Comments From The Other Side - vs Sixers, Game 4 Playoff Semis

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by FLCeltsFan



We gotta win at Least a Game in this series, RIght?

Belinelli and Simmons should be benched the entire game IMO.

We won 16 in a row, I don't see why we can't win 4 in a row .

Hate to come off pessimistic, but we look defeated already. Given our history with Boston, I'd be surprised if they didn't blow us out on our home court tomorrow night and complete the sweep in spectacular fashion. They've literally had an answer for every one of our players and we haven't come close to figuring them out defensively. They've had us on a string all series.

Sixers 7 point favorites.

Blind squirrels and broken clocks... The bookies will get it right one of these times lol

I’m just not trying to get swept by Baynes, man.

I’m here and its half full at best...embarrassing

Simmons gotta show up today because his last 3 days were awful and he's the main reason why we are down 3-0

Funny how everyone made fun of the Milwaukee coach and yet, they took Boston to 7. And our team look like a bunch of high schoolers at the end of games.

It's become abundantly clear that Boston is a bad matchup for us. On the other hand Milwaukee is a great matchup for us and a bad matchup for Boston.   We would have beaten Milwaukee but unfortunately we ended up with Boston.

Yeah yeah... Brad Stevens is great, blah blah blah... But… Anybody else has the feeling that every single little shit in this series has gone the Celtics way?

WE’RE NOT DEAD YET

Just mostly dead. Which is slightly alive. Let’s just get this to 3-1. Then we get it to 3-2, and then we have game 6 at home, so who knows.

I'm clicking on the remote, which feels more like driving by an accident on the freeway. I shouldn’t look, but I must.

I think I know the problem with our shooters. They can’t shoot.

Looking like a highschool team playing against NBA team again. Nevermind, it's all over. Not sure why I was hoping for something before the game, we are far worse than Celtics B-squad

On the bright side our defense looks much better.

I am sorry, there is no bright side to this

Brett Brown brought a knife to a gun fight.

Wow. Finally called the push off on Tatum. Only took 50 of em.

We’re not going to win a game where Marcus Smart is shooting better than our “shooters”

Maybe we should start to play like the heat. Start a fight...crowd would love it

If we were playing the Cavs right now we'd be down 30. We're lucky we're playing a team that isn't an elite offense.

Dario traveled to Croatia on that one.

Morris complains every single foul.

Celtics fans must be conflicted. Rooting against us while we have so many white players on the floor.

Celtics trying to give us this game but we don’t want it

Morris is corny as hell but we’d love Embiid for doing the 3-0 if we were up so we just gotta ignore it and hate the Celtics for other reasons

Anyone else feel like Boston has awoken a sleeping giant? We won 16 in a row before. What’s four in a row compared to that?

I have no idea how to feel about letting Baynes shoot open threes.I think it’s smart to give them up, but what if he really has the ability to knock them down, since he doesn’t seem shy about taking them?

Oh goodie. Is that Tony Brothers? Get ready for an even more shittier officiated game folks…

Tatum has 2 fouls. When he comes back in Philly needs to attack him to try and get that 3rd foul

Smart is such a flopper. he’s the Larry bowa of the nba. A sheer asshole unless he’s on your team.

Baynes staged that foul on Cov …… dumb Mchale does not see it.

Ain´t that Morris stiff play for the Wizards? What is he doing in a Celtics jersey? Ahother team is paying your salary, you Moran!!!! (MY NOTE: He's a "Moran"? Talk about "black Irish")

I like Brett’s move to put TJ in the starting lineup. Similar score to first quarter in game 3 but I feel better about this quarter. I think we’re gonna win this one.

AHAHAHA scary terry lmao. Gtfo

Boston literally grabs on every pick.

Getting homecooking and can't take advantage of it

Rozier just schooled Ben and Jojo. Yeah that happened

Refs are doing everything in their power to hand this game to Philly...16 fouls in one half? Are you kidding me? 4 key players with 3 fouls, I fully expect Brown and Tatum to each pick up a 4th for doing nothing very early in the 3rd quarter.

If I'm Philly I handcheck every single play, shoulder every defender out of the way and fall down every shot. They will get every call. This series is going back to Boston.

