Grit & Balls by the C's tonight. This team has serious heart. Stevens is legit.

[Alleyoopster]

Bradley, Smart, Rondo, Turner, Green, Olynyk, Bass, Zeller, Bass, Thornton, and Wallace...team effort...kudos to all for sticking together.  The bench was cheering on too....good karma. Great coaching from Brad and crew. 

Loved two of Smarts moves...one the 'play of the night' where he grabs the rebound with one hand and banks it off the backboard for the score all in one motion...the other, the behind the back pass with defenders surrounding him to Sully(?) for the easy layup.  Add to that, two fouls that should have been either no-calls or offensive fouls against the opposing player.  The NBA should be looking at game films and seeing that he is getting to the spot before the opposing player is.  These should be no-calls at worst. 

Great deflection by Bradley that lead to the steal and breakaway basket. 

Should have been a technical against Dirk for swinging his elbows near the very end of the game.  Surprised Scal didn't mention it. 

Overall one of the most exciting basketball games I've seen in quite a while. 

[manl_lui]

Bradley, Smart, Rondo, Turner, Green, Olynyk, Bass, Zeller, Bass, Thornton, and Wallace...team effort...kudos to all for sticking together.  The bench was cheering on too....good karma. Great coaching from Brad and crew. 

Loved two of Smarts moves...one the 'play of the night' where he grabs the rebound with one hand and banks it off the backboard for the score all in one motion...the other, the behind the back pass with defenders surrounding him to Sully(?) for the easy layup.  Add to that, two fouls that should have been either no-calls or offensive fouls against the opposing player.  The NBA should be looking at game films and seeing that he is getting to the spot before the opposing player is.  These should be no-calls at worst. 

Great deflection by Bradley that lead to the steal and breakaway basket. 

Should have been a technical against Dirk for swinging his elbows near the very end of the game.  Surprised Scal didn't mention it. 

Overall one of the most exciting basketball games I've seen in quite a while.

o Scal very much mentioned it

"I remember when I was playing against Dirk, he swung his elbows at me and hit me, and I was called for the foul"

[Alleyoopster]

o Scal very much mentioned it

"I remember when I was playing against Dirk, he swung his elbows at me and hit me, and I was called for the foul"

I believe that was a bit earlier...I'm talking about the play that resulted in a jump ball with about 20 seconds to go.  It looked like he connected on this one. 

[BudweiserCeltic]

o Scal very much mentioned it

"I remember when I was playing against Dirk, he swung his elbows at me and hit me, and I was called for the foul"

I believe that was a bit earlier...I'm talking about the play that resulted in a jump ball with about 20 seconds to go.  It looked like he connected on this one. 

If I'm thinking of the right play, he didn't connect and Smart flopped... that said, if Smart hadn't flopped he might've gotten hit by it.

[Donoghus]

Smart definitely flopped on that one play underneath the basketball. Elbows were a good six inches from him.   That was Parsons with the ball, though.  Not Dirk.

That being said, it was a heckuva attempt at acting by Smart. 

[BudweiserCeltic]

Smart definitely flopped on that one play underneath the basketball. Elbows were a good six inches from him.   That was Parsons with the ball, though.  Not Dirk.

That being said, it was a heckuva attempt at acting by Smart. 

I'm hesitating on calling that particular play a flop, more like he got out of the way as much as he acted.

As I said, if he didn't use the avoidance tactic, he would've gotten hit in my opinion. But would need to see the replay.

But Smart is a genuine flopper, not a big fan of that aspect. I think he's good enough to get position that he don't need to resort to this tactics, particularly as frequently as he's doing it.

[Donoghus]

Smart definitely flopped on that one play underneath the basketball. Elbows were a good six inches from him.   That was Parsons with the ball, though.  Not Dirk.

That being said, it was a heckuva attempt at acting by Smart. 

I'm hesitating on calling that particular play a flop, more like he got out of the way as much as he acted.

As I said, if he didn't use the avoidance tactic, he would've gotten hit in my opinion. But would need to see the replay.

But Smart is a genuine flopper, not a big fan of that aspect. I think he's good enough to get position that he don't need to resort to this tactics, particularly as frequently as he's doing it.

It was a flop.  Smart was definitely trying to get a call there.  Between the facial expression then the arms going up after he hit the ground, he was looking to draw something. 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2255179-celtics-marcus-smart-flops-around-chandler-parsons-elbow-doesnt-get-call

[Celtics4ever]

I agree there was no contact and he was flopping.

[kozlodoev]

Wasn't even a very good flop, I think. A savvy veteran would have leaned in a bit so that Parsons makes contact.

[Alleyoopster]

Smart definitely flopped on that one play underneath the basketball. Elbows were a good six inches from him.   That was Parsons with the ball, though.  Not Dirk.

That being said, it was a heckuva attempt at acting by Smart. 

I'm hesitating on calling that particular play a flop, more like he got out of the way as much as he acted.

As I said, if he didn't use the avoidance tactic, he would've gotten hit in my opinion. But would need to see the replay.

But Smart is a genuine flopper, not a big fan of that aspect. I think he's good enough to get position that he don't need to resort to this tactics, particularly as frequently as he's doing it.

It was a flop.  Smart was definitely trying to get a call there.  Between the facial expression then the arms going up after he hit the ground, he was looking to draw something. 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2255179-celtics-marcus-smart-flops-around-chandler-parsons-elbow-doesnt-get-call

Thanks for the video...from the TV angle it looked (to me) like his elbows were further out and Smart possibly took a hit.