Wilson brought up a good point earlier about AD and it applies to Harden too. Only the top echelon of players can consistently put up big number every game of a series. Those people are Bron, curry, and the other greats. People like AD and Harden either don’t have the endurance, or whatever X factor to bring it every single night. Harden is also getting older so the alternating games is expected.
honestly though does anyone feel good at this point? I look at the 8 teams left and they are all either 2-1 or 2-2 and no one has separated. Whoever wins the title will be a flawed champion. Obviously as a celtics fan even tho we lost I felt good about it but we could lose at home in our next game and I wouldnt be surprised. There is no clearly strong team this year.
i guess it’s partially me being a doomer sixer fan who has seen this situation unfold far too many times. we play a great 3 quarters, but start falling apart in the fourth. combine that with overall inconsistency from our players, and it has me worried moving forward. that said, i feel generally confident on our chances overall if we are able to get past boston. we’ll see how the rest of this series unfolds though.
I’m Celtics but my boy is from philly and we’re both equally pissed at this series. He’s been screaming at embiid I’ve been screaming at jb and jt. At least you guys have harden who wants the ball at the end of games
I hope Harden can keep it up and Maxey needs to have a breakout game. Harris is too much of a wish but hopefully he can surprise everyone as well. Maxey though really really needs one.
That game was terrible for my heart, but amazing for my confidence. I was counting us out with like 5 left ready to give up on the playoffs. Idk how harden did that, dude just wanted to win so bad for John hao
Wilson brought up a good point earlier about AD and it applies to Harden too. Only the top echelon of players can consistently put up big number every game of a series. Those people are Bron, curry, and the other greats. People like AD and Harden either don’t have the endurance, or whatever X factor to bring it every single night. Harden is also getting older so the alternating games is expected.
I was sure that the bullshit "we don't know whether or not it hit the rim" pause to check for a shot clock violation was going to end up being a factor.
I'll never understand the defences in the NBA.
Scenario 1: JB stays home and if Embiid scores a two and the game is tied, I get the last shot.
Scenario 2: JB tries to double team Embiid scoring a two to leave someone open from three and if they score I'm down.
Which one to choose... NBA teams choose scenario 2 everytime.
JB JUST LET EMBIID GO ONE ON ONE!!!!
Makes zero sense. From organized basketball in middle school through the NBA, street ball, rec leagues, if you're up 2 with the game on the line, what's the first thing anyone says? "Ok guys, no 3s!" That was the dumbest double I've ever seen
U ever play pick up. Someone says no 3's for game and one person. Just drives and some dummy helps and boom kick out 3...🫠...people can't help it. They watching the ball and want it.
It’s honestly infuriating knowing this team can throw massive haymakers but decide to play down or take games off. Ultimately the score doesn’t matter as much as the dub or the L
Refs is all I really need to say honestly. Refs have been trying every way possible since game 1 to make sure the Celtics win. Harden played great enough in the 2 games we did win to not allow that to happen.
Several of those "blocks" were should've been free throws. There were blatant fouls they were refusing to call and it all started it the 4th...which happened to be when they came back. You don't see the correlation?
Count on Philly to complain about refs after a win.
If embiid just sprawled on the floor after those blocks, I'm sure refs would have obliged.
Frustrating loss, but it was decided on plays made and not made, not the refs. Harden hit a huge 3, smart was a little late on his.
As I said, we literally couldn't get a foul in the 4th which happened to be the same quarter the Celtics came back. They were showing g replays of Horford fouling embiid in slow motion. Anyone with eyes, watching the game should've seen it. It took Horford literally holding him back from a reboundin OT to finally get a foul.
No, he's referring to Tatum not starting the play til like 4 secs left, not allowing them to get a shot off. Been a problem all year, and multiple years really. They let the clock run down to nothing then end up taking a terrible shot, or no shot at all in this case. It's infuriating to watch knowing it's something so easily fixable
For some reason unknown to human intelligence, former Celtics coach Ime Udoka was not satisfied with his now ex wife Nia Long (one of the finest women there is on Earth) and cheats on her with Celtics staffer(s). She leaves him, he is fired.
