Celtics (59-20) at Magic (39-40) Game #80 4/9/25

[SCeltic34]

Following up by some really nice drives by Baylor.  That left handed layup was awesome.

[bello_man09]

ok tillman

[Silas]

Hard to win when you shoot 17.5% from 3...7/40.

[Silas]

Sad...couldn't reach 80 points.

[liam]

Hard to win when you shoot 17.5% from 3...7/40.

You get in a 4am and we only have deep bench and Floppy Wagner gets those cheap calls. I like our chances against these bums we they can make it through the playin.

[liam]

The Floppy Wagner game!

[slamtheking]

watched on dvr.  takeaways:
- PP and Hauser showed signs of fatigue from last night's game. 
- Scheierman continues to look like he's going to be a good player for us going forward.
- Torrey Craig looks like he could be of use in spot minutes in the playoffs.  This year's PJ Brown
- Kornet may be a great offensive rebounder but he really needs to improve his defensive rebounding
- Walsh and Davison continue to underwhelm.  Didn't expect much from either this year but they're producing less than what little I had expected of them
- refs sucked.  ridiculous calls that rewarded Orlando for flopping multiple times

[Phantom255x]

Sad...couldn't reach 80 points.

Bunch of bums!

[jambr380]

I guess the fan still could drink ,  pretty bad basketball

Yeah, giant waste of money for us fans that did go. Sitting your top 6 is pretty brutal for an expensive game. Especially when we had a chance to break the road wins record.

I didn't expect the whole gang, but like Al and White would have been nice.

[Phantom255x]

I guess the fan still could drink ,  pretty bad basketball

Yeah, giant waste of money for us fans that did go. Sitting your top 6 is pretty brutal for an expensive game. Especially when we had a chance to break the road wins record.

I didn't expect the whole gang, but like Al and White would have been nice.

It's cute that the NBA tries to add "excitement" to the season with the in-season tournament, but that's also short-lived and it doesn't really solve the issue of the 2nd half. I mean, even Houston today basically sat their entire team too (they are locked into the 2 seed also).

The only teams trying are the ones with legit seeding implications, which are some of the play-in teams and I guess seeds 3-8 in the West. Outside of that, it's tanking or load managing.

Also it seems a lot of these teams are playing B2Bs this week. Weird scheduling. 

[ozgod]

17% from 3, Payton 1-7, Sam 2-8, Baylor 1-7, Craig 0-3, that's 4-25 from 3 for our starters. Goes to show how hard it is to shoot 3s even if you're a good shooter like those guys are, without players like the Jays, KP and White to draw attention.

[SparzWizard]

I guess we can try to win one more game to hit 60 wins before the szn ends.

[A Future of Stevens]

So Brown has to play 20 minutes in the last two games to qualify right?

[Neurotic Guy]

I guess we can try to win one more game to hit 60 wins before the szn ends.

Unlike with JB for whom there is some personal benefit to play in the final two games, I don?t see any benefit to winning 60 v. 59 games.  No difference in seeding or HCA or Conference or Division championship. No monetary benefit. Only the ability to say we won 60 - which I really hope doesn?t matter to players, Joe, Brad, or owners. 

Re: Jaylen, I wish it didn?t matter to him to be eligible for an All-NBA team, but apparently it does.  Maybe that?s a factor for HoF, maybe there?s a monetary benefit (though you really need more money?? - but who am I to judge). It would make me happy if Jaylen were to come out and say he?s resting the knee for the playoffs and the heck with All-NBA status, but that doesn?t seem likely.  The only thing I really hope is that by playing these two games he?s not putting his ability to play in the postseason at increased risk.  I can imagine a scenario where the knee sidelines him and he, rightly or wrongly, is lambasted by media and fans for not recouping the knee as much as possible.

[celticinorlando]

Have everyone play Friday. Get 60 wins. Then sit everyone on Sunday.

Boston is probably going to play Orlando who struggles score points.