Rockets (37-25) at Celtics (38-25) Game #64 3/3/19

[CelticsElite]

To be fair, harden is having a historic season

[NKY fan]

Tatum aiming for a rare feat - trying to go from untouchable to untradeable in a month 🤦‍♂️

[gouki88]

If Brad is such a genius and Kyrie is a 1A superstar then why does this team continue to take bad shots and have  empty possessions consistently?

Pretty sure that rests almost entirely on the coaches shoulders.

Brad seems to have completely lost this team

[CF033]

If you ignore everything that happened prior to this season, a team of Kyrie Irving and role players barely winning 50 games makes a lot of sense.

Take Kyrie out of the mix and I bet our record really isn't that different.

We'd likely be a lot closer to .500

Guys who average 24/7/5 don't grow on trees

Highly doubtful, we play much better as a team when he's out IMO. Stat cramming doesn't equal wins. He's not a great team player.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Well, this is going about as I expected.

Good news, though: Cs won't have to face any Western team in the playoffs unless they make it to the Finals. They also won't have to face any of the crap teams that give them so much trouble.

That said, this still sucks.

But I'm not gonna blame Kyrie, who seems to get blamed no matter what he does or doesn't do. It's not his fault the rest of the team is 0-for-12 on threes and 37% overall.

[Neurotic Guy]

On the plus side, Clips winning in NY, and a Houston win today puts the C’s behind the Rockets in draft order.  If Sac can come through with a few losses with Bagley out, Celtics could be looking at 13, 18 and 21 - or so, with Memphis rolling over. 

Ok - not much of a silver lining.

[Banner18now!]

nwver thought id say it but I miss IT4

Why wouldn’t you? Loved being a Celtic and left everything on the court. Carried this team on his back plenty of nights unlike some other drama queen we know.

[Tr1boy]

If Brad is such a genius and Kyrie is a 1A superstar then why does this team continue to take bad shots and have  empty possessions consistently?

because they don't like/respect each other

-Morris takes ill advised shots

-Smart blames Brown, when takes bad shots

-Irving plays uninspired defense and just tries to do everything on offense on his own

- CBS ... all he says is we have to get "better".  I have to do better, yet seems like does nothing

- Ainge just protects everybody instead of being "truthful"

[Phantom255x]

It's sad to say, but I don't even know if I want to tune into this 2nd half. If this team's checked out, then why should I bother...

[PAOBoston]

Well, this is going about as I expected.

Good news, though: Cs won't have to face any Western team in the playoffs unless they make it to the Finals. They also won't have to face any of the crap teams that give them so much trouble.

That said, this still sucks.

But I'm not gonna blame Kyrie, who seems to get blamed no matter what he does or doesn't do. It's not his fault the rest of the team is 0-for-12 on threes and 37% overall.

This team is going to get truck sticked in the first round. They have been tough to watch all year. They need some sort of shake up desperately whether that’s a trade or a new coach. Stevens is just not resonating with this group of players right now.

[Tr1boy]

Even Sacramento Kings are playing better than the Celtics

its sad

[Kuberski33]

nwver thought id say it but I miss IT4

Why wouldn’t you? Loved being a Celtic and left everything on the court. Carried this team on his back plenty of nights unlike some other drama queen we know.

I think there's going to be an opportunity this off season to bring him back when Kyrie signs elsewhere.

[Vox_Populi]

Do these guys have pride?

[gouki88]

If you ignore everything that happened prior to this season, a team of Kyrie Irving and role players barely winning 50 games makes a lot of sense.

Take Kyrie out of the mix and I bet our record really isn't that different.

We'd likely be a lot closer to .500

Guys who average 24/7/5 don't grow on trees

Highly doubtful, we play much better as a team when he's out IMO. Stat cramming doesn't equal wins. He's not a great team player.

No we don't. No statistic indicates we do. Our point differential is worse when he doesn't play.

[Phantom255x]

Sad, but true. In our last 106 3-point attempts... we've made just 22 (21% rate). YIKES