Celtics/NBA 2023-2024 Regular Season: II

[Johnnyduke]

No big deal NBA teams blow 30 point leads all the time!!!

 

[BostonBob]

No big deal NBA teams blow 30 point leads all the time!!!

Well some teams certainly seem to make it a fairly regular habit.

 

[CDJ]

they have like 4 losses in 2 months, tough to say any kind of loss is a fairly regular habit

 

[BostonBob]

they have like 4 losses in 2 months, tough to say any kind of loss is a fairly regular habit

True - but holding onto fairly large leads has been an issue this season.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

True - but holding onto fairly large leads has been an issue this season.

Porzingis said they just got lazy like no biggie.

 

[BostonBob]

True - but holding onto fairly large leads has been an issue this season.

Porzingis said they just got lazy like no biggie.

Now that kind of response bothers me. I would rather he say something like " we know that maintaining our focus when we have a big lead is something we need to work on to make sure that something like tonight doesn't happen in the Playoffs ". I have a hard time believing that guys like Larry Bird, Kevin Garnett or Bill Russell would just laugh off blowing a 30 point lead.

 

[bruinsfan1968]

Now that kind of response bothers me. I would rather he say something like " we know that maintaining our focus when we have a big lead is something we need to work on to make sure that something like tonight doesn't happen in the Playoffs ". I have a hard time believing that guys like Larry Bird, Kevin Garnett or Bill Russell would just laugh off blowing a 30 point lead.

Comparing KP to Garnett, Bird especially Russell is a mistake, none of those guys would do that.
KP isn't in the same class of a player that those 3 are, not in this lifetime or ever for that matter!.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Now that kind of response bothers me. I would rather he say something like " we know that maintaining our focus when we have a big lead is something we need to work on to make sure that something like tonight doesn't happen in the Playoffs ". I have a hard time believing that guys like Larry Bird, Kevin Garnett or Bill Russell would just laugh off blowing a 30 point lead.

Hockey players say those type of post game comments/thoughts but usually you can tell it's said with anger and shame, not like "meh. . ."
I don't follow the NBA that much. Pink hat celtics fan ftw.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Sources tell me that a man who live bet Samford +370 was really upset about that call

Shohei?

 

[pgm16]

We don't lose often but when we do, we blow 30 point leads...lol

 

[Johnnyduke]

they have like 4 losses in 2 months, tough to say any kind of loss is a fairly regular habit

Blowing big leads for this team is nothing new. They did it in victory over a Bucks team without Giannis, the Cavs debacle. These aren't run of the mill 10 point leads.

 

[pgm16]

I never watched last night, just checked the scores before half & wake up to a loss.

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

They are now 4-7 in one point games with one minute left this season.



As great and dominant as they have been this regular season. They never let you get too ahead of yourself before reminding everyone that they have things about them that will make them vulnerable the deeper into the playoffs it gets.

 

[BostonBob]

Now that kind of response bothers me. I would rather he say something like " we know that maintaining our focus when we have a big lead is something we need to work on to make sure that something like tonight doesn't happen in the Playoffs ". I have a hard time believing that guys like Larry Bird, Kevin Garnett or Bill Russell would just laugh off blowing a 30 point lead.

Comparing KP to Garnett, Bird especially Russell is a mistake, none of those guys would do that.
KP isn't in the same class of a player that those 3 are, not in this lifetime or ever for that matter!.

I certainly wasn't comparing KP the player to those other 3 guys. It was just a commentary on the " who gives a crap " attitude that most of the current NBA players have. I still remember something Larry Bird said in an interview just after he stepped down as the Pacers Head Coach. He was asked to compare current NBA players to those he he played with and against. Bird responded that today's players play more for the name on the back of their jersey than they do for the name on the front.

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

Listening to Felger & Mazz, this Jontay Porter story is hilarious. This guy must have been in a group chat telling all his friends to bet the under on his stats, knowing he was going to leave the game early and those idiots made him the biggest money winner for bettors in the entire league on January 26th and March 20th


That's got to be a lifetime ban from the league. Especially when it's some bum who averages 14 minutes a night and no loss to the league.

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

 

[CDJ]

It really is incredible that these players think they’re gonna get away with stuff like that when they don’t have a Japanese translator to pin it on

 

[Mione134]

I think with all these teams and org being sponsored by betting places, what did they expect?

 

[BostonBob]

It really is incredible that these players think they’re gonna get away with stuff like that when they don’t have a Japanese translator to pin it on

Maybe Alex Rodriguez has an extra cousin they could use.

 

[Maine Fan]

Time to practice instead of days off.

 

[EverettMike]

I would fire Joe Mazz before overtime starts. THIS SHIT NEVER CHANGES

 

[pgm16]

Tough trip down south

I would fire Joe Mazz before overtime starts. THIS SHIT NEVER CHANGES

WTF !!!

 

[Maine Fan]

Pathetic

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

Make that 4-8 in one point games in the final minute now.


Poor execution late in close games and always at the disadvantage in coaching battles is going to cost this team. That final possession in regulation is firing worthy for a coach when he keeps allowing it to happen every time they find themselves in that spot.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Oh look it’s the Celtics team that’s going to go 7 games vs an 8 seed again