I do agree that the refs do suck and seem to consistently favor the home teams in the playoffs. Celtics got it for two games so it’s whatever at this point.

Adam Silver needs moar ratings. We come back from 0-3 deficit lol

The refs are just making all the calls they refused to make in the first 3 games. That allowed the Celtics to drag this series into the muck. They've been clutching and grabbing our shooters and our motions non-stop since the series began.

Lol wtf is this **** with Baynes hitting 3s all series.

They are giving up the inside position so much to us.

Jayson Tatum is unreal. BC may have set this franchise back for years.

Horford has been the MVP of the series.

Gained a lot of respect for him this series. Been a brick wall vs Embiid

TOOK US TILL G4 TO ATTACK ROZIER DAMN IT

Stevens is a great coach but a horrible dresser. His clothes are way too big. Should just suck up the embarrassment and start shopping in the young adult section of the store.

Stevens daring Scott Foster to foul Brown out in the 3rd quarter. He will lose that bet.

This we can agree on. Not the ref to test.

Five fouls on Brown. Pretty huge impact on their depth.

Celts now pressured. This lasts only till this game. We need to find another way next game forward

Celts betting on Sixers -7 lol

Sixers playing Miami Heat basketball. Now they play like underdogs lol

Refs swallowing the whistle on a few 3 sec calls tonight on us. Saric a couple times and now TJ.

Took him knocking the visor out of the mask to call the foul

Tony Brothers ladies and gentlemen. THat’s what you get with such a shitty officiating crew…

where's the technical on Tatum? He threw the ball. That's supposed to be an automatic tech

Why would they start this game at 6pm? I’ll bet that more than half of the population of Philadelphia doesn’t know this game has already started. Everybody’s out running after work.

Because it is a doubleheader for TNT and they just have to air the whiny diva who wears #23 for the cavs in prime time

I am pretty sick of the negativity in this thread People here love to bash players that have played well all year. Give their stupid hot takes. One liners about people sucking. It is just ridiculous at this point. The trolls make it worse, but the "fans" here are the real problem. Someone needs to delete about 90% of the comments so we can have a meaningful conversation.

Well sometimes that is needed because there isn’t much else to say. You don’t need to a 10,000 word essay on why Beli should stop shooting 3s for a little bit.

Brown has been the worst part of this series. Down 3-0, and he has still yet to make an adjustment. They run the same friggin set EVERY time down the floor on offense, and the auto switch (usually without even making Boston set a real screen), so Boston just keeps letting them do it until they get a mismatch. Meanwhile he’s been awful with the rotation

The defensive organization/disorganization disparity has been glaring/infuriating.

It's favored the sixers but this crew is one of the only crews that actually call fouls and nobody is used to that in the playoffs

I’m not complaining.

Officiating all playoffs have been shit both ways. Some times it goes your way, some times it doesn’t

They want us to win lol ... Pretty one sided

Today: one sided towards us Previously: Celtics’ favor

I am enjoying these foul calls on the Celtics.

Boston fans game 1-3 "why tf Philly fans always blaming the refs" Boston fans game 4 "WTF REFS!?!?!?!"

Jaylen's shot looks so much better than it did last year.

Sixers just letting Tatum score and say F it

Reddick better give some money back. Been totally useless all series, can’t even make a free throw now

Sixers playing well, other than Simmons. The referees are also refereeing a series extension tonight

Baines is the original Mr. Flop. I mean this is sickening…

I used to think Marcus Smart was the worst on Celtics. It’s Baynes, and it’s not even close

Walk away Jo. WTF Let the refs get the ball. It’s the only part of their job they are consistently good at.

I know the league wants to get rid of fighting, which is a good look. But allowing Rozier to get in Embiid’s face knowing there will be no repercussions is really stupid.

Double techs of course For JoJo doing nothing at all, and Rozier shoving him. Makes sense….

As per usual the nba refuses to punish Boston. They seem to love the racist money

Credit to Rozier for not backing down though. Not sure I’d step to Embiid.

He knows nothing will happen. It’s not like hockey where you pay the price for instigating and being a bitch.

