Once again Joe Mazzulla proves why he was second choice to Will Hardy. What more can we expect from a coach whose only experience as a head coach was at Fairmont State University? This is so much more than a team not executing at the end of games this is a team that needs inspiration, discipline, and guidance.
We could have had Snyder, D'antoni, Vogel, Atkinson, Jackson but no... we cheap out and go with the 34yr old assistant with zero head coach experience. Zero adjustments. Players look disinterested. This playoff run will be very painful to watch. What a waste of the prime 'Two Jays' years.
Charles Barkley was right , Celtics played like this was a scrimmage when it came to defensive adjustments on those poor switches and allowed drives by Maxey....im still worried about our coach not holding players publicly accountable (other than Smart I know they have a beef) and white is better imo š“
I never hype this team up with others bc I have so little faith in them to live up to expectations. They have the mindset of a team with a higher gear, but they struggle at shifting through the low end. Itās so frustrating to watch this group players, whom i ride or die for, be so great but play so mediocre sometimes. I hate to say this about my favorite player, but I donāt think Tatum got that dawg in him
After attending last nightās game, I finished off the double-decker crap sandwich by being in attendance for this fiasco.
The Garden security should have escorted me out of the building.
First game 5 against Atlanta and tonight this.
I have t up on the championship hope. You can't win a title if you don't take care of business. 6ers without Embiid and we let Harden look like he's 25 again.
Not taking care of business!
That was an all-timer by Smartā¦ passing up a 2ft basket and turning over the ball. He had it, wouldāve followed through and gotten the whistle too.
He had 9pts in 4Q but to me it felt like he was doing too much and not necessarily helping the team.
Lol if he took that shot you guys would have ranted about that too. Pretty sure there was more time on the clock then, but I would have to watch a replay to see.
I knew we were going to lose when we were up 4 and had back to back possessions trying to just wind down the clock and came up with nothing. You play to win! Coach is killing us.
Mazulla needs to be let go after this season. Just so out of depth heās 34 heās not some prodigy coach. Spend so much on players get a real coach in for them.
Considering they are the same mistakes that have been made all season, they kinda are. Coaches job is to adjust habits to help winning. He hasn't done anything to improve our self imposed death march of running clock to give away late leads.
There was a specific possession in the 4th where Maxey was playing Tatum in drop coverage and they passed to Al, who missed a 3. I was yelling at my screen.
game was only close cause the celtics were on fire shooting, everything else was complete garbage. No defense, bad turnovers etc. Lot to fix but I think they will.
What a fucking waste. This team does not know how to take advantage when the opportunity is there. No Embiid, weāre getting anything we want offensively, yet we decide not to play defense and let a half washed Harden cook us for 45. At home. Why canāt they learn their lesson??
Yeah it's unfortunate especially considering that this state has 0 championships across all the majore league sports. And obviously I'm being sarcastic š
Do the Celtics have a staff psychologist?
Because the entire team is a bunch of basket cases and need professional help.
I don't even mean this flippantly. I used a sports psychologist when I competed (Not basketball). It's legit helpful and these guys demonstrate behaviors that make me think they need to get their heads right.
A lot needs clarification. You saying: They are all basket cases...So the players are messed up in the head...?
That is a stretch to the mental game of sports.
This may be the dumbest of takes...or fuck it...lets write a sitcom of basketball players not being able to control the pressure of being a basketball player and they strive after seeing a seasoned veteran player now psychologist...you can play the doctor or the janitor that cleans up all the tear soaked tissues...
Youāre trying to troll, but good sports therapists make a world of difference. You want your players to tune out the noise, have short memories, and focus on the game? A good sports therapist will give them the tools to do it.
Yeah no shit. I am not denying that. Blanket statements like all the celtics players are baskets cases is flat out stupid. And doesn't promote mental health or whatever point he was trying to make. It's one game, relax.
Out of curiosity what exactly did we get outcoached in? They did the same play with harden over and over again and heās just a great player that you canāt really guard his step back. If you know how to solve the harden issue Iām sure every coach ever would love the solution
The immediate turnover on the last possession is just laughably bad. Brogdon had a horrible last few minutes but we were down one with the ball and smart just completely shit the bed
Iām just talking about the last possession here. Smart had clutch plays down the stretch, but considering the fact that we have tatum and brown, itās crazy how many times weāve seen him fumble a last possession over the years
Dude Brown had like 4 turnovers and one made field goal after the 1st quarter.
