Post Game - Celtics vs. Dallas Mavericks - Sunday, June 09, 2024 - Game 2 NBA Finals (W 2-0)

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401656360

Judge for yourselves if White got hand on hand (before ball).



Hand on hand (before ball) got a call for us earlier in the game.

To panic, or not to panic, that is the question!?!



Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep,
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks

Seriously, "Something happened"?

I just can't get enough, of this kind of stuff!!

https://x.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1799986865719713885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1799986865719713885%7Ctwgr%5E4cced4cfbba77b1a03263f16f528151fd88ca0cd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsbnation.coral.coralproject.net%2Fapi%2Foembed%3Ftype%3Dtwitterurl%3Dhttps3A2F2Fx.com2FNBCSCeltics2Fstatus2F1799986865719713885siteID%3D112aa377-e27f-4b58-9156-5e5df25f39a2frameID%3Dframe-id-ff56e614-2279-40c3-80fe-e6c7dbdf546b-7b7e88a0-26de-11ef-8cdb-bfa976ccabb7

(now just hit some of them wide open shots.)

"Thank you for taking that shot..."



Coach points out a key shot in the game, great stuff.

gyso wrote:Coach, take a breath!

https://x.com/deliberatepix/status/1800011071278989573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1800011071278989573%7Ctwgr%5E6e425924030784dff40e2d923998e032c55009a8%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsbnation.coral.coralproject.net%2Fapi%2Foembed%3Ftype%3Dtwitterurl%3Dhttps3A2F2Fx.com2Fdeliberatepix2Fstatus2F1800011071278989573siteID%3D112aa377-e27f-4b58-9156-5e5df25f39a2frameID%3Dframe-id-6154e37d-1855-4e32-8fc2-9fc11694e46c-777179f0-26e0-11ef-8cdb-bfa976ccabb7

Rain Man is appropriate!

gyso, thanks for the Elvis Costello, Alison, My aim is Jrue!!! reference AND ALL THOSE DELICIOUS VIDEOS.

Well no one will call G2 one of our A-games, but it did show us the depths this team is going to go to in which to wrap this thing up as soon as humanly possible.  I may be more amazed with/by this gut it out win than any game I've seen by us in the playoffs thus far.  I'd definitely mark it for an inflection point for sure.  But in the eyes of the NBA World and media, we have done nothing.  We did what we were supposed to do, but the tenor is starting to change EVER so slightly.  I heard a lot more TEAM descriptions for Boston from the media...FINALLY.    

Here's what I saw

1.  Jason Kidd somewhere in the 2nd quarter to anyone who anyone on his coaching staff that was listening..."Hey, where's that scouting report we put together for the playoffs on players in the league whose main calling card is defense but can put up 26+ on you?! Back at the hotel?  OK.  Thanks."  DAL left Jrue Holiday off the scoring side of the ledger scouting report.  Well, THAT proved to be very costly!  Game ball to Jrue and the 2nd game ball goes to JT.  Darn near pulled off a 3D and again, nobody knew it.  But JT still sucks for every reason under the sun per you-know-who.  Time's running out.  

2.  The State Fair game has begun.  Whack-a-mole Hell for Jason Kidd and the boys.  He's still hitting the mole that has JT's bobble head on it.  Keep pounding JK!!

3.  DAL Kidds themselves with the same post-game talk we always hear after the first two games go to the home team...Everybody together now...They held serve, now we have to go back to DAL and do the same.  Voice says one thing.  Their mind and body language say another.  That's doubt is seeping in.  Pride effin' with you, Marcellus.  DAL, you get one game to steal.  G2 was it.  We couldn't throw it in the ocean from 3-ville.  Surprisingly, you would NEVER know DAL shot worse than us from 3-ville.  Shame on you, media!!!  DAL, this is a really bad match-up.  That's what your mind and body language are saying.  

4.  We can play much better.  Way better.  And will.  Saving the best for these last two games.  I saw a few dunks.  Not many but we had a couple of minor defensive breakdowns when we decided to double at the wrong time.  We can't and won't shoot any worse from 3-ville.  Bad news for DAL, there.  

5.  If you watched the postgame shows, Bob Myer asked the panel, who's the MVP so far?  Got a bunch of different answers.  Then someone threw out Brad Stevens.  Nuff said.  TEAM was Bob's point.  Celtics play as a team.  We don't have a valuable player.  Bill has woken up from a long nap and is sitting up in his grave.

6.  Derrick White is the most clutch player I think I have seen in quite a while.  Just does EVERYTHING and does it with a non-assuming smile and complete humbleness.  I don't even think he knows why we marvel at his overall play he's so dang humble and lovable!!

7.  DON'T EVER BESMERCH LUCKY!!!!!!!!!  Going home and playing in friendly confines ain't going to save you or improve your game in this series, Kryrie. Lucky's curse is transferable.  You will be 0-14 vs. Boston come Friday around 11pm.  You won't have to come back to Boston anymore this season.  Lucky will decide when to lift his foot off your flat-earth neck.  I've spoken with him.  It won't be anytime soon.  

OK.  Just wanted to let you know.  I've gone outside and started warming up the bus.  I know no one wants to get on just yet because you want to see G3 and how we come out.  But seriously, do you really think this team is going to come out and just let one go NOW?!!!  I say, Come on, man!!!  Come on all you 4-1-ers!!  You know I've got this!!  Hop on board!!  The best is yet to come.  The Fully Operational Death Star sputtered after G1, I'll give you that.  It's gone back in the shop but the repairs are minor and will be ready for G3.    

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