Game Thread: Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers Live Score | NBA | Apr 21, 2026
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Where the fuck is HUGO???????
Coaching staff limited the amount of player rotation which is normal come playoff time but it seems like it is contrary to this current team’s identity.
We won so many games in the regular season because of teamwork, relentless effort from our role players, and maximizing the depth of our bench. They have to bring it back.
On the side note, Edgecombe played well and Maxey was clutch in the end. Joe gotta figure out how to limit those guys moving forward.
Moreover, even when the Celtics didn’t shoot the ball well, it came down to some breaks of the game midway through the 4th quarter. I felt like Jaylen was on fire at that point and Jayson should’ve let him cook.
Nonetheless, still Celtics in 5!
Maxey gets what he needs. He shoots daggers and this is inevitable. And inexcusable.
I agree with you that he shows up when the game is down the wire.
All I am saying here is that the coaching staff needs to find a way to limit him, as totally stopping him is close to impossible. Again, we could try going a little deeper on the bench. Gonzales and Harper could show them different styles of defending for some quality minutes.
Just my two cents worth.
I miss Jrue ngl
Game was horrific. But…even with our championship roster two years ago…we dropped game 2 (more than once.) Frustrating…but not unusual.
Feel like I’ve watched this same exact loss 8-10 times in the playoffs since 2022….always goes the exact same way. Celtics coming off a huge momentum win, start the game well other team sells out their players get hot shooting and we try and bomb 3s to overcompensate
Good news is we usually bounce back off this type of game
So how bout them Bruins?
The beauty of being a Boston fan. Any year we have at least 1 of 4 teams to root for. Also Fuck Buffalo. 😂
Clearly the teams can’t win on the same day.
The only good thing about the loss is maybe it wakes the team up. Team has been good all year responding to bad losses. Medal will be tested in a hostile Philly environment.
Mettle
Metal
Don’t mettle with metal.
People exclusively blaming Pritchard and white is odd. No we are not trading them for Giannis. Huge responsibility on mazzulla tonight for the awful drop coverage and overhelping, even Tatum and brown had 2-3 lazy turnovers each tonight. Completely unforced. Lazy on glass as well. Major adjustments needed including throwing vuc to the bench
Probably because our bigs are slow against speedy players so the drop coverage was there to combat that. It’s a game of trade-offs. But we did lack energy tonight.
D White absolutely SOLD
D-White not the same player he was on both ends. Got lit up tonight on the perimeter. Shooting woes continue. He has to be the #3 and he’s not playing like it.
Losing one of the first 2 games at home? We are sooo back
its not a title run unless we drop game 2s
joe didn’t even try using hugo to stop maxey or edgecomb, what a disappointing game
Get a real coach. Eric Spoelstra, Steve Kerr level coach
Absolutely embarrassing loss, no excuses for it. Should not be losing at home to a bad team like this. Especially after you pounce them for 30+ the first game.
Now this series, is a series because of the results of this game. They better show up Friday no it’s going to be bad really fast.
Defensively horrific. Terrible ball movement on the other end. You can point to the statistics but the statistics were as much of a product of the performance as the random variance of 3 point shooting.
So this off season we need a Center and an actual PG bad
If the 3 points aren’t falling, Joe has no idea how to coach the game.
Agreed. Pritchard does not play well unless he’s the primary ball handler. And yet at the start of this season and this game mazzula had him out there with Brown and/or Tatum as the primary. Also Hugo and Walsh defended Maxey the best this season and Hugo didn’t play and walsh didn’t guard him. I’m tired of his decisions losing us games.
13-50 from 3. No championship team does that.
Vooch is gooch
People blaming Tatum is insane. Only starter with a net positive rating tonight. 76ers got hot from 3, the defense was trash tonight, JB -9 11⁄24 but I guess he “carried.” D white, pritchard, hauser, and queta was dog shit but yes it’s always Tatum fault and Jaylen brown does no wrong.
This game cannot be blamed on either JB or JT bahahaha it was everyone else chilling back on defense and refusing to shoot anything else but bricks from 3.
Their secondary players sucked. White’s lack of offense is becoming a real problem and he was getting cooked on defense. Just all around a bad game.
Agreed, I just don’t understand how people can get mad at Tatum from this game out of all the players to pick on. The ONLY player positive net rating tonight on the Celtics I mean it makes no sense at this point…
Missed threes, whatever - we need to shoot better. But I thought the game ended when Maxey got two wide open threes in drop coverage
These are the games I cant stand mazzulla ball. Clearly nothing is falling but let’s just bomb away from 3. Like attack the paint and finish strong. Like what the hell we doing.