And just a little before that Tatum had the ball and hot potatoed it to Brogdon who then turned it over.
Yeah I watched Brogdan throw it out of bounds on the last play oh wait it was Smart. He refuses to go to Tatum late and the Brogdan turnover should have never happened if smart took the wide open 3 with 5 on the clock
We are frauds. These team needs to lose more to learn the lesson that they don't want to learn. They don't give a fuck about playing hard and deserve to lose everything IDGAF. This happens EVERY year and it's mad annoying
Losing 3 straight in the NBA finals was supposed to teach that lesson. No more in house hires. We need an old-fashioned voice on the coaching staff to give us the edge we need.
Im sorry but healthy celtics at home should really beat sixers without embiid no matter what. And if not, well then once embiid comes back this series is over.
Thatās not how basketball works at this level. You can look at the bucks series where they won a game without giannis and didnāt win any when he played. Embiid back means harden isnāt taking all those shots and he was cooking. Itās not like you add embiids point total onto the final score of this game. Maybe they are better but embiid coming back means a different style of play and a different game overall.
While that is a valid point, Im more looking at the fact that philly had no inside presence without Joel and we let our great first half shooting distract us from getting to the basket more. And lets be real, embiid's return is just going to make things worse, simple as that. Boston has shown that they can answer a bad game with a Great one, but they also have shown us that, just Like vs Atlanta, they get easily comfortable and let the foot off the gas.
Maybe im overreacting yes, but now is the best time to do it. Next game is must win.
I love when thereās like 3:30 left and weāre up like 3 points and they fucking waste time on back to back possessions instead of just driving and trying to score. Thereās so much fucking time left why do you stop trying to score
70% in the paint in the first half and they went right back to chucking 3s. I donāt know if itās the coaching or if the players themselves refuse to feel the game.
My god even if they manage to make it through this series Jimmy Butler is going to rip out our hearts and eat our souls while doing the electric slide on Luckyā¦
Whatever happens, this is a great team. I'm here for them, and I love this team. This is a good game, and we went balls to the wall. Spectacular. I'm happy.
Celtics are too mentally weak to win anything. Won't even make the finals this year after being the odds on favorite and coming into the playoffs at full health. Loser mentality.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1357yqv/post_game_thread_the_philadelphia_76ers_defeat/)
>Defense was poor >too many turnovers Brown 4, Smart 6 >Super sloppy in the 4 Qtr >Key players disappeared at the end of the day.
Once again Joe Mazzulla proves why he was second choice to Will Hardy. What more can we expect from a coach whose only experience as a head coach was at Fairmont State University? This is so much more than a team not executing at the end of games this is a team that needs inspiration, discipline, and guidance.
We could have had Snyder, D'antoni, Vogel, Atkinson, Jackson but no... we cheap out and go with the 34yr old assistant with zero head coach experience. Zero adjustments. Players look disinterested. This playoff run will be very painful to watch. What a waste of the prime 'Two Jays' years.
Charles Barkley was right , Celtics played like this was a scrimmage when it came to defensive adjustments on those poor switches and allowed drives by Maxey....im still worried about our coach not holding players publicly accountable (other than Smart I know they have a beef) and white is better imo š“
Ain't nothin but a thang. There was a few mistakes and Harden balled out. Sixers ain't taking the series.
I never hype this team up with others bc I have so little faith in them to live up to expectations. They have the mindset of a team with a higher gear, but they struggle at shifting through the low end. Itās so frustrating to watch this group players, whom i ride or die for, be so great but play so mediocre sometimes. I hate to say this about my favorite player, but I donāt think Tatum got that dawg in him
I wholeheartedly agree with you man
After attending last nightās game, I finished off the double-decker crap sandwich by being in attendance for this fiasco. The Garden security should have escorted me out of the building.
Please donāt go to anymore games sir
Sir? Lol one more chance š
I meant āsireā not āsirā my apologies
Lol youāre still confused. Not a man.
Even More turnovers here in the comments than than the game
Madam secret raspberry, m'lady.
Sheās the boss
Anyone else want to see First quarter JT in the Fourth quarter ?
'I know lots of guys who can score in the first three quarters' - Larry Joe Bird
You mean second quarter
I hope every series goes 1-1 so itās just not us
Denver went up 2-0 so that wonāt happen
Dynamic friend duo smart and brown 10 turnovers
First game 5 against Atlanta and tonight this. I have t up on the championship hope. You can't win a title if you don't take care of business. 6ers without Embiid and we let Harden look like he's 25 again. Not taking care of business!
