Tough loss

[TheFlex]

If LeBron played this hard every game he'd score 60 points every night.

If LeBron played this hard every night he'd have to retire at 33.

[86MaxwellSmart]

HEY Brad Stevens----Call a FREAKING Timeout ----Stevens BLEW it TWICE---we had the ball -with a chance to win in Regulation AND in OT---and this MORON lets the clock wind down to NOTHING---and we get Awful shots BOTH times---When we SHOULD have won this game...He let the team down with this Garbage---He did another time on this past road trip too--!!!

[Kuberski33]

IT wet the bed in this one.  If it wasn't his misses at the end of clocks it was his turning the ball over leading to fast break easy points or him getting posted up.

I'm an IT fan, but 7 of 22 with 6 TOs is bad. I guess he helped out some in the fourth, but that might not have been necessary if he'd had a decent game up until then.

And what the heck happened to Bradley? 15 points in the first quarter and then only 4 the rest of the game?

It looked to me like GS was gearing their defense toward containing IT.  And they did a pretty good job of it.  The Warriors are an excellent defensive team.  As for Bradley, he had to chase Curry all night and it affected his offense.  This is where they really missed Smart.

[LilRip]

Not having Smart hurt. Not having a closer hurt. And not having an interior defender hurt. Sigh, tough loss.

[Celtics18]

Ouch, that hurt.  Proud of the Celtics, nonetheless.   Great game.

[mr. dee]

If LeBron played this hard every game he'd score 60 points every night.

If LeBron played this hard every night he'd have to retire at 33.

On the flipside, he'd have more than 2 rings by now.

[bopna]

No idea why CBS shyed away from Lee in those 2OT.  It was Lee and KO being the bigs when we made that run in the fourth..

IT was empty already, his shots were front rimming in OT.

This game was one missed triple by Curry from becoming a loss....that 23 ft very difficult contested by AB shot was a killer...if that had missed...man this game would have been ours....lots of what ifs...

All I can say and hope now is I hope we see them in the finals!!!

[DesertDweller]

HEY Brad Stevens----Call a FREAKING Timeout ----Stevens BLEW it TWICE---we had the ball -with a chance to win in Regulation AND in OT---and this MORON lets the clock wind down to NOTHING---and we get Awful shots BOTH times---When we SHOULD have won this game...He let the team down with this Garbage---He did another time on this past road trip too--!!!

Brad Stevens is one of the best at making a good play happen after a time out and just maybe he thought the guys had the momentum and didn't want to break it. but for whatever reason he did what he did I would take his strategy over yours every time!!!                                                                     

[mctyson]

Man I am not feeling so good after that one.

I am going to say this was not a "tough loss."  Tough losses are those where you play near your best, the breaks go your way, and your opponent somehow still finds away to beat you in the end.  Those are tough because they mean you probably are not good enough to win.

GSW was minus Klay Thompson, however I feel like the Celtics showed last night that they are very, very close to competing with and beating the NBA's elite teams.  We have seen glimpses of it already this season against San Antonio, and we will see what they can do against the Cavs next week.

It's not "tough" because the Celtics did not play their best last night.  IT4 had a bad game, as far as his standards are.  Sullinger shot the ball terribly.  Avery fouled out.  Smart is injured.  The refs, though awful for both teams, gave GSW 20 more free throws and they made most of those.  So they didn't get many breaks.  The Cs made some bad turnovers late in the game too.

It's not "tough" because given everything I said above...they still had the ball in their hands at the end of regulation and 1st OT with the last shot and a chance to win.  They had it in the hands of the guy they wanted, with the space they wanted, and he didn't make the plays.

So I will be disappointed when this team absolutely maxes out their ability, plays as hard as possible, shoots well, and gets officiated fairly....and STILL loses.  That will be tough.

We are nowhere near that yet.

[moiso]

Are you guys nuts? We took the best team in the league by far to double overtime.  We played hard the entire game.  We are just not quite there. But it was great effort.  I love our opportunistic defense.

Yeah seriously... Brooklyn only managed to take them to a single overtime.  Tonight was more impressive.

For real, though.  Great game.  Lots of fun.   I hope the Warriors stay undefeated until Christmas so they can try to tie the record against LeBron.

