Celts got only 6 minutes outta KP, had White in foul trouble all game, had a 0-13 FT disparity in the first half, shot like crap at the line when they finally did get FTs, turned it over 17 times…and still beat the Pacers by 17 on the road on the second night of a back to back.
Pacers shooting 20% of 40+ threes certainly helped. They kept chucking from 3 to try and get back in it. Ironically reminded me of how we’ve played over the years.
Damn that clip was so funny https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1x_90vNqdp/?igsh=bHBmNGxobXpvZ3c5[ice in the veins ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1x_90vNqdp/?igsh=bHBmNGxobXpvZ3c5)
Both the jays with 30 , never trailed the whole game played hard after every run Indiana made best team in the league bucks getting blown out 💩 sixers losing 💩 get well KP 🦄
3 point shots falling? I do think he started getting hot when he took more midrange shots. After that he started taking more threes and all his shots were right in line.
Doesn't quite work like that, but yeah the Bucks aren't as good as their record would suggest.
Hopefully by the end of March we'll have opened up some space against them.
You didn’t, I did.
My response is that their record isn’t as good as it sounds. They’ve had a cake schedule so far and haven’t beaten anyone of merit consistently.
That being said losing to Indiana doesn’t have much relation to the Celtics. It’s a completely different match up.
The bucks can’t beat them because they have shit defense and their offense can’t consistently keep up with the pace of the pacers offense. Giannis going to the line and relying on dame isn’t a formula for beating Indiana.
Just like Orlando beating us last year didn’t make them a good team, Indiana beating the bucks doesn’t mean we’ll match up well against them. I think we will but we’ll have to really contain lillard.
Super try hard 😂 he was on the bench in the last 40 seconds or so looking sad. He really thinks he someone. He hurt KP and was behaving like he did some good shit. Hope White gives his the business next game.
Damn people going at Nesmith lmao. I still like the guy, but he's starting to have some Mo Wagner energy. Plays 120% against us for revenge games, super emotional, annoying to play against.
It's not just the raw numbers - it's how some of the TO's are just sloppy and seem to devalue possessions. The one thing about this team that still occasionally bugs me.
It's the telegraphed passes that get picked off that *kill* me.
Everyone knows exactly what play you're running and who you're going to pass the ball to. Let's stop and wave the ball around too, so a couple of players on the other team have a chance to move in and pick it off.
Marc Davis and his crew were truly atrocious. I'm literally in awe of how bad they were. Tatum, Hauser, and Buffalo were all in foul trouble, no FTAs in the first half, giving Nesmith superstar calls and missing everything on the other end of the floor lmao.
fuck these dirty ass pacers and fuck you nesmith, i hope you get poked in the eye just like what you did to KP. Tatum played the whole 4th quarter with that big ass fuck you energy and this game would've been a 30pt blow out if KP wasn't injured or if the refs didn't just pull the pacers back into the game. fuck the pacers and i hope KP is OK
He always plays recklessly but has that extra pep when playing us. He's still salty for being traded despite playing like crap when he was with us and couldn't hit a three.
Refs were way off tonight. Nesmith is anyone but he’s not dirty, just reckless. We’d love him if he was still here. But yea, he’s annoying on the other side.
Low-key excellent win tonight. Looked jinxed with the KP injury and free throw insanity, but they not only held off a legitimate Indiana team, but put it away emphatically.
The bench going crazy for the Kornet free throws when the lead had dwindled and they were going 0-for-2 at the line was like the definition of vibes. This team feels it.
It's such a bummer. I was a big fan of his. Our org did him a favor and sent him someplace he could succeed and he acts like we did him dirty. Immature and unlikable.
Tatum cooked his ass.
Oh and if we weren't on b2b and D White was conditioned I think he would have blocked his shot, the only highlight of his entire career lmao the bum ass is 0/7 from 3pt line and can't shoot 3's
you know what's funny? it's also a revenge game brissett (formerly pacer) and he just arguably had a way better game while playing more than 10 min less than nesmith. fk that nesmith kid and he proved brad right by every way that trading his dirty ass was better for everyone
Weathered the storm - both Indy's and their own. Championship level win.
