Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Boston Celtics	34	43	20	24	121
Toronto Raptors	26	33	32	22	113

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Boston Celtics	121	44-92	47.8%	20-47	42.6%	13-14	92.9%	14	46	24	22	8	11	9
Toronto Raptors	113	43-88	48.9%	9-22	40.9%	18-21	85.7%	11	51	22	18	5	12	3


Boston Celtics	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jaylen Brown^SF	38:52	30	9-19	3-4	9-9	4	4	8	5	1	1	3	1	18
Jordan Walsh^PF	25:58	9	4-8	1-2	0-0	2	4	6	0	3	0	0	6	10
Neemias Queta^C	33:39	11	4-7	0-0	3-4	6	5	11	4	1	2	2	3	12
Payton Pritchard^SG	37:51	15	6-12	3-8	0-0	1	3	4	6	1	0	0	1	18
Derrick White^PG	37:16	27	10-21	6-15	1-1	0	4	4	5	0	3	5	4	8
Anfernee Simons	20:39	12	5-14	2-8	0-0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	-9
Sam Hauser	26:12	9	3-7	3-7	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	3	0
Josh Minott	10:47	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	-12
Baylor Scheierman	06:16	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	-5
Hugo González	02:26	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Boucher	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luka Garza	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Tillman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Harper Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Shulga	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Tatum	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amari Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toronto Raptors	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Brandon Ingram^SF	35:13	30	11-20	4-7	4-6	0	4	4	3	0	0	4	0	-12
Scottie Barnes^PF	37:16	18	6-12	0-1	6-7	2	9	11	8	1	1	2	5	-8
Jakob Poeltl^C	24:49	10	4-9	0-0	2-2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	-18
Ja’Kobe Walter^SG	11:53	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	-16
Immanuel Quickley^PG	31:19	11	4-9	0-4	3-3	0	1	1	5	1	0	1	1	-14
Jamal Shead	22:24	9	4-10	1-3	0-0	2	2	4	3	2	0	2	1	4
Ochai Agbaji	22:14	11	4-7	1-1	2-2	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	3	7
Gradey Dick	07:28	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1
Sandro Mamukelashvili	23:16	14	6-10	1-2	1-1	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	12
A.J. Lawson	13:27	10	4-8	2-3	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	-5
Collin Murray-Boyles	06:14	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	3
Alijah Martin	04:25	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Chucky Hepburn	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Mogbo	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garrett Temple	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RJ Barrett	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamison Battle	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

IcyMission3 | Celtics

408 | 17 hours ago

How tf are the Tatum less Celtics the 3rd seed in the east

nefnaf | Celtics

251 | 17 hours ago

I remember a time when a team whose best player was 5’9 was the 1 seed

fredinNH | Celtics

92 | 17 hours ago

We are so fortunate to have Brad Stevens calling the shots

Fine_Lengthiness_341

-19 | 15 hours ago

People seemed pretty upset when he gave up IT

jbungels132 | Celtics

22 | 15 hours ago

That was Ainge, not Brad. Brad was still coaching at that point

pkwjones | Spurs

29 | 16 hours ago

That run by IT was something special man, sucks it was cut short by injuries.

JE_Skeets | NBA

117 | 17 hours ago

Mazzula + heart of a champion

DoctorFunktopus | Celtics

63 | 17 hours ago

Also it definitely helps that a large portion of the east is straight up booty cheeks this year.

ChessHistory

28 | 16 hours ago

Yeah like there’s multiple teams that are probably supposed to be tanking and fucking that up cause the East sucks (Pacers, Celtics, Bulls)

Edit: hadn’t checked the standings, guess Pacers are doing their job

ThlammedMyPenis

1 | 16 hours ago

We have a Skeets imposter omg

JE_Skeets | NBA

1 | 5 hours ago

Woah boy!

Kaizerchief17 | Pistons

1 | 16 hours ago

A No Dunks reference!!!

champagnesupernova10 | Celtics

60 | 17 hours ago

Beat the top 3 teams in the East + Lakers this past week lol. And this was supposed to our tanking year.

ksyndrome | Celtics

49 | 17 hours ago

As much as we celebrate beating the Lakers, that win was simply not as satisfying with Lebron and Luka out.

