Celtics (0-0) at Pistons (0-0) Game #1 10/20/26

[jpotter33]

We lost this game on the glass. Out rebounded by 10.

The center rotation definitely was uninspiring today. Expected much more.

[celticinorlando]

Wasted PG's best effort of the season.

[Roy H.]

We lost this game on the glass. Out rebounded by 10.

The center rotation definitely was uninspiring today. Expected much more.

Queta needs to start.  He earned it, Robinson hasn't.

[Atzar]

My primary concern coming into this season is that we're asking too much of JT coming off of an achilles injury.  Traditionally the players who recover well from that injury are jumpshooters who can adapt their game around the loss of athleticism.  Durant is the obvious example there.  But Tatum was never the purest of shooters.  He's streaky and his mechanics can break down for significant stretches at a time.  Pre-injury he could compensate for a cold stretch from outside by attacking the basket.  Post-injury I wonder what he does. 

[BudweiserCeltic]

Man what a terrible loss... I was very hopeful after the first half.

[SparzWizard]

Coaching issue to allow a 23-0 run? Already said it for few years, replace the coach.

[SparzWizard]

Also how the Celtics lost to the Knicks and 76ers last two years- blown double digit leads. Shooting themselves on the foot

[Vermont Green]

Mitchell Robinson is missing the Knicks ring ceremony.

[Muzzy66]

This was a disappointing loss, but this is frankly somewhat expected. 

Last season I predicted that the team would start slow, but then get better as guys started to adjust to new roles.  That's exactly what happened.

This season I predicted the same, and I have no reason to expect it to go differently.  We replaced the longest tenured player on our roster and one of our highest usage guys.  I expect it will take the team 10-15 games to build chemistry, for everybody to get used to playing together, for Mazulla to work out his rotations and gameplans,etc.   

We were also playing a team that finished with the #1 seed last season and has a full year of chemistry under their belt, so they already have everyone in sync. 

I only really had one question mark about this roster, and that was the question of how much Paul George still has left to offer on the offensive end.  He answered that question today quite emphatically.