You missed Tatum clanging a key free throw with the game on the line

Jb doing dumb shit has been consistently one of the main reasons for us not being as good as we should be all year. There is no reason on earth literally ever for any single game in an entire season for Jaylen brown to take 27 shots while jt takes 21. Regardless of whether or not jb made a couple in a row or jt’s having a rough game or whatever your superstar offensive player who can score from anywhere HAS to be your go-to guy when you need a bucket, because otherwise shit like this happens. But ESPECIALLY if jt and jb have the same points while jt has taken 6 less shots, then you absolutely 100% need to rely on jt down the stretch instead of letting draymond jr chuck up some bullshit like he’s Kobe every time down the floor. Jaylen brown has never been particularly good at creating offense or even making shots for himself individually, his only consistent move is blowing by defenders 1-on-1 but when help comes he just ignores it and puts up the shot anyways. Everything else he’s best spotting up and cutting off ball and letting the 6’8 point forward top playmaker in the league guy who’s entire job it is to make his life easier, do what he’s supposed to do. JB got his little (undeserved but that’s a different conversation) fmvp nod and decided that he’s now the face of the Celtics and fuck jt and everyone else, and now we’re seeing what a Jaylen Brown led team looks like. Which to me is a whole heck of a lot worse than a JT led team.

EVERYONE missing easy shots at the basket.

Also 2-0 againts NY, 6-1 againts top 3 seeds crazy ngl

We always find new ways to lose to the Hawks. It’s always the little things like turnovers or not rebounding when it matters most. They out-hustle/effort us every time.

Yea I think this team is clearly still a contender, has another level to go to, and can get it together.

Honestly my biggest disappointment this year with them is that although I know all that, it’s just not been good basketball to watch. I have little motivation to actually check into games because I know they’ll probably half ass it and goof most of the time.

Already winning a chip also plays into that, and that probably speaks to how the players feel if a fan like me feels it too.

Its time to accept that it’s likely 2024 was an aberration shooting year and it’s back to business as usual for the Celtics. Celtics are usually in the low to mid 50s win seasons and 64 is probably an outlier. If you see 2024 as a special season and 2025 as a return to normalcy you’ll be less pissed off watching these terrible performances. Most championship years are aberration seasons just look at denver and milwaukee and 2022 Dubs they’ve never been as good as they were since they won it all. This Celtics team isn’t on the KD Warriors’ level and they shouldn’t be expected to perform at that level when nobody on the team is on the level of 2018 KD or Curry

If only he took more than 20 shots the entire game. It’s insane to me how Joe doesn’t see the usage problem when we lose every game jt doesn’t get involved enough and dominate every game he runs shit. Just look at the difference in his usage against Orlando (where his matchups were much more difficult and he should have had lower usage if there ever were a game for him to) and Atlanta (where he’s matched up against nobodies all game and should just be allowed to cook all game. It’s kind of painful to watch just how fucked up joe can make us look all under the guise of “developing” our younger players (who can’t develop cuz JB just takes all their shots whenever jt takes a step back)

Pritchard is great but he is genuinely one of the worst fastbreak players I’ve ever seen, when he gets the ball in transition I just pray lol

There is no switch. It’s a way to cope with the poor basketball the team is playing right now. The only year we won the championship was when we steamrolled the league and you barely ever heard people say “they’re going to flip a switch come postseason”. Every year we see a ton of that same phrase, we haven’t won.

I think the consensus is “no, there’s no basketball-related reason.” Made absolutely no sense from any standpoint in which they were trying to win the game.

So we’re left with a) Mazzulla doesn’t care about wins and losses at all right now and just wanted to test Queta for some learning experience, b) the “book” says to have the more athletic player in there in terms of perimieter switching and rebounds, and it didn’t matter that Queta couldn’t do either one, or c) Joe is passive-aggressively responding to criticisms of him “not playing Queta enough.” (Or Kornet was hurt and we haven’t been told this.)

Most Celtics fans are chilling. We’re def not the clear best team in the league like last year, but no point bitching about it in fucking January lol.

Only the Cavs and Thunder look convincingly better, and both teams have way less playoff experience than the Celtics.