Yellowbucket58 | Celtics

42 | 17 hours ago

It’s not like we’re trotting out an all star line up out there.

juicejug | Celtics

16 | 17 hours ago

This has been the talking point since the beginning of the year, but at this point JB is easy 2nd team All NBA, Queta is like a top 3 player in on/off (excluding the 7 Thunder players who are actually in the top 10 lmao), and we have 3 primary rotation players shooting better than 40% from 3.

Again, excluding the Thunder, we’re playing almost as good as anyone in the league.

zeek215 | Lakers

22 | 17 hours ago

Even with the guys out on both sides, I’m still pissed at the league for making that matchup the second night of a road back to back for us. Seems like complete disrespect for the rivalry.

A premier game (it was on Prime) should never involve back to backs let alone road back to backs.

DerrickWhiteFVMP202X

14 | 16 hours ago

It was a SEGABABA for the Celtics too, who played away in dc.

zeek215 | Lakers

4 | 16 hours ago

That just makes it worse. The sooner we abolish road back to backs the better.

wTI8SQEHbo | Celtics

10 | 16 hours ago

It’s THE biggest rivalry in the NBA, and they just threw it under a bus.

Whether we won or lost, I still feel robbed.

Efficient_Art_1144 | Celtics

2 | 11 hours ago

Yeah and I know some other fans will roll their eyes at this but lakers Celtics games shouldn’t be on the rail end of back to backs for either team

juicejug | Celtics

0 | 16 hours ago

100% agree. I think if Luka plays the Lakers win tbh, he’s on some crazy shit this year.

PrivateAids | Lakers

3 | 16 hours ago

You would’ve won still. You guys hitting 24 3’s against us would have still happened. This game was reminiscent of the OKC game we had earlier where they wouldn’t miss early on and were sharing the ball and lakers iso balled in response as they weren’t hitting shots, that game had Luka and played out the same as this game but with Reaves. Got played out of the building in the first half and all we did was manage to make it look like slightly less of a beating.

corporatekittycatt | Celtics

3 | 15 hours ago

I disagree. Celtics could absolutely beat a healthy Lakers team. They have the shooting and the defense to win. Lakers have their offense but outside of Marcus, is the defense very good? Can they stop the Celtics shooters?

Efficient_Art_1144 | Celtics

2 | 11 hours ago

True but they got AR to make some faces when he couldn’t get around Walsh and that was enough for me

gedbybee | Spurs

-15 | 17 hours ago

Yeah I still don’t know why yall aren’t tanking. Do you really think you can beat the nuggets or okc in the finals? Even with a pre injury Tatum that’s a tall order cuz the team is much worse overall without the vets.

gjaxx

26 | 17 hours ago

Because they have sporting integrity? Tanking is pathetic and a stain on the sport. It’s incredible how normalized it’s become.

gedbybee | Spurs

-1 | 15 hours ago

It’s the best way to improve your team.

I guess they have one star in Jaylen brown. Unclear if that’s enough in this era.

What’s the integrity? Where’s that when stern cancels the Chris Paul trade for no reason? Or when the refs are obviously biased? What about the betting scandal?

That thing you’re talking about doesn’t exist. The players and maybe coaches have to believe in that, but even then, they eventually learn that isn’t real.

Fans can’t even easily watch all the games. It’s all about business, and that never has integrity.

DiseaseRidden | BOS

2 | 13 hours ago

Stern canceled the Chris Paul trade because the NBA were the acting owners of the Hornets and deemed it a shitty trade, which it was. That was a completely legitimate decision to make. It’d be the exact same as if like, the Mavs ownership said “Hey uhh no, we’re not trading Luca, get the fuck out of here”

valkerine | Warriors

14 | 17 hours ago

Mazzulla and his psycho ass wouldn’t allow tanking

gedbybee | Spurs

0 | 15 hours ago

It’s not supposed to be him. He just gets a team so bad they can’t help but tank.