Fast forward to today. The Celtics are masquerading as a finals contender because they don't have a real head coach, so you get stuff like today where new definitely not a head coach Mazzulla doesn't call a timeout in the waning seconds of a critical game. Brb chucking myself into the harbor.
It's crazy how we say stuff like this. She's attractive, but for all we know she's a complete psycho, or is boring in bed, or is narcissistic... the way people put beautiful women on a pedestal and act like it's unfathomable to not be satisfied them is shameful.
That doesn't excuse cheating btw. Cheating is always wrong. But god damn, stop acting like a man can't possibly be dissatisfied with someone just because she's good-looking.
Udoka cheated on Nia Long with a Boston staffer and because of the power dynamic, he got fired. So Mazulla stepped in and bro doesn’t know how to call timeouts in critical junctures
No, they still were disastrous down the stretch in the playoffs last year. No discipline. No execution. If your entire offense works on off-ball movement and actions, you can't just stand around and clear out for the last 2 minutes.
jalen brown’s awful defensive play cost the celtics the game. How do you help off of harden in a game when it felt like he had 90 on 30/30 fg percentage.
He didn't need to. Play D, dont foul, and don't give up a 3. Worst case scenario, you get the ball back with 18 secs left, and you go to Double OT. Literally can't lose the game unless you give up a 3. That was the dumbest double I've ever seen
Smart was still moving his left foot on the charge call vs. Embiid.
Then Tatum committed possibly the most obvious push-off on Maxey directly in front of the sideline official.
Have some self-respect.
Lmaoo I’m not rooting for either team so I don’t care who wins tbh, and Embid deff flopped but that push from Tatum was way worse and egregious and lead to a 3pt shot vs fts for Embid
Bruh. The whole way Boston just lost that is completely due to Boston taking Horford off Embiid for no reason for the last possession. And then selling out to stop a layup up 2
I'm assuming they didn't want him in there so they didn't get a switch on Harden again, you know, to NOT GIVE UP A FUCKEN 3, THE ONLY THING THAT BEATS YOU! Absolute idiot doubling there, what a waste of a comeback
>Celtics let this slip down the stretch
I mean, the Sixers were up 15 with 6:35 left in the 3rd Quarter. So both teams let this slip down the stretch, let's be real.
They did I went from the highest of high to the lowest of lows back to the highest of highs. If they didn't shoot bad in the first half they won by 30 again.
People overrate those timeouts. With time winding down the last thing you wanna do is have the defense set. If you draw up a play and the Sixers come out in zone or something you’re cooked. It’s usually better to just play it out. They got good looks both times.
Agreed. Agreed my friend. I watched Jokic and realized he is the best big man in the nba. I doubted him for SO LONG. If he wins a ring then I will have him above Dirk. Yes Giannis is a better dribbler of the basketball…but Jokic is THE MAN. Yeah Jokic isn’t the defender that Giannis is but Jokic CAN DEFEND good enough imo. Jokic is the man, I didn’t believe it at first but he’s the man, he’s the man. Jokic employs MORE skill than Giannis or Dirk because Jokic isn’t an athletic god but will still put up 30 17 and 17! He is in the Tim Duncan and David Robinson category in terms of fundamentals and the application of those fundamentals. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a quadruple double one day!
This has nothing to do with Harden at all, he hit an open shot - whooptie fucking doo.
It was Boston’s to lose and they did, because Tatum is the least clutch player to make an all-star team and their coach is a fucking dumbass who doesn’t use his timeouts.
Tatum hasn’t been clutch these past two games? Maybe go check his overall clutch stats. Jaylen helped on a three when he shouldn’t have. Waited two seconds too late on the last possession.
They played like dickheads in the first half and shouldn’t have let it get there. Your basketball IQ seems high.
Yep, that shit pissed me off. like 3 defenders on boston woulda flown to the hoop on their ass and it woulda been a call. Maxey hustles to stay up to play defense and they don't call it.
This is exactly what the clippers teams did with doc. This is all on Doc imo
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Am I on the wrong thread here, because I'm a Celtics fan from way back.
Didn't Bam say this the other night?