No. This isn’t Rozier being brave. This is Rozier knowing that he can work the rules and get away with being a heel to a guy who could break him in half.

yes. would to God Rozier and Embiid could go at it w/o the refs getting involved. Parts of Rozier would end up in Iowa. (MY NOTE: I disagree. Joel Embiid seems like a geniunely happy-go-lucky kid who is, admirably, competitive. TRo is a pitbull)

How the hell is someone with the nickname "scary terry" beating us??

Said this before the series was worried because Boston always gets favorable calls against Philly. Prolly orders from Adam the turtle

Are you serious Philly is getting every call so far. There are like 5 Celtics in foul trouble

Celtics are playing dirty as hell, and the refs occasionally notice. Boo hoo.

Four Celtics have 3 fouls on them The Sixers only have 1 player (Covington) with more than 1 foul. So complaining about the refs would make no sense right now. I don’t know if they were told to try and extend the series or if the NBA finally woke up and told them to stop letting Boston get away with all the holding and grabbing, but either way, the Sixers have definitely gotten the better of the calls so far tonight

Both teams are playing physical as hell, and the refs have let them most of the series. They just calling everything on Boston tonight but not Philly

The noncalls are working to extend the series.

Aw ticky tack fouls on the C's. Poor babies. Now they know how it feels.

Rozier 100% threw a punch at Embiid. How can he still be in this game?!

He just pushed him with an open palm, that's all

Pretty much everyone on the Celtics is in foul trouble The Sixers need to continue to attack on offense in the 2nd half

The league prolonging the series? I won’t complain. Can’t control the refs .On the other hand – FINALLY a JJ-Jojo pick and roll! The team is fighting and giving the Celts the star treatment with those double teams and they are not handling it good.

I’ve got tickets to game five, front row courtside, so there’s a consolation prize for me if they referee this to game 5.

This series has made it obvious that length is overrated; the sixers need to acquire quick guards who can score The difference a guy like TJ has made, even with his mediocre talent, is amazing, simply because he’s able to breakdown the Celtic defense. He is the one guy, on the sixers, that Stevens fears; meanwhile 3&D Cov is a complete non-factor. (MY NOTE: Length is NOT overrated. Brown is 6'7" with a 7' wingspan, Tatum is 6'8" with a 7' wingspan, Rozier is 6'2" with a 6'9" wingspan, Horford is 6'10" with a 7' wingspan)

Boston realized that last year and stocked up on versatile wings who arent purely 3 point shooters.

The Celtics are definitely ahead of the curve, like the warriors.

Exactly. Boston is actually proving that length is important. They have a ton of long guys who can guard 1-4 or 5. They are just more athletic than we are and are not one dimensional offensively.

It’s not just length, it’s quickness and ability to create; Rozier, Smart, Larkin, etc..

Chuck said Philly has no chance 2nite? Right? If that’s right – we’re good for this game.

How is Baines shooting like this? It defies logic. Same with Smart.

McHale with a good point there about playoff paint emphasis

**** Mchale- He´s a Celtic. He´s been enjoying the whole series. As is Adam Silver.

Could we get a 4th foul on Tatum already?

Tatum is taking Ben to school Abusing him

A little defense makes a difference! I’m so mad Brett let game 3 slip away because he stubbornly took TJ out. This could be 2-1 Philly

McConnell has been Steven’s kryptonite.

They just keep making shots. Completely deflating the crowd over and over again.

Rozier is ****ing insane

Well, Jaylen brown has 5 fouls! Hurray! And Brad is keeping him in…dude is gonna foul out.

Foul-mouthed Brad Stevens is a terrible example for the youth

Stevens got that technical on purpose to try and fire up his team

celts frustrated and gettin' T'd up

Frustrated with the refereeing, and for a good reason.

Hey announcer guy…Marcus Smart and Marcus Morris are not the same guy. They never have been We get that, why don’t you?

Marcus Morris is a team cancer. I wouldn’t want him on my team.

Morris I’d trade Covington for Marcus Morris or his brother any day of the week. He would make the Sixers better on offense and defense.

Celtics are conceding this game.

I think we pull away now because their players and maybe their coach don’t think they have it this game.