DiseaseRidden | BOS

3 | 13 hours ago

This was always such a stupid mindset. Say we do trade away talent for assets and tank this year. Then next year we have Tatum back with…. hopefully a decent rookie for help? Alternatively, we reload this year, get under the second apron, but stay competitive, then we come back next year with a team ready to compete again.

gedbybee | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

But I don’t see a path for a team ready to compete lol. That’s the issue. Jaylen, Pritchard, Tatum, and white aren’t enough. Simons is bad. The bigs are good against the bad east but probably not against an actual contender.

ButlerFromDowntown | Bulls

8 | 17 hours ago

The Celtics aren’t tanking becuase they’re too good to tank. Half of their lineup is guys who were not rotational players a year ago and they have all developed to the point where they are legitimately contributing to wins. They also have one of the best coaches in the league who is going to make ranking even harder. Besides, playing as good basketball as possible is going to be much more meaningful for Walsh and Queta and Minott and Scheierman and Gonzalez than tanking would be. It is going to make them serious weapons next year when Tatum is back.

gedbybee | Spurs

3 | 15 hours ago

And hey man, I could be wrong, but they’re playing in a terrible conference.

Being decent players against those teams and stacking up some bad team wins isn’t the same thing as being good against good teams when it matters.

Notcousingreg

6 | 16 hours ago

I mean how could they tank anyways? It’s not like they can purposely lose they have Jaylen Brown Sixth man of the year in Pritchard and Derrick white it’s impossible for them to be at the bottom with those 3

gedbybee | Spurs

-4 | 15 hours ago

You trade Jaylen and get under the cap. It completely resets your cap and allows you to tank.

You’d try and sell off white and Prichard and Simons, but those are much harder sells. Tho you could sell them all.

Then you’re really tanking.

DiseaseRidden | BOS

4 | 12 hours ago

So we give away our FMVP and All-NBA caliber player for…. the chance at an FMVP and All-NBA caliber player? Sure, Brown is good, but a top draft pick could be anything! It could even be Brown!

gedbybee | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

Yes a brown on a cheaper contract that means you can get another star in free agency. It’s about cap management more than anything else.

Oh and you’ll have all the assets you get from trading brown.

So you’ll get a younger brown, assets, and probably picks. Plus cap space.

Literally it’s the way.

DiseaseRidden | BOS

1 | 4 hours ago

What percentage of top picks are legitimately as good as Brown, especially in their first couple of years? That’s a very low number. Why take the risk when you already have a legitimate all-nba talent and another top 5 player coming back?

gedbybee | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

Again, you get all the other stuff back. Plus you’re not competing with brown anyway. Oh and you’re under the cap so you can sign or sign and trade for players.

Edit: no player has come back from an Achilles at the same level they were before it. Expecting Tatum to come back the same is silly.

knightime1 | Celtics

46 | 17 hours ago

Jaylen Brown might be good at basketball

fredinNH | Celtics

25 | 17 hours ago

It’s worth considering

celtic_sea_salt | Celtics

9 | 16 hours ago

I, for one, will, in fact, consider this intelligent high IQ statement.

TheGamesGone_ | Celtics

18 | 17 hours ago

Because the east is really bad. Only the Knicks and Pistons are worthy of respect.

We’d win 64-65 games with Tatum healthy.

SignificantScreen100 | Celtics

31 | 17 hours ago

The east isn’t bad. There are 9 teams well over .500. There isn’t a OKC, or a Boston of 2 seasons ago.

HornyHindu | Celtics

11 | 17 hours ago

Eh, I usually rail against the LEast conference narrative, esp like 2-3 years ago when they had a winning record then just under vs the West. This season though only team above .700 is Pistons vs 4 in West and I’d reasonably expect any of those 4 if healthy to beat Piston/Knicks in a series. Basically East is for the taking… for Celts it’d be a godsend to hav Tatum back healthy and ideally ramped up before playoffs + anothr big even with Queetas emergence as the East is for the taking.

TheGamesGone_ | Celtics

12 | 17 hours ago

It is bad though

CrossingYoulnStyle | Knicks

2 | 17 hours ago

We have to see how many of those teams are real

Kuni_Nino | Heat

12 | 17 hours ago

All of them are real. If you go into any of those games against the East’s Top 9 trying to coast, you’ll get your ass beat down.