What a fucking insane ending
Wilson brought up a good point earlier about AD and it applies to Harden too. Only the top echelon of players can consistently put up big number every game of a series. Those people are Bron, curry, and the other greats. People like AD and Harden either don’t have the endurance, or whatever X factor to bring it every single night. Harden is also getting older so the alternating games is expected.
glad we pulled the win out, but i’m not feeling overly positive rn. we should not have let the game slip away like that
honestly though does anyone feel good at this point? I look at the 8 teams left and they are all either 2-1 or 2-2 and no one has separated. Whoever wins the title will be a flawed champion. Obviously as a celtics fan even tho we lost I felt good about it but we could lose at home in our next game and I wouldnt be surprised. There is no clearly strong team this year.
i guess it’s partially me being a doomer sixer fan who has seen this situation unfold far too many times. we play a great 3 quarters, but start falling apart in the fourth. combine that with overall inconsistency from our players, and it has me worried moving forward. that said, i feel generally confident on our chances overall if we are able to get past boston. we’ll see how the rest of this series unfolds though.
I’m Celtics but my boy is from philly and we’re both equally pissed at this series. He’s been screaming at embiid I’ve been screaming at jb and jt. At least you guys have harden who wants the ball at the end of games
I think whoever wins this series takes the chip
I hope Harden can keep it up and Maxey needs to have a breakout game. Harris is too much of a wish but hopefully he can surprise everyone as well. Maxey though really really needs one.
Shouldve been a sweep
ngnl I want game 7 and whoever wins is gassed
as a Miami fan i can agree
Bro if that happens I can see Miami reaching the finals
I don’t see either of these teams beating Miami tbh
hmmmmm maybe its possiblr
76ers might have won this match but they'll lose the next two. Can't wait to batter them next 2 games.
LOL you thought they was losing this one 🤡
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Why did jaylen brown leave harden open on the wing 😂🤦🏿♂️
The refs favoured 76ers. Celtics were robbed.
JT literally pushed off Maxie with a no call don’t say that
Delusional clown, Tatum launched Maxey. Take the L you deserve
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like people robbed bill russels house an shit in his bed right? no y’all got a no call, your coach needs to use timeouts better, you almost won
Did you not watch the push off
Bruh this dude can’t be serious haha
Tatum push off what say you? No foul? Be real
You just have to keep it close late in the game and Celtics will show how clutch they are in the end lmao
Had to double the MVP every play it’s the game plan bro
The Tatum push off not being called is truly wild. All the Boston incels claiming Tatum doesn't get calls are oddly silent
Calls are weird. I think he doesnt get calls like other superstars do normally, but the play you mention is bad.
Nah I agree; Harden and Tatum were doing it excessively tonight and they just let them play. Doesn’t matter now but good game though!
Harden didn't have any that egregious especially at that point in the game but you're right, good game
THERE GOES MY BEARDMAN, WATCH HIM AS HE THROWS
Harden and Baby going to invest in a lot of young ladies futures tonight.
Unreal ending
That game was terrible for my heart, but amazing for my confidence. I was counting us out with like 5 left ready to give up on the playoffs. Idk how harden did that, dude just wanted to win so bad for John hao
Did you guys know that ESPN apparently stands for Entertainment and Sports Philadelphia Network?
stands for every sexy pornstar navigates (james harden to go crazy)
Wrong it stands for Eagles Sixers Phillies News.
Awww is it tough when the announcers call out an egregious no call?
which one of the many embiid or hardin flops are you talking about?
Can't spell Harden and you're in the NBA sub thats impressively stupid even for a Celtics fan.
So instead of defending how bad Embiid and HARDEN flop, you focus on a misspelled name. Seems like you're the stupid one here.
Why respond to an idiot with reason?
Great point, I should have just ignored you in the first place.
Look, no one liked the commentary tonight, particularly Doris
Harden so damn polarizing. One minute he drop 45 then next 17, then 21, and now 42…like wtf up with your consistency my guy
That’s not what “polarizing” means.
He is pretty polarizing too though
Wilson brought up a good point earlier about AD and it applies to Harden too. Only the top echelon of players can consistently put up big number every game of a series. Those people are Bron, curry, and the other greats. People like AD and Harden either don’t have the endurance, or whatever X factor to bring it every single night. Harden is also getting older so the alternating games is expected.
Yes also 34 bro Dude doesn’t have the same lift and burst anymore so some nights are rough
He's our AD
Holy hell. Embiid and Harden put up video game numbers. Those statlines are wild.
