Celtics over Wizards 132 -122 Sunday April 14, 2024

bobheckler wrote:Helluva finish to a great season, helluva finish.  Not one starter, nor Al, played a single minute and we won by 10 and the game wasn't even that close.  7-15 crushed the Washington Generals (nope, not even sorry for that a little bit).  


Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP
about 18 minutes ago
Celtics with multiple games of... 30+ points 9+ rebounds 11+ assists Larry Bird Bob Cousy John Havlicek Payton Pritchard

Wow.  Willya look at those names...

Payton 1 rebound shy of his 2nd triple double, 2 points shy of a 40-piece.  The crowd was actually groaning when Oshae grabbed a rebound that Payton had a shot at.  Oshae might have been the only clueless individual in the whole damn arena.

In terms of "most impactful off the bench" goes then Payton 6th.  Substitution-wise, maybe not.  It depends upon matchups and what Joe thinks he needs at that time.  It really is remarkable the step up Payton has taken this year.  We know he was dissatisfied last year with his playing time.  What we didn't know is how hard he kept working despite that, but we're seeing the fruits of that work this year.  Malcolm who?  He also had 12 assists and only 2 turnovers today.  15-21, 4-6 from 3.  That means 11-15 from 2.  That's pretty damn good for a 6'1" guard.  There was one sequence where he just turned a much bigger player inside out and got a layup (5:50 into the highlight film).  He also played 44 minutes, but you could hardly tell from his effort level, he went hard for all 44.  He has really worked on his change-of-pace and it has gotten him to the rim a lot more this year.


Svi might have saved his NBA career with today's game.  26 on 10-13, 6-8 from 3.

Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
about 2 hours ago
Mazzulla said he and Svi Mykhailiuk spoke before the season about how his role would be inconsistent, but that they're going to have to call on him to win some games. He accepted that, Mazzulla said.


Tillman with a solid 9 points in 6 minutes but Queta went nuts.  Neemy wants to play.  19 points on 8-11, 9 rebounds, 3 offensive and 6 blocks in 20 minutes.  Luke started, and had a good game too, but Queta's game was an eye-popper.  Granted part of Washington's problem is that they don't really have any bigs but, still, this was a dominating game by all our bigs, and we were playing #3 on the depth chart through 5.

I've been underwhelmed with Oshae the last few weeks.  Sorry.



Sean Grande
@SeanGrandePBP
The "stay ready" group was cooking today...





Sean Grande
@SeanGrandePBP
The Celtics, who made the 2nd most 3's in NBA history, put three on their single-season franchise top ten.  Including Sam Hauser, who passed Derrick White with his final 3 today.




Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
about 2 hours ago
The Celtics finish the regular season 64-18 and were 14 games ahead of second place, the largest conference lead since the merger in 1976. Their 11.7 net rating was third in NBA history, behind the '96 and '97 Bulls. They won by 30 points 10 times this year, an NBA record.






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