Celtics (19-17) at Grizzlies (20-18) Game #37 1/10/16

[Chief]

I cant blame stevens.  He has a squad of role players and no starters.  Give him 3 legit starters and see what he can do.

So that excuses playing Lee and Turner for extended minutes?

[hwangjini_1]

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Up 21 in the 2nd half. The Stevens inserts Turner and Lee for a long time. Both made bonehead after bonehead plays. Memphis got the momentum and came back and won.

so....basically life sucks? 

[hwangjini_1]

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Nope, nobody deserves to have to go through that again! 

But, seriously, we played a nearly perfect first quarter. We went up by 21 and kept a big lead through halftime. After halftime, Brad got weird with his rotations again leaving bench players that were under-performing in there too long, especially Lee who was 2-12 and just awful. They dominated us on the boards and eventually took the lead and won it.

so...basically, tomorrow cb will be filled with "FIRE CBS" threads? 

[Chief]

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Up 21 in the 2nd half. The Stevens inserts Turner and Lee for a long time. Both made bonehead after bonehead plays. Memphis got the momentum and came back and won.

so....basically life sucks? 

It was torture.

[jpotter33]

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2016/01/marcus_smart_apologizes_for_la.html

Interesting read. Thomas, again, lobbies for getting into the fourth quarter earlier. How many times do players have to publicly question the rotation for Stevens to respond?

[hwangjini_1]

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2016/01/marcus_smart_apologizes_for_la.html

Interesting read. Thomas, again, lobbies for getting into the fourth quarter earlier. How many times do players have to publicly question the rotation for Stevens to respond?

5? 7? 42? 

[KeepRondo]

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2016/01/marcus_smart_apologizes_for_la.html

Interesting read. Thomas, again, lobbies for getting into the fourth quarter earlier. How many times do players have to publicly question the rotation for Stevens to respond?

Good read. Jay King does a nice job.

[Beat LA]

Like, omg - having just checked the box score, AB got to the line 6 times?  Awesome!  I'm trying, here, people, but there's not much to work with .

[Beat LA]

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Nope, nobody deserves to have to go through that again! 

But, seriously, we played a nearly perfect first quarter. We went up by 21 and kept a big lead through halftime. After halftime, Brad got weird with his rotations again leaving bench players that were under-performing in there too long, especially Lee who was 2-12 and just awful. They dominated us on the boards and eventually took the lead and won it.

so...basically, tomorrow cb will be filled with "FIRE CBS" threads? 

Well, idk about you, but I cannot wait for the replay.  Seriously.  No sarcasm.  This should be hilarious .

[chambers]

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Don't have time for a break down but this sums it up Hwang:

[kozlodoev]

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Nope, nobody deserves to have to go through that again! 

But, seriously, we played a nearly perfect first quarter. We went up by 21 and kept a big lead through halftime. After halftime, Brad got weird with his rotations again leaving bench players that were under-performing in there too long, especially Lee who was 2-12 and just awful. They dominated us on the boards and eventually took the lead and won it.

I usually don't mind that Lee is awful (he often is), but he becomes a problem when he tries to assert his awfulness as a large part of our offense. He sure did today, it was hard to watch. Zeller, at his worst, would have been better.

[Ilikesports17]

Like, omg - having just checked the box score, AB got to the line 6 times?  Awesome!  I'm trying, here, people, but there's not much to work with .

Amir did pretty well.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

I just saw the game.

Inhave defended David Lee on these forums, but I have to say, I'm done doing it. He absolutely killed us tonight.

[Beat LA]

Like, omg - having just checked the box score, AB got to the line 6 times?  Awesome!  I'm trying, here, people, but there's not much to work with .

Amir did pretty well.

All right, well, that's something, I guess . Still grasping at straws, though.

[Beat LA]

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Nope, nobody deserves to have to go through that again! 

But, seriously, we played a nearly perfect first quarter. We went up by 21 and kept a big lead through halftime. After halftime, Brad got weird with his rotations again leaving bench players that were under-performing in there too long, especially Lee who was 2-12 and just awful. They dominated us on the boards and eventually took the lead and won it.

I usually don't mind that Lee is awful (he often is), but he becomes a problem when he tries to assert his awfulness as a large part of our offense. He sure did today, it was hard to watch. Zeller, at his worst, would have been better.

Having not yet seen the game, I'll have to take your word for it on Lee, as apparently 2/12 doesn't show nearly how bad he really was, but Zeller, really?  Please, god, no.  Just no.  There are plenty of better players in the d-league, and I'm not just talking about Jordan Mickey.