Celtics (5-4) at Pelicans (1-9) Game #10 11/14/16

[fantankerous]

Ultimately this game doesn't matter.  What's important is that we saw some decent individual performances.   I still don't sweat games we lose without our best player (Horford) and best two-way player (Crowder). 

But sure would like to see a Bradley game winner here or something.

Of course this game matters.  Missing Crowder and Horford isn't a great excuse, since the Pelicans are missing key players too.  Can't afford to drop to a 1-9 team when you want home court advantage in the playoffs.

This game matters in the long run because injuries are how you find out if players like Rozier and Mickey deserve more playing time or if Ainge should be looking for veterans to bolster the playoff roster.  The Celtics were almost too healthy for too much of last season.

This.

[LarBrd33]

Ultimately this game doesn't matter.  What's important is that we saw some decent individual performances.   I still don't sweat games we lose without our best player (Horford) and best two-way player (Crowder). 

But sure would like to see a Bradley game winner here or something.

Of course this game matters.  Missing Crowder and Horford isn't a great excuse, since the Pelicans are missing key players too.  Can't afford to drop to a 1-9 team when you want home court advantage in the playoffs.

This game matters in the long run because injuries are how you find out if players like Rozier and Mickey deserve more playing time or if Ainge should be looking for veterans to bolster the playoff roster.  The Celtics were almost too healthy for too much of last season.

The game matters. Losing the game doesn't matter.   Yeah, I get "every game counts" and home court and blah blah and all of that.   We're missing two of our key players and it's only the 10th game of the season.  It's whatever.  We're fine.  And if Horford/Crowder aren't healthy in the playoffs, we aren't going to be fine.   It matters from a developmental standpoint... getting looks at players and all of that.  But us losing this one ultimately doesn't matter.   

[LilRip]

Oh Kelly, when will you stop fouling? 

[Ilikesports17]

Ultimately this game doesn't matter.

Every game matters when you're a contender but not a dominant team.

I don't think we're a contender.  a playoff team, not a contender

Agreed.  Team is fodder for Warriors/Cavs of the world regardless, but we should win 55+ when all is said and done.  I don't care about us losing a close game this early in the season.  We're going to be really good this year.  And there's still the wildcard of a potential mid-season blockbuster shifting dynamics.

barring a blockbuster trade I dont think anyone is under the delusion that we can really competer with GS & Cle. However, I still think team success is important. I mean a 48 win team  that is the 5 seed and loses in the first or second round because either they ran into the Cavs too early or they got a tough matchup+no homecourt in the first round looks a lot different than a team that wins over 50 and falls in the ECF because they were able to get an easy round 1 matchup and maybe kept hc to squeeze into the ECF.

Its not a huge deal, but the fact that we arent quite contenders makes these games more important. If you are cleveland, who cares? you just want to peak at the right time. Same with GS and San Antonio. For teams like us and Toronto playoff success can really be affected by some dumb losses.

[TrueFan]

Ultimately this game doesn't matter.  What's important is that we saw some decent individual performances.   I still don't sweat games we lose without our best player (Horford) and best two-way player (Crowder). 

But sure would like to see a Bradley game winner here or something.

Of course this game matters.  Missing Crowder and Horford isn't a great excuse, since the Pelicans are missing key players too.  Can't afford to drop to a 1-9 team when you want home court advantage in the playoffs.

This game matters in the long run because injuries are how you find out if players like Rozier and Mickey deserve more playing time or if Ainge should be looking for veterans to bolster the playoff roster.  The Celtics were almost too healthy for too much of last season.

The game matters. Losing the game doesn't matter.   Yeah, I get "every game counts" and home court and blah blah and all of that.   We're missing two of our key players and it's only the 10th game of the season.  It's whatever.  We're fine.  And if Horford/Crowder aren't healthy in the playoffs, we aren't going to be fine.   It matters from a developmental standpoint... getting looks at players and all of that.  But us losing this one ultimately doesn't matter.

I normally would agree with you but this team is missing the grit they had from last year. Pulling this game out would had went a long way to building that back up.