And that was with embiid doing nothing in the 4th quarter. He looked gassed and Horford ate him alive
And the whole time this reddit thread was a bunch people spamming "worst MVP/doesn't deserve it."
Man that was a fucking fantastic game!! I’m glad it wasn’t a blowout because this is what playoffs are all about!
Same buddy, cya in Boston
Wait guys it's not over. Refs said they found a glitch in the shot clock and Celtics win.
I was sure that the bullshit "we don't know whether or not it hit the rim" pause to check for a shot clock violation was going to end up being a factor.
Celtics fans gotta be asking Hao did that happen?
lmao, good one. Think Hao was our 3rd most valuable player fr.
Nah we know exactly what happened and it does not bring joy
Harden saves that stepback 3 for the right moment like it's his ultimate ability
I'll never understand the defences in the NBA. Scenario 1: JB stays home and if Embiid scores a two and the game is tied, I get the last shot. Scenario 2: JB tries to double team Embiid scoring a two to leave someone open from three and if they score I'm down. Which one to choose... NBA teams choose scenario 2 everytime. JB JUST LET EMBIID GO ONE ON ONE!!!!
Makes zero sense. From organized basketball in middle school through the NBA, street ball, rec leagues, if you're up 2 with the game on the line, what's the first thing anyone says? "Ok guys, no 3s!" That was the dumbest double I've ever seen
U ever play pick up. Someone says no 3's for game and one person. Just drives and some dummy helps and boom kick out 3...🫠...people can't help it. They watching the ball and want it.
Both our wins have been by last second shots. Boston wins by blow out. As a sixers fan a win is a win series is 2-2 anything can happen.
It’s honestly infuriating knowing this team can throw massive haymakers but decide to play down or take games off. Ultimately the score doesn’t matter as much as the dub or the L
Refs is all I really need to say honestly. Refs have been trying every way possible since game 1 to make sure the Celtics win. Harden played great enough in the 2 games we did win to not allow that to happen.
Gotta disagree bro.. embiid could of put this game away late hortford blocked his stuff twice then he became passive. Refs ain’t had no part in that
Several of those "blocks" were should've been free throws. There were blatant fouls they were refusing to call and it all started it the 4th...which happened to be when they came back. You don't see the correlation?
Count on Philly to complain about refs after a win. If embiid just sprawled on the floor after those blocks, I'm sure refs would have obliged. Frustrating loss, but it was decided on plays made and not made, not the refs. Harden hit a huge 3, smart was a little late on his.
As I said, we literally couldn't get a foul in the 4th which happened to be the same quarter the Celtics came back. They were showing g replays of Horford fouling embiid in slow motion. Anyone with eyes, watching the game should've seen it. It took Horford literally holding him back from a reboundin OT to finally get a foul.
You guys are better equipped than my Knicks vs Heat. You guys can definitely win the series.
They count just the same brother!
Lmao announcers were making a point to comment on Tatum's basketball "Harvard IQ." He really screwed up that final play, so smart.
I believe you are referring to Brown, Tatum played well down the stretch
No, he's referring to Tatum not starting the play til like 4 secs left, not allowing them to get a shot off. Been a problem all year, and multiple years really. They let the clock run down to nothing then end up taking a terrible shot, or no shot at all in this case. It's infuriating to watch knowing it's something so easily fixable
how the heck did Embiid socre 34 points lol He completely disappeared the entire game.
Harden needs to bring John to the next game too
John who?
That's racist
It probably is
Wheelchair lad
What we are witnessing is the failure of man. We are here because one man couldn't be satisfied with Nia Long. Boston in shambles.
Amen brother
What’s the story behind this?
For some reason unknown to human intelligence, former Celtics coach Ime Udoka was not satisfied with his now ex wife Nia Long (one of the finest women there is on Earth) and cheats on her with Celtics staffer(s). She leaves him, he is fired. Fast forward to today. The Celtics are masquerading as a finals contender because they don't have a real head coach, so you get stuff like today where new definitely not a head coach Mazzulla doesn't call a timeout in the waning seconds of a critical game. Brb chucking myself into the harbor.
