Celtics (15-9) at Bucks (10-15) Game #25 12/11/25

[slamtheking]

absolutely awful second half.  had to be Hauser's worst game ever.

[Who]

That Kevin Porter Jr and Ryan Rollins backcourt is an interesting combination. Better than what they had earlier in the season with AJ Green and Trent Jr on the wing who were only spot-up shooters. More dynamic. Twin ball-handlers. Twin playmakers. Twin shot creators. Twin driving threats.

Gives that offense a different dynamic.

[Goldstar88]

JB got his 30, but he really didn?t have a good game. 3ast/3rebs and 4TOs.  I mean, Pritchard had 5rebs.. Need Brown to do more than just score.

[ozgod]

JB got his 30, but he really didn?t have a good game. 3ast/3rebs and 4TOs.  I mean, Pritchard had 5rebs.. Need Brown to do more than just score.

The issue I had with him isn't his production but that he got sucked into a couple of personal battles that took the team away from what it had been doing, in the 3rd. First he got into a contest with KPJ and kept trying to iso him and score on him, then he got sucked into another battle with Portis who then lit us up. Passion is great but I think we got taken away from what we were doing by falling into their trap to get him off his game.

[Who]

Walsh might be an actual player, like not just a rotation piece but even a fringe starter 

J Walsh is looking like a Donney Finney Smith level player ... if he can keep this going.

[Birdman]

JB got his 30, but he really didn?t have a good game. 3ast/3rebs and 4TOs.  I mean, Pritchard had 5rebs.. Need Brown to do more than just score.

He can?t do it by himself

[scaryjerry]

JB got his 30, but he really didn?t have a good game. 3ast/3rebs and 4TOs.  I mean, Pritchard had 5rebs.. Need Brown to do more than just score.

This is your takeaway dude? Pritchard had 11 points, gonna need more from him.

[Neurotic Guy]

JB got his 30, but he really didn?t have a good game. 3ast/3rebs and 4TOs.  I mean, Pritchard had 5rebs.. Need Brown to do more than just score.

This is your takeaway dude? Pritchard had 11 points, gonna need more from him.

And more from your bench sharpshooters. Hauser and Simons go an almost impossible   1-15 from 3.  Sam was 0-9.   DWhite also an awful game.

[slamtheking]

JB got his 30, but he really didn?t have a good game. 3ast/3rebs and 4TOs.  I mean, Pritchard had 5rebs.. Need Brown to do more than just score.

This is your takeaway dude? Pritchard had 11 points, gonna need more from him.

And more from your bench sharpshooters. Hauser and Simons go an almost impossible   1-15 from 3.  Sam was 0-9.   DWhite also an awful game.

agreed.  JB wasn't the problem.  complaining about him getting just 3 assists when everyone he's passing to is bricking wide open shots is just looking for a reason to crap on JB. 
White 3-12, 2-9 on 3's
PP 4-14, 3-11 on 3's
Hauser 0-10, 0-9 on 3's
Simons 2-9, 1-6 on 3's.
This loss isn't on JB.  3 assists.  8 potential assists.  People have got to make open shots.

only other players that weren't crap last night were Walsh and Q with 10 rebounds.

[Vermont Green]

I couldn't watch the game but listened to the first half on the radio.  Was not expecting the second half to be this!  Stunning.

That said, we got fooled into thinking this team is better than it really is.  There are likely going to be plenty more games like this.  It is always the same in the NBA for every team but amplified for teams that aren't really that good and even more so for a team that relies on the 3 so much.

I am not going to get too down over one game though.  I was probably guilty of getting a little too up after the winning streak.  If Walsh can continue to play like a starter, this team will be better than I thought, but the roster still has plenty of flaws.

[Celtics4ever]

We are going to have games like this with our team.  A team can't play 100% focused all the time.  It is impossible. 

Bucks are huge in terms of size, this a weakness as we have very little after Queta comes out and their bigs can rotate well enough to negate any advantage small gives you.

[tenn_smoothie]

Roster flaws & inability to play a perfect game are understandable this season.
But having a halftime lead and then jacking up one 3-point missle after another is Mazzulla-Ball at its finest.