Thunder (11-2) at Celtics (4-7) 11/16

[Who]

Not impressed by the Thunder.  Fluky win over a struggling C's team that gave away a lot of free points.

They need better play from their bigs to be a legit contender.

Need a better Head Coach too

[kozlodoev]

Man. The fact that this is acceptable is shocking to me. They have lost five straight.

Moral victories... The only thing missing are the proverbial "Gerald Green had a cool dunk tonight" comments...

Yes, these have been replaced by, "Stiemsma had a great block".

[snively]

Not impressed by the Thunder.  Fluky win over a struggling C's team that gave away a lot of free points.

They need better play from their bigs to be a legit contender.

They're 11-2, I think they're gonna be fine.

They have the 19th ranked defense.  They just got crushed on the boards by KG and JO. 

Unless they dramatically improve their defense and interior play, they're a paper tiger, along the lines of the Spurs last year.

They certainly have the potential to do so, but they aren't there yet.

[mqtcelticsfan]

Man. The fact that this is acceptable is shocking to me. They have lost five straight.

The five losses in a row thing sucks, but this wasn't a bad loss, just a tough one. 9 times out of 10, Westbrook isn't going to hit those 3s he did tonight.

[Celts Fan 92]

I don't think this was that bad of a loss. You can't play defense much better than the Celtics did on at least three of the possessions that Durant or Westbrook drained 3s.

This right here if we can bring tht type of intensity nd crash the boards like we did tonight we can beat a lot of teams in the league

[letsgoblue86]

Man. The fact that this is acceptable is shocking to me. They have lost five straight.

Moral victories... The only thing missing are the proverbial "Gerald Green had a cool dunk tonight" comments...

hahaha TP, humor is really the only thing that helps me deal with this situation.

[ChainSmokingLikeDino]

At what point do you begin to feel embarrassed if you're a Celtic? This fall from grace is tough for me and I'm not even playing...

I wouldn't feel too embarrassed about tonight.  The Thunder are an excellent team, and for the most part the Celts played well.

Amen. This wasn't an embarrassing game. Gosh, perspective, banned at celticsblog for how long now? Do you all realize how good The Thunder are? How good Westbrook is? Are you seeing what he is doing whenever the game has become close?

Does everyone remember just a few years ago? Probably not or the entitlement that we must be the best at all times wouldn't exist. Ugh, makes reading this site so deflating sometimes.

Oh stop with the dramatics. Please. I was not talking about this game in particular. I meant the season as a whole.

And it hasn't been embarrassing either. Look at the circumstances. Did you really expect, given the lockout, the lack of training camp, the hyper speed schedule, The C's to come out gunning to a 10-1 record? I absolutely expected a slow start, a mid-season run, make the playoffs mid-seed and hopefully playing strong enough then to make a run (heck, the 8th seed made the finals last lockout). I haven't seen this season as embarrassing so far. It is still a long burn. I'm not leaping to conclusions on, what, 1/5th  of the season?

But, yeah, I'm the one being dramatic. Embarrassment and falls from grace...

[slamtheking]

Man. The fact that this is acceptable is shocking to me. They have lost five straight.

I'm surprised as well.

veteran teams are supposedly smart.  tonight's game was not played smartly by the C's and I would hang a fair amount of the blame for the loss on some really stupid plays (turnovers and overpassing in particular).

[Swoopz]

The Thunder have the best record in the league for a reason. Even if we were on a 4 game winning streak coming into this game I wouldn't be confident of a win. Durant and Westbrook hit some crazy 3's while we blew layups and wide open shots (mostly KG).

[snively]

Also, count me among those less than impressed with the C's tonight.  Pierce looks better, but the problems with the frontcourt and the bench guards persist.

[Inside-Out]

So I guess we are at the point of being happy with a well-played loss at home.  Hoe the mighty have fallen.

Seriously. I guess this is some sort of moral victory because OKC is just THAT good and we should be happy we only lost by 9. Give me a break.

Moral victories...oh crap.

If we played a young roster and had the game we did, I'd be thrilled.

Instead, we played reasonably well and fell short for the entire game.  That means we're just not good enough now, and have nothing to look forward to this season.

KG looked nice on the boards, though. JO, too.  That's a positive.

Pie looks like his fitting in quite nicely.  That's a positive.

5 guys in double figures.  That's a positive.

Just can't win shooting 39% and committing 18 turnovers (vs. OKC's 45% and only 12 TO's.

[Eja117]

I think this is subtly one of the best games of the year for the Celts. I don't have a disaster feeling today

I agree. We were a good game from Ray from winning this one. Pierce seems to have woken from hibernation, but is clearly not in his best shape yet.

I would have liked to have seen more JO down the stretch, so that we could put more pressure inside. He and KG with double-doubles...

You could see improvement from last week and room for more improvement. And you saw that improvement against a very good team that is better and better every week as well.

[GrandTheftRondo]

At what point do you begin to feel embarrassed if you're a Celtic? This fall from grace is tough for me and I'm not even playing...

I wouldn't feel too embarrassed about tonight.  The Thunder are an excellent team, and for the most part the Celts played well.

Amen. This wasn't an embarrassing game. Gosh, perspective, banned at celticsblog for how long now? Do you all realize how good The Thunder are? How good Westbrook is? Are you seeing what he is doing whenever the game has become close?

Does everyone remember just a few years ago? Probably not or the entitlement that we must be the best at all times wouldn't exist. Ugh, makes reading this site so deflating sometimes.

Oh stop with the dramatics. Please. I was not talking about this game in particular. I meant the season as a whole.

And it hasn't been embarrassing either. Look at the circumstances. Did you really expect, given the lockout, the lack of training camp, the hyper speed schedule, The C's to come out gunning to a 10-1 record? I absolutely expected a slow start, a mid-season run, make the playoffs mid-seed and hopefully playing strong enough then to make a run (heck, the 8th seed made the finals last lockout). I haven't seen this season as embarrassing so far. It is still a long burn. I'm not leaping to conclusions on, what, 1/5th  of the season?

But, yeah, I'm the one being dramatic. Embarrassment and falls from grace...

I'm really so over the excuses...the lockout, the schedule, lack of training camp, blah blah blah. Are we the ONLY team that had to go through this? No. So did every other team in the league so I really don't want to hear it.


Yes its a fall from grace. FACT. We went from one of the best teams in the league (right before last season's all star break) to now being one of the worst. That's not being dramatic, its simply the truth. Embarrassing? Matter of opinion, but definitely embarrassing to me. I will never find a 4-8 record acceptable for a team with 3 future Hall of Famers and 4 All-Stars.

If this is acceptable to you, great. Enjoy.

[SHAQATTACK]

Its not all gloom and doom guys ....look at it like this...we just inched one step closer to that lottery pick .

[kozlodoev]

I think this is subtly one of the best games of the year for the Celts. I don't have a disaster feeling today

I agree. We were a good game from Ray from winning this one. Pierce seems to have woken from hibernation, but is clearly not in his best shape yet.

I would have liked to have seen more JO down the stretch, so that we could put more pressure inside. He and KG with double-doubles...

You could see improvement from last week and room for more improvement. And you saw that improvement against a very good team that is better and better every week as well.

Yeah, by the time the playoffs roll around, we'll be in top form. Too bad we'll have something like 20 wins though.