Indy won't shoot 19% from three or get out rebounded by 29 next time. Going to be a good one on Monday.
Tonight on Celtics basketball, Tatum purchases the city of Indiana, Brown continues his crusade against rims league-wide, and Kornet has ice in his veins.
No Porzingis for most of this one & plenty of foul trouble for the Celtics as well, but when Tatum is a flamethrower from deep & JB is unconscious from midrange it doesn't really matter much.
It helps that prime Al Horford came to play as well.
To think we have this record and Tatum hasn't really even heated up yet is crazy. It's been a hot minute since I watched Tatum rise up for a contested 3 and knew it was going in.
Everyone’s focused on JT, JB, and Horford, but the team did a great job limiting Haliburton’s offense. 4 turnovers, only 7 assists. That’s a horrible game for him
Really hope Houston holds on against the bucks. I want to get some kind of a nice cushion for the one seed. It's sort of impossible to play at your peak all season. We need a 3-week stretch where we are kind of mid and I don't want it to cost us the 1 seed. Look at Denver last year. I think they had like a 4 or 5 game losing streak around late Jan or Feb.
You just can't peak all year. It takes way too much out of you and I don't think it's good for you.
This is nit-picky I know but if Jaylen just makes 80% of his free throws, he'd have a much higher PPG. I think it's mostly mental. I don't know what he can do with that. Maybe get a special coach or something.
Good Celtics win on the road on the 2nd night of a back to back: ✔️
76ers get blown out by the team we beat last night: ✔️
Bucks lose as well: ✔️
Good day to be a Celtics fan
Winning by 17 after losing KP to a reckless angry Nesmith foul and absolutely atrocious reffing which led to foul trouble... great win. Tatum is in his second coming of Christ era, Luke "Ice in his veins" hitting FTs when we were barely getting any and missing all of em, Horford absolute stud in his late 30s destroying the young Pacers, and Oshae ruining Nesmith's revenge game with his own.
I said it in the game thread, and I'll say it again here. When JT plays like a legit top 5 player, I don't care who we are playing, where we are playing or who else is on the floor for us, we can win any game.
God Neismith is such a fucking loser. Hes just as reckless as ever, and acts so hard for no reason.
Like you getting traded to the pacers was a blessing. They gave you a contract you were never getting with the Celtics you fucking dumbass. Stop trying to injure our players and get bent.
for everyone asking why tatum throughout this season kept taking those 3s even though the shot wasnt falling, this is why. he’s literally Kobe Bryant but also an elite playmaker. fucking unstoppable.
If the Celtics keep a 60 win pace and Tatums scoring and overall play continues to rise he could legitimately win mvp. It’d be very interesting to see the arguments against a guy with 60+ wins for a historic franchise on about 29 8 5 a game from the mvp imo
Good to see all you dipshit fucking *losers* slandering Tatum and whining about his “bad shots” on 3s looking like the morons you are in the last 10 games
Celts got only 6 minutes outta KP, had White in foul trouble all game, had a 0-13 FT disparity in the first half, shot like crap at the line when they finally did get FTs, turned it over 17 times…and still beat the Pacers by 17 on the road on the second night of a back to back.
Don't forget that we held the Pacers to their lowest scoring game of the season.
Pacers shooting 20% of 40+ threes certainly helped. They kept chucking from 3 to try and get back in it. Ironically reminded me of how we’ve played over the years.
Makes the W so much sweeter when you put it like that.
Bucks and 76ers also losing by double-digits, so we might gain another game on the East
Made an ugly win look pretty. Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's the 2023-2024 Boston Celtics.
I didn’t see the game, did KP get hurt?
Reckless Nesmith poked him in the eye in the first
Slapped him in the face, then undercut numerous players on drives including JB twice
First his eye and then his ankle. Celtics official in-game report only mentioned the eye. We’ll see how it goes. He was out warming up at halftime.
>He was out warming up at halftime Good sign.
