Knicks (18-24) at Celtics (26-15) Game #42 1/17/17

[mr. dee]

IT carrying this team.

He's definitely becoming one of the elites in this league.

[Chief]

Rozier can't play point by himself. Combine him with Gerald Green and Jaylen Brown and the collective basketball I.Q. is probably as low as this team can manage.

When Bradley doesn't play, Brad's been good about making sure Smart or Isaiah are on the floor. Until tonight.

I'm about ready for Demetrius Jackson to be given Rozier's minutes.  In the meanwhile, I don't expect Rozier out there without some adults in the second half.

You'd think, but Brad tends to surprise us lately with these types of decisions.

I'm not quite sure why you're complaining (or sounding pessimistic at a minimum) about recent coaching decisions when we've won 13 out of 16.

No player or coach is above criticism.

Having said that, we all think CBS is a great regular season coach.

[jpotter33]

Rozier can't play point by himself. Combine him with Gerald Green and Jaylen Brown and the collective basketball I.Q. is probably as low as this team can manage.

When Bradley doesn't play, Brad's been good about making sure Smart or Isaiah are on the floor. Until tonight.

I'm about ready for Demetrius Jackson to be given Rozier's minutes.  In the meanwhile, I don't expect Rozier out there without some adults in the second half.

You'd think, but Brad tends to surprise us lately with these types of decisions.

I'm not quite sure why you're complaining (or sounding pessimistic at a minimum) about recent coaching decisions when we've won 13 out of 16.

Just because we're winning doesn't mean everything has been perfect. We're beating teams that we should beat. We've still been awful defensively, and Brad still makes questionable rotation decisions.

Do you seriously think this type of basketball that we've been playing during this streak will work for us in the playoffs when the game slows down and teams actually have to play defense and rebound the ball?

[SHAQATTACK]

Defense

[TrueFan]

Rozier can't play point by himself. Combine him with Gerald Green and Jaylen Brown and the collective basketball I.Q. is probably as low as this team can manage.

When Bradley doesn't play, Brad's been good about making sure Smart or Isaiah are on the floor. Until tonight.

I'm about ready for Demetrius Jackson to be given Rozier's minutes.  In the meanwhile, I don't expect Rozier out there without some adults in the second half.

You'd think, but Brad tends to surprise us lately with these types of decisions.

I'm not quite sure why you're complaining (or sounding pessimistic at a minimum) about recent coaching decisions when we've won 13 out of 16.

Just because we're winning doesn't mean everything has been perfect. We've still been awful defensively, and Brad still makes questionable rotation decisions.

Do you seriously think this type of basketball that we've been playing during this streak will work for us in the playoffs when the game slows down and teams actually have to play defense and rebound the ball?

defpends on the opponent. Against the Cavs it won't matter. Against other teams our offense will be able to operate easier.

[max215]

Tonight on "Random Scrubs Who Destroy the Celtics:" Mindaugus Kuzminskus.

[Chief]

If Marcus is on somebody,  no need to worry about helping.

[SHAQATTACK]

Adams family

[liam]

Tonight on "Random Scrubs Who Destroy the Celtics:" Mindaugus Kuzminskus.

TP

[max215]

I love that IT is chasing misses when his defender gets lazy.

[Chief]

Adams family

Definitely a Munster

[2short]

Horford is so heady out there

[Phantom255x]

IT looks set to get 50+ again tonight.

[jpotter33]

2016-2017 Celtics - we currently have more assists (22) than rebounds (21). That's both pretty awesome and pretty sad.

[saltlover]

Rozier can't play point by himself. Combine him with Gerald Green and Jaylen Brown and the collective basketball I.Q. is probably as low as this team can manage.

When Bradley doesn't play, Brad's been good about making sure Smart or Isaiah are on the floor. Until tonight.

I'm about ready for Demetrius Jackson to be given Rozier's minutes.  In the meanwhile, I don't expect Rozier out there without some adults in the second half.

You'd think, but Brad tends to surprise us lately with these types of decisions.

I'm not quite sure why you're complaining (or sounding pessimistic at a minimum) about recent coaching decisions when we've won 13 out of 16.

Just because we're winning doesn't mean everything has been perfect. We've still been awful defensively, and Brad still makes questionable rotation decisions.

Do you seriously think this type of basketball that we've been playing during this streak will work for us in the playoffs when the game slows down and teams actually have to play defense and rebound the ball?

I think Brad has a lot more reasons for his rotation decisions than "win every game by 15-20".  If they're winning, I really don't care what his rotations are.  The number of lineup combinations that are possible are literally in the hundreds of thousands for a 15-man roster.  He can't see them all, but if he wants to go into the playoffs having seen a lot of them, so be it. 

EDIT: Thousands.  Stupid permutations vs. combinations.