This is not unique to mazulla. This happened with Ime and Brad.
Felt the team matured as an offense this season and didn’t show those signs but have immediately reverted back to it.
Would think after last years playoffs they would of learned. Juat stupidity
How can we not defend that screen at the top of the 3. Joe is so stubborn sometimes. That’s like basketball 101. Change the defense Joe.
Joes gameplans and adjustments aren’t working as much as they used to.
I think Schierman needed to get more minutes toninghy
Roleplayers played Terrible…
Joe, Vuc, Pritchard and White should be blamed for this embarrassment
Hey man you forgot Sam Hauser
Shit yeah absolute trash on defense dudes minutes need to go to scheierman
I don’t expect that Philly team to shoot the 3 ball like that the whole season, I say this because they aren’t a great 3 point shooting team.
They are when they’re left wide open because no one on the Celtics knows who they’re guarding
I hate that when we have bad games literally everything goes wrong at once.
Yeah lol I’m pissed off I want my 2.5 hours back, but be so real guys we had a completely lazy performance, and they had maybe the greatest 76ers performance of the last 5 years, we win the next 3 easy.
We looked weak tonight. 😞 so sad
3point shooting contest is 4 all star game it’s a joke that the coach is even mentioned as a coach of the year candidate
PP has to go next season. I don’t care if you don’t agree with me. Take out the shooting and basically he’s useless.
I’m frustrated by this - but they have a history of responding. I trust our guys
That’s the spirit… Philly isn’t going to shoot almost 50% from 3 more than 1 time in a series lol.
PP played 27 mins
LESS MINUTES ON PRITCHARD PLEASE, IT IS 4V5 C’MON
Was enjoying the Knicks loss and then we do this 🙄. Better put them away in 5.
We dropped Game 2s on our championship run, just matters that we snatch both of their games at home AND take it back at our own home. Celtics in 5
Why are fans leaving early wtf that’s weak as hell
Celtics didn’t show up so the fans are leaving
it’s almost as if they watched 48 minutes worth of going 13-50 from three, 48 minutes worth of drop coverage on maxey, and then letting a rookie drop 30 in the playoffs on them
We’re not beating OKC or even the Knicks if we don’t have a coach that has no plan B for “Jack up all the threes you want”
It’s Mazzullaball. If you have a completely loaded roster, you can win a championship. If you don’t, it’s a second round exit against a lower seeded team
Terrible terrible loss. Genuinely shocking how bad everyone was tonight
Wtf had to work late what happened
One of the worst coaching I’ve seen by Mazzulla. Every rotation, every defensive coverage, just stubborn trash with no adjustment
Not as bad as game 2 against Cavs, better than game 2 against Heat.
Friendly reminder that the 76ers owner is best friends with a pedophile in the Trump administration
He should say hi to Robert Kraft next time too
Gross final few minutes there
I took my dog out when we were down by two. Come back in 1 minutes of game time and we are down by 10.
Can’t figure out why Joe reverted back to not playing the bench at all. At least they play with some energy.
Yes 👍 makes no sense to me.
Philly magnet ball game and they scored 111 - this game was lost more on the offense than defensive end. Stupid turnovers and absolute bricks
We keep making the same mistakes with closing the gap and blowing it with open 3’s of all things…. so infuriating.
Why is Garzilla playing in garbage time when he should’ve taken at least have of Vuc’s minutes
Too late Joe. They should have just used some of the bench earlier.. both PP and Dwhite were useless out there. JB wasnt given enough of the ball.
Flat out embarrassing game. Letting Edgecomb go crazy and getting ZERO offense from anyone not named Jaylen or Jayson.
Vuc shouldn’t be allowed to touch the ball when trying to make a comeback
Vuch should be third string center
Embarrassing
Luka Garza shot a layup without the ball slipping out of his hands. I’m sold let’s go with Garza next game
Game 3 is going to be tough…we better be ready
no it won’t
You don’t think that crowd is going to be fired up? And so.are the Sixers and their coaches? Built up confidence?
I fucking hate that Maxey pad!
He’s objectively one of the nicest guys in the league lol fuck PG and Joel though
Why do people still blame Joe. He is the reason that they overachieved this season. Joe can’t make them hit open shots. I think Joe probably loved this game, just what they needed.
