Celtics (2-1) at Bucks (1-2) Game #4 4/22/18

[bopna]

Nice 6-0 run.  We still have a pulse.

We need a defibrillator to wake this team up.

[BitterJim]

Yes, Ed Maloy, clearly Tatum had NO CONTACT at all for a foul there.

I'm sure you would've made the exact same call if Giannis or Middleton did the same thing on the other end. 

It's like there are two games being played, one where the refs are letting everything go and another where they're calling everything. It's ridiculous.

[pokeKingCurtis]

Just attack Bledsoe.

[SCeltic34]

I'd rather just have Brown or Tatum handle the ball, that or play through Horford in the post.  Rozier's PnR play is so subpar that he doesn't warrant the reps that he gets.  Ends up overdribbling and getting nothing for it.

[TheisTheisBaby]

Yes, Ed Maloy, clearly Tatum had NO CONTACT at all for a foul there.

I'm sure you would've made the exact same call if Giannis or Middleton did the same thing on the other end. 

"MY MAN!!"  (Denzel voice)

[celticinorlando]

Rozier is just too inconsistent for my liking.

[jpotter33]

Bucks win a close one in game five

Close it out in game six

Boston looks like they have nothing left to give

I still think Boston in 7. This has the 2017 Eastern Conference Semifinals written all over it where the home team wins every game. Without Kyrie and Hayward (and Smart), these two teams are so evenly matched that home court plays a major role in the game, especially with us given that our role players (who make up the vast majority of the team now) play so much better at home than on the road. Also, don't forget that we'll most likely be getting Smart back either on Tuesday or Thursday, too, so that should significantly help with the guard rotations, which is currently killing us.

[Beat LA]

I'm so over Brad spreading minutes to the Bench.  Play the starters so we can have a rhythm.  Every time you put in a bench player you lose all that momentum. Especially since the Bucks bench has some semblance of skill.

BTW what did you the team focus on for the last 36 hours?  because I'm not sure they learned a [dang] thing.  In that mic'd up segment, between the always irritating babble of Hubie "the knowledgeable basketball analyst" Brown, Stevens said they started letting the ball stick with too many isolations.  This is the most fundamental part of team basketball they just don't understand.  Pass the ball before the defense can reset itself, you do that enough and the defense is out of position.  Combine it with movement and you should get easy shots. 

But no! The Celtics aren't going to do that because they believe they know what's best when in reality they've lost touch with their responsibilities because they've made a couple big shot.

I prefer to go with Hubie Brown-Noser .

[JHTruth]

Morris and Rozier..holy cow are they bad.

Scary Terry indeed. For Cs fans

[droopdog7]

Without Brown this would be 30 pt lead.

Al is a NO SHOW ON OFFENSE.

IM STARTING TO BELIEVE THIS MIGHT BE BUCKS IN 6.

Bucks are able to play us well in our homecourt while they are just blowing us out in theirs.

Al is not the person to blame. He's been the best and most consistent player for us this series. Tatum, Rozier, and Morris are the ones to blame who have failed to show up today and last game.

Tatum's still a rookie so I'm not as hard on him.  Rozier and Morris, not so much.  Larkin has been just awful

Rozier and Morris are bench players.  You should blame them either.  It’s not their fault they aren’t stars.

Even bench players should be better than 1-7 and 2-8 with terrible decision-making and porous defense.

No, not really.  This is what happens when you ask a guy to do more than he’s capable of doing.  Inconsistent, bad results.  Bench guys thrive when the attention is on the stars.

It's not asking too much of Rozier to make his wide open threes. Pathetic from him.

The same goes for Morris, too, along with both of them playing smart and to discontinue the atrocious decision-making.

Too simplified.  First, Rozier is an up and down shooter.  So can’t be surprised that he’s not able to do that sometimes.  Second, there is a whole lot more on him than just getting wide open threes.  He doesn’t have the ability to be good, or even average as a starter in a playoff series.

[BitterJim]

I'd rather just have Brown or Tatum handle the ball, that or play through Horford in the post.  Rozier's PnR play is so subpar that he doesn't warrant the reps that he gets.  Ends up overdribbling and getting nothing for it.

I agree. He should be acting as a great change-of-pace option, not our bread and butter

[bopna]

Bucks win a close one in game five

Close it out in game six

Boston looks like they have nothing left to give

This is my thought as well.
They have discovered Parker and Maker who I think will contribute well in game 5

[jpotter33]

We have a pulse! Nice D and nice finish by Brown!

[Chief]

Bucks win a close one in game five

Close it out in game six

Boston looks like they have nothing left to give

I still think Boston in 7. This has the 2017 Eastern Conference Semifinals written all over it where the home team wins every game. Without Kyrie and Hayward (and Smart), these two teams are so evenly matched that home court plays a major role in the game, especially with us given that our role players (who make up the vast majority of the team now) play so much better at home than on the road. Also, don't forget that we'll most likely be getting Smart back either on Tuesday or Thursday, too, so that should significantly help with the guard rotations, which is currently killing us.

This team will play different in Boston.

[Beat LA]

Yes, Ed Maloy, clearly Tatum had NO CONTACT at all for a foul there.

I'm sure you would've made the exact same call if Giannis or Middleton did the same thing on the other end. 

It's like there are two games being played, one where the refs are letting everything go and another where they're calling everything. It's ridiculous.

Guys, it has nothing to do with the officials. The Celtics simply aren't very intelligent.