Celtics (37-22) at Bulls (15-44) Game #60 2/23/19

[liam]

For all the good he’s done DA screwed up the trade deadline by not finding an actual backup pg.

He has Marcus Smart as a good backup point guard but they want to keep force feeding Rozier minutes.

[jpotter33]

Does anyone have any suggestion as to why we play down to our competition so drastically?

Against elite teams we show up, but against these trash teams we look even worse than them sometimes

We are not a mentally tough team and have chemistry issues is my guess.

We were way more mentally tough last year.  It is crazy, but true.  I think in general we played harder on def last year.  We don't hustle as much and it kills us against bad teams.

Yeah, because we didn't go to the ECF and get a false sense of entitlement the year before. I think given that we had no legitimate shot to win the title that year, long-term that trip to the ECF might've been more detrimental to us than beneficial, as I think there's a direct causal chain between our success last year and our entitled character, inconsistent effort against bad teams, and poor chemistry this year.

[bopna]

How on earth does this team forget to play basketball in the middle quarters is beyond me...17 2nd qtr points and gave up 40plus...WOW

Im sure the third will just be the same and then its too late to even catch up in the 4th

[Kuberski33]

Everyone on this team thinks they're a star. What a frustrating team.

Starts with the lack of defense. Where have Smart & Mook been tonight?

[gouki88]

Man, I usually cut Brad some slack, and have been waiting until the playoffs before judging him.

But for gods sake, at some stage these games have become important. We're going to end up as the 5th seed if we're not careful. No more "it's a meaningless regular season game", because they're not.

Losing faith in him, but trying to tell myself to wait until the playoffs

I didn’t notice Stevens out there playing like garbage.

No, he's just the guy sticking with the lineups that are

[SCeltic34]

For all the good he’s done DA screwed up the trade deadline by not finding an actual backup pg.

All I asked for was a way to move Rozier - for anything, really.  Addition by subtraction.  I was sorely disappointed that it did not happen.

[esel1000]

That quarter lasted an eternity.  Feels like we should be down more than 13 with that pathetic performance.  I hope there's some heated exchanges in the locker room after that one.

Hayward should be running the point 100% of the time with the bench unit. No idea why anyone, Brad included, believe it’s a good idea for Rozier to even pretend he’s a PG.

[droopdog7]

For all the good he’s done DA screwed up the trade deadline by not finding an actual backup pg.

Ive been saying it all year.  Getting rid of rozier would be addition by subtraction.

[Rosco917]

Everyone on this team thinks they're a star. What a frustrating team.

Starts with the lack of defense. Where have Smart & Mook been tonight?

Both have been giving half an effort. Mook hasn't been really effective in a while.

[mctyson]

Everyone on this team thinks they're a star. What a frustrating team.

Starts with the lack of defense. Where have Smart & Mook been tonight?

Defense was awful, but that was not helped by a Rozier streak of shot jacking.

[liam]

Everyone on this team thinks they're a star. What a frustrating team.

Starts with the lack of defense. Where have Smart & Mook been tonight?

Both have been giving half an effort. Mook hasn't been really effective in a while.

Time to change the Starting lineup!

[Kuberski33]

For all the good he’s done DA screwed up the trade deadline by not finding an actual backup pg.

All I asked for was a way to move Rozier - for anything, really.  Addition by subtraction.  I was sorely disappointed that it did not happen.

You don't have to move him - just bench him. Coach needs to have the stones to do it.

[mctyson]

That quarter lasted an eternity.  Feels like we should be down more than 13 with that pathetic performance.  I hope there's some heated exchanges in the locker room after that one.

Hayward should be running the point 100% of the time with the bench unit. No idea why anyone, Brad included, believe it’s a good idea for Rozier to even pretend he’s a PG.

My guess is that Steves knows Hayward is not completely ready for that, else he would do that. 

[apc]

Rebounds 29:13 !!!!!!! Are you kidding me!

[Rosco917]

Wanamaker should take Roziers minutes. Danny thinks he's gonna get something from someone for Rozier and keeps showcasing him.