Joe can have coached well this season, and at the same time have coached a bad game. On to the next one
Bc he doesn’t make in game adjustments appropriately
joe haters are 98.5 enjoyers, dont mind them. truthfully, if we arent hitting our open shots, and the opponent team is, we typically lose. thats how basketball works. they shot 50% from 3. thats it
who the fuck is 44
frustraintg performance. not even the loss but our lack of ability to show up in game 2’s for about 4 years now is a joke
If the team is for real they’ll show out on Friday
We need remember this feeling o
If you can’t beat the Embiidless Sixers, you aren’t going to the fucking Finals
celtics do shit like this all the time. this doesnt mean much
“if you can’t beat the jimmy-less Heat, you aren’t going to the fucking Finals” - 2024 Round 1
Its like you people just became fans yesterday. They randomly drop games, get used to it.
Lmao no one said that in 2024. The 2026 Celtics and the 2024 Celtics are very very very different teams. Celtics were clearly the best team in the league in 2024 so it was easy to brush off. They aren’t going to get away with Derrick White and Payton Pritchard forgetting how to shoot this year against teams like NY, Detroit, or OKC if they even get there
Next game we set a record from 3.
This one’s on D White, PP and Hauser. Not gonna win with 3 top of the bench guys shooting that badly on so many good looks. I don’t think the Sixers can maintain their 3P% but the defense absolutely needs to make some adjustments, way too easy for the Sixers at times
D White might be cooked lol
I know we’re supposed to all doom but Philly played great, we didn’t shoot well, didn’t expect to sweep them, we dropped game 2 against Miami in 24, this was a classic Celtics playoff stinker. Chalk it up to the game.
We are still winning this series lol.
Cs always had these kinds of games even during the championship run. It’ll be fine
You’re not wrong but I hate this type of thinking lol. Every season is different
drug test Maxey and VJ
Or we should just draft better
Garza should be the backup center
Vooch is a liability
#CERTFIED BUM NIGHT FOR THE CELTICS
Still have complete faith in these guys but man, way to give them life.
It’s been a long time since I’ve blamed Joe as one of the primary reasons for a Celtics loss. A complete lack of adjustments. He allowed Philly to get open 3 after open 3 and we couldn’t slow them down late. Just a baffling performance from the players to the coach. This series will go at least 6 games now.
Mazulla is the greatest coach they’ve had since Red Auerbach
You need to lay off the hard drugs. Try to mellow out on something with a slightly lower acid ratio.
Mazulla is a turd.
How did he do tonight?
Did everything he could. It’s not his fault that Tatum was being a ball hog and bricked every shot.
Did everything he could? He didn’t make a single adjustment on defense. Not one.
If you think Tatum is the reason we lost this game, you need a new sport to watch. He took a few bad threes but aside from that was very good. Got guys open looks they dint make (white).
I’m beginning to think shooting under 30% from 3 while letting our opponents shoot 50% isn’t a good recipe for winning
Why are we so ass at home?
That was so nasty I can’t even lie
We beat up on bad teams all year and then get killed by one once post season comes around
we just beat them by 30 two nights ago
Celtics were favorited by like 14 points, very embarrassing loss, this team don’t have it this year, need some better players, White is cooked.
Honestly we might fucking suck
I’m still optimistic. The heat shot godly from 3 against us in game 2 round 1 2024, look how that turned out. C’s in 5
They were wide open all game. That’s not a fluke, that’s the result of playing bad defensive players + Joe’s terrible drop defense.
If only we learned to actually guard the 3
NGL that was a weak ass showing defensively
Maxey is a pro flopper and flexer
Nah Maxey is aight
Yeah he’s not even in top 30 of guys who piss people off
DWhite, I am starting to have more of a hate relationship to your pod when you are playing like this
Subbing out all the starters in a 13 point game where the opposing team is keeping in all their starters is unacceptable really
So many missed opportunities. Moving on to the next game.
If Embiid played the Sixers would be up by 50 right now
embiid makes them worse
Why does Joe hate Hugo??? Did he fuck his wife or something?
Joe quit this game too by putting the bench in, what a bunch of quitters
Cope: They wont shoot like that anymore
Lmfao maxey going dummy
On the bright side, this may be just like that heat g2 in 2024 playoff. Philly shooting 40% in 3s while VJ got his career night. On the bright side, this probably won’t be replicated in the next games
LMFAOOOOOOO
The team should have to face the fans after losses like this 😅
Played like some real bums tonight
Garza needs to play over Vucevic. Period
Philly just kicked our ass tonight, hopefully Friday they come out and take the series back. We haven’t looked this bad since March.
Trade hauser
crazy that only the J’s played well out of the whole rotation
Hot take but Tyrese cooking D White and I think next game we just need to keep J Walsh on him.