It's amazing that the Celtics have a 3-0 lead on us. They are nothing special. We really blew this opportunity.

We have no answer for Tatum or Horford...so yeah. We are relying on Dario post ups to win right now.

Their B-squad is better than our A. And our coach is very bad. So there is that.

20 point win would be refreshing

At this point, a win period would be refreshing

Smart doing MMA moves and then argues about it.

Look at Al and compare with biid. Al chooses his shot.

We legit have no chance to take this series back to Philly We always collapse and blow leads against Boston. Same **** happened in regular season.

We don't have a killer unit. U need to have a killer unit to win 4 straight

Thanks god Celtics don’t want this game

Sixers would be up 3-0 If the refs, rims and announcers weren’t conspiring against them

Mostly the rims though. I hate them the most.

Greg Monroe sighting

Earl Monroe > James Monroe > colon cancer > Greg Monroe

Oh, it says C us rise, not Cus Crise.

Celts are cold

If the sixers win I will eagerly await the "SIXERS IN 7" comments.

Refs are doing their best ….To keep Boston in the game The Sixers were in the penalty with more than 8 minutes left

Celts will lure us to shoot 3s next game

We might lose 4-1 but we got the TJ game. Worth.

If we can steal the next game, it could get pretty interesting.

Man Tatum would look good in Covs spot haha. Plz get right Fultz.

Ben needs to have a seat He is a liability on the floor anywhere right now

Ben might be the worst player ive ever seen

I mean he had to hit his rookie wall sometime. If he never made the playoffs he never would have.

The rookie wall to me is losing your stamina (playing a longer season). Not losing your IQ.

Lol they finally found ben at his optimal range of zero feet

When did Marcus Smart become this offensive threat.

Rozier fell back down to Earth when he wasn't being guarded by Redick/Simmons.

Cute Smart flops and drags DArio down with him LOL

Tatum shot so sweet

To the Boston fans hanging around Was there any update to Larkin? Can’t stand your team, but don’t want to see anyone hurt.

Did we run out of confetti the other day or do we still have some…..?

Why are we playing the intentional foul game?

I think Stevens was trying to get into Simmons’ head a bit more

HAHAHA who’s the real winners now? We got one, and that’s all that matters!

Needed to get that win. Hopefully they settle down and play hard the next THREE games!!

I’m assuming Brad Stevens will make adjustments to account for T.J. Starting in Game 5 (which he’s almost definitely going to have to do) So BB will have to come up with some new wrinkles as well.

Why does Boston have a random obese man on their roster

Seriously did ainge just draft him because he vaguely resembles draymond

Lol….I can not spell or pronounce his name but he can stroke the threeball. (MY NOTE: Would that be Semi Ojelaye or Guerschon Yabusele?)

I was thinking that too. 3 of their 5 guys at the end all could benefit from some extra cardio.

Man where are the Boston Trolls when you need them???

Ha, Under a ****ing rock apparently

I’m in denial. I don’t want to play Game 5. Just want to keep our season alive in perpetuity.

Who the **** is Theis

A white scrub whom Celtics fans overrate.

He's white, so...Larry Bird?

Isn't he injured? So why is he being brought up? He’s not going to be able to play on Wednesday, is he?

Excuses for why they’re losing the series to us

Well guys ive been dead inside since the confetti game Glad we got a win. I tell you this if Boston doesn’t beat us Wednesday. We are gonna complete this epic comeback. They better put us away. Dam I said before series started that TJ would be key due to Boston guards. It took brown 3 games but it’s not too late to make history

Yes, they better do their best to keep us down, cause if we get some air and win in Boston, its ****ing ON!

I am going to need that Marcus morris 3-0 hand gesture GIF For when we win the series in 7!

The Celtics will adjust for TJ — and it’s not like we can expect another career day — so Brown will need to yet again do something different. My guess is that he won’t.

Simmons and BB for sure But JoJo is playing with a broken face and that fucking mask. He can barely see in front of him, but has still put up close to his regular season numbers.

That mask better be the reason why his FG% is so damn low Outside of the dunks, he needs to connect on a higher percentage of those post moves in the paint.

