Celtics/NBA 2023 Playoffs Round 3 - Back to South Beach

[pgm16]

GTFO with these 8:30pm starts.

10 pm for me

 

[quietbruinfan]

This is still a players league and we have the better players. Spolstra is a better coach I agree but if we play to our ability we should win. Hell Bill Fitch won a championship not because he was a good coach but was blessed with a talented team

Fitch was an excellent coach, he was just hell on his players. That was not a good comparison.

 

[lopey]

He had a winning % of 46. That’s with coaching the Celtics with bird Parrish maxwell and tiny. After the Celtics he just lost

 

[quietbruinfan]

He had a winning % of 46. That’s with coaching the Celtics with bird Parrish maxwell and tiny. After the Celtics he just lost

Except that time he beat the Lakers and went to the finals in 86 or the time before the Celtics when he was a Chomes' injury from making the finals with the Cavs......Bad example, you are just looking at stats.

 

[pgm16]

This is still a players league and we have the better players. Spolstra is a better coach I agree but if we play to our ability we should win. Hell Bill Fitch won a championship not because he was a good coach but was blessed with a talented team

Wish Maravich had to hang on for another year to get his only ring.

 

[lopey]

Except that time he beat the Lakers and went to the finals in 86 or the time before the Celtics when he was a Chomes' injury from making the finals with the Cavs......Bad example, you are just looking at stats.

Except that time he beat the Lakers and went to the finals in 86 or the time before the Celtics when he was a Chomes' injury from making the finals with the Cavs......Bad example, you are just looking at stats.

Kc jones was coach for 1984 and 1986 champs. Not fitch.

Kc jones was coach for 1984 and 1986 champs. Not fitch.

Fitch beat the Rockets I believe

 

[EverettMike]

Kc jones was coach for 1984 and 1986 champs. Not fitch.

He meant Fitch was coaching Houston when they lost to the Celtics in the Finals in '86.

 

[lopey]

He meant Fitch was coaching Houston when they lost to the Celtics in the Finals in '86.

Ah I see.

 

[Alicat]

Bill Fitch was the Celtics coach when they won in 1981. He resigned from the Celtics in '83 and coached Houston from '83-88 when they fired him

Bill Fitch - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[KrejciMVP]

cmon tatum

 

[LucicIsABeast]

Teams don’t respect RW3 underneath, he’s open on drives, just do what Smart did and bounce it to him

 

[EverettMike]

Not much defense so far.

 

[Maine Fan]

Butler looked good that qtr.
While the Celtics ars ahead by 2 they are not that impressive so far IMO.

 

[pgm16]

Not much defense so far.

Picked up the intensity on D now Mike

 

[pgm16]

Smart amazing in that half

 

[lextune]

Up and down 1st half. Teams feeling each other out.

40 points in the paint in the first half is pretty damn good for us though.

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

Heat are going to have to play Bam heavy minutes every game, they have negative rim protection without him and they have too many perimeter defenders who can get switched onto and blown by easily. Sat 7 minutes in the first half and he's a +1 while guys like Butler are -11 and Lowry -12

 

[Alicat]

You can’t be missing those

Call a timeout Joe

 

[pgm16]

That sucks

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

So many misses holy crap.

 

[lextune]

Why must everything be so difficult?

 

[KrejciMVP]

wake up

 

[lopey]

Loves Smarts passing but he’s gotta make this shots

 

[PatriceBergeron]

No team in the NBA has mastered taking your foot off the gas like the Boston Celtics

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

No team in the NBA has mastered taking your foot off the gas like the Boston Celtics

They seem to be moving but just missing almost every shot.