Bucks (38-36) at Celtics (48-26) Game #75 3/29/17

[slamtheking]

team coasted early on and it bit them in the butt.  on top of that:
Crowder: 4-12
Smart: 4-15 (although some were end of clock/quarter heaves)
AB: 5-14. 
Can't have that many players taking double-digit shots laying bricks.

Also:
Brown: 13 minutes --  -21
KO: 7 minutes --  -16
Young: 5 minues --  -12
that group of players killed us on the court in a very short amount of time. 

[SHAQATTACK]

Shortest lived 1st seed in history ....LOL

[MBunge]

This team's demise will be the fact that they tend to think they are better than they really are.

That, and a lack of players being kept in their proper roles.  Smart was 1-7 from three and, yeah, Bradley and Crowder sucked from three as well but that's just a bad night.  Smart is just a bad three point shooter.  If he's shooting 7 threes it means he and the rest of the team are not playing the right way on offense.

And, of course, letting a team shoot 52% from the field will also usually get you beat.

Mike

[jpotter33]

Absolutely terrible loss. This is what they get for being effing entitled and not coming out to play at the beginning.

In a lot of ways, I'm just ready to be done with this season. This team is so infuriating. Other than a select few players, they think they're much better than what they are, and every single time they lose that chip on their shoulder, they play terribly.

Just a terrible, terrible loss and really shows where this team is at. It's not the best team in the East, not when it can't even put together 48 straight minutes of hard work, intensity, and solid play 7 games before the playoffs.

Jeeze, i hope you dont live near any cliffs. We lost a tough game to a playoff team. Can you name a team that has played intense for 48 straight minutes? It doesnt happen. Guys miss shots and have lapses defnsively.

Um, Milwaukee just did tonight. Miami does every game. That's why those teams are so successful right now. It literally happens all of the time.

I keep hearing this same excuse, but did people not watch us the last two years? We don't play with half of the intensity that we did in the past two years, and it leads to terrible losses like this.

I mean, this is literally the exact thing that Brad has been harping on for like the last month. Hell, even tonight Scal was talking about one of Brad's huddles saying this. Saying, "They're good. We're actually going to have to play and hustle with intensity to win this game." And we didn't until it was too late, which cost us another critical game down the stretch.

[SHAQATTACK]

team coasted early on and it bit them in the butt.  on top of that:
Crowder: 4-12
Smart: 4-15 (although some were end of clock/quarter heaves)
AB: 5-14. 
Can't have that many players taking double-digit shots laying bricks.

Also:
Brown: 13 minutes --  -21
KO: 7 minutes --  -16
Young: 5 minues --  -12
that group of players killed us on the court in a very short amount of time.

Good lord ......looking at these stats ......you'd think we lost by 25 points not 3

[Smokeeye123]

The wizards face the clippers, jazz, and warriors the next 3 games so the loss isnt a big deal in regards to the 2 seed. All we gotta do is beat the magic and knicks and we can play for first place against the cavs.

[Denis998]

Smart shot 18% from 3 in the month of March 11/60

[jambr380]

Disappointing loss, but as others have mentioned, we aren't your typical 1-seed. In fact, if we do end the season with the best record in the EC, we might be the worse (or most flawed) 1-seed of all time. This is a great bunch of players who have an incredible cohesiveness, but the top-level talent just isn't there.

I recommend just sitting back and watching what this team can do. We should absolutely make it to the 2nd round and have a great chance at knocking off Washington, but it would be unfair to expect anything more out of this current group.

[Smitty77]

What will Brad draw up?

I'm betting on IT as a decoy and Smart or AB taking the shot (probably AB after a screen by Al)

If Smart takes the final shot, Stevens should be fired on the spot.

I had a bad stream, but was Bradley not wide open for a corner 3?

Broken play, Giannis got his long arms on the inbound pass, deflected it, there was a bit of a scramble, and Smart ended up with it with chance at a heave from well beyond the line. He did try to get fouled on the shot, which threw him off. But it was very unlikely to go in no matter what.

I re-wound it and he had PLENTY of time to hit a WIDE OPEN Avery in the corner for a tying three!!!  How did he NOT see him???  Hero ball?

Smitty77

[CelticSooner]

Absolutely terrible loss. This is what they get for being effing entitled and not coming out to play at the beginning.

In a lot of ways, I'm just ready to be done with this season. This team is so infuriating. Other than a select few players, they think they're much better than what they are, and every single time they lose that chip on their shoulder, they play terribly.

Just a terrible, terrible loss and really shows where this team is at. It's not the best team in the East, not when it can't even put together 48 straight minutes of hard work, intensity, and solid play 7 games before the playoffs.

Jeeze, i hope you dont live near any cliffs. We lost a tough game to a playoff team. Can you name a team that has played intense for 48 straight minutes? It doesnt happen. Guys miss shots and have lapses defnsively.

Um, Milwaukee just did tonight. Miami does every game. That's why those teams are so successful right now. It literally happens all of the time.

I keep hearing this same excuse, but did people not watch us the last two years? We don't play with half of the intensity that we did in the past two years, and it leads to terrible losses like this.

I mean, this is literally the exact thing that Brad has been harping on for like the last month. Hell, even tonight Scal was talking about one of Brad's huddles saying this. Saying, "They're good. We're actually going to have to play and hustle with intensity to win this game." And we didn't until it was too late, which cost us another critical game down the stretch.

CBS feels this team isn't maximizing themselves. I agree and felt that way all season. They rarely put together a full game of good tough basketball.

[SparzWizard]

Chicago Bulls are going to get rolled over tomorrow by LeBron James.

That was a nice moment to have for the #1 seed while it lasted.

[Kuberski33]

team coasted early on and it bit them in the butt.  on top of that:
Crowder: 4-12
Smart: 4-15 (although some were end of clock/quarter heaves)
AB: 5-14. 
Can't have that many players taking double-digit shots laying bricks.

Also:
Brown: 13 minutes --  -21
KO: 7 minutes --  -16
Young: 5 minues --  -12
that group of players killed us on the court in a very short amount of time.

Good lord ......looking at these stats ......you'd think we lost by 25 points not 3

IT, Horford, Johnson and Crowder have been playing really well.  If you look at the past few games they get in trouble when the bench doesn't produce.  Olynyk has been terrible for a few games now, Rozier has struggled, Brown has for the most part hit a wall, and Jerebko looks like he's fallen out of favor.

[Smitty77]

Chicago Bulls are going to get rolled over tomorrow by LeBron James.

That was a nice moment to have for the #1 seed while it lasted.

Switching to the Bulls.  Yes, they likely lose at home to the Cavs, but I PREDICT that they win 5 games and sneak in over the Pacers via the better conference record tiebreaker!!!!

You heard it here first.

Smitty77

[Rosco917]

A loss that exposes this Celtic team. Other than Thomas, the shooting percentages were terrible.

Kelly was MIA, Green got zero minutes, Marcus went 3 for 15. Add in Crowder and AB being less than mediocre, and you can see why they lost.

Rookie guard on the Bucks had a nice fourth quarter. 

[Banner18now!]

Smart shot 18% from 3 in the month of March 11/60

Smart is a very good role player that plays great defense and has a knack for making certain plays at certain times. He will never be a very good offensive player let alone a great one. His ceiling is a Bruce Bowen San Antonio years. Great defender who developed a good 3 point shot. That's what I see Smart as at some point. He's an atrocious shooter currently so he even has some work to do to get to Bruce Bowen level.