Pathetic team
Made that man touch the floor
is hugo not dressed?
It would’ve been nice to see Garza before garbage time
Bad loss. Have to respond in game 3
Got to play less Vucevic. Garza is better.
Fans didn’t even cheer for two missed fts in the 4th smh…
Jaylen Brown was the only one who played capable basketball tonight tbh
We are played out, simple is that. Not threes only, and the “drive” is not the answer too. They are staying on passing lanes while not giving any direct line to Jays to the rim. No easy entry pass, no easy drives to Jays and attack fast when we lost the ball. That is what they are playing and we didn’t counter it in anyway. Open corner threes? We miss. Our guards handling the ball to open up for Jays, nope. Punishing on cuts from Walsh, Hugo, etc.? Nope. Running good PnRs with our bigs? Ain’t it. We didn’t do anything right. This was just a bad team performance as a whole, this time including coaching.
Didn’t realize you were on the team
Just reporting from the bench, thank you.
Not worried, gotta lose one to win in 5 ☘️
Had the same prediction. It sucks but it is what is
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@ Pchezzzzz has a point, NGL.
Can’t hate watch the lakers game later because of this stupid showing
Mazzula is a fucking dumbass sometimes for no reason. Cost us the Knicks series last year by playing Porzingis. Will cost us the series against Philly with his atrocious rotations and drop coverage.
It’s not sometimes. It’s always. He is a fucking dumbass. He might have a good relationship with his players. But his game management gets exposed in the playoffs. They need to move on.
We we always going to lose a few games to hot 3 point shooting, we give up way to many 3s for that not to happen
They were down by two and just gave up.
Immediate 6 point swing with that dumbass Tatum 3, then Maxey comes back instantly and nails one. Then again immediately there after. Just gross.
Idc what anyone says. Joe playing Vuc over Garza should be reason enough to question his abilities as a head coach.
I don’t like the lineup with JT JB DW PP and a center. This lineup can’t rebound when JT is silenced. Where did our offense rebound go?
Staying in drop coverage all game was certainly a choice
this was horrible from the jump if we’re being honest. the celtics have done this for years, drop a horrible home game. its fine but you really need to take both at philly
Joe Mazz learned literally nothing from the Knicks series
Joe with some horrid coaching decisions today. Can’t call a timeout, plays the cold and slow hands all game.
Had this C’s in 5⁄6 anyways. We are onto Game 3. Not letting the doomers tell me how I feel.
lol I’m not going to switch up. Seen someone say we aren’t making it past the 2nd round over 1 bad shooting night? We are getting stupid open looks, just a bad shooting night. Would like white to make his WIDE OPEN LOOKS. White is the only player who’s getting looks with no opposing player closing out on it. Would love Garza to play if Vuc isn’t going to be of any use offensively.
We might not even make the 2nd round
Yeah if this is how you feel after 1 game on a very bad shooting night. Go ahead and remove yourself from this sub 🤷🏽♂️. I don’t even think the 76ers are capable of repeating another shooting night like this. Yes I’d VJ, Obre Paul George and Maxxy turn into Steph like they did tonight every game from now on. Sure we are in trouble, but I’d expect adjustments and a Win this Friday.
I guess we’re gonna keep our tradition of losing Game 2s on our way to a championship run
Celtics did not look focused to start the game. And for the love of god, stop playing Vuc. To be fair tho, Queta’s sucked too
We didn’t? We got off to a big lead.
This happens so much with them, and I feel like I can see when they’re underestimating a game, like they were tonight, as early as the first. They can be making shots and up, but it’s the lazy plays that give it away. Settling for 3s, not making the extra pass, being loose with the ball, passes being deflected.
This isn’t golf. When are we going to give the other team credit for making us play bad?!?
Tf? Of course the 76ers made the Celtics play poorly. That’s how they lost, but the Celtics didn’t do themselves any favors by turning the ball over, playing bad lineups, and having a bad gameplan
We have 11 tos. Not ideal but not egregious. We also out rebounded them. The issue was that they made shots and we didn’t. Nothing you can do about that except make them.
Yeah idk why we leaned on Vuc so much. No one was having a great night so I’d rather fall with Queta in the game. He’s a better defender at least
Its one thing to lose, Celtics got embarrassed tonight. No effort. From the coach down
I HATE fans always going with effort. They played better. Give them credit.
We fucked around tonight. No excuses gotta be better. This shit was 91-89 and we had the ball and completely forgot how to play
I think Joe Mazulla still sucks and I’ll die on that hill.