That’s an excuse; he didn’t have any problems vs Miami, but as soon as he faces a guy like Horford, who provides a bit of resistance, his shooting goes to shit. He better spend all summer getting in shape and learning how to finish around the basket.

Brett made tremendous adjustments that suggest a reality acknowledgement. He demoted Covington. And he abandoned the three point shot as his primary tactic, given that the Celtics schemed to take the good three point opportunities away. Well done Brett.

We should play Fultz.

He's been scared shitless in the few minutes he had against heat Boston will eat him alive. He’s 19 with confidence problems.

I could only root for Boston in the Finals against the Warriors, Rockets, and Lakers. Other than that, I would want them to get swept.
(MY NOTE: Thanks, I'll take what I can get...)

I agree. I definitely want whoever wins this series to beat the Cavs. This Celtics team is really gritty, they play hard as hell and I really like them. I even like how much of an asshole Marcus Morris is. I dislike Danny Ainge though, he’s a real dirtbag and completely ruthless but he does a damn good job as a GM.

Oh, totally beat the Cavs, please. I really don’t have too much against the Cavs — other than LeBitch — but maybe losing to your depleted team will send him running to us, at which time he will become Mr. James.

I like that scenario. He would start to hate the Cs and their prospects for the future. So he comes to our open arms

10-9-8-76ers! Nice win tonight. Steal game 5, then home to host game 6. We ain’t done yet!

Hey guys, do you think we can trade TJ McConnell and a 2035 2nd round pick for Anthony Davis? #TalkLikeACelticsFan

We were outplayed. Celts have better team. But Sixers is the more talented team. We will lose this series. Those 4 statements are facts. (MY NOTE: You have Simmons and Embiid. There's your talent. We have Horford (5x Allstar), Tatum, Brown, Rozier)

The only fact is your first take. The second is your opinion, as is the 3rd. The 4th is a prediction. When you think about the whole 0-129 thing. In those games the team with homecourtadvantage usually is the favorite for bookies before the series. That wasn't the case this time, cause of the injuries Boston has. I'm gonna agree with tj. We are not done yet. We just have to make our shots and baynes, smart and co not shooting out of their minds.

Ok guys we are winning in 7. We cracked the Stevens code. TJ is our code hacker.

Boston has an easy adjustment to make. Start Jaylen and Redick is forced to guard either Brown or Tatum.

Celtics shooting was awful this game and yes TJ helped in this win but it would be closer if their shots dropped.

If he calls timeout in game 2, and Sixers don't make stupid turnovers in game 3, we are likely up 3-1 right now. That's silly.

We were arrogant. We came to G1 expecting to win by just showing up and playing our game.

At this point, I play Fultz in Boston just to piss them off.

I don’t think playing Fultz would piss off Boston fans. They would love it so they could laugh.

16 game winning streak: Ben is LBJ Jr. Celtics Series: Ben is Iguodala 2.0

I assume we are a pretty significant underdog in game 5...a win in game 5 would make it feel like a series again.

Early line is sixers -1.5 lol

NBA is about matchups, we just saw the weakness of Boston, now we have to take full advantage of it.

Win game 5 and there will be all kinds of pressure on Boston....I still have a glimmer of hope

My guess is the Celtics have Smart guard TJ and out scrap him. Brett should counter by having Simmons take advantage of Rozier on him. Or otherwise run Brown and Tatum into Embiid screens as they chase Reddick and Bellinelli all game.

Big time win for the 76ers. It's hilarious that Marcus Morris thinks he's something.

We should use it to our advantage and let him play hero ball in game 5 tbh. Long twos all day

I know we are down 3-1 and it is highly improbably, but I still believe. Sixers 4-3. Series easily could be 3-1 or at least 2-2. Boston doesn't scare me. IMO they've been better on offense than I think they are capable of over the long run. So offensive regression I hope is in order. Meanwhile Covington, Dario and Bellinelli are due to get hot from 3. Embiid should be better on offense too. The young guns in Philly are starting to figure it out. Still unlikely, but not impossible.

If Philly wins game 5, it’s going 7

It will be interesting to see what sort of adjustments Brad Stevens makes.



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