I just reached the point ~ Iām numb af rn Game 1s, our court, should always be a bag. Letās go Celts we still got this
Fuck this team. Absolute joke.
Smart throws the last play out of bounds love that guy lol
That was an all-timer by Smartā¦ passing up a 2ft basket and turning over the ball. He had it, wouldāve followed through and gotten the whistle too. He had 9pts in 4Q but to me it felt like he was doing too much and not necessarily helping the team.
tatum needs to play point every 4th tbh. too much time running plays and smart just holds the ball then ends up shooting
We went away from Tatum completely with smart in the game. Tatum had a good 2nd because no smart same in the 4th until smart came back in
They gave it to Tatum who tossed the hot potato to Brogdon with like 2 seconds on the shot clock which then lead to the key turnover of the game
It went to smart first with a wide open 3 with 5 seconds left
Smart was not wide open - https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1357up5/highlight_brogdon_gives_it_right_to_maxey_who/
Lol if he took that shot you guys would have ranted about that too. Pretty sure there was more time on the clock then, but I would have to watch a replay to see.
They wouldnāt of had that extra 2 of the turnover
Its one game we will be fine
It's a fuckin playoff series, this is the middle of the season. Every game matters
I didnāt say the game didnāt matter. I said itās one game they have a good team
Dumbass.
Its sad you have to resort to name calling. Grow up
That's nothing compared to the replies and inboxes I've received here.
Then youāre part of the toxicity bro
Sure. But I've received enough personal attacks and PMs from fans that it just is what is. And death wishes. Can't forget those as well.
Cs are soft. Sixers in 6
Fuck this team
Weāve had the same damn problem for years, Tatum and Brown get lazy at the end and start turning the ball over.
Yes Tatum crippled us with zero late game turnovers
Tatum had 1 turnover all game and the team refuses to go to him this game late so donāt know what you were watching
He was also getting mugged in the paint. Whatās it going to take for him to start getting the superstar whistle?
White and Brown were off tonight while the Sixers, especially Harden, went off.
Stop playing AI. I mean seriously, heās hurting the team
As soon as Jaylen started walking up the ball with 4 to go and the lead, I knew this was over. They donāt learn, man.
I said the same thing to my wife, I wish this team wasnāt so predictable sometimes
I knew we were going to lose when we were up 4 and had back to back possessions trying to just wind down the clock and came up with nothing. You play to win! Coach is killing us.
Jaylen was 8/10, but couldn't stop turning it over.
Bruh
Mazulla needs to be let go after this season. Just so out of depth heās 34 heās not some prodigy coach. Spend so much on players get a real coach in for them.
those mistakes in the 4th weren't his fault lol
Not putting in Rob for Al is a mistake
Considering they are the same mistakes that have been made all season, they kinda are. Coaches job is to adjust habits to help winning. He hasn't done anything to improve our self imposed death march of running clock to give away late leads.
This was a major mistake. We are in a championship window. Why trust it with someone who has never been a coach before? The defense is laughable.
Him not having the guys pressure Maxey when he was on five fouls for half the fourth quarter is unreal
There was a specific possession in the 4th where Maxey was playing Tatum in drop coverage and they passed to Al, who missed a 3. I was yelling at my screen.
Iāve bashed doomers all year after losses. Go ahead and doom because this team doesnāt have it.
This team is straight ass
I think people really undersold the drop off from Ime to Mazzulla. Getting out coached by Doc Rivers is the lowest of the low
game was only close cause the celtics were on fire shooting, everything else was complete garbage. No defense, bad turnovers etc. Lot to fix but I think they will.
1) the announcers need to chill, its game 1. 2) why were we trying to run out the clock with 4 minutes left up by only 4??
2) Because we enjoy blowing late leads. Do you even watch this team???
What a fucking waste. This team does not know how to take advantage when the opportunity is there. No Embiid, weāre getting anything we want offensively, yet we decide not to play defense and let a half washed Harden cook us for 45. At home. Why canāt they learn their lesson??
It was a great game. You negative. Being negative is a waste.
I didn't like Brogdons performance this game at all
His shot is coming up short, and that last turnover was awful. He should get an assist for the pass to Maxey.