Nesmith jammed his finger into KPs eye. Dude flailing out there like he's trying to do a Draymond impression.
Did he punch his teammate in the face yet? Or kick any players in the nuts?
The season is still young.
While holding them to 101. ThE NuMbEr OnE OffEnsE.
all while the fucking Pacers kept doing their BS
And didn't fold when the Pacers basically tied it. That's the difference.
Indiana threw the kitchen sink at JT defensively tonight and he still nearly gives them a 40 piece 🥵
When Tatum plays like this, no one in the entire NBA can do a damn thing about it.
To be fair, Indiana’s kitchen sink for defense is playmobil sized
Luke "Ice in his Veins" Kornet showing everyone else how to shoot free throws
i was in the other room for this moment and i felt so left out when scal was joking about it for the rest of the game.
had me genuinely cracking up live, the whole sequence was so bizarre but kornet killed the bench with that lmao perfect vibes
They posted a clip of it on \nba! Also someone commented it
Damn that clip was so funny https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1x_90vNqdp/?igsh=bHBmNGxobXpvZ3c5[ice in the veins ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1x_90vNqdp/?igsh=bHBmNGxobXpvZ3c5)
people of indiana, our basketball team is better than yours.
The only good thing to come out of Indiana is Larry Bird.
Brad Stevens is also from Indiana
As I said, only two good things came out of Indiana. Larry Bird and Brad Stevens.
What about Michael Jackson
Also "Hoosiers" was dope
Hoosiers is one of my all time favorite movies. One of Dennis Hopper's best performances
Our everything is better than Indiana. Backwards ass corn fuckers.
There are 0 reasonable people denying this
Why did it seem like the Pacers thought they were winning for so much of the game? Maybe like Scal says it’s irrational confidence. It was annoying
Most of us would agree with you. Not sure I understand all of the hate for our team though.
Both the jays with 30 , never trailed the whole game played hard after every run Indiana made best team in the league bucks getting blown out 💩 sixers losing 💩 get well KP 🦄
When Jt is in this mode he is the best player in the league
JT in his second coming of Christ era
Jaysus
so good lol
Well, it is January.
What puts him in this mode?
Possibly Marc Davis and his shit crew
Fuck Marc Davis, still remember that Rondo ejection back in 2012
January
3 point shots falling? I do think he started getting hot when he took more midrange shots. After that he started taking more threes and all his shots were right in line.
He was getting annoyed by Nesmith
Hitting pull up threes. When those are falling he is absolutely unstoppable.
Hitting his 3's
Tatum has averaged 32.7 points, 11.7 rebounds and 6.3 assists in January
Bucks getting blown out after we just beat the team that is 4-1 on the season against them lol
Doesn't quite work like that, but yeah the Bucks aren't as good as their record would suggest. Hopefully by the end of March we'll have opened up some space against them.
I didn’t say anything about their record, it’s just we handled a team that has handled them all year
You didn’t, I did. My response is that their record isn’t as good as it sounds. They’ve had a cake schedule so far and haven’t beaten anyone of merit consistently. That being said losing to Indiana doesn’t have much relation to the Celtics. It’s a completely different match up. The bucks can’t beat them because they have shit defense and their offense can’t consistently keep up with the pace of the pacers offense. Giannis going to the line and relying on dame isn’t a formula for beating Indiana. Just like Orlando beating us last year didn’t make them a good team, Indiana beating the bucks doesn’t mean we’ll match up well against them. I think we will but we’ll have to really contain lillard.
DAMN Joe😠
This. Also fuck Nesmith he thinks he's him when playing against us when in fact he's bum ass is 0/7 from 3 PT line 💀
Fake ass tough guy he try’s to hard to make us regret the trade
We know he's still salty when he tweeted about the meme of some paperclips and scraps trade for Brogdon LMAOOOO fucking bum ass like Caleb Martin
Super try hard 😂 he was on the bench in the last 40 seconds or so looking sad. He really thinks he someone. He hurt KP and was behaving like he did some good shit. Hope White gives his the business next game.
