Celtics/NBA 2023-2024 Regular Season: II

[McGarnagle]

This team has no excuse this year. None.

Yep, but when I look at the standings and see Erik Spoelstra's Heat still hovering in that 7-10 seed range I feel the need to light candles to St. Michael the Archangel.

 

[Maine Fan]

JRull86:
This team has no excuse this year. None.


Except for Denver

 

[CDJ]

I love dijonai

 

[Shaun]

i don’t see any way they stop jokic

 

[shelbysdad]

i don’t see any way they stop jokic

I think "control" will be the goal

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

i don’t see any way they stop jokic

Don't need to. Jokic can bully Porzingis and Horford down low all game, all series if he wants to. They can have that, as long as they slow down Murray and Porter.


I know they lost both regular season games this season but i think the Celtics match up well with the Nuggets. The Celtics have shot 30% from three in the two games they played against the Nuggets, while Tatum averaged 18.5 ppg on 38% shooting and only lost by 8 points total.


The Nuggets play slow and don't take a lot of threes. A great three point shooting team that takes a lot of them, are switchable on defense and can at least have some resistance around the rim is the team that will beat the Nuggets.

 

[pgm16]

Going to be tough to fault them if they lose a competitive Finals to Denver considering Jokic is a f***ing unstoppable alien.

Let me reframe, epic fail if they lose the finals to any team not named the Nuggets...lol

 

[CDJ]

Clippers are openly saying they don’t have an identity while the Celtics are on cruise control

Another reason why I laughed at the idea of trading Jaylen for Harden or making a move for Harden instead of Holiday

 

[BostonBob]

 

[Mione134]

Of course

 

[Johnnyduke]

Of course

A stunning development in the NBA! Just happens way too often where stars are not playing in these big games.

 

[CDJ]

Time to pride check these Bucks complementary players, let’s see if they’re the folding type

 

[Mione134]

A stunning development in the NBA! Just happens way too often where stars are not playing in these big games.

Yep. I just want to see the best players play.

 

[CDJ]

Props to Jae Crowder. Major part of the culture for those teams that began the orgs turnaround

 

[Mione134]

Don't blow this.



Please

 

[CDJ]

Somebody who had the -10.5 spread as the last leg of a parlay would be really mad right now

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

Somebody who had the -10.5 spread as the last leg of a parlay would be really mad right now

Shohei Ohtani has just spent another 10k paying off a debt

Someone who had Boston -3.5 is also very angry right now

 

[Johnnyduke]

Time to pride check these Bucks complementary players, let’s see if they’re the folding type

They were not. In fact it's the Celtics who almost folded.

 

[pgm16]

Others years they would have folded when teams would make a run in the 4th, that is a huge difference this year.

 

[pgm16]

Kid from Oakland had a night

 

[CDJ]

Kid from Oakland had a night

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

Samford got robbed against Kansas last night. 90-89 Kansas, 14.7 seconds left and they called a clean block a foul. This was in between them reviewing calls for everything towards the end of the game but had no way to overturn a wrong foul and give Samford a chance to win the game with the final possession

 

[pgm16]

Oh my !!!

 

[CDJ]

Samford got robbed against Kansas last night. 90-89 Kansas, 14.7 seconds left and they called a clean block a foul. This was in between them reviewing calls for everything towards the end of the game but had no way to overturn a wrong foul and give Samford a chance to win the game with the final possession

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

 

[Ludwig Fell Down]

In the least surprising news since the prevalence of legalized sports gambling, a Raptors player is under investigation for gambling irregularities related to prop bets.

If the allegations are true, I'm sure the NBA execs and ownership will be shocked and appalled that such a thing could ever happen. How could anyone have seen this coming?

Sources: NBA eyes Raptors' Porter over betting

Raptors forward Jontay Porter is under investigation by the NBA following multiple instances of betting irregularities over the past several months, sources told ESPN.

www.espn.com