LordHussyPants | Celtics

17 | 17 hours ago

east 9th seed is 3 games over .500 while the west 9th seed is 3 games under

EAST STRONG

Yellowbucket58 | Celtics

17 | 17 hours ago

Fair, but the team lost Tatum to injury and Horford, Jrue, KP, and Kornet in the offseason. This goes beyond the east being bad.

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

3 | 17 hours ago

Is there any date you expect him back by? I keep hearing that he’s definitely coming back this year.

tdl2024 | Celtics

3 | 17 hours ago

The team hasn’t said anything but pretty everyone in our sub thinks (barring setbacks) he’ll be back around March. Pure speculation though.

StephySays | Celtics

4 | 16 hours ago

mid Feb when JB is playing 30+ minutes a game on no food or water would be perfect. inshallah 🙏🏽

fredinNH | Celtics

2 | 17 hours ago

I read somewhere that he could come back after the allstar break, based on recovery timelines for torn Achilles, but most don’t think that would be wise.

If we are a top seed heading into the playoffs I don’t see how he’s going to stay on the sidelines. He seems to want to play this season.

Im__Ron__Burgundy | Celtics

12 | 17 hours ago

51 win pace btw

wTI8SQEHbo | Celtics

0 | 16 hours ago

I was one of the optimistic gang saying we’d get 41 wins lmao

Sagebeing

14 | 17 hours ago

Brown/White/Protchard are all really good. Plus, Queta and Walsh breakouts

SquimJim | Celtics

13 | 16 hours ago

I think Minott being able to hold his own as the back-up small ball 5 is vital too. We were just giving away points with any of Garza, Tillman, or Boucher playing the back-up 5. Minott’s just been a lot better for us in that role

Sagebeing

12 | 16 hours ago

Yeah he has been good too. But I think the real reason they are better than expected is that White/PP are ALOT better than people think. They’re closer to all stars than role players. Metrics love them.

SquimJim | Celtics

3 | 16 hours ago

Not going to argue there

HornyHindu | Celtics

10 | 17 hours ago

TOP O’ THE MORNING, MOTHERFUCKERS!

THAT’S HOW!

Shmokeshbutt | Magic

9 | 17 hours ago

Because their best player, FMVP and CFMVP, Mr. Jaylen Brown can easily carry the team

Krillin113 | 76ers

9 | 17 hours ago

Cavs - no fucking clue what’s going on Milwaukee - flawed roster + shit coach + Giannis drama Orlando - flawed roster + injuries Miami - best coach in the league but very little star power Philly - injured and flawed roster, checked out coach Hawks - can’t stray too far from .500 + inured Trae for 30-40% of the games Toronto - flawed roster Bulls - flawed roster & dumb ownership

Pacers. Nets. Wizards. Tanking. Charlotte. Hopeless

Knicks and pistons are decent I guess.

Yeah I thought you’d be worse, but the fact that I deny confident we’d make the playoffs with this roster says a lot about a lot of teams

afjecj | Magic

10 | 16 hours ago

I feel like coming into the season, your lack of a centre was a bigger red flag for me then not having Tatum, but queta has really been pretty decent

DJRyGuy20 | Celtics

7 | 15 hours ago

I’m shocked at how much better he looks this year. I used to joke with my brother about what a spaz he was whenever he was on the court- “dude always looks like all 4 of his limbs are going in different directions.”

I haven’t seen any of that this season. His body control has improved immensely. He’s a gamer for real.

eldiablo22590 | Celtics

6 | 12 hours ago

Used to refer to him as wacky inflatable arm man with my friends

DJRyGuy20 | Celtics

3 | 12 hours ago

lol- that’s perfect

Snapphane88 | Finland

8 | 17 hours ago

Was my thought as well. Celtics suck at tanking.

LuisScolaGOAT | Celtics

8 | 16 hours ago

Jaylen Brown is better than he gets credit for, Brad Stevens is amazing at finding bargain bin guys who can produce, and Mazzulla is great at scaring them into winning games or something. Also the east is kinda weak but mostly the first three things.

JoJonesy | Celtics

7 | 17 hours ago

we are incapable of tanking even a little bit

Jjjt22

4 | 16 hours ago

Its not just Tatum. They blew up their big man rotation and replaced them with a group I honestly never heard of.

