Celtics/NBA 2023-2024 NBA Finals begin June 6th at TD Garden - CELTICS vs Dallas

[BigGoalBrad]

Anyone who thinks Holiday fouled him can GTFO

Nembhard pushed off to start the play

I give the Celtics a lot of credit for this one. Most teams probably call it a night and take the L.

This is a team with heart unlike the lose every playoff game at home Bruins.

Was wondering why White and Holiday weren’t playing better defensively and then on cue they stepped up and shut Indy’s guards down.

 

[Johnnyduke]

What would series be if you swapped Smart in for Holiday

 

[lextune]

Awesome win. Celts battled all night.

Up 2-0 in the series like this, last year's team would have definitely packed it in down 18 in the 3rd.

Let's get game four too and sweep our way into the Finals.

 

[Spanky185]

I can't believe Boston won that. Thought Indiana was going to run away with it.

 

[Johnny Dangles]

Wow. Really hate the 20 minutes to play 5 seconds NBA special. But glad we won. Character win. Holiday is awesome.

 

[sarge88]

I can't believe Boston won that. Thought Indiana was going to run away with it.

For most of the first 3 quarters Indy got just about every break, call and lucky bounce.

Then things normalized in the 4th and Holiday was great!

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

They went 4:38 between missed shots. Just insane shot making to close a game.

4:48

Al Horford misses 27-foot three point jumper

95

99

4:05

Jaylen Brown makes 2-foot driving dunk (Jrue Holiday assists)

97

101

3:30

Al Horford makes 11-foot two point shot (Derrick White assists)

99

104

2:48

Jrue Holiday makes layup (Derrick White assists)

101

107

2:24

Jaylen Brown makes 11-foot two point shot

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109

1:41

Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)

106

109

1:12

Al Horford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)

109

111

38.2

Jrue Holiday makes driving layup (Jayson Tatum assists)

111

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38.2

Jrue Holiday makes free throw 1 of 1

112

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10.0

Jayson Tatum misses driving layup

112

111

 

[CDJ]

That was an insane pass by Tatum to Horford to cut it to 2

 

[Mione134]

They'll lose the next one, but win at home

 

[Johnnyduke]

They'll lose the next one, but win at home

I don't know. I think that was it from the Pacers tonight.

 

[BostonBob]

My prediction - Celtics in 5. I think it will go like this - win, win ( one of the first 2 games will be a blowout win ), close win, loss ( Indy doesn't get swept at home ) and win.

So far - so good.

 

[Johnnyduke]

Is twitter experiencing a great malfunction at the moment

 

[Mione134]

I don't know. I think that was it from the Pacers tonight.

Maybe. But I could see the Pacers win 1 at home.

 

[JRull86]

Maybe. But I could see the Pacers win 1 at home.

With no Haliburton, and after two crushing losses? Not a chance.

 

[Mione134]

With no Haliburton, and after two crushing losses? Not a chance.

There's always a chance. Especially with the Celtics lol

 

[lopey]

I got to giv Mazzula credit for calling time out when he did and laid into them on how bad defence was. After that they where lights out

 

[Maine Fan]

Based on this past season I'm not so sure. This version of the Celtics seems to have trouble sometimes playing teams missing their big stars - Lakers without LeBron and AD, Miami without Butler, Atlanta without Trae Young ( twice ).

They proved my comment incorrect. You were correct.

 

[wintersej]

Last years team is down 2-1 right now.

 

[FrankerC]

NBA teams are known to give up after being down 3-0/3-1. Would be very surprised if Pacers show any effort in G4.

 

[Maine Fan]

What is wrong with Hauser and his shot? I can't remember him missing so many. Why does Mazzulla keep him in the game?

 

[lextune]

Last years team is down 2-1 right now.

Holiday has brought a calmness and clutch play to games 1 and 3 that we've been missing in year's past.

 

[CDJ]

I got to giv Mazzula credit for calling time out when he did and laid into them on how bad defence was. After that they where lights out

It was very clearly an effort thing and not a defensive strategy/coaching X’s and O’s things. They were playing with their food. They do it all the time. I got them at like +200 when they were down 16 because I knew it would end up a one possession game.

Joe gets zero credit when they win and he’s the first one thrown under the bus when they lose (or in the case of last night, when they’re losing in the 2nd quarter). I thought he did great last night. Smart timeouts. Got them engaged.

Ultimately though this is a stars league- you’ll win because of your stars or you’ll lose because of your stars. It’s almost never coaching imo

 

[Mad-Marcus]

Watching the Pacers faces, at the end of the game, they looked somewhat broken.
Not a lot of veteran leadership, other than Carlisle, to pull them together.
There close, but young to being a great team. As in all sports, it up the health and money.

 

[JoeIsAStud]

They went 4:38 between missed shots. Just insane shot making to close a game.

4:48

Al Horford misses 27-foot three point jumper

95

99

4:05

Jaylen Brown makes 2-foot driving dunk (Jrue Holiday assists)

97

101

3:30

Al Horford makes 11-foot two point shot (Derrick White assists)

99

104

2:48

Jrue Holiday makes layup (Derrick White assists)

101

107

2:24

Jaylen Brown makes 11-foot two point shot

103

109

1:41

Jayson Tatum makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)

106

109

1:12

Al Horford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)

109

111

38.2

Jrue Holiday makes driving layup (Jayson Tatum assists)

111

111

38.2

Jrue Holiday makes free throw 1 of 1

112

111

10.0

Jayson Tatum misses driving layup

112

111

The 5 minutes a night or so this team plays hard can be pretty impressive

 

[lopey]

The 5 minutes a night or so this team plays hard can be pretty impressive

Wont get away with that in the finals though.