76ers (3-3) at Celtics (3-3) Round 1 Game 7 5/2/26

[celticinorlando]

Simons for Vuc trade was an utter failure. Rather of had Simons

Vuc should not be back along with Sam, Walsh. I would try to move JB also.

We lost this series because we had too many guys playing hero ball, forcing up horrible low percentage shots.

You're kidding yourself if you think having Simons - a guy who's entire play style is playing hero ball and chucking low percentage shots - would have done anyting to make our team better in this series.

He would have given them some scoring which went into the crapper.

[Phantom255x]

Joe says he wouldn?t change anything about the strategy because he liked the shots they got and the two on one matchups that they got but he didn?t like the result. He said where they lost was where the other team shot over 38% from three and they didn?t. Said they got some great looks but just didn?t make them.

If that's the case, why even have a coach? Seriously. I'm sure Jpotter33 or BGL could also just sit there on the bench and tell everyone to take 3s, then after the game say "well we liked our looks, but it's also not our fault the other team was shooting well too" 

[ozgod]

It's alright, I'm at peace with the loss.  It doesn't bother me because I didn't expect much this year.  In fact it's liberating in a way because I don't have to watch Mazzula's offensive "scheme" in action anymore this year.

I look forward to Brad's decision making this offseason.  The trade for Vuc was a terrible one, but I still have a lot of faith in Brad.

Yeah, it ended up being the gap year we were all expecting, but a much more fun Gap year (until the end at least). Unearthed some gems and also found out who we might be able to sell high on. (or at least what their true values are.)

I think that deep down inside, while the rest of us were getting wild by their overachievement in the regular season Brad knew that it was kind of fool?s gold when it came to the playoffs because we really only had two shot creators in JB an Pritchard (at least until JT came back).  White can?t really create his own shot, he can play off other people, and our center platoon over achieved in the regular season and Q made some genuine strides, but he?s not enough against top-tier centers like Embiid or KAT. And our team didn?t have those different makers like Holiday or Horford or KP, who have the experience to lift their game in the playoffs.

Which is why they didn?t do anything at the trade deadline that would get us over the tax because, the cost of exponentially increasing our luxury tax repeater rate just wasn?t worth whatever benefit we were gonna get from whatever player we could afford and Could remember.

[Phantom255x]

There's a lot of different factors at play but the reality is, they choked the Knicks series last year and choked this series too. Idk how you can just run it back entirely. Some changes have to be made. Not saying a full rebuild or fire sale, but changes for sure. Running it back would be malpractice from Stevens.

[jpotter33]

https://x.com/HARPER04_5/status/2050757301519131080

I love basketball can someone explain to me the last 5 mins of
@celtics
 and
@76ers
 game? Boston down by 1 & 3 and keep shooting 3s?. Please help me.

Ron Harper calling out this non-sense.

[Phantom255x]

https://x.com/HARPER04_5/status/2050757301519131080

I love basketball can someone explain to me the last 5 mins of
@celtics
 and
@76ers
 game? Boston down by 1 & 3 and keep shooting 3s?. Please help me.

Ron Harper calling out this non-sense.

I know people here don't like him but Reggie Miller was rightfully calling it out too. At one point he said "oh no" on a White miss that was bad, when the ball was still only halfway to the basket in the air lol. The national media sees it too.

[Phantom255x]

https://x.com/HARPER04_5/status/2050757301519131080

I love basketball can someone explain to me the last 5 mins of
@celtics
 and
@76ers
 game? Boston down by 1 & 3 and keep shooting 3s?. Please help me.

Ron Harper calling out this non-sense.

I know people here don't like him but Reggie Miller was rightfully calling it out too. At one point he said "oh no" on a White miss that was bad, when the ball was still only halfway to the basket in the air lol. The national media sees it too.

Here's Stephen A Smith too lol:

https://x.com/stephenasmith/status/2050761089693233160

Props to the
@sixers
. Big-time win. But I?d don?t understand for the life of me how the @celtics spent 6-straight possessions launching 3?s ? including 3 from @FCHWPO? in the last 2 min of a 1-point game. How? Why? Nobody goes to the hole? Tries to draw a foul? Get to the free throw line? Oh Well. The @sixers deserve this moment. The. Monday arrives, as to my @nyknicks
.#LetsGo

[celticinorlando]

Brown plays hero ball and often it costs them. That last 3 minutes was just abysmal. Going to the hoop got you back in the game.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

THEY ALL SEE IT NOW

FIRE HIM NOW BRAD NOW !