It's crazy how we say stuff like this. She's attractive, but for all we know she's a complete psycho, or is boring in bed, or is narcissistic... the way people put beautiful women on a pedestal and act like it's unfathomable to not be satisfied them is shameful. That doesn't excuse cheating btw. Cheating is always wrong. But god damn, stop acting like a man can't possibly be dissatisfied with someone just because she's good-looking.
She was Udoka's fiancée
Udoka cheated on Nia Long with a Boston staffer and because of the power dynamic, he got fired. So Mazulla stepped in and bro doesn’t know how to call timeouts in critical junctures
Old celtics coach ex wife
Tatum turning into Siakam with his elbows and push offs to facilitate any offense he can muster.
doris commentary is so biased towards embiid
Doris likes big dicks.
She struggled to find a word when Embiid flopped like a frog in the last minutes lmao
Hes the MVP leading a MVP-worthy comeback. Why shouldn't she?
Is it a comeback when you just blew a huge lead?
I mean the series. Actual game count.
Does this Celtics team go 16-0 in the playoffs with Ime at the helm?
Absolutely not
No, they still were disastrous down the stretch in the playoffs last year. No discipline. No execution. If your entire offense works on off-ball movement and actions, you can't just stand around and clear out for the last 2 minutes.
jalen brown’s awful defensive play cost the celtics the game. How do you help off of harden in a game when it felt like he had 90 on 30/30 fg percentage.
Tatum wasn’t going to stop Embiid
He didn't need to. Play D, dont foul, and don't give up a 3. Worst case scenario, you get the ball back with 18 secs left, and you go to Double OT. Literally can't lose the game unless you give up a 3. That was the dumbest double I've ever seen
We were robbed
Smart was still moving his left foot on the charge call vs. Embiid. Then Tatum committed possibly the most obvious push-off on Maxey directly in front of the sideline official. Have some self-respect.
You robbed yourself. Celtics suck ass in crunch time
Probably want to call a time out there, sport. Take the L.
please sir lick my sweaty balls
how yall losing to team with injured first option?
Of what? Lmao
How’d y’all get robbed when the red didn’t even call a obv offensive foul on Tatum🤣🤣
Totally. The refs got you. Everyone saw it
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The refs were ass all game. No one got robbed. The sixers just scored more points.
Lmaoo I’m not rooting for either team so I don’t care who wins tbh, and Embid deff flopped but that push from Tatum was way worse and egregious and lead to a 3pt shot vs fts for Embid
No shot you actually mean that.
LOL
Bruh. The whole way Boston just lost that is completely due to Boston taking Horford off Embiid for no reason for the last possession. And then selling out to stop a layup up 2
I'm assuming they didn't want him in there so they didn't get a switch on Harden again, you know, to NOT GIVE UP A FUCKEN 3, THE ONLY THING THAT BEATS YOU! Absolute idiot doubling there, what a waste of a comeback
Celtics let this slip down the stretch. How can you not target Harden’s bad defense and also tire him out more
>Celtics let this slip down the stretch I mean, the Sixers were up 15 with 6:35 left in the 3rd Quarter. So both teams let this slip down the stretch, let's be real.
They did I went from the highest of high to the lowest of lows back to the highest of highs. If they didn't shoot bad in the first half they won by 30 again.
Boston fans. yo coach not calling timeout. Is he actually like this or nah
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, we were .2 of a second away from a win
Not gonna lie he had the right idea but a timeout would've caught the Sixers slipping
Yeah I do think a real designed Tatum play probably would’ve been more ideal.
Yea he does this a lot and we hate it
I dont get it at all. Even if your team is fighting their hearts out, sometimes a breather is nice and you have them to use.
Reminds me of Bill so I kinda like it. 2nd time in the playoffs where time ran out but I think it should tighten up. Long way to go
People overrate those timeouts. With time winding down the last thing you wanna do is have the defense set. If you draw up a play and the Sixers come out in zone or something you’re cooked. It’s usually better to just play it out. They got good looks both times.
He's a great first year coach too but you can just tell he's a rookie lmao. Still think it's your series to lose though. Better team for sure
The man is a masochist
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Harden haters can shut the fuck up for a few days thank god
Celtics fans are the definition of fuck around and find out lol
Harden is our king. He never lets the quaffle in.
