16 minutes ago, NYEagle said:

Can't have that idiot coach putting in Millsap and Drummond.  I mean jesus f'ing christ.....how hard is it to see that those two are no better than having a tall plant in the middle of the lane?  Let Bassey and Reed play....they can't be any worse and who knows, maybe Bassey becomes this years Maxey!

I wish we still had Drummond lol. 

54 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

can't shoot 6 for 34 on threes in a game embiid isn't playing and expect to win. 

Also can’t give up 15 offensive boards. Besides poor shooting their effort on the glass outside of reed and harden was pretty bad. Some of that was the zone defense but a lot of it was effort on the boards and unwillingness to box out. 

Doc has ruined any interest i had in this team.  I’m now rooting for a Miami sweep and hopefully Morey has the balls to fire him

14 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I wouldn’t call 4 TO, -5 and 5 for 12 "balling out”. 

No.  It "should” be running through Harden.  But needs to run through Maxey.  

I was being too optimistic. I also thought Doc couldn't be foolish enough to put Jordan back in the second half. Boy was I wrong. 

8 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Lol. Bodner also made the point on WIP tonight when they went with tobias and niang 4/5 at the end of the first half they went on the run. Never went back to it. 

That was the most baffling thing. The loss is on Doc. The small lineup with Harris and Niang was working! Now it seems like he's willing to get swept by starting Jordan out of spite. 

4 minutes ago, Gannan said:

That was the most baffling thing. The loss is on Doc. The small lineup with Harris and Niang was working! Now it seems like he's willing to get swept by starting Jordan out of spite. 

It’ll never happen but i said last night morey should just cut Jordan today and it forces glenn to not be stubborn and a dope. I’d do it but i know morey nor any GM would never do that. 

sixers are just a bad rebounding team...even with embiid playing. they were getting killed by offensive rebounds all night...whether it was reed or jordan in there. 

jordan only played 17 minutes...and reed only played 13 because of foul trouble. i honestly don't know what the answer is because bam, tucker, & butler are just too physical for whatever frontcourt the sixers throw out there. 

6 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

sixers are just a bad rebounding team...even with embiid playing. they were getting killed by offensive rebounds all night...whether it was reed or jordan in there. 

jordan only played 17 minutes...and reed only played 13 because of foul trouble. i honestly don't know what the answer is because bam, tucker, & butler are just too physical for whatever frontcourt the sixers throw out there. 

And when Reed did manage to secure a rebound he missed the easy put back right under the rim and the heat got his rebound anyway. 

Morey needs to save us. Release Jordan this afternoon. Take the option away from Doc.

38 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

sixers are just a bad rebounding team...even with embiid playing. they were getting killed by offensive rebounds all night...whether it was reed or jordan in there. 

jordan only played 17 minutes...and reed only played 13 because of foul trouble. i honestly don't know what the answer is because bam, tucker, & butler are just too physical for whatever frontcourt the sixers throw out there. 

I say this cause i don’t expect bassey to be good either. I would much rather play Bassey then have anything to do with Jordan. Jordan sucks now and his playoff experience does not help him or the Sixers. If anything it’s a hindrance because the only reason why they keep going back to him is because he has experience. at least bassey if he sucks is getting useful playoff experience going forward and can be a barometer for him this offseason of what he has to do to get better. Furthermore if Joel Embiid gets hurt next year in the playoffs, if you give him the experience now it at least potentially helps you  in the future. Jordan in the short term hurts you and in the long-term doesn’t help you either. There is no reason to even play him anymore except for Glenn is a moron. 

1 hour ago, Gannan said:

I was being too optimistic. I also thought Doc couldn't be foolish enough to put Jordan back in the second half. Boy was I wrong. 

Shame on you.  

49 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Morey needs to save us. Release Jordan this afternoon. Take the option away from Doc.

Or just fire Doc this afternoon. That would be even better. 

Lowry out for Game 2

You all hating on Doc, last night was a classic rope a dope. Play like ish, get them over-confident, then blitz them and steal game 2. Just like Pop would do it!

1 hour ago, The_Omega said:

You all hating on Doc, last night was a classic rope a dope. Play like ish, get them over-confident, then blitz them and steal game 2. Just like Pop would do it!

 

 

 

 

 

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Starter game 2.  Doc will tell us we just don't know basketball. 

Celtics on fire to stsrt the 2nd game 

24 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Celtics on fire to stsrt the 2nd game 

They need to win this game tonight if they are going to have any chance in the series. If you lose both games at home and going on the road to Milwaukee for the next two (where Milwaukee is even better at home) you weren’t winning the series. They’d have to win 4 out of 5 games against the bucks and 3 of them are in Milwaukee.

10 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

They need to win this game tonight if they are going to have any chance in the series. If you lose both games at home and going on the road to Milwaukee for the next two (where Milwaukee is even better at home) you weren’t winning the series. They’d have to win 4 out of 5 games against the bucks and 3 of them are in Milwaukee.

Lack of ball handler I think might cost the Celtics. I took live bet Bucks @ +15.5

1 minute ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Lack of ball handler I think might cost the Celtics. I took live bet Bucks @ +15.5

I do think the longer smart is out in this series, the more it’s going to show up especially on the road. the bucks look like they are content winning one and the Celtics came out with a ton of urgency to start this game. That’s not a bad bet. I think the bucks go on a run in the second half to cut it to 5-7. Whether they have enough energy to keep it close down the stretch after expending that much energy to come back 

Has anyone gone and kneecapped Jordan so he can't even be an option for Doc tonight?

Please let this be true so if doc gets canned it’s not d’antoni. 

 

 

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"Let me tell you something: DeAndre needs to be sitting over there beside Doc Rivers and those guys," Barkley said  "It’s over for DeAndre. He’s had a hell of a career, but he can’t play – especially in today’s NBA. Today’s NBA, unless you can move it’s very difficult for you. … Other than (Deandre) Ayton, I don’t see any big guys (left in the playoffs) that he can match up with. He’s too old and slow to guard Bam (Adebayo).

"Big guys who can’t move can’t play in today’s NBA game, and that’s not fair to DeAndre to put himself out there."

 

My book has Heat -8.  Surely we can't get blown out two straight, right?  I'm thinking of just going Heat on the ML or maybe buying down to -4.  Either way I hope I lose my money and we can even this thing up in time for Joel's return.