Next Up - Celtics @Hawks, Saturday January 19, 2019 7:30 PM

I am going to watch on TV because the cost for pair of good seats is too much.  Some medical bills have cut deep into my disposable income.
 
You can be sure that the arena will be filled with green.  

The Hawks are a bad.  They sorta want to win but they do not really care that much.  They are heading for the lottery again.  But I did not know that they beat OKC, Miami and Philly while going 3-3 over their last 6 games.

What we do not need at this point is a letdown against a weak team.  

Last night Aron Baynes rotated into the game and the Celtics started to play better.  During the halftime break on our game on thread I suggested that Brad might want to start Baynes and Horford in the second half.

I need to go a bit deeper here.  Last night with 3:15 remaining in the 1st QTR Aron rotated in the game for Horford.  At that time Boston was down 16-22.  At the end of the Boston was up 35-24.

Well Brad did not start Baynes in the 3rd but finally brought him in to play with Horford.    Baynes finished with 12 rebounds last night.  Al had 3 and was able to focus on offense with 18 points.
 
This is the reason why Baynes deserved the game ball.

I would really like to see Brad use a big front line when matching up against a big frontline.
 
The Celtics need to win this game.  Last night's game was like a bad rash, the more you scratch the more it spreads.  Those Grizzlies did not want to die,  In the end we just had to take their souls like the Dementors of Azkaban.

Nothing good comes about by screwing around in beating a bad team.

Post game interview with Brad had him stating that we may be seeing more of a Baynes/Horford front. That it was very successful. He also mentioned Smart, of course, saying that they felt last year that Marcus had worked very hard on his shot and they thought that, what is happening this year, would have happened last year had he not hurt his hand and taken so long to get back from it. When he did come back, his shooting was not what they had seen in the summer.

Give the guy credit, he works hard on his game, and if he becomes any kind of a threat on offense, his signing is a steal. We will see as the season progresses, but he is a confident shooter right now, and does not take all those terrible shots he was noted for in the beginning of his career

Dboss totally agree, Baynes has been missed and adds so much, sick of seeing bunch of skinny guys getting pounded off the glass....

RosalieTCeltics wrote:Post game interview with Brad had him stating that we may be seeing more of a Baynes/Horford front. That it was very successful. He also mentioned Smart, of course, saying that they felt last year that Marcus had worked very hard on his shot and they thought that, what is happening this year, would have happened last year had he not hurt his hand and taken so long to get back from it. When he did come back, his shooting was not what they had seen in the summer.  

Give the guy credit, he works hard on his game, and if he becomes any kind of a threat on offense, his signing is a steal.  We will see as the season progresses, but he is a confident shooter right now, and does not take all those terrible shots he was noted for in the beginning of his career

Rosalie an open shot has turned into a made shot by Marcus.