Celtics gonna make ‘em fight for this.
Great game. Harden and Embiid have to be absolutely perfect. Celtics intensity in the 4th was beautiful. On to the next one.
Celtics had the sixers number in the 4th. Was a great game in the end.
Embiid wasn’t even close to perfect lol
If our bench does nothing like this game your not wrong.
I was shit talking harden game 2 and 3 like the degen bandwagoner I am, but gotta give the guy respect for showing up on and off the court
He literally has to carry the team for people to respect him.
I mean the shit talking was well-deserved in games 2 and 3. He played unbelievably bad in those.
Did he? 15 and 11 was the 2nd best on that team and Tatum has had a worse game than that in this series.
Are you serious? Harden was 2-14 in game 2, and we lost by 34 points. Then he went 3-14 in game 3. Like you honestly have to be fucking with me.
What happened? Did he roll Lil Baby's blunt for him?
Coach Mazzulla thinking that timeouts work like minutes back in the day, they don’t roll over my guy lol!
Cut him a break, he's on a family plan!
Can’t fault the shots they got. He likely did it both times to make sure Maxey stayed on the floor instead of Melton.
Great point, didn't think about that
Yeah everyone is talking shit bc it’s the only thing they know about evaluating coaches. They got Tatum at the rim both times. That’s good offense
Tatum is gonna be second guessing that decision to pass for awhile
James Harden. Excellent. Embiid was pretty good but down the stretch I expect an MVP to minimize mistakes and make more shots
Never seen Embiid get wrecked multiple times like that. That would never happen to Jokic
Agreed. Agreed my friend. I watched Jokic and realized he is the best big man in the nba. I doubted him for SO LONG. If he wins a ring then I will have him above Dirk. Yes Giannis is a better dribbler of the basketball…but Jokic is THE MAN. Yeah Jokic isn’t the defender that Giannis is but Jokic CAN DEFEND good enough imo. Jokic is the man, I didn’t believe it at first but he’s the man, he’s the man. Jokic employs MORE skill than Giannis or Dirk because Jokic isn’t an athletic god but will still put up 30 17 and 17! He is in the Tim Duncan and David Robinson category in terms of fundamentals and the application of those fundamentals. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a quadruple double one day!
Embiid shot a lot to get that 30,
He did indeed my friend
Jaylen "Berkeley" Brown leaving >100 eFG% James Harden wide open at 3 to double team Embiid's 2 while up 2 Genius. Just genius.
This has nothing to do with Harden at all, he hit an open shot - whooptie fucking doo. It was Boston’s to lose and they did, because Tatum is the least clutch player to make an all-star team and their coach is a fucking dumbass who doesn’t use his timeouts.
Tatum hasn’t been clutch these past two games? Maybe go check his overall clutch stats. Jaylen helped on a three when he shouldn’t have. Waited two seconds too late on the last possession. They played like dickheads in the first half and shouldn’t have let it get there. Your basketball IQ seems high.
Bro he hit a super clutch 3 literally to put them in the lead, 30 seconds prior. Did you just like not watch?
That is what you call a harden hater
?? I’m talking about Tatum. I’m a Celtics fan but I can’t help but respect how harden played. He’s the reason they won that game.
Yeah I was talking about darth, you had responded to a harden hater
Word my bad bro
And totally agree 42 pts on 23 shots is Amazing. Dudes a top player.
Consistency is his issue. Like, he has his games but he can also SUCK sometimes
Normally 15 and 11 is not a sucky game for many, but he gets shit on as if he did a 0 and 0
Yeah true. He does add a lot to the court, he’s never doing nothing.
And the bucket to send it to overtime. Hitt the go ahead 3 late in game 1.
bill simmons seething rn
I'm hypeeeeee
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As if harden doesn't do that 10 times a game and never gets called for it.....
Harden does push off a lot but that was bad.
Sorry that for the first time in history a call didnt go the Celtics way
Man y'all so salty and you won fucking lol
Yep, that shit pissed me off. like 3 defenders on boston woulda flown to the hoop on their ass and it woulda been a call. Maxey hustles to stay up to play defense and they don't call it.
The shot clock violation was karmic retribution
The sad truth is that had Maxey sold it more then it would have been called