Constant_Charge_4528 | Bulls

1 | 15 hours ago

East ass

Efficient_Art_1144 | Celtics

1 | 11 hours ago

I mean to be fair they are also a hair out of the play in given how cramped the east is

buried_alive000

-1 | 17 hours ago

Because it’s the east

SloshaPacana

-7 | 17 hours ago

East is fucking ass, there’s a team 19-5 with +5 net rating worse than Boston lmao

patscelticslions | Celtics

220 | 17 hours ago

major 2017 vibes from this group. well-coached team with one star carrying the brunt of the scoring load, surrounded by a bunch of hungry, scrappy players who can be inconsistent offensively but fly around the court every possession and make key plays in key moments

it is an absolute pleasure watching this team play right now

Deviljho12 | Celtics

60 | 17 hours ago

2017 but you have a guy who’s even better than that one star carrying the load who’s going to be back by the playoffs.

Kyler1313

22 | 17 hours ago

2nd best player Avery Bradley feels eerily similar to 2nd best player Derrick White.

Few-Chemist-3463 | Celtics

86 | 17 hours ago

Derrick is much more talented

Mother-Associate1654

42 | 17 hours ago

D White was an Olympian lol

Kyler1313

58 | 17 hours ago

Avery Bradley in 2017 was averaging more points than Derrick White is currently (when teams averaged 11 less PPG a game). While he was also All-Defense and considered by many the top perimeter defender in the league.

We got to stop underrating prime Avery Bradley

nefnaf | Celtics

14 | 17 hours ago

Did you just forget about a bad mofo named Horford

Kyler1313

5 | 17 hours ago

Yeah second option is probably a better term for Bradley than 2nd best player

elbosston | Celtics

2 | 16 hours ago

Jordan Walsh erasure

The_Halal_Guys | Knicks

152 | 17 hours ago

Celtics are not allowed to be ass lol Jaylen Brown is on a mission this year and the backcourt’s hitting their threes again

rawspeghetti | Celtics

41 | 14 hours ago

What happens when you build a culture of competitiveness and competence (having a FMVP and talented role players doesn’t hurt). Miami is the same way, San Antonio and OKC too besides when they took pivot years.

drsnafu | Celtics

12 | 11 hours ago

Facts. ‘The Process’ cursed Philly with a losing culture imho.

Aidanator800 | Hornets

1 | 10 hours ago

IDK if San Antonio counts as mere ‘pivot years’, they currently have the second longest playoff drought in the NBA (although that’ll surely be broken this year)

rawspeghetti | Celtics

2 | 4 hours ago

Yeah but never once did I think they were a bad team or franchise. They played in the stacked West and then tanked at the perfect opportunity. Now they have their Guy and are set up for contending for a long time.

SiphenPrax | Knicks

4 | 14 hours ago

Unfortunately

iskamh

149 | 17 hours ago

Jaylen brown first team incoming

SquimJim | Celtics

33 | 16 hours ago

Once Giannis gets traded out West, I’m not sure there’s another player in the East performing better than him. It’s at least arguable

soumilster | NBA

39 | 16 hours ago

cade cunningham but jaylen brown is top 3

HoorayPizzaDay | Celtics

10 | 11 hours ago

29/6/5, he’s definitely a first teamer, he might be 4th or 5th in the MVP race

Im__Ron__Burgundy | Celtics

101 | 17 hours ago

I am positive that 9/4/3 stat line for Shead isn’t right, felt like he did everything for like 15 straight minutes.

schoolhater12 | Raptors

40 | 17 hours ago

he is an impact guy. We love our short impact guys. He has had a bad couple of games recently but honestly really happy with the kind of player he is turning into. He even has the tactical fall down while chasing his man across a screen to draw an offensive foul thing down to a science

Im__Ron__Burgundy | Celtics

15 | 17 hours ago

He was awesome at Houston, glad he’s carved out a solid role. Definitely a guy that seems like an absolute pain in the ass to play against, and I mean that in the most complimentary way.

