Lakers (5-27) at Celtics (18-13) Game #32 12/30/15

[KeepRondo]

We stopped getting stops when Smart went out. Imagine that. Stevens' rotations are just mind-boggling at times.

Danny has to make some trades just to shorten Brad's rotations.

Yep, he just HAS to play over 10 guys every night. It's ridiculous.

Talent issue.  Non stars don't give you consistent scoring efforts night after night - otherwise they'd be stars.  Thats why most of this roster remains expendable, regardless of the record.

That doesn't mean you throw out new lineups each game. Chemistry has been an issue all year long because of this crap by Stevens.

Maybe Mr Ainge asked to play Young since it was an easy win.

[jpotter33]

We stopped getting stops when Smart went out. Imagine that. Stevens' rotations are just mind-boggling at times.

he must not be fully healthy. CBS isn't dumb.

He played Lee in crunch time.

Smart has only played 10 minutes tonight. He's cleared to play up to like 18 minutes if I remember right. Total misfire by him putting Young in there to start that Lakers run over Smart.

I love Smart and I am bummed that he didn't play more tonight, but I cant believe that CBS just didn't play Smart for no reason when we were getting torched by the Lakers in the first half. My guess is that Smart was on the books for 15 2nd half minutes, made that putback dunk and landed hard, and CBS thought it best to limit him to 10.

He still started the fourth quarter after that. I just think he thought that he saw a matchup or something to exploit with Young, but it was obviously a mistake. Why wouldn't he have put Hunter in there instead to just save Smart for the second half? Young over Hunter is still a mistake in itself.

[KeepRondo]

We stopped getting stops when Smart went out. Imagine that. Stevens' rotations are just mind-boggling at times.

he must not be fully healthy. CBS isn't dumb.

He played Lee in crunch time.

Smart has only played 10 minutes tonight. He's cleared to play up to like 18 minutes if I remember right. Total misfire by him putting Young in there to start that Lakers run over Smart.

I love Smart and I am bummed that he didn't play more tonight, but I cant believe that CBS just didn't play Smart for no reason when we were getting torched by the Lakers in the first half. My guess is that Smart was on the books for 15 2nd half minutes, made that putback dunk and landed hard, and CBS thought it best to limit him to 10.

He still started the fourth quarter after that. I just think he thought that he saw a matchup or something to exploit with Young, but it was obviously a mistake. Why wouldn't he have put Hunter in there instead to just save Smart for the second half? Young over Hunter is still a mistake in itself.

Smart isn't a scorer and we were in need of fast points.

[jpotter33]

We stopped getting stops when Smart went out. Imagine that. Stevens' rotations are just mind-boggling at times.

Smart must still be on a minutes restriction. The Lakers looked lost when Smart was in the game. Stevens just had to bring back thomas and suddenly the lakers got hot again.

He has up to like 18 if I remember right, and he's at like 10 right now.

[Chief]

I blame AB for this one, that terrible first half D was inexcusable.

He doesn't play well in big games.

AB literally can't score after the first quarter. But this game isn't just on him

Does this qualify as a big game?

It had a big game feeling because of Kobe.

[slamtheking]

If this team wants to be taken seriously then they need to be obliterated for this disgusting effort.

And the Kobe chants... Embarassing.


What a horrible freaking night to be a Celtics fan.

Is it? This (likely) Lakers win combined with the Nets loss decreases the Lakers odds of getting that lottery pick while the Nets odds decrease.

This is an embarrassing loss, but there is upside to it.

Unless this game is the one that turns around LA's season (it's not), there's no way the Lakers will catch the Nets unless Lopez goes out for the season in the next week

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

How many times have we beaten them with CBS as head, once?

[jpotter33]

We stopped getting stops when Smart went out. Imagine that. Stevens' rotations are just mind-boggling at times.

Danny has to make some trades just to shorten Brad's rotations.

Yep, he just HAS to play over 10 guys every night. It's ridiculous.

Talent issue.  Non stars don't give you consistent scoring efforts night after night - otherwise they'd be stars.  Thats why most of this roster remains expendable, regardless of the record.

That doesn't mean you throw out new lineups each game. Chemistry has been an issue all year long because of this crap by Stevens.

Maybe Mr Ainge asked to play Young since it was an easy win.

I really think that's what it was. I think Brad thought that he could get him some playing time against LAL since we were going to beat them anyways.

[jpotter33]

Such a bad loss. Inexcusable.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Man, Stevens dropped the ball in this one big time.

[SHAQATTACK]

I could have coached a better game

[Celtics4ever]

Why did Clark did star calls?

[slamtheking]

I could have coached a better game

being out coached by Byron Scott speaks volumes

[LarBrd33]

Lakers would be better this year if they weren't actively tanking to try to keep their top 3 pick.  There's talent on that team.

[SHAQATTACK]

I hope the fans

Boo

The

Celtics

Out of the Garden