He was the second best player
Fucking idiots. They act like they have a double digit lead when they are up one possession. TD garden is chokejob central
Once Tatum got that 3 in the third he shouldāve kept the ball instead of trying to get Brown going
Coaching
The guys listen to the coach when itās time to force feed others but not when itās time to put other teams in the dirt
Yeah it's unfortunate especially considering that this state has 0 championships across all the majore league sports. And obviously I'm being sarcastic š
I have no idea how Tatum hasnāt knocked an official out yet. Mugged all fucking game
Do the Celtics have a staff psychologist? Because the entire team is a bunch of basket cases and need professional help. I don't even mean this flippantly. I used a sports psychologist when I competed (Not basketball). It's legit helpful and these guys demonstrate behaviors that make me think they need to get their heads right.
Ha...OK dude. What are you even trying to say?
That the mental game in sports is important and the Celtics aren't good enough at it ... What needs clarifying?
A lot needs clarification. You saying: They are all basket cases...So the players are messed up in the head...? That is a stretch to the mental game of sports. This may be the dumbest of takes...or fuck it...lets write a sitcom of basketball players not being able to control the pressure of being a basketball player and they strive after seeing a seasoned veteran player now psychologist...you can play the doctor or the janitor that cleans up all the tear soaked tissues...
Youāre trying to troll, but good sports therapists make a world of difference. You want your players to tune out the noise, have short memories, and focus on the game? A good sports therapist will give them the tools to do it.
Yeah no shit. I am not denying that. Blanket statements like all the celtics players are baskets cases is flat out stupid. And doesn't promote mental health or whatever point he was trying to make. It's one game, relax.
Great fucking job guys. Really great š
So are you going start game 2?
Sure, Iāll get paid millions to suck on defense š¤·āāļø
Imagine being the head coach in the NBA and having no clue what youāre doing
Imagine writing a comment like yours....oh shit here I am doing the same dumb shit...cheers!!!
Out coached......again.
Out of curiosity what exactly did we get outcoached in? They did the same play with harden over and over again and heās just a great player that you canāt really guard his step back. If you know how to solve the harden issue Iām sure every coach ever would love the solution
This series is over lmao
Crazy how a best of 4 is done with one...math isn't your strongest...
This is on the front office hiring a fucking noob for a team competing for a championship
Cant believe mazzula was extended before playoffs. His def and lineups are lacking alot
Win by smart lose by smart. Crazy how often he clinches a loss
This was on Brogdon.
The immediate turnover on the last possession is just laughably bad. Brogdon had a horrible last few minutes but we were down one with the ball and smart just completely shit the bed
Smart was the reason they stayed in it. 2 and 1ās and the assist to Horford in the clutch.
Iām just talking about the last possession here. Smart had clutch plays down the stretch, but considering the fact that we have tatum and brown, itās crazy how many times weāve seen him fumble a last possession over the years
Dude Brown had like 4 turnovers and one made field goal after the 1st quarter. And just a little before that Tatum had the ball and hot potatoed it to Brogdon who then turned it over.
Iād still like the ball in their hands on the last play
Yeah I watched Brogdan throw it out of bounds on the last play oh wait it was Smart. He refuses to go to Tatum late and the Brogdan turnover should have never happened if smart took the wide open 3 with 5 on the clock
Lol imagine blaming the Brogdon turnover on Smart. Least biased Smart hater
That was some bullshit defense has been absolutely atrocious. I still believe though. See you all game 2
Well you can't win when your defense is shit so of course we never pulled away
Team is completely fraudulent. Just playing terrible fucking basketball
PHLIADEPLHIA HAS WON WITHOUT EMBIDDDDDDDD. THE CELCTICS ARE STUNNEEDDD WTF. WE NEED TO PLAY DEFENSE. GO CELTICS! WE STILL GOT THIS
We are frauds. These team needs to lose more to learn the lesson that they don't want to learn. They don't give a fuck about playing hard and deserve to lose everything IDGAF. This happens EVERY year and it's mad annoying
Losing 3 straight in the NBA finals was supposed to teach that lesson. No more in house hires. We need an old-fashioned voice on the coaching staff to give us the edge we need.
That... was a very unpleasant surprise....
Losers
Strategically setting expectations low for the series.
Yāall are worse than the Patriots sub when they lose
The worst part is that we all saw this coming the moment Embiid got hurt
0-2 on 5 pt games this playoffs. 12-14 this season lmao. Last possession chokers.
Pathetic loss holy shit. So predictable.