shangalang69 | Raptors

7 | 17 hours ago

he has been incredible for us, never saw him leaping into this role so quickly. so key for us, and he was the 45th pick last year lol

akajaykay | Raptors

6 | 17 hours ago

He was the reason we felt comfortable letting Davion Mitchell go

JaylenBrownAllStar | Celtics

1 | 15 hours ago

He sat at the end for Quickley

icantreadmorsecode | Celtics

88 | 17 hours ago

we’re winning games after collapsing in the 3rd? final nail on the coffin of us not tanking

rds2mch2

24 | 17 hours ago

Haha, exactly. God last year was so brutal. When we were up by 20 in the 2nd I knew the game was over.

shangalang69 | Raptors

14 | 17 hours ago

guess it helps when the opponents sleepwalk into a 20 point halftime deficit lol

SquimJim | Celtics

5 | 16 hours ago

fr what were you guys even doing in the 1st half? lol

shangalang69 | Raptors

7 | 15 hours ago

lol it took darko an entire half to realise we can’t play iq and poeltl together for tons of minutes

it was so easy for y’all to hunt them, draw help and throw one pass to an open sniper for 3. abysmal defensive scheme and obviously roster issues were blatant.

bench mob was far better and brought us back, and they get pulled for iq and jak to come back and throw the game away again lmao

Efficient_Art_1144 | Celtics

2 | 11 hours ago

Is Poetl sneaky cooked or was this just an off night. He didn’t look great out there tonight

JManKit | Raptors

5 | 11 hours ago

He can have real bad match ups but we feel his absence when he’s been out. He started the season with back issues and has been working his way thru them so some nights he looks like himself and some nights he looks bad. It’s actually RJ that we miss the most bc no one on the team has any real driving threat outside of him

Jannopan | Celtics

1 | 2 hours ago

I was so happy when Darko pulled that bench group lol. Coaches should stick with what’s working even if it means the starters have to sit and watch.

SegundaMortem | Celtics

85 | 17 hours ago

Mazulla’s Jihad ball turning into the next big wave for the league.

knowerofsome

16 | 16 hours ago

Mazulla and pep have a crazy similitude

dannyFUCKINGainge | BOS

6 | 17 hours ago

🫡☝️

heat_fan_ | Raptors

59 | 17 hours ago

All the effort in the 3rd only to lose on the 4th sigh

Got killed by White and Brown , Pritchard too

Boston gonna be a legit threat when JT returns

juicejug | Celtics

18 | 17 hours ago

They’re a legit threat now tbh. No one in the league can hold a candle to OKC but I think these Celtics can be competitive with every other team except Houston and a healthy Denver.

hacxgames | Nuggets

4 | 16 hours ago

i like houston a lot but i can’t see them reaching the conference finals (if they’re on the other side of okc on the bracket of course, realistically OKC is blazing through every team bar a generational, lebron in 2018 level performance from luka/jokic/etc, not to say they’d have the same level of help as he did then but they’d need that caliber of play to move past OKC)

juicejug | Celtics

6 | 16 hours ago

The most annoying thing for me this season is the seeming inevitability of OKC that requires any other comparison to have an asterisk.

DJRyGuy20 | Celtics

3 | 12 hours ago

Yeah, it sucks that we’re just gonna have to wait it out until some of their young guys are eventually gonna start requiring larger contracts. But it could take a couple more years until the 2nd apron woes start hitting them… whereas ours happened damn near immediately.

juicejug | Celtics

2 | 11 hours ago

Yeah that’s gonna be easier for them than other teams because they can just let their rotation dudes walk (or salary dump them for more picks) once the extensions kick in and replace them with a new batch of rookies, who are probably going to be pretty good since they’re coming from other team’s picks.

Franii | Raptors

-3 | 16 hours ago

Chill

juicejug | Celtics

14 | 16 hours ago

You disagree? OKC is unstoppable barring a bad injury to SGA/Hartenstein, but the rest of the league seems pretty even (excluding the absolutely terrible teams in both conferences).

TheGamesGone_ | Celtics

52 | 17 hours ago

Our best player out, and still we have the best player on the court most nights.

