Celtics (2-3) at Knicks (3-2) Round 2 Game 6 5/16/25

[scaryjerry]

Celtics lost this series due to JT AND KP injuries.

That said, Knicks are not good enough, even at full strength, to win a chip this year.

Um the Celtics went down 3-1 with a healthy Tatum. I can?t deal with people that are going to use this as an excuse. The KP illness has certainly been a factor though.

True but if Tatum were healthy I?d have given them a better chance to take the series.  Without KP they weren?t going to beat any of the remaining teams. 

Tough ending to the year, but the second this one ends, my head is 100% future.  What will Brad do? How will JT?s rehab play out?  If KP is here, does he finally recover from what ails him?

They may have lost in 5 with a healthy Tatum. Don?t wanna hear it. They choked away 2 20 point leads at home with a healthy Tatum and lost game 4 with a healthy Tatum playing one of his better games.

*Tatum was never healthy and recovering from a severe wrist bone bruise in his shooting hand.

I get that extreme pessimism and negativity is your schtick for whatever reason, but at least get your facts right.

This is pure delusion. He was healthy enough to be out there and those inexcusable almost unimaginable losses he was a part of.
Gotta love it. But when we beat the heat without jimmy butler, the Cavs without Donovan Mitchell and the pacers without haliburton all was good right?

[celticinorlando]

I'm starting to think all of Jrue/Porzingis/Hauser are gone. I thought it'd be Hauser and 1 of the 2 but probably not. I think Jaylen-White-PP-Tatum stay and they try to piece the roster around that. Schierman, Queta, Kornet as depth for now. More will be added.

Al, Jrue and Hauser are gone IMO.

Won't get much of anything for them but cap relief. And next year is going to be rough.

[slamtheking]

I think the one thing coming out of this game is that any second thoughts Brad may have had about making major changes this offseason are now gone.  Probably at least 3 or 4 of the 9 rotation players are gone

I doubt it. Nobody wants our trash, only our gems and Brad will not give them away.

there's a market for Jrue and Zinger.  Kornet will get a bigger offer than Brad will match.  Al will likely retire or move on to a contender if he plays another year.  Hauser's very likely playing his last game in green

[jpotter33]

Celtics lost this series due to JT AND KP injuries.

That said, Knicks are not good enough, even at full strength, to win a chip this year.

Um the Celtics went down 3-1 with a healthy Tatum. I can?t deal with people that are going to use this as an excuse. The KP illness has certainly been a factor though.

True but if Tatum were healthy I?d have given them a better chance to take the series.  Without KP they weren?t going to beat any of the remaining teams. 

Tough ending to the year, but the second this one ends, my head is 100% future.  What will Brad do? How will JT?s rehab play out?  If KP is here, does he finally recover from what ails him?

They may have lost in 5 with a healthy Tatum. Don?t wanna hear it. They choked away 2 20 point leads at home with a healthy Tatum and lost game 4 with a healthy Tatum playing one of his better games.

*Tatum was never healthy and recovering from a severe wrist bone bruise in his shooting hand.

I get that extreme pessimism and negativity is your schtick for whatever reason, but at least get your facts right.

Add in Jrue's shoulder. KPs illness and Brown's knee combined with all the games this team has played the past few seasons and it just caught up with them.

Gave the Knicks life and belief in games 1 and 2 and couldn't get it back.

And Jrue's hamstring that cost him three games in the Orlando series.

Honestly, even without JT's injury it may have been difficult for us to win depending upon the opponent. Not sure we would've beat OKC regardless, and maybe not Denver. Repeating is hard, especially as much basketball as these guys have played over the past two to three years.

[celticinorlando]

Celtics lost this series due to JT AND KP injuries.

That said, Knicks are not good enough, even at full strength, to win a chip this year.

Um the Celtics went down 3-1 with a healthy Tatum. I can?t deal with people that are going to use this as an excuse. The KP illness has certainly been a factor though.

True but if Tatum were healthy I?d have given them a better chance to take the series.  Without KP they weren?t going to beat any of the remaining teams. 

Tough ending to the year, but the second this one ends, my head is 100% future.  What will Brad do? How will JT?s rehab play out?  If KP is here, does he finally recover from what ails him?

They may have lost in 5 with a healthy Tatum. Don?t wanna hear it. They choked away 2 20 point leads at home with a healthy Tatum and lost game 4 with a healthy Tatum playing one of his better games.

*Tatum was never healthy and recovering from a severe wrist bone bruise in his shooting hand.