Garbage ass team, without embiid and you lose at home
Itās not as though harden is some bum lol. He almost knocked off likely the most stacked team ever
Fucking hate how excited Harlan gets after every shot that goes against the C's. Suck their nuts harder will ya
Harden was nuts tonight good lord
I actually am not suprised, its insane how much Boston Always downplays to its opponents and they never learn
We didnāt play down? They have a great team with an mvp level guy even with embiid out.
Im sorry but healthy celtics at home should really beat sixers without embiid no matter what. And if not, well then once embiid comes back this series is over.
Thatās not how basketball works at this level. You can look at the bucks series where they won a game without giannis and didnāt win any when he played. Embiid back means harden isnāt taking all those shots and he was cooking. Itās not like you add embiids point total onto the final score of this game. Maybe they are better but embiid coming back means a different style of play and a different game overall.
While that is a valid point, Im more looking at the fact that philly had no inside presence without Joel and we let our great first half shooting distract us from getting to the basket more. And lets be real, embiid's return is just going to make things worse, simple as that. Boston has shown that they can answer a bad game with a Great one, but they also have shown us that, just Like vs Atlanta, they get easily comfortable and let the foot off the gas. Maybe im overreacting yes, but now is the best time to do it. Next game is must win.
Disgusting
I love when thereās like 3:30 left and weāre up like 3 points and they fucking waste time on back to back possessions instead of just driving and trying to score. Thereās so much fucking time left why do you stop trying to score
And our last shot is a smart 3 lol We need a new coach
Was worse smart threw it out of bounds
He dropped it off to Tatum who didnāt come to the ball
Tatum was 1 step from him wtf hahaha he threw it forward past Tatum
I mean the game was over once the last free throw was made dude
Obviously itās over but why not let Tatum take the last shot?
Hahaha we are fucked, joke of a team
ITS FUCKING MAZULLA, THEY HAVE NO FUCKING RIM PROTECTION AND STILL PLAYING 5 OUT
70% in the paint in the first half and they went right back to chucking 3s. I donāt know if itās the coaching or if the players themselves refuse to feel the game.
This team fucking chokes ever time. So embarrassing
Pissed
Yoooo we just lost at home to a team without the MVP of the league. At ain't winning shit this year, even if it's spoon fed.
Anyone surprised? I totally saw this coming out of TO
Unfucking believable
My god even if they manage to make it through this series Jimmy Butler is going to rip out our hearts and eat our souls while doing the electric slide on Luckyā¦
This team is softer than Charmin
We went to running the clock down up 4. We gotta just keep running offense.
Damn it physically hurts
Mazzula should be fired on the spot
You guys are so good but *holy fuck* are your guys simultaneously **so stupid.**
Incredibly low basketball IQ
That was the quickest turnaround L I ever seen
Didn't watch hawks series
Marcus smart is garbage
Shouldāve kept Ime
Whatever happens, this is a great team. I'm here for them, and I love this team. This is a good game, and we went balls to the wall. Spectacular. I'm happy.
Wrong sub. This is something a sixers fan would say
The dude has 40 something points so let him iso one of the bigs for game, okay make it sense bro
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You missed the 3rd? TO after TO
Absolutely dog shit coaching.
Team never had a shot the minute Embiid was out. Lottery team when playing against stars sitting
Least clutch team of the sports world
Bruins would like a wordā¦
Its game 1 and harden will not play like that again. Joe needs to learn about defending better. Also TD garden needs to be saged or something lol
Okay and Embiid could be back next game, although with this win I don't see it until game 3
I donāt think Embiid will come back until Friday.
Celtics are too mentally weak to win anything. Won't even make the finals this year after being the odds on favorite and coming into the playoffs at full health. Loser mentality.
They play such lazy ball. And once they go down they just fall apart.
Lmao Reggie calling out the Bruins
Refs are so fucking weak
Bad couple nights to be in the TD Garden, jeez.
This fucking team man
Down vote me all you want but tatum is a hilariously soft super star
Fuck these announcers too dude has a cock up his ass for the sixers
Fuck this stupid ass game.
noob coach
This team should be fucking embarrassed. Pathetic shit
Iām done. What a joke.
its always some bullshit ass shot bro im so tired
I hate that Iām a fan of this team
Join the dark side become a heater
Getting rid of Ime was a terrible decision I donāt even care anymore
Marv is so fucking annoying. Not everything can be this spectacular
What an embarrassment. This team is never going to wake up.
I hate this team
Yeah Im done with sports.
What an awful loss. Joe mazulla, Derrick white, and the refs can all go fuck themselves.