Thunder (53-12) at Celtics (47-18) Game #66 3/12/25

[Neurotic Guy]

OKC absolutely better tonight.  Cs will have a tough time with Cavs and/or Thunder.  But good series both.  The youth on the Thunder is scary. 

[Banner18now!]

Celtics are not going to get by this year not having a healthy Porzingis come playoff time. Him and Holliday picking up his game is what this team is going to need to beat never mind OKC but also the Cavs.

[tenn_smoothie]

Up 9 under 25 seconds to play and you challenge the call? What a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline. bag.

Does that not just sum up Joe's incompetent game management ?
Challenge the travel call when Tatum was fouled on his jump shot a minute ago when we still had a chance.
His offensive scheme is self-destructive and he is awful with in-game decisions.
I stand by my opinion that we won in spite of Mazzulla last season.
No way we would not be a better team with a solid coach.

[Silas]

gotta give OKc their props..

No we don't!

[jpotter33]

Celtics are not going to get by this year not having a healthy Porzingis come playoff time. Him and Holliday picking up his game is what this team is going to need to beat never mind OKC but also the Cavs.

Yep, especially with JB's regression, too.

[SCeltic34]

OKC was the better team today.  The Celtics deserved to lose with that 4th quarter performance.

As much as I'd like to blame the refs - and they were beyond terrible - OKC deserved to win.  Joe was outcoached easily.  And their team simply played better today.

[scaryjerry]

OKC absolutely better tonight.  Cs will have a tough time with Cavs and/or Thunder.  But good series both.  The youth on the Thunder is scary.

Better tonight, better all season long.

[celticinorlando]

JB being in the middle of fasting caught up with him tonight. He looked dead out there.

[Silas]

OKC was the better team today.  The Celtics deserved to lose with that 4th quarter performance.

As much as I'd like to blame the refs - and they were beyond terrible - OKC deserved to win.  Joe was outcoached easily.  And their team simply played better today.

35-12 ....not better but lucky having the refs on your side.

[celticinorlando]

OKC absolutely better tonight.  Cs will have a tough time with Cavs and/or Thunder.  But good series both.  The youth on the Thunder is scary.

Better tonight, better all season long.

Good for them. Do they get a ring for that?

[scaryjerry]

Celtics are not going to get by this year not having a healthy Porzingis come playoff time. Him and Holliday picking up his game is what this team is going to need to beat never mind OKC but also the Cavs.

Celtics will absolutely need him this postseason but
I wouldn?t count on porzingis to stay healthy for an entire playoff run

[jpotter33]

Honestly, I really can't stand this OKC team. Whether it's their "AAU" vibe, flopping, or their entitlement and media narrative despite winning a single playoff series as a team, they just rub me the wrong way.

While competitors, the Cavs I find more enjoyable to watch and less annoyed by, though I am annoyed by the exaggerated media narrative around them when they have 2015 Hawks written all over them.

Still don't think this team steps it up in the playoffs. I'll believe it when I see it.

[scaryjerry]

OKC absolutely better tonight.  Cs will have a tough time with Cavs and/or Thunder.  But good series both.  The youth on the Thunder is scary.

Better tonight, better all season long.

Good for them. Do they get a ring for that?

lol nope, just like we didn?t get a ring for the regular season we had last season, had to earn it in the playoffs. Just stating facts man, Celtics have been a distant 3rd allllllll season long

[SparzWizard]

Glad they got the dreaded home game stretch out the way. They went 5-2, not bad though.

Now two away games on b2b nights at Miami and at Brooklyn coming up. Doubt Porzingis will be suited up tho.

[liam]

I'm quick to call out the Celtics for poor play, but idk how I can just ignore a 29-9 FT whistle. Refs were absolutely atrocious for the C's all night long. OKC could do anything.

Yes the refs are absolutely in the bag for the thunder snd SGA. But how are you expecting to get calls when all we did was shoot 3s and all the thunder did was foul bait?how is anyone surprised by this
Wretched loss and the thunder swept the series against us and continue to be a better regular season team then us this season.

Jaylen got two foul calls, which were called as nonshooting when he had layups. He never went to the line but was constantly fouled. Tatum and Brown combined for 3 free throws. Our starting five had 5 free throws against a team that fouls 25 times a game. Yeah, this was all refs, all game. We had two starters foul out, and their starting 5 had 7 fouls combined.