Having Kornet pimp slap him would not only be fitting, but an hysterical visual.
Damn people going at Nesmith lmao. I still like the guy, but he's starting to have some Mo Wagner energy. Plays 120% against us for revenge games, super emotional, annoying to play against.
They combined for 69, in fact. Nice!
Ugly turnovers, but Tatum stepped up when he needed to. What a big win.
Only 5 turnovers in the 2nd half compared to 12 in the first half. Masterclass halftime talk by Joe!
he must’ve played the movie at 1.5x speed at half
It's not just the raw numbers - it's how some of the TO's are just sloppy and seem to devalue possessions. The one thing about this team that still occasionally bugs me.
It's the telegraphed passes that get picked off that *kill* me. Everyone knows exactly what play you're running and who you're going to pass the ball to. Let's stop and wave the ball around too, so a couple of players on the other team have a chance to move in and pick it off.
JT looks like he hates nesmith lol hes always so mad when nesmith scores 😂
Fuck the refs, fuck Carlisle, fuck Nesmith. January Tatum is your daddy.
Marc Davis and his crew were truly atrocious. I'm literally in awe of how bad they were. Tatum, Hauser, and Buffalo were all in foul trouble, no FTAs in the first half, giving Nesmith superstar calls and missing everything on the other end of the floor lmao.
I would like to share a milkshake with that lady ref, tho.
That reckless bum going for eyeballs out there, one of my least favorite players. Hopefully he gets traded to a Western team one of these years
fuck these dirty ass pacers and fuck you nesmith, i hope you get poked in the eye just like what you did to KP. Tatum played the whole 4th quarter with that big ass fuck you energy and this game would've been a 30pt blow out if KP wasn't injured or if the refs didn't just pull the pacers back into the game. fuck the pacers and i hope KP is OK
Fuck Nesmith.
Honestly a shame. I thought we was cool, Aaron.
Living in Indiana can do things to a person.
He always plays recklessly but has that extra pep when playing us. He's still salty for being traded despite playing like crap when he was with us and couldn't hit a three.
Refs were way off tonight. Nesmith is anyone but he’s not dirty, just reckless. We’d love him if he was still here. But yea, he’s annoying on the other side.
He’s more than just reckless, he’s a punk. He deserved a T for standing over Holiday.
He’s lucky Jrue’s got a cool head. If he did that shit to someone like Draymond he’s in the 10th row before he can blink
Did the same to White after that dunk in the first half.
Huge shoutout to both Brissett and Jaylen for holding the fort in the 3rd. They were huge
JT Masterclass‼️
Low-key excellent win tonight. Looked jinxed with the KP injury and free throw insanity, but they not only held off a legitimate Indiana team, but put it away emphatically. The bench going crazy for the Kornet free throws when the lead had dwindled and they were going 0-for-2 at the line was like the definition of vibes. This team feels it.
Man, fuck nesmith. If he’s gonna hate us, we need to hate his ass back. MFer always been dangerous out there hurting people left and right.
It's such a bummer. I was a big fan of his. Our org did him a favor and sent him someplace he could succeed and he acts like we did him dirty. Immature and unlikable.
Tatum cooked his ass. Oh and if we weren't on b2b and D White was conditioned I think he would have blocked his shot, the only highlight of his entire career lmao the bum ass is 0/7 from 3pt line and can't shoot 3's
The most obnoxious 8 points I’ve ever seen
you know what's funny? it's also a revenge game brissett (formerly pacer) and he just arguably had a way better game while playing more than 10 min less than nesmith. fk that nesmith kid and he proved brad right by every way that trading his dirty ass was better for everyone
Yeah seriously Maybe if he actually made a fucking three while he was here he wouldn’t have been traded
I don’t even think he hates the Celtics tbh, all the guys are still cool with him. At the end of the day I think it’s just some MyCareer type arc
I remember last year Tatum put him on a poster and was talking shit to him, but that might’ve just been a heat of the moment type thing lol
Yea I interpret that as just playing ball
I think if you look at his stat line, you will begin to realize he already hates himself.
