Series Thread: 2nd Round: 2) Boston Celtics vs 3) NY Knicks

[LogicMan]

Less ISO. More passing. Nice to see

 

[bksballer89]

 

[logic]

Quite obvious


But the Knicks suck tonight

A Knicks fan complaining about foul calls on Brunson may be the deepest irony ever.

 

[Pastafazul]

A Knicks fan complaining about foul calls on Brunson may be the deepest irony ever.

Brunson 4 fouls in 3rd Q bout right for him

Look , Knicks sucked tonight, once again Thibs fails to prepare his team, no killer instinct

Knicks lose next 2

 

[The Q]

The Luke Kornet game

Tatum being a Ewing theory guy might kill bill Simmons

 

[NWPATSFAN]

A Knicks fan complaining about foul calls on Brunson may be the deepest irony ever.

Not to mention NY still had 14 more FT attempts.

I'm a big fan of Brunson but he ranks if not stands atop the league for getting away with using his off-ball hand to separate and or prevent steal attempts.

 

[Gman]

Nice to see the Celtics play with some pride last night... not give it up easy on their home floor.

We're still a game away from making this interesting.

The C's gotta keep scraping and keep making a decent % from distance.

If KAT and Brunson keep committing dumb fouls... we'll take that too.

 

[realityball]

Nice to see the Celtics play with some pride last night... not give it up easy on their home floor.

We're still a game away from making this interesting.

The C's gotta keep scraping and keep making a decent % from distance.

If KAT and Brunson keep committing dumb fouls... we'll take that too.

up by 17 (I think) with several minutes to play, Brown was left open outside the perimeter and looked at the basket, but then passed it inside for an easy basket (Pritchard I think ) … that was the second I felt they actually have a chance

 

[Gman]

up by 17 (I think) with several minutes to play, Brown was left open outside the perimeter and looked at the basket, but then passed it inside for an easy basket (Pritchard I think ) … that was the second I felt they actually have a chance

Tatum is without-a-doubt a star player... his ability to score, to draw attention and versatile defense are a major asset overall.

That being said: dude has a tendency to devolve down to ISO, hero-ball... and he has a terrible habit of taking bad shots.

Our team offense as a whole looked better last night... and the results (for one night) speak for themselves.

 

[The Q]

Tatum is without-a-doubt a star player... his ability to score, to draw attention and versatile defense are a major asset overall.

That being said: dude has a tendency to devolve down to ISO, hero-ball... and he has a terrible habit of taking bad shots.

Our team offense as a whole looked better last night... and the results (for one night) speak for themselves.

This has happened when brown was out too

Just too much iso ball

 

[realityball]

Tatum is without-a-doubt a star player... his ability to score, to draw attention and versatile defense are a major asset overall.

That being said: dude has a tendency to devolve to ISO, hero-ball... and he has a terrible habit of taking bad shots.

Our team offense as a whole looked better last night... and the results (for one night) speak for themselves.

they really did devolve into a two play offense — perimeter and Tatum charging inside, so much so that when the 3s didn’t drop they only had Tatum cutting with Brown as an alternate … but both are subpar at inside passing and ball handling … add the lack of a strong center and the Knicks were able to rebound and then take more shots on their side

last night Brown did pass off more with Luke being a better force in the paint … they still missed some open cutters underneath though

 

[Gman]

This has happened when brown was out too

Just too much iso ball

For such established, veteran stars... both Jayson and Jaylen have never really learned their lesson on this front.

Brown still tries to play the game like he has the tightest, slickest handles in the NBA...

... and, simply put, he does not.

Watching the dude turn the ball over 3, 4, 5 (or more) times a game trying to ISO drive into playoff-hardened team defense is maddening as hell.

 

[realityball]

For such established, veteran stars... both Jayson and Jaylen have never really learned their lesson on this front.

Brown still tries to play the game like he has the tightest, slickest handles in the NBA...

... and, simply put, he does not.

Watching the dude turn the ball over 3, 4, 5 (or more) times a game trying to ISO drive into playoff-hardened team defense is maddening as hell.

lol … it’s like when the Cs make a great inside pass, it’s more exciting than a 3 … just numbing

 

[The Q]

For such established, veteran stars... both Jayson and Jaylen have never really learned their lesson on this front.

Brown still tries to play the game like he has the tightest, slickest handles in the NBA...

... and, simply put, he does not.

Watching the dude turn the ball over 3, 4, 5 (or more) times a game trying to ISO drive into playoff-hardened team defense is maddening as hell.

He’s a bottom 33% ball handler for wings

 

[Gman]

He’s a bottom 33% ball handler for wings

Only the Kyrie Irving's of the world should try to play the game the way that Brown (all too often) tries to play it... especially in the playoffs where teams focus on tendencies.

A guy like Josh Hart (for one instance) has to be positively salivating waiting for Jaylen Brown to fancy dribble for 7 seconds and then try to dribble drive to the basket.

The shame of it is that the Celtics have a world of spacing and team offense opportunities... they just (all too often) ignore those possibilities in favor of ISO, hero crap.

 

[LogicMan]

He’s a bottom 33% ball handler for wings

Fact

 

[The Q]

Only the Kyrie Irving's of the world should try to play the game the way that Brown (all too often) tries to play it... especially in the playoffs where teams focus on tendencies.

A guy like Josh Hart (for one instance) has to be positively salivating waiting for Jaylen Brown to fancy dribble for 7 seconds and then try to dribble drive to the basket.

The shame of it is that the Celtics have a world of spacing and team offense opportunities... they just (all too often) ignore those possibilities in favor of ISO, hero crap.

I don’t think brown is going to age well

So if they can be the team to get phoenixs future from hou for brown I’m not gonna be sad

It’s a fun chance to shake it up whole hou tries to make the leap

 

[realityball]

I don’t think brown is going to age well

So if they can be the team to get phoenixs future from hou for brown I’m not gonna be sad

It’s a fun chance to shake it up whole hou tries to make the leap

lol … I doubt if that’ll happen anytime soon

 

[UK Cowboy]

The Knicks better get their shit together and close it out in 6. If they go back to Boston for a game 7 I think they will get their doors blown completely off

 

[The Q]

The Knicks better get their shit together and close it out in 6. If they go back to Boston for a game 7 I think they will get their doors blown completely off

going to a game 7 would be huge

but i'm not sure it matters. I expect Jrue and Zinger to both be gone, but if they can show up and boost their stock a bit that would be nice.