You have to take a sarcastic shot at the Celtics on every so called positive post?  There was also the post you made about how Bradley played incredibly... except for the fact that he totally disappeared on offense after his hot start, and he somehow managed to hold Curry to ONLY 38, 11, and 8.

[SHAQATTACK]

If LeBron played this hard every game he'd score 60 points every night.

If LeBron played this hard every night he'd have to retire at 33.

LOL ... LEBron might as well sit on the bench the first three quarters .  He expends little or no defensive energy ands score like 12 points .  Playing at 50 % .

Then at the start of th fourth he begins his assault on the lead the Cavs have given up.....by the 8 minute mark of th fourth he plays like the Warriors have for 24 solid games .  So he gets like 18 points , 8 rebounds and five assists is about ONE quarter .   With help,from the refs .....he waits for the other team to tire and then plays like a mad man.   

This won't work against the Warriors .....they will build the lead too far or make him play 48 minutes .

I think Cavs or LeBron is GIVING away the home court advantage , by not trying to win every game.

That may yet be their undoing in the title series l

[celticsclay]

Are you guys nuts? We took the best team in the league by far to double overtime.  We played hard the entire game.  We are just not quite there. But it was great effort.  I love our opportunistic defense.

Yeah seriously... Brooklyn only managed to take them to a single overtime.  Tonight was more impressive.

For real, though.  Great game.  Lots of fun.   I hope the Warriors stay undefeated until Christmas so they can try to tie the record against LeBron.

You have to take a sarcastic shot at the Celtics on every so called positive post?  There was also the post you made about how Bradley played incredibly... except for the fact that he totally disappeared on offense after his hot start, and he somehow managed to hold Curry to ONLY 38, 11, and 8.

moiso you are not alone in this feeling. The routine has become really annoying and boring

[TheTruthFot18]

HEY Brad Stevens----Call a FREAKING Timeout ----Stevens BLEW it TWICE---we had the ball -with a chance to win in Regulation AND in OT---and this MORON lets the clock wind down to NOTHING---and we get Awful shots BOTH times---When we SHOULD have won this game...He let the team down with this Garbage---He did another time on this past road trip too--!!!

Brad Stevens is one of the best at making a good play happen after a time out and just maybe he thought the guys had the momentum and didn't want to break it. but for whatever reason he did what he did I would take his strategy over yours every time!!!                                                                     

I had no problem not calling a timeout either time. I feel like that's a veteran move. Trust your guys.

I woke up this morning thinking they should have run some kind of double screen with Sully and KO/Crowder for IT to get open. He's not Paul Pierce so going 1v1 is much harder to get the shot up over someone.

[TheTruthFot18]

Man I am not feeling so good after that one.

Why? We came closer than any other team they played to beating them. Did anyone really give the C's better than 30-40% chance of winning?

Maybe GS doesn't care about the record but I'm sure the Celtics thought about it. They played their butts off and still came within a shot of beating the best team in the league. They should feel good (not great) after this.

If they got blown out by 20-30 and it was over during the 3rd quarter, then yeah this would hurt. But that didn't happen.

[KeepRondo]

HEY Brad Stevens----Call a FREAKING Timeout ----Stevens BLEW it TWICE---we had the ball -with a chance to win in Regulation AND in OT---and this MORON lets the clock wind down to NOTHING---and we get Awful shots BOTH times---When we SHOULD have won this game...He let the team down with this Garbage---He did another time on this past road trip too--!!!

Brad Stevens is one of the best at making a good play happen after a time out and just maybe he thought the guys had the momentum and didn't want to break it. but for whatever reason he did what he did I would take his strategy over yours every time!!!                                                                     

I had no problem not calling a timeout either time. I feel like that's a veteran move. Trust your guys.

I woke up this morning thinking they should have run some kind of double screen with Sully and KO/Crowder for IT to get open. He's not Paul Pierce so going 1v1 is much harder to get the shot up over someone.

I have a problem with it. Stevens said he tried to call in some kind of action off of a pick but that it was too loud for the players to hear him. Seems odd that he wouldn't just call a timeout to get the right play.