Celtics (0-3) at Pelicans (0-2) Game #4 10/27/25

[SCeltic34]

The refs bought that sold foul by Alvarado?  Gave Brown his 5th.

[ozgod]

Let?s see who steps up with Jaylen on the bench.

[slamtheking]

crap call

[Muzzy66]

That was not a good looking quarter.  I like Minott a lot - want to keep seeing him and Hugo.   Baylor pretty solid but his three is unreliable.  Queta as people are saying has improved a ton. Definitely looks like a decent backup.   Simons is what he is. If he doesn?t shoot there?s not much point to him being out there.  When he?s making shots it feels pretty good. Biggest question so far - what?s the matter with Derek?s three?  That will turn around. PP and Sam also missing great looks from deep.

I still maintain that Simons is just a slightly more consistent version of Jordan Crawford.

[ozgod]

Not the best shot option from Derrick but Simons makes amends

[hwangjini_1]

And the lead is basically gone

and now it's back!!!!! 

[Phantom255x]

That was not a good looking quarter.  I like Minott a lot - want to keep seeing him and Hugo.   Baylor pretty solid but his three is unreliable.  Queta as people are saying has improved a ton. Definitely looks like a decent backup.   Simons is what he is. If he doesn?t shoot there?s not much point to him being out there.  When he?s making shots it feels pretty good. Biggest question so far - what?s the matter with Derek?s three?  That will turn around. PP and Sam also missing great looks from deep.

I still maintain that Simons is just a slightly more consistent version of Jordan Crawford.

[ozgod]

I?m fascinated to see if they can hang on and close this out in the eight minutes left with Jaylen on the bench.

[Atzar]

That was not a good looking quarter.  I like Minott a lot - want to keep seeing him and Hugo.   Baylor pretty solid but his three is unreliable.  Queta as people are saying has improved a ton. Definitely looks like a decent backup.   Simons is what he is. If he doesn?t shoot there?s not much point to him being out there.  When he?s making shots it feels pretty good. Biggest question so far - what?s the matter with Derek?s three?  That will turn around. PP and Sam also missing great looks from deep.

Yeah, I'm not inclined to overreact to the three point shooting.  That will even out for the most part, though White may tick downwards a touch from the last few years because of a harder shot diet.  ...I was hoping Simons would tick UP for the opposite reason but he seems committed to continuing the hard ones.  But Pritchard and Hauser will be fine in the long run. 

[Muzzy66]

My biggest disappointment so far is that this is our 4th game of the season, and Jaylen Brown has only looked like the clear best player on the team in one of those four games.

If Tatum was out there on the court with this mediocre group of guys around him he'd be averaging 30+ without question. 

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt while the team builds chemistry together, but if he finishes the season with these kinds of numbers it should well and truly put to rest any of the claims people have tried to make that Brown is on Tatum's level as a player.   He should be averaging close to 30 with Tatum out.

[ozgod]

Better from White, attacking the basket after bowel movement rather than chucking up a contested three

[SCeltic34]

The Anferno.  Good one by Drew Carter.

[Goldstar88]

Simons is getting comfortable. Good to see.

[Atzar]

My biggest disappointment so far is that this is our 4th game of the season, and Jaylen Brown has only looked like the clear best player on the team in one of those four games.

If Tatum was out there on the court with this mediocre group of guys around him he'd be averaging 30+ without question. 

I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt while the team builds chemistry together, but if he finishes the season with these kinds of numbers it should well and truly put to rest any of the claims people have tried to make that Brown is on Tatum's level as a player.   He should be averaging close to 30 with Tatum out.

Nah, I disagree with all of this.

Brown has very clearly been the team's best player through the entire start of the season.  And people need to put the Tatum-vs-Brown thing to rest.  The dudes are on the same team.  Trying to measure the two is just pointless fan drama. 

[Goldstar88]

Stop shooting so many 3s!