Celtics (35-42) at Pistons (30-47) Game #78 4/8/15

[greece66]

Somebody explain Detroit it is in their interest to lose tonight.
 

[SHAQATTACK]

Annnndnddddd here comes the refs to screw this up lol It should just be expected by now that we're going to get screwed over by the refs.

Don't we always 

[celticsclay]

Annnndnddddd here comes the refs to screw this up lol It should just be expected by now that we're going to get screwed over by the refs.

I am watching on a gamecast so will totally defer to you, but looks Detroit has 9 fouls and the Celtics have 5. Is it not foul calls or just a few really bad ones?

[KeepRondo]

Nice shooting out there tonight by Marcus Smart.

[SHAQATTACK]

Somebody explain Detroit it is in their interest to lose tonight.
 

Jackson likes to go off on the Celtics.   

[hwangjini_1]

now the celtics are playing soft defense. not executing on offense either, though to be honest, detroit has played better defense the past few minutes.

[celticsclay]

Somebody explain Detroit it is in their interest to lose tonight.
 

I think the fact that Drummond was pretty dominant and has stayed on the bench for 10 straight minutes with 2 fouls shows Van Gundy is not being as aggressive as he could be.

[jpotter33]

Annnndnddddd here comes the refs to screw this up lol It should just be expected by now that we're going to get screwed over by the refs.

I am watching on a gamecast so will totally defer to you, but looks Detroit has 9 fouls and the Celtics have 5. Is it not foul calls or just a few really bad ones?

Not really about fouls tonight. They called Zeller for a 3 second call when Moose and AD have been camped in the lane all night, and they missed a fairly obvious travel by Jackson when he made a three step Eurostep move.

[hwangjini_1]

Nice shooting out there tonight by Marcus Smart.

hasnt missed one yet! 

[greece66]

Somebody explain Detroit it is in their interest to lose tonight.
 

I think the fact that Drummond was pretty dominant and has stayed on the bench for 10 straight minutes with 2 fouls shows Van Gundy is not being as aggressive as he could be.

Great, now we have to rely on Van Gundy coaching skills to win (desperate facepalm)

[jpotter33]

Does Bradley know that he can pass the ball and doesn't have to shoot it every single time he has it?

[KeepRondo]

Nice shooting out there tonight by Marcus Smart.

hasnt missed one yet! 

lol

Well as I'm responding......

Smart with the airball

[celticsclay]

Somebody explain Detroit it is in their interest to lose tonight.
 

I think the fact that Drummond was pretty dominant and has stayed on the bench for 10 straight minutes with 2 fouls shows Van Gundy is not being as aggressive as he could be.

Great, now we have to rely on Van Gundy coaching skills to win (desperate facepalm)

Does anyone else think it is a little strange though? 2 fouls more than halfway through the second quarter is not super big foul trouble and we haven't seen him yet. Did he do something that p---ed SVG off?

[SCeltic34]

Bass with some timely plays.  Stopping the bleeding.

[jpotter33]

Somebody explain Detroit it is in their interest to lose tonight.
 

I think the fact that Drummond was pretty dominant and has stayed on the bench for 10 straight minutes with 2 fouls shows Van Gundy is not being as aggressive as he could be.

Great, now we have to rely on Van Gundy coaching skills to win (desperate facepalm)

Does anyone else think it is a little strange though? 2 fouls more than halfway through the second quarter is not super big foul trouble and we haven't seen him yet. Did he do something that p---ed SVG off?

The announcers just nailed it. They play their best small, which pretty much limits them to have either Drummond OR Monroe out there. They just don't provide enough spacing.