Celtics (33-19) at Blazers (23-30) Game #53 2/9/17

[alewilliam789]

Omg if they would have given that to Lillard. I thought they weren't even going to call a foul

[Ilikesports17]

Smart is our Julian Edelman.

[RockinRyA]

Amazing stretch plays for Marcus.

[liam]

Lillard whines like he's won something!

[tarheelsxxiii]

When Jaylen starts finishing these plays, he's going to be dangerous.  Man, with he + Smart + BKN 17, we have a bright, not-so-distant future of young talent. 

[jpotter33]

Alright - riddle me this:

This energy and fire that we've played with since about two minutes left in the first half is what we played with ALL of last year. It has been what has sparked this run to this lead, causing them 14 turnovers, mostly forced.

Why do we not play like this ALL of the time this year? Is it simply because we AREN'T putting the energy into it?

The idea that we played balls to the wall %100 of the time is revisionist history.

Not 100% of the time, sure, because no team can really do that. But it was a much, much, much greater percentage of the time than we are this year. We had that defensive intensity and fire that made us play so much higher than our collective skillset, but that's largely gone this year except for brief stretches.

[YoungOne87]

Alright - riddle me this:

This energy and fire that we've played with since about two minutes left in the first half is what we played with ALL of last year. It has been what has sparked this run to this lead, causing them 14 turnovers, mostly forced.

Why do we not play like this ALL of the time this year? Is it simply because we AREN'T putting the energy into it?

cause there are freaking 82 games

[liam]

Omg if they would have given that to Lillard. I thought they weren't even going to call a foul

Jaylen gets fouled a lot. He's been to the line more than IT tonight and he's a rookie. He could've been at least 3 more times if he got calls.

[max215]

Really solid win. SEGABABA, West coast, no AB or Jae, and a team that can really take advantage of the absence of AB and Jae.

[Ogaju]

IT GOES COAST TO COAST

[trickybilly]

Night everyone. Standard win really. Marcus tremendous, IT normal, but Jaylen was a nice surprise.

[Surferdad]

Amazing stretch plays for Marcus.

This is why Green had to come out of the game.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Can we please not trade Marcus Smart?

Dude just makes winning plays.

[jpotter33]

One of our better wins this season given the circumstances with the injuries/missing players, back to back after a poor showing last night, and right before the All Star Break when our guys need a break.

And we did it with our defense. Celtics basketball.

[trickybilly]

Also, Clench, I assume you have woken and are reading this: you suck!!!!!!!