Great feeling.

schoolhater12 | Raptors

42 | 17 hours ago

I think this is really good for the Celtics in the long run. Brown improving his playmaking is going to be very beneficial for the team when Tatum comes back

HornyHindu | Celtics

13 | 16 hours ago

Of course, though I still worry about the “my turn, your turn” they do which sometimes feels forced. If they focus on playmaking for each other more that’ll def open up the offense even more. Past seasons their assists to one another combined about 1-1.5 per game, far from great – will be esp needed w/o KP, a great bailout option (tho Neemy ain’t bad there)

Also that Sandro Mamuk dude is a nice pickup! Flamethrowing atm and off rd % like a center.

GingerDweeb27 | Celtics

36 | 17 hours ago

Very ugly third quarter offensively, but looked so calm in the clutch which was excellent to see

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

31 | 17 hours ago

Boston are the best team in the east

MerkDoctor | Celtics

11 | 16 hours ago

Pretty high key I think so too, but unless Tatum comes back I don’t necessarily think they have a high chance at making it out of the east, and even if he does and he can get up to 90+% I don’t think they’ll beat OKC

Rh0rny

2 | 14 hours ago

Pacers could have taken OKC down if Hali hadn’t gotten injured

We can absolutely take down OKC

shangalang69 | Raptors

-25 | 17 hours ago

you are a traitor. take that flair off. fuck boston.

MitchIsMyRA | Celtics

17 | 16 hours ago

Somebody call the wahmbulance

celtic_sea_salt | Celtics

8 | 16 hours ago

I like him

JE_Skeets | NBA

31 | 17 hours ago

Celtics started the season 0-3 and are now the 3 seed in the East.

New_Penalty_3097 | Celtics

12 | 15 hours ago

5 of the Celtics first 6 losses were by one possession, they’ve been more competitive all year than most folks realized

deets23_ | Celtics

25 | 17 hours ago

WE’RE THE 3RD SEED NOW LOL

RhodeIslandisFake | Celtics

21 | 17 hours ago

This was supposed to be a tank year

EarthWarping | NBA

17 | 17 hours ago

Darko didnt close with the bench players for who knows why

733OG

3 | 17 hours ago

905 could have won this game. Darko’s fucked it up.

Relo_bate

19 | 17 hours ago

Man the Raptors offence is painful sometimes. Great plays, all bricks

EarthWarping | NBA

2 | 17 hours ago

scottie aint a iso player which stinks

larrylegend1990 | Toronto Huskies

16 | 17 hours ago

Not being iso player is fine. He gets to the rim pretty well, its the lack of shooters that hurt this team

_Wado3000 | Pelicans

-1 | 15 hours ago

47 shot threes vs 19 shot threes

Smothy_da_ant | Raptors

18 | 17 hours ago

Can somebody post the mamu dunk to make me feel better

MrBhyn | Celtics

16 | 17 hours ago

this team is most likely not winning (not counting them out tho) but this team will go down as one of my favorite iteration of the Jay era in Boston.

International-Chef33 | Celtics

15 | 17 hours ago

Give us that 3 seed!

BlackMilk23 | BOS

13 | 16 hours ago

Walsh is legit the next great 3nD

CrippledBanana | Canada

12 | 17 hours ago

RJ come back pls 🥹

733OG

4 | 17 hours ago

It’s not RJ as much as Yak is cooked and when IQ is not shooting he doesn’t do anything else.

shangalang69 | Raptors

0 | 17 hours ago

MVP him apparently

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

10 | 17 hours ago

Mature of the Celtics to man up & finish that off after they blew the whole thing. Would have been a great tank game.

JE_Skeets | NBA

24 | 17 hours ago

Tank? They’re the 3 seed. There’s no tank

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

6 | 17 hours ago

Right but everyone thought they’d be tanking before the season. Dated reaction I guess.

LordHussyPants | Celtics

4 | 17 hours ago

they got told to be at the end of the table, but no one told them which end

deets23_ | Celtics

12 | 17 hours ago

WE’RE THE 3RD SEED NOW LOL

Relo_bate

6 | 17 hours ago

Man trade Quickly asap bruh, this dude will waste 12 seconds to try and run a play, fail, set a screen and throw a grenade in the last 5 seconds of a play repeatedly.

Either that or get a high IQ vet to each him how to be a real floor general instead of just cosplaying one.

