Celtics (43-21) at Thunder (51-15) Game #66 3/12/26

[satch]

JB 25 shots-40 minutes

[radiohead]

Came down to that soft call on Chet. It was a foul but i felt it could have been a let go also. Oh well. On to the Wiz.

[angryguy77]

Ugh.  Moral victories stink.

They do but seriously if okc was down chet and sga, would you feel good about this type of win?
First time going 0-2 gave me more confidence in the team.
Id SA and OCK were so great, these games should've not been close.

If anything this road trip told more about us than anything

[Goldstar88]

Idk why they didnt just double SGA down the stretch

Probably should have, but then again, he always seems to find the open man. Doesn?t force it. JB needs to learn that piece.

[tenn_smoothie]

An official who has played the game at some level and who understands it would have let the contact on Holmgren go after he shoved off to get the rebound.
Maybe you don't want to decide the game on rebound contact but then don't turn around a penalize Hauser on the same play.

[86MaxwellSmart]

They let the Refs decide this game UNBELIEVABLE.....but it's OKC so of course.

[Goldstar88]

Ugh, can't really complain given that we're down 2 starters and another rotation player, but you hate to lose it like that on a dumb foul.

They were down two starters as well, though. It was a fair contest. Good game.

[86MaxwellSmart]

SGA does this Little push off with his non shooting arm, but he's never called for it...MVP what a joke.

[tenn_smoothie]

Idk why they didnt just double SGA down the stretch

Agree. Do something different, OKC was scoring every time down the stretch. Throw something at them. Mix it up.
And keep your strong defender in the game (Walsh).

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Idk why they didnt just double SGA down the stretch

Probably should have, but then again, he always seems to find the open man. Doesn?t force it. JB needs to learn that piece.

They doubled him plenty earlier, but he just kept finding the open man and those open men kept hitting shots.

Speaking of hitting shots, if Boston just shot the 3 at an average clip tonight, they would've won. Missed a bunch of open 3s, plus Jaylen blew a couple of close shots late.

[tenn_smoothie]

Ugh, can't really complain given that we're down 2 starters and another rotation player, but you hate to lose it like that on a dumb foul.

They were down two starters as well, though. It was a fair contest. Good game.

Not their best players though. We were down two starters plus a key bench player.
Our offense was severely crippled by injuries and it showed. We really struggled to get open shots. Everything was contested.

[radiohead]

Our bigs struggled all throughout the game. I think Vuc would have made a real difference if he played. A legit post presence with excellent passing would have been useful.

[Goldstar88]

Ugh, can't really complain given that we're down 2 starters and another rotation player, but you hate to lose it like that on a dumb foul.

They were down two starters as well, though. It was a fair contest. Good game.

Not their best players though. We were down two starters plus a key bench player.
Our offense was severely crippled by injuries and it showed. We really struggled to get open shots. Everything was contested.

Jalen Williams is the Thunders second best player. They were also missing their starting center. It was a fair fight.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Ugh, can't really complain given that we're down 2 starters and another rotation player, but you hate to lose it like that on a dumb foul.

They were down two starters as well, though. It was a fair contest. Good game.

Not their best players though. We were down two starters plus a key bench player.
Our offense was severely crippled by injuries and it showed. We really struggled to get open shots. Everything was contested.

I usually agree with you, Tenn, but I disagree on this one. They had quite a few open threes in the second half that they just bricked.

[SparzWizard]

This game was possibly an NBA Finals preview