Words.You responded to my stand alone post by questioning it - I didn't direct it to you or respond to you so don't tell me you are taking it easy on me. Go as hard at me as you feel is necessary here - I am not afraid.
To me, Forsberg is clearly playing into a the clutch, hero-ball and Cs late game execution woes narrative. You don't see it that way and I am sure Chris appreciates your air cover.
I stand by my post. This team has lost 13 times all season and each one feels like it exposes the fatal flaw that will upend the Cs season. This time we ticked all the boxes because Tatum, Mazzulla and the C's inability to win close and late all came up. Its a good thing too because after the last few weeks the C's astronomical net rating was getting a bit tired to discuss.
Somewhere the hoop twitterati was holding back their complaints for a month while this doomed Celtics team kept winning and got to let out a little steam today. I'm happy for them.
I maintain that if this game were important to Joe Mazzula, he wouldn't have played Al Horford 20min and Luke Kornet 16. And I'm pleased that he didn't use it as some "test" of whether they can close games. It's not. It's a March game in the midst of a badass winning streak, and he stuck to his rotations and didn't fret stuff. If people want to make something more of it then that, go bonkers.