I get that extreme pessimism and negativity is your schtick for whatever reason, but at least get your facts right.

This is pure delusion. He was healthy enough to be out there and those inexcusable almost unimaginable losses he was a part of.
Gotta love it. But when we beat the heat without jimmy butler, the Cavs without Donovan Mitchell and the pacers without haliburton all was good right?

Both can be right. Games 1 and 2 helped them lose this series as did not having JT tonight. Is what it is. We get it.

[blink]

The two reasons we are down so big right now:
1) Jrue, D White, PP, KP are 3/21 FG
2) our def intensity hasn't been up to the task, we aren't impacting the knicks and making things hard for them.

[Surferdad]

I'm starting to think all of Jrue/Porzingis/Hauser are gone. I thought it'd be Hauser and 1 of the 2 but probably not. I think Jaylen-White-PP-Tatum stay and they try to piece the roster around that. Schierman, Queta, Kornet as depth for now. More will be added.

Al, Jrue and Hauser are gone IMO.

Won't get much of anything for them but cap relief. And next year is going to be rough.

Nobody wants any of those guys or KP either. Brad is going to have a tough time making any deal.

[Larry for 3]

Celtics lost this series due to JT AND KP injuries.

That said, Knicks are not good enough, even at full strength, to win a chip this year.

Um the Celtics went down 3-1 with a healthy Tatum. I can?t deal with people that are going to use this as an excuse. The KP illness has certainly been a factor though.

True but if Tatum were healthy I?d have given them a better chance to take the series.  Without KP they weren?t going to beat any of the remaining teams. 

Tough ending to the year, but the second this one ends, my head is 100% future.  What will Brad do? How will JT?s rehab play out?  If KP is here, does he finally recover from what ails him?

They may have lost in 5 with a healthy Tatum. Don?t wanna hear it. They choked away 2 20 point leads at home with a healthy Tatum and lost game 4 with a healthy Tatum playing one of his better games.

*Tatum was never healthy and recovering from a severe wrist bone bruise in his shooting hand.

I get that extreme pessimism and negativity is your schtick for whatever reason, but at least get your facts right.

This is pure delusion. He was healthy enough to be out there and those inexcusable almost unimaginable losses he was a part of.
Gotta love it. But when we beat the heat without jimmy butler, the Cavs without Donovan Mitchell and the pacers without haliburton all was good right?

So true. So many blind fans. Can?t benefit from injuries one year then use it as an excuse the next.

[radiohead]

JB is going to be up to what, 6 TO?s now.. 

He's having to try to do everything himself because nobody else even got off the plane.  I get that it's frustrating watching the guy force his offense and turn the ball over but he's doing it because he's alone.

If I want the team to do one thing, at least screen OG off the guy.  Asking him to go one-on-one with the Knicks' best perimeter defender while the rest of the Celtics catch their beauty sleep is just setting him up for failure.

JB had 12 assists last game and only 2 TO?s. He was driving and kicking the ball to open shooters. He was the reason they won the last game. Complete opposite tonight. He?s the main reason they are down big.

No one can make a shot that's why were down. That and these weak refs... Jalyn brown has been fouled all game and has shot two free throws...

It?s the complimentary guys that didn?t show up - Jrue, KP, Sam, DW, PP. Our depth has always been our asset. Now it?s nowhere to be found. Brad has some work cut out for him, but i?m confident he can swing a couple of trades to make this team relevant til JT comes back.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Celtics lost this series due to JT AND KP injuries.

That said, Knicks are not good enough, even at full strength, to win a chip this year.

Um the Celtics went down 3-1 with a healthy Tatum. I can?t deal with people that are going to use this as an excuse. The KP illness has certainly been a factor though.

True but if Tatum were healthy I?d have given them a better chance to take the series.  Without KP they weren?t going to beat any of the remaining teams. 

Tough ending to the year, but the second this one ends, my head is 100% future.  What will Brad do? How will JT?s rehab play out?  If KP is here, does he finally recover from what ails him?

They may have lost in 5 with a healthy Tatum. Don?t wanna hear it. They choked away 2 20 point leads at home with a healthy Tatum and lost game 4 with a healthy Tatum playing one of his better games.

*Tatum was never healthy and recovering from a severe wrist bone bruise in his shooting hand.

I get that extreme pessimism and negativity is your schtick for whatever reason, but at least get your facts right.