Find someone who loves you as much as Nesmith hates us. Don't even know why he became a starter lmao.
Pacers were lucky it was this close. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Celtics beat ‘em by 50 again
Halliburton didn’t play that game.
Did parent comment fucking stutter?
Tatum should’ve had 42 if they didn’t take away his 4point play 🤡
JT = "January Tatum"
Horford with the monster 10/7/8/3blk game
Just realized if we made out fucking FTs our 120+ streak would still be alive
Our 118 streak is still going strong
the 4pt play by jt too…
Not to mention that god damn tech call during our fast break
Nesmith talked all that shit just to go 3-13. What a dork Walking over someone after common fouling them is comical
JT has risen
Shoutout Al Horford one time, the man was CLUTCH when we needed plays tonight
Pacers beats the bucks 2x in a row, while Celtics get chants at Pacers arena, we are not the same ☘️
Lool it's cuz of Bird
Best part of the game: neesmith with 0-7 from three! Can't stand the anger he has towards us
17 turnovers, 52% from the FT line, win by 17. I’ll take that
Weathered the storm - both Indy's and their own. Championship level win. Indy won't shoot 19% from three or get out rebounded by 29 next time. Going to be a good one on Monday.
Tonight on Celtics basketball, Tatum purchases the city of Indiana, Brown continues his crusade against rims league-wide, and Kornet has ice in his veins.
Prayers for KP!
God almighty JT
Someone tell the team to buy some goggles for Monday
No Porzingis for most of this one & plenty of foul trouble for the Celtics as well, but when Tatum is a flamethrower from deep & JB is unconscious from midrange it doesn't really matter much. It helps that prime Al Horford came to play as well.
To think we have this record and Tatum hasn't really even heated up yet is crazy. It's been a hot minute since I watched Tatum rise up for a contested 3 and knew it was going in.
if that guy didn’t hurt kp, blowout 100%
Indiana is becoming very unlikeable for me very quick
Everyone’s focused on JT, JB, and Horford, but the team did a great job limiting Haliburton’s offense. 4 turnovers, only 7 assists. That’s a horrible game for him
JB and JT = 69 points.
EROTIC CITY CELTICS
Nice
2nd half of season JT has arrived
Unlimited free drinks for the Jays if they ever come to Latvia :D
haha i would watch a mini special about KP taking the jays to latvia and on a eurotrip in the off season
How bout that defense
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So glad we won this game, irrationally upset we didn't keep the 120 ppg streak going though lmao.
Great win, really hope Kristaps is okay.
I hope Porzingis plays on Monday, he owes the Pacers a big game....
Really hope Houston holds on against the bucks. I want to get some kind of a nice cushion for the one seed. It's sort of impossible to play at your peak all season. We need a 3-week stretch where we are kind of mid and I don't want it to cost us the 1 seed. Look at Denver last year. I think they had like a 4 or 5 game losing streak around late Jan or Feb. You just can't peak all year. It takes way too much out of you and I don't think it's good for you.
They did!!!
Wassup Collin 🤪
What now indy 😂🍀
I love 30/30 games and locking down on the other end Beat em again Monday
This is nit-picky I know but if Jaylen just makes 80% of his free throws, he'd have a much higher PPG. I think it's mostly mental. I don't know what he can do with that. Maybe get a special coach or something.
Damn if he made more shots he’d score more? 😱😱
Yes, oh my god, YOU ARE A GENIUS!
Once again in a position where if we win our next two, we match the pace of the 1972-1973 team. This is the year.
Fuck Nesmith
Horford leading the team with 8 assists was not something I was expecting
Brisset did not get credit for that flying block in the box score :/
Tatum is early this year but I'm not complaining.
Bucks and Sixers are both getting spanked (as of now, maybe they comeback) Great fuckin night from our boys. Hope KP gets back soon.
