Celtics (1-1) at 76ers (1-1) Round 1 Game 3 4/24/26

[Vermont Green]

I got to see parts of the game, including a good chunk of the second half.  It was a tough game.  PHI fought.  What was great to see from a BOS perspective is Tatum had 11 pts in the 4th and Brown had 8 pts.  The team had 6 assists in the 4th.  Three turnovers isn't great, but not horrible either.  Brown played 8.7 min in the 4th and was +8.  Things really kicked in once BOS had both Brown and Tatum on the floor (Tatum played all 12 4th qtr minutes).  Vucevic had 11.6 min, Queta did not play in the 4th (interesting).

As to Vucevic, for this game, Vucevic was 129.8 ORtg/115.5 DRtg/+14.3 NRtg.  Queta was 83.3 ORtg/91.7 DRtg/-8.3 NRtg.  This is one game and these net rating values can be squirrely, but I think this tells the story pretty clearly.  The team DRtg for this game was 112.4 so Vucevic is on the wrong side of that.  The team ORtg for this game was 121.3 so Queta was way on the wrong side of that.  With Queta on the floor, teams can defend entirely differently.  For the series, these rating values are closer between Vucevic and Queta but overall, Vucevic is +11.9 NRtg and Queta is +7.7 NRtg.

[celticinorlando]

I think he plays in Game 4 but is not in shape and bogs the sixers down.

They will rush him back to try to make this a 3 game series. Don't think it works because IMO it forces Maxey to be more of a shooter than driver. Joel clogs up the lane.

Defensively I am not sure how Joel can defend the switches he is going to get.

If White could turn around his shooting, Cs win game 4 comfortably. Also, I think Maxey looks worn out.

[celticinorlando]

As for the announcing.....unprofessional and just awful. Both guys screaming. Eric Collins is a hack that got fired from the Big 10 Network and Dell Curry is terrible. These clowns make Charlotte games unwatchable.

It was just one of the worst experiences.

[Redz]

As for the announcing.....unprofessional and just awful. Both guys screaming. Eric Collins is a hack that got fired from the Big 10 Network and Dell Curry is terrible. These clowns make Charlotte games unwatchable.

It was just one of the worst experiences.

Amazon is definitely going for a more ?casual? broadcast.  I hate the whole streaming experience.

[Amonkey]

I got to see parts of the game, including a good chunk of the second half.  It was a tough game.  PHI fought.  What was great to see from a BOS perspective is Tatum had 11 pts in the 4th and Brown had 8 pts.  The team had 6 assists in the 4th.  Three turnovers isn't great, but not horrible either.  Brown played 8.7 min in the 4th and was +8.  Things really kicked in once BOS had both Brown and Tatum on the floor (Tatum played all 12 4th qtr minutes).  Vucevic had 11.6 min, Queta did not play in the 4th (interesting).

As to Vucevic, for this game, Vucevic was 129.8 ORtg/115.5 DRtg/+14.3 NRtg.  Queta was 83.3 ORtg/91.7 DRtg/-8.3 NRtg.  This is one game and these net rating values can be squirrely, but I think this tells the story pretty clearly.  The team DRtg for this game was 112.4 so Vucevic is on the wrong side of that.  The team ORtg for this game was 121.3 so Queta was way on the wrong side of that.  With Queta on the floor, teams can defend entirely differently.  For the series, these rating values are closer between Vucevic and Queta but overall, Vucevic is +11.9 NRtg and Queta is +7.7 NRtg.

I think towards the end of the game, we should have put Queta in there since it looked like Vucevic was hesitating and not playing with the most confidence. We didn't really take advantage of Queta under the basket when driving but Philly was playing good playoff defense so those might be that much harder. It wasn't a pretty win, but it was a gritty one.

[Amonkey]

As for the announcing.....unprofessional and just awful. Both guys screaming. Eric Collins is a hack that got fired from the Big 10 Network and Dell Curry is terrible. These clowns make Charlotte games unwatchable.

It was just one of the worst experiences.

Amazon is definitely going for a more ?casual? broadcast.  I hate the whole streaming experience.

At first I thought it was fans sitting close to the announcers that were screaming. They were definitely not the best duo. Also the streaming service was terrible. I recorded the game so when watching on replay, I had to fast forward through over an hour of pregame to watch the game. It took me about 10 minutes to find the right spot to watch the game.