This is pure delusion. He was healthy enough to be out there and those inexcusable almost unimaginable losses he was a part of.
Gotta love it. But when we beat the heat without jimmy butler, the Cavs without Donovan Mitchell and the pacers without haliburton all was good right?

and we beat the heat WITH butler in 2022. we missed tatum in 2023 game 7. smart earlier.  KP last year

[scaryjerry]

The Celtics were dealing with injuries and illnesses, I?ll give you all that but trying to pin this series loss to an inferior Knicks team on that is sickening when you all disregarded the fact that last season we didn?t play a healthy team the entire east playoff run.
I just can?t with you people.
The Celtics games 1 and 2 losses were inexcusable and unacceptable, almost unimaginable and they have no one to blame but themselves

[jpotter33]

Celtics lost this series due to JT AND KP injuries.

That said, Knicks are not good enough, even at full strength, to win a chip this year.

Um the Celtics went down 3-1 with a healthy Tatum. I can?t deal with people that are going to use this as an excuse. The KP illness has certainly been a factor though.

True but if Tatum were healthy I?d have given them a better chance to take the series.  Without KP they weren?t going to beat any of the remaining teams. 

Tough ending to the year, but the second this one ends, my head is 100% future.  What will Brad do? How will JT?s rehab play out?  If KP is here, does he finally recover from what ails him?

They may have lost in 5 with a healthy Tatum. Don?t wanna hear it. They choked away 2 20 point leads at home with a healthy Tatum and lost game 4 with a healthy Tatum playing one of his better games.

*Tatum was never healthy and recovering from a severe wrist bone bruise in his shooting hand.

I get that extreme pessimism and negativity is your schtick for whatever reason, but at least get your facts right.

This is pure delusion. He was healthy enough to be out there and those inexcusable almost unimaginable losses he was a part of.
Gotta love it. But when we beat the heat without jimmy butler, the Cavs without Donovan Mitchell and the pacers without haliburton all was good right?

Boy, logic is really hard for some people.

By your logic, KP is still out there playing, too - so can't use that as an excuse, am I right? Bulletproof.

Also, I forget - did Miami, Cleveland, and Indy all sweep us in the regular season and then we only beat them because of injuries? No, because those are clearly different situations, Sherlock. We won the conference by 14 games last year; it didn't matter what happened last year we were running through the East. The only difference and rationale that makes any sense of why a historical dominant regular season over the Knicks ends in this outcome is due to injuries that 80% of our starting lineup is dealing with.

(Also, I see that you conveniently forget to mention that we were missing KP for 90% of the Eastern Conference games. Funny how that works.)

[Larry for 3]

The Celtics were dealing with injuries and illnesses, I?ll give you all that but trying to pin this series loss to an inferior Knicks team on that is sickening when you all disregarded the fact that last season we didn?t play a healthy team the entire east playoff run.
I just can?t with you people.
The Celtics games 1 and 2 losses were inexcusable and unacceptable, almost unimaginable and they have no one to blame but themselves

Yes. But don?t leave out the coach. He needs to go. He allowed this.

[scaryjerry]

Celtics lost this series due to JT AND KP injuries.

That said, Knicks are not good enough, even at full strength, to win a chip this year.

Um the Celtics went down 3-1 with a healthy Tatum. I can?t deal with people that are going to use this as an excuse. The KP illness has certainly been a factor though.

True but if Tatum were healthy I?d have given them a better chance to take the series.  Without KP they weren?t going to beat any of the remaining teams. 

Tough ending to the year, but the second this one ends, my head is 100% future.  What will Brad do? How will JT?s rehab play out?  If KP is here, does he finally recover from what ails him?

They may have lost in 5 with a healthy Tatum. Don?t wanna hear it. They choked away 2 20 point leads at home with a healthy Tatum and lost game 4 with a healthy Tatum playing one of his better games.

*Tatum was never healthy and recovering from a severe wrist bone bruise in his shooting hand.

I get that extreme pessimism and negativity is your schtick for whatever reason, but at least get your facts right.

This is pure delusion. He was healthy enough to be out there and those inexcusable almost unimaginable losses he was a part of.
Gotta love it. But when we beat the heat without jimmy butler, the Cavs without Donovan Mitchell and the pacers without haliburton all was good right?

and we beat the heat WITH butler in 2022. we missed tatum in 2023 game 7. smart earlier.  KP last year

Tatum played 40+ minutes in that game 7 fyi?probably shouldn?t have gone down 3-0 to an 8 seed.
Nothing to say about 2022 because that run in still proud of?other then ya know gagging in the finals

[BoulderMike]

Joe has got to go!