Celtics (18-15) at Nets (10-23) Game #34 1/4/16

[The Oracle]

  K.O. as a starter in 24 career starts is shooting 52.3FG%, 42.4 3pt.%, and 80.7 from the FT line.

[PhoSita]

Ugh -- IT - Turner - Crowder - Amir - Olynyk

Not an especially inspiring starting lineup.

[jpotter33]

I'm not going to lie, Olynyk guarding Lopez scares me. If he doesn't take advantage of his offensive versatility and hit shots, then he shouldn't stay out there long.

[esel1000]

Olynyk to start for "dinged up" Sullinger (he'll be available off the bench).

Turner to start for Bradley.

-Forsberg

Finally we might get some offense from a big.

Keyword: "might"

Lopez with a career night in the first quarter? KO has been trash on defense lately

I don't envision Olynyk guarding him, but Amir.

So Young then... Watching KO get bullied by Bass and Randle is still haunting me. I'll happily eat crow if he plays a strong defensive game

[BudweiserCeltic]

I'm not going to lie, Olynyk guarding Lopez scares me. If he doesn't take advantage of his offensive versatility and hit shots, then he shouldn't stay out there long.

He'll be guarding Young, which should scare just as much.

[KeepRondo]

There's been no flow to our O lately

[PhoSita]

Very few guys in the league regularly make use of that free thrown line pull-up.  That's Turner's shot.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Defense so far not inspiring any confidence.

[Who]

Can Shane Larkin play Isaiah Thomas even tonight?

Larkin usually struggles against length but should fare better against a fellow runt.

[esel1000]

Defense so far not inspiring any confidence.

Washed up Johnson has been killing it against us

[PhoSita]

There's been no flow to our O lately

Generally speaking I've noticed a lot of probing of the defense, waiting for them to collapse and create an opening, but teams don't really respect our shooters so we end up settling for a lot of set shots on the perimeter.

[jpotter33]

I'm not going to lie, Olynyk guarding Lopez scares me. If he doesn't take advantage of his offensive versatility and hit shots, then he shouldn't stay out there long.

He'll be guarding Young, which should scare just as much.

Yeah, not much better for sure.

[PhoSita]

Defense so far not inspiring any confidence.

Washed up Johnson has been killing it against us

In general guys with skill and size can have success against the Celts.  We play a lot of guys who are scrappy, but undersized.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Not sure why Lopez took that shot, but I'll take it.

[PhoSita]

I liked that bump to create space by Isaiah on Larkin in the fast break.  He didn't make the layup, but that's the sort of subtle touch that Isaiah has in his game in spades.