[Denis998]

#thankskelly

[Ilikesports17]

Ultimately this game doesn't matter.  What's important is that we saw some decent individual performances.   I still don't sweat games we lose without our best player (Horford) and best two-way player (Crowder). 

But sure would like to see a Bradley game winner here or something.

Of course this game matters.  Missing Crowder and Horford isn't a great excuse, since the Pelicans are missing key players too.  Can't afford to drop to a 1-9 team when you want home court advantage in the playoffs.

This game matters in the long run because injuries are how you find out if players like Rozier and Mickey deserve more playing time or if Ainge should be looking for veterans to bolster the playoff roster.  The Celtics were almost too healthy for too much of last season.

The game matters. Losing the game doesn't matter.   Yeah, I get "every game counts" and home court and blah blah and all of that.   We're missing two of our key players and it's only the 10th game of the season.  It's whatever.  We're fine.  And if Horford/Crowder aren't healthy in the playoffs, we aren't going to be fine.   It matters from a developmental standpoint... getting looks at players and all of that.  But us losing this one ultimately doesn't matter.

losing this game doesnt matter in the same sense that no wins or losses really matter untill you are a true contender.

Outside that. This game mattered.

[kraidstar]

lob for Jaylen!!!

Goid point. Where were the leapers and bigs on last play.

I was wondering the same thing.
Can't catch and shoot with .3 seconds or less, so literally the only way to score is a tip or an early foul. No exceptions due to the NBA rule.

I'd put the bigs and leapers all in the paint together, toss in a soft lob, let someone flick it towards the rim.

If i'm the other team I guard nothing but the paint.

[TrueFan]

lob for Jaylen!!!

Goid point. Where were the leapers and bigs on last play.

I was wondering the same thing.
Can't catch and shoot with .3 seconds or less, so literally the only way to score is a tip or an early foul. No exceptions due to the NBA rule.

I'd put the bigs and leapers all in the paint together, toss in a soft lob, let someone flick it towards the rim.

If i'm the other team I guard nothing but the paint.

Stevens is usually pretty good but his out of timeouts and plays after reviews were not good tonight.

[kraidstar]

The Pelicans are only two wins behind the Nets now.

[max215]

Bad loss, no way around it. However, everyone has bad losses (twice against the Nyets last year). That said, we desperately need Jae and Al back.

[TrueFan]

Brad starting to wear his emotions more then I've ever seen before.

[LarBrd33]

Ultimately this game doesn't matter.  What's important is that we saw some decent individual performances.   I still don't sweat games we lose without our best player (Horford) and best two-way player (Crowder). 

But sure would like to see a Bradley game winner here or something.

Of course this game matters.  Missing Crowder and Horford isn't a great excuse, since the Pelicans are missing key players too.  Can't afford to drop to a 1-9 team when you want home court advantage in the playoffs.

This game matters in the long run because injuries are how you find out if players like Rozier and Mickey deserve more playing time or if Ainge should be looking for veterans to bolster the playoff roster.  The Celtics were almost too healthy for too much of last season.

The game matters. Losing the game doesn't matter.   Yeah, I get "every game counts" and home court and blah blah and all of that.   We're missing two of our key players and it's only the 10th game of the season.  It's whatever.  We're fine.  And if Horford/Crowder aren't healthy in the playoffs, we aren't going to be fine.   It matters from a developmental standpoint... getting looks at players and all of that.  But us losing this one ultimately doesn't matter.

losing this game doesnt matter in the same sense that no wins or losses really matter untill you are a true contender.

Outside that. This game mattered.

It was a solid game.  Pelicans were due.  We knew going into it that playing heavy minutes to three oompa loompa sized players and a 7 footer with T-Rex arms was going to be difficult against Anthony Davis and yet we were only out-rebounded 46-44.... not bad.

[mr. dee]

This lost could be a blessing in disguise because we might actually catch elite teams off guard against us when we are fully healthy.

[walker834]

I wanted them to run a give and go with marcus on that last play where marcus inbounded to amir at the top and marcus slid underneath because they were going to overplay the pass. Instead amir slid inside and they picked off the pass. 

I said that in the thread too. Brad f'd up and didn't have them properly prepared.

It happens and no big deal but if that were Doc Rivers people would have had his head.