Hawks (2-1) at Celtics (1-2) Round 1 Game 4 4/24/16

[Ilikesports17]

Milsap 35 and 15

Who s gonna put the brakes on him?

IDK probably the same people that have shut him down for the first three games.

[alldaboston]

Kelly will play

[alldaboston]

Kelly will play

Tbh not sure how effective and helpful he will be. He wasn't that good in the first 2 but hope his shooting and spacing can be helpful

[jpotter33]

Kelly will play

Tbh not sure how effective and helpful he will be. He wasn't that good in the first 2 but hope his shooting and spacing can be helpful

He only played in the first game, I believe. But, still, this is big for us. Just his presence on the floor will help stretch out the bigs from the middle of the lane. Excellent news! Kudos to him for sucking it up and playing tonight!

EDIT: Brad did say though that there's no guarantee he gets right back in the rotation with being out for awhile. He also hinted that the non-Amir bigs will most likely only see minimal minutes the rest of this series. I'm guessing Sully doesn't play much from here on out.

[Ilikesports17]

Interesting. He seems like a guy who needs to be in rhythm to help the team, and he really doesnt have time to get back into rhythm.

[Ilikesports17]

Kelly will play

Tbh not sure how effective and helpful he will be. He wasn't that good in the first 2 but hope his shooting and spacing can be helpful

He only played in the first game, I believe. But, still, this is big for us. Just his presence on the floor will help stretch out the bigs from the middle of the lane. Excellent news! Kudos to him for sucking it up and playing tonight!

EDIT: Brad did say though that there's no guarantee he gets right back in the rotation with being out for awhile. He also hinted that the non-Amir bigs will most likely only see minimal minutes the rest of this series. I'm guessing Sully doesn't play much from here on out.

this line is interesting to me.

When I saw he was missing time for the shoulder thing from weeks back, my initial reaction was are you kidding? he must be so soft. Now he is back. My question is, how much pain is this guy playing through. Maybe hes toughing it out and hes gonna be well below 100% or maybe he was being soft, but now he is completely right and he will be 100% out there?

probably somewhere in betwee. Hopefully he can come in and make some shots.

[The Oracle]

+/- for rotation players during the regular season against Atlanta.

Bradley -36
Turner   -26
Jerebko -23
Crowder -22
Sully      -14
Thomas  -13
Zeller     -9
Smart     -7
Johnson  -6
Olynyk    +1

[GreenWarrior]

like I've been saying, everyone here that likes to throw stats at me tells me KO's defensive rating is really high. so he should be in there even if his shooting is off.

 

[Celtics4ever]

LET"S GO CELTICS!

What a night for TV, Celtics playoffs and GoT!

[The Oracle]

like I've been saying, everyone here that likes to throw stats at me tells me KO's defensive rating is really high. so he should be in there even if his shooting is off.

 

It's tough to defend as a big in the NBA with a bum shoulder.  His defensive numbers have been down ever since originally coming back in mid March.  Still lead the team for the year with a 97.7 Def. Rat., but 102.2 since returning March 16th during which the team was 104.3.

[hpantazo]

Any updates on Bradley? I imagine he's out tonight, but any chance of seeing him in game 6 or 7 if this series gets there?

[SHAQATTACK]

Any updates on Bradley? I imagine he's out tonight, but any chance of seeing him in game 6 or 7 if this series gets there?

I bet he's done for the year , unless the Celtics advance .

[alldaboston]

Interesting, per Sherrod:

Among those at the TD Garden tonight ... #NETS GM Sean Marks+ Rondae Hollis Jefferson and Thaddeus Young. #celticstalk

[makaveli]

i'm betting that crowder shows up big time today alongside the usual suspect IT

[GreenWarrior]

Interesting, per Sherrod:

Among those at the TD Garden tonight ... #NETS GM Sean Marks+ Rondae Hollis Jefferson and Thaddeus Young. #celticstalk

interesting. but not as interesting as KD would be. seriously we need top tier talent, major upgrades. those 2 guys don't make us much better...it'd be a sideways move.