The-Pharcyde | Raptors

8 | 17 hours ago

Darko really screwed up one after he took out the guys that brought them back. Yak looks like a shell of himself and IQ is a walking mismatch on D.

FastBreakPhenom | Celtics

7 | 17 hours ago

I genuinely don’t know how Jakob Poeltl got that big extension. Every time i’ve seen this dude play he’s been ass. Got straight played off the floor today lol. Good for him that he got the bag I guess

schoolhater12 | Raptors

16 | 17 hours ago

With the way he plays the Celtics, i actually understand that perspective. But he has been the most/2nd important player for the Raptors. He usually does a lot for the team both offensively and defensively, but the Celtics offense of 70 three pointers completely exploits the slow big man

FastBreakPhenom | Celtics

2 | 17 hours ago

That’s fair. I only see ya’ll when the Celtics match up with you so I guess my perspective is skewed due to the match up

shangalang69 | Raptors

9 | 17 hours ago

he struggles with 2 things. super tall physical centres, and a ton of switching onto the perimeter.

queta + jihad ball wasn’t a fun night out for poor jak with a bad bak

Jwarrior521 | Raptors

3 | 17 hours ago

His back is cooked this season he was actually great last season. He looks really injured this year

Suspicious_Ideal_324 | Celtics

1 | 15 hours ago

Guess you didn’t see when he went nuclear on us last year - 35 points shooting 16-19. What a shame he’s fallen off this season, hope he bounces back.

shortyman920 | Lakers

6 | 16 hours ago

This has got to be a refreshing year for Celtics and Celtics. The pressure is off, and team is just coming together to be underdogs. Being on top is nice and all, but it’s just not as exciting. It’s only downside from there.

FCHWPO9 | Celtics

5 | 17 hours ago

The best Jaylen/Jalen in the league 💯

FreeHat1234 | Knicks

3 | 17 hours ago

I though the east was wide open

cmcg18 | Celtics

4 | 17 hours ago

Will be very very interesting to see this team in the playoffs. Legit could go any direction

Jack_1080

3 | 17 hours ago

20 made three for boston …

Mickeyjj27 | Celtics

3 | 17 hours ago

The Celtics drive me crazy. I’m usually at work so can’t watch a ton of games so I’m checking the score and they’re up 20. Few minutes later it’s 96-95 and I’m like wtf. They’ve gotta blow the most double digit leads in the whole league.

Sjain1234123 | Celtics

4 | 17 hours ago

Welcome to the modern nba

larrylegend1990 | Toronto Huskies

2 | 17 hours ago

I hate our coach so much.

Our out of timeout plays are ass. Waste 20 seconds for a one on one at the top of the key.

dannyFUCKINGainge | BOS

8 | 17 hours ago

if it makes you feel any better i also hate your coach.

Fit_Tomatillo2595

1 | 17 hours ago

Poeltl killed this comeback, extra bum.

shangalang69 | Raptors

1 | 17 hours ago

end me

Bard_Wannabe_ | Pistons

1 | 14 hours ago

Raptors second seed RIP

Relo_bate

0 | 17 hours ago

Darko would unlock LaMelo and reach his full potential. All LaMelo needs to do is turn down some bad attempts and control the tempo to fit a slower team, other than that his skillset would improve Toronto heavy atm

SignificantScreen100 | Celtics

-1 | 17 hours ago

Raptors better without Poeltl. Coach Darko killed their moment.

Wooden_Coyote5992

-8 | 16 hours ago

It be pretty awesome for Tatum to comeback for the playoffs so Boston can make the finals and lose in 5 to OKC.

corporatekittycatt | Celtics

4 | 15 hours ago

6 or 7, but would be a great season for them and huge L for the teams that should be making it out of the East this season

StephySays | Celtics

3 | 16 hours ago

we’d never lose in 5. 6? yes.

Wooden_Coyote5992

2 | 15 hours ago

In game 5 SGA would run into Brown and shoot FT to win with 3 seconds left on the clock.

FourParksOneHeart

-8 | 17 hours ago

The East is dog water

The Boston Celtics (15-9) withstand a second half comeback and defeat the Toronto Raptors (15-10), 121-113.