red]

These NBATV announcers are so bad....

I?m pretty sure I heard the exact same talking point about the number of 3s Boston takes from the OKC color guy in just a few minutes, and sounded surprised by it both times.

[Who]

D White is killing it

[jpotter33]

How is that not a shooting foul for Tatum?

[Atzar]

That screen mesh-point three has changed the game.  There's really no answer for it.  Just hope the shooter misses. 

[jpotter33]

For all the talk of SGA as a good defender, we're targeting him and scoring on him at will.

[jpotter33]

Tatum is doing an excellent job of playmaking today and finding guys for wide open shots when they collapse on him, but we're just not knocking them down. Keep it up and they'll start going in.

[SCeltic34]

Imagine if SGA was a good 3 point shooter.

[jpotter33]

TATUM TO KP!

[Who]

Oh, nice play by Tatum on the offensive glass. Rolling to the hoop off the PnR, boxed out his man, putback. The basics done well.

[SCeltic34]

Good quarter.  Wish we didn't give up that 3 to SGA but otherwise the defense tightened up. 

Hard to complain being up 10 on the road against OKC when we're cold from 3.   Just 6 for 22.

[Atzar]

For all the talk of SGA as a good defender, we're targeting him and scoring on him at will.

He's listed at 6'6" but I don't think he's near that tbh.  He only looked an inch or two taller than PP when they were standing next to each other.  It looks to me like he just isn't big enough to handle Jaylen's physicality and the Celtics have realized that. 

[Goldstar88]

Looks like JB is going to be primary defender on SGA.

[Silas]

Cs keep winning the quarters and we win...+10, looking good.

[jpotter33]

Good half for us. Really does seem like a lot of our problems early were just related to the championship hangover effect, along with health. We seem really locked in since that loss to the Pacers.