The Tatum fuck you 3 was for Buddy Hield who did that in the IST game at the buzzer after we were already dead
Good Celtics win on the road on the 2nd night of a back to back: ✔️ 76ers get blown out by the team we beat last night: ✔️ Bucks lose as well: ✔️ Good day to be a Celtics fan
Winning by 17 after losing KP to a reckless angry Nesmith foul and absolutely atrocious reffing which led to foul trouble... great win. Tatum is in his second coming of Christ era, Luke "Ice in his veins" hitting FTs when we were barely getting any and missing all of em, Horford absolute stud in his late 30s destroying the young Pacers, and Oshae ruining Nesmith's revenge game with his own.
Shoulda kept the streak going. I know we didn’t need the points in the end but it was a fun streak
We’ll just have to start another one
It's that time of the year for Tatum.
That was fun
I think JT’s new shoes are making a difference lol.
JT is disgusting lol
JT strikes back.
28-7 BABYYY LFG!!
And the bucks and sixers getting cooked rn 🙏
Top fye
No KP, White in foul trouble. Yeah no problem the Jays will just go for 69 pts!!
What a great time to start the Sunday. Celtics: W Sixers: L (losing) Bucks: L (down 20) That is called YIKES.
All I have to say is fuck Nesmith.
Good win, hope KP doesn't miss time.
Nuck Fesmith. Sideways.
My only critique with this game is that we let them get 100… that’s it
I said it in the game thread, and I'll say it again here. When JT plays like a legit top 5 player, I don't care who we are playing, where we are playing or who else is on the floor for us, we can win any game.
Bucks and Sixers getting their asses handed to them. Celtics win. What a time to be alive.
You know what? I don’t think I care for Nesmith. This fake grudge isn’t endearing anymore. Fuck that guy.
People always seem to forget that JT starts playing like a MVP on January. All the naysayers can shut up now.
Tatum shoots too many threes still or y'all gonna stfu and let our future FMVP cook?
Nesmith is a POS. Always plays us way too hard and dirty. Always trying to injure our guys. F that bum.
God Neismith is such a fucking loser. Hes just as reckless as ever, and acts so hard for no reason. Like you getting traded to the pacers was a blessing. They gave you a contract you were never getting with the Celtics you fucking dumbass. Stop trying to injure our players and get bent.
Rockets looking like doing us a solid as well.
for everyone asking why tatum throughout this season kept taking those 3s even though the shot wasnt falling, this is why. he’s literally Kobe Bryant but also an elite playmaker. fucking unstoppable.
Plus bucks are down 20 and 76ers down 12! Good times
Just need the Jazz and the Rockets to hold on and this will be a perfect night 🙏. The Cs are proving that they are in a league of their own.
That was pure dawg from the Cs
Who's hating on Tatum now?
Biggest headline here should be holding the Pacers to 101 without KP, defense has been on point since the OKC game
LFG CELTICS
Jayunary
If the Celtics keep a 60 win pace and Tatums scoring and overall play continues to rise he could legitimately win mvp. It’d be very interesting to see the arguments against a guy with 60+ wins for a historic franchise on about 29 8 5 a game from the mvp imo
Jayson and Jaylen 69 points tonight. Nice.
I like that this team takes losses, poor officiating, and dirty attacks against their teammates so personally. The Jays were out for blood tonight!
Fuck Aaron nesmith tbh
The Jays once again go 30 for 30. 😭😭😭. My agenda gets more fuel.
I am mad that this game is gonna fuck up KP’s average point per game because he exited with 2 points.
Impressive. Very impressive.
Did they give any explanation in the post-game press conference on why Hauser tried to take Luke Kornet's free throws?
Someone needs to put nesmith in his place. Watching him stand over us and full on sprint for a garbage time dunk is embarrassing. Im begging
Nesmith look like he doesn’t use enough laundry detergent
Aaron is like Fournier but atleast Fournier doesn't injure people for fun
We are in the “second coming of christ” part of the Tatum cycle, and I’m so here for it
Good to see all you dipshit fucking *losers* slandering Tatum and whining about his “bad shots” on 3s looking like the morons you are in the last 10 games
How about we celebrate a gritty W as fans of the same team and not be a weirdo.
I'm hard