Celtics (40-23) at Clippers (37-25) Game #64 3/6/17

[SHAQATTACK]

Marcus is turning into a beast when he posts up

He and Jaylen should live there.

With their son Kelly ...

[BitterJim]

Question - are we a better defensive team without Horford?  There was an article I read today that was positing this.

I mean, having a 2/3/4/5 of AB, Jaylen, Jae, and Amir might make a bit more sense defensively than having Al at the 4. Sure, we're small and that hurts, but it's not like Al's presence would've helped that much on the boards anyways.

No, we are not.  Al in that lineup instead of Amir is superior.

Agreed. The problem isnt Al, it's that Amir and Al are a bad combo

Al and Amir are +7.7 per 100 possessions when on the court.  No player has a better net rating when paired with Horford.  There might be some noise in there, of course, but the data doesn't show that they are a bad combo.

What are the offensive and defensive ratings for that combo? They're good offensively, but I think that combo is a source of a lot of our defensive issues

NBA.com actually has it as a +8.0 net rating -- 112.5 to 104.5.  Not a stellar defensive rating, but it's not especially poor either.  Not good at defensive rebounding tho.

104.5 isn't too bad considering that the team's defensive rating is 105.7. A bit odd to see considering that that pairing doesn't pass the eye test for me (although it could have to do with that pairing often playing with other good defenders)

[liam]

Marcus is turning into a beast when he posts up

He and Jaylen should live there.

With their son Kelly ...

Kelly with 7 boards already tonight!

[Chief]

I love when Marcus battles the bigs in the defensive post too.

[liam]

Zeller coming in!

[BitterJim]

If you call Rozier a shooting guard hes actually quite decent. A PG? not so much

I look at him as a Landry Barbosa type player

Barbosa smoother and more fundamentally sound.

No doubt, but Terry I think will be a similar player. Not as good (and never gonna win a 6MOY award like Barbosa did), but I think he can have a similar role and impact

Maybe so. That would be awesome for us.

It'll be awesome for the next team that gives him a chance. He'll never turn into that player here

[SHAQATTACK]

Marcus is turning into a beast when he posts up

He and Jaylen should live there.

With their son Kelly ...

Kelly with 7 boards already tonight!

STUD

[liam]

Worst lob pass ever!

[SHAQATTACK]

I love when Marcus battles the bigs in the defensive post too.

Old old school ....Dennis Johnson

[mr. dee]

LOL, Crowder

[jpotter33]

Smart!!

[RockinRyA]

lol Zeller is not an alley-oop guy. *Kendrick Perkins is not an alley-oop guy*

[BitterJim]

Smart!!

Should have burned more time, though

[max215]

Zeller sucks.

[Chief]

Another Tyler Zeller defensive special.