U R AN EMBARASSMENT

[Phantom255x]

Yep...

https://x.com/UnderdogNBA/status/2050766229275652474

Teams have attempted 49+ threes in a playoff game 37 times in NBA history.

3 of those times were the Celtics in this series. They were 1-2 in those games.

Joe Mazzulla: "I love the looks that we got. I love the process that we had. Hate the result."

[celticinorlando]

Losing this series was so dumb. Shot themselves out of it because they have a coach that has nothing other than chuck 3s.

They won the title because they had hall of famers on the team to help steady the ship when needed.

Last year, Joe went away from some players, played KP way too much and blew the first 2 games at home because the Cs did the same stuff...lost their lead because the started chucking 3s and shot the knicks back into the game.

This year the series was lost in Game 2 when they did the same stuff.

[Muzzy66]

Simons for Vuc trade was an utter failure. Rather of had Simons

Vuc should not be back along with Sam, Walsh. I would try to move JB also.

We lost this series because we had too many guys playing hero ball, forcing up horrible low percentage shots.

You're kidding yourself if you think having Simons - a guy who's entire play style is playing hero ball and chucking low percentage shots - would have done anyting to make our team better in this series.

He would have given them some scoring which went into the crapper.

He would have been chucking up contested threes just like he always does, and just like the rest of the team was doing.  I honestly think the chance of us handling this any better by him being present is very, very low.

Simons is Joe reimagined into a basketball player.  He's a volume chucker who has very limited capacity to score in any way other than ISO / spot up jumpers.  When he's hot he can be a game changer, when he's cold he's a complete liability who provides nothing else of any value.

Vuc and Simons are both hot cold scorers at this point in their careers, but at least Vuc can contibute somewhat consistently with his rebounding and playmaking, and has potential to create matchup problems in some scenarios.  Simons really is complete dea weight if he's not shooting well. 

I have no issue at all with the trade and would do it over again every time.

[angryguy77]

Joe's stupid philosophy of keep chucking threes even after a big lead cost us the Knick series last season.

The same philosophy of keep chucking threes even when the shots won't fall cost us the Sixers series this season.


Do we want to do it again?

After the recent collapses, Joe should be telling guys on the team that anyone who takes more two or more questionable threes in a game will be getting benched immediately. 

This is not an issue of guys taking threes, it's an issue or guys PRIORITISING threes.  If the three is the best shot you have avaialble then you should take it, but you should always be trying first and foremost to find a lower risk shot. 

This reliance on analytics has destroyed the NBA.  The whole idea of "a three is more efficient then a middy" only holds true if you can rely on that three point shooting consistently in 80%+ of games, like the Warriors could when they had 2-3 all-time great shooters (Steph, Klay, Durant) out there on the court. 

Only elite shooters should be given a green from three.  Pritchard is really the only guy on this team who might be able to make a case for that.  Anyone else on this roster should only be taking threes when it's wide open.

Joe will argue math is on his favor.  My math says 75% of the years he's been here his team has under achieved.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

i cannot deal with this moron anymore.

he actually thinks not going to the hoop is good?

PLEASE FIRE HIS AZZ NOW

[Phantom255x]

This is kind of a random and more broader question, but outside of the final two series of 2024, how is it that the Celtics are just so bad at home???

Idk the record but it can't be good in the past decade. 1-3 this round, 1-2 last year in the Knicks series. Some bad ones in crucial moments like 2018 and 2023 ECF Game 7 + 2022 Finals Game 6. Even went like 1-3 in the 2023 ECF series to Miami in a series they lost in 7.

You see teams and fanbases clamoring for higher seeding for HCA and to make an impact in the postseason, yet TD Garden is just cursed. And the fans here are passionate, but it doesn't translate to the product. Seriously, 1-3 this round, and they lost Game 2 by double digits without Embiid too. Embarassing. Also even 2024, lose Game 2s in the first two rounds to MIA + CLE. Crazy.