Celtics (13-25) at Clippers (27-14) Game #39 1/19/15

[Chief]

You know, this Clippers team is only 6th in the West not the juggernaut we are making them look like.

[Nerf DPOY]

Has everyone calmed down about Crowder?

the ball is not being passed around.  When AB or Sully gets the ball, it goes up almost instantly

That's on Stevens.  It's actually worked a bit with Sully but telling Avery he's a shooter has pretty clearly been a disaster.

Mike

Bradley's shooting numbers across the board are fine, with the exception of 10-16 footers.

[GreenGoggles]

You know, this Clippers team is only 6th in the West not the juggernaut we are making them look like.

I think it's clear they're under achieving though, they have a very talented well put together roster.

[Chief]

Besties

[jpotter33]

You know, this Clippers team is only 6th in the West not the juggernaut we are making them look like.

I think it's clear they're under achieving though, they have a very talented well put together roster.

Ehhh, their bench is atrocious with absolutely 0 interior defense. Hawes is not the backup defender they need behind Jordan. They're out of the playoffs if Jordan goes down for any significant amount of time.

[Chief]

Scal is on crack.

[Tr1boy]

Bass + KO > Zeller + Sullinger

[MBunge]

Legitimately now and in the past month, Smart has been our best and most consistent three point shooter by far.

And it's fair to give Stevens some of the credit for that.  But I think it's a little early in his career for Smart to be consigned to a 3-and-d guy.  I wonder how long Ainge will let this go before telling Stevens to start Smart and just let the chips fall where they may.

Mike

[jpotter33]

Did Scal just say that Bass would win a 1 on 1 tournament throughout the NBA?

[Chief]

Did Scal just say that Bass would win a 1 on 1 tournament throughout the NBA?

I'm not sure if he would beat Shav.

[danglertx]

Bass + KO > Zeller + Sullinger

This game for sure.  Not sure about all matchups but KO has done pretty well defensively against Jordon and Blake and Bass is hustling and making some things happen.  I'd stick with them and Smart and see if we can make a run.

[jpotter33]

Smart, and to a lesser extent Young, is the only reason that gets me to watch three hours of this anymore.

[Tr1boy]

Puhahahahaha look at DOC. thats awesome lol

[greece66]

You know, this Clippers team is only 6th in the West not the juggernaut we are making them look like.

I think it's clear they're under achieving though, they have a very talented well put together roster.

Ehhh, their bench is atrocious with absolutely 0 interior defense. Hawes is not the backup defender they need behind Jordan. They're out of the playoffs if Jordan goes down for any significant amount of time.

[trolling free message follows] I honestly think their bench is great. I suspect before the playoffs they ll give up one big (Turkoglu) to get a SF, but for the time being Doc keeps all bigs he can at his disposal for the reason you mention.
Hawes still needs some time to adapt to his new team.
Farmar Davis et al are OK.
Jamal is great.

[Nerf DPOY]

Just as long as someone named Marcus is chucking us back into games....