Game 6 at Atlanta---Get the Job Done

[RedOctober3829]

Stop screwing around and play a complete game in a closeout opportunity. Tatum--be aggressive all night driving the ball to the basket and get to the FT line. Make better decisions with the ball in crunch time. Brown, White, and Brogdon--keep doing what you did in Game 5.

Stop playing drop coverage on Trae Young and letting him get into the lane for those floaters. Double team him to get the ball out of his hands and make somebody else take those critical shots.

Don't compound one mistake with another one. Be poised and move on to the next play. It's about the details in crunch time that if you don't get them right it costs the team games. It's been like that this regular season at times and it goes back to the playoffs last year. It's time to right the ship and close this Atlanta team out and move on to Philadelphia.

 

[Ale Xander]

One day early Love it!!!!!
Keep Murray in check and stay close on Trae

play intelligently but still aggressively and confidently

take care of the ball
Make your free throws
Rebound

 

[jmcc5400]

Bird's Nest Soup will be served.

 

[Light-Tower-Power]

Good call on the thread. Don’t want to see that Game 5 thread bumped again.

Annihilate Atlanta!

 

[timelysarcasm]

Enough messing around, time to clip the Hawks.

 

[RSN Diaspora]

Set fire to Atlanta.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

28-3

 

[PedroKsBambino]

ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!

…..and don’t stop in middle of forth quarter

 

[bankshot1]

I'm still PISSED.

I want the Celts to play PISSED.

Poise
Intensity
Share
Smart
Energy
Defense

AND PLAY PISSED FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES

FINISH THE FUCKING HAWKS

 

[RSN Diaspora]

My Celtics cuff links are usually a staving-off-elimination good luck charm, but I want no part of a game 7 so they’re on today. We have too much talent to lose consecutive games to these fuckers. Win.

 

[BaseballJones]

The last time a Boston team played an Atlanta team south of the Mason-Dixon line with a chance to eliminate said Atlanta team, the job was done in breathtaking fashion, ripping the hearts out of Atlanta fans.

Let's do it again.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Hate that this game starts at 8:30.

Shoot the Hawks out of the sky.

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

While on the way to school my son and I saw Mazzulla getting coffee on 14th street this morning. I am not superstitious but I take this as a good omen.

 

[Kliq]

Celtics desperately need to close out Atlanta, as it looks like the East is opening up quite nicely for them.

 

[Ed Hillel]

this game starts at 8:30.

What!? Why??

 

[128]

What!? Why??

What TV wants, TV gets. Always.

 

[Ale Xander]

What!? Why??

It’s the only game on tonight for NBA

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

What!? Why??

Prime time!

It sucks because I’ve watched probably 80 percent of the games this year with my kid, but no way he can stay up for the end of this and not be garbage tomorrow.

 

[RG33]

While on the way to school my son and I saw Mazzulla getting coffee on 14th street this morning. I am not superstitious but I take this as a good omen.

I would have preferred if you had seen him on 18th, but fine.

 

[Jim Ed Rice in HOF]

Prime time!

It sucks because I’ve watched probably 80 percent of the games this year with my kid, but no way he can stay up for the end of this and not be garbage tomorrow.

Best to play the long game here and save his sick day for a later series.

 

[Ale Xander]

Prime time!

It sucks because I’ve watched probably 80 percent of the games this year with my kid, but no way he can stay up for the end of this and not be garbage tomorrow.

Take a nap beforehand?

 

[osori]

I'm dead scared, to be honest. Feels like the Hawks have enough momentum to force game 7.

 

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Best to play the long game here and save his sick day for a later series.

This is the way.

 

[Nator]

I'm still PISSED.

I want the Celts to play PISSED.

Poise
Intensity
Share
Smart
Energy
Defense

AND PLAY PISSED FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES

FINISH THE FUCKING HAWKS

Pulverize
Incinerate
Slice
Slam
Eviscerate
Destroy

 

[Euclis20]

I'm dead scared, to be honest. Feels like the Hawks have enough momentum to force game 7.

Yup, going home and getting Murray back on the heels of that win feel pretty big. I look forward to being proven wrong.

 

[128]

I'm dead scared, to be honest. Feels like the Hawks have enough momentum to force game 7.

I'm nervous, too, but momentum can be short-lived, as we saw in Game 5. The C's came home after an impressive road win to play an elimination game against an opponent missing its second-best player, and none of that mattered in the end.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Did we win yet? No!?

Fuck!

 

[TrapperAB]

Tatum sees tonight as a legacy game.

Butler. Trae. Booker. Joker. Brunson. Durant. LeBron. Curry. Fox.

All of them are getting better press.

The Celts choked away Game 5, and Tatum is a big part of the reason why.

If he can’t get up for this game, his rep takes a major hit. That’s not fair. But it’s the truth.

37-8-5.

 

[DGreenwood]

This feels like last season's playoffs. The Celtics infuriate us with a subpar performance when they have a chance to step on necks, then they bounce back the next game and show they are who we thought they were. Tonight is the bounce back and dominate game.

 

[mostman]

WTF 8:30 start. Ugh.

 

[bigq]

I will be on a plane. Hopefully following along if Wi-Fi is working. Hammer the Hawks.

 

[Buster Olney the Lonely]

I would have preferred if you had seen him on 18th, but fine.

Here's how I choose to look at it. They have 3 playoff wins so far. They only need 13 more for the chip. Let's go!

 

[bankshot1]

Pulverize
Incinerate
Slice
Slam
Eviscerate
Destroy

Yeah!

Gotta play PISSED!


Pride
Intelligence
Savagery
Speed
Excitement
Destiny


Pluck the Hawks and roast them in a 425 oven for 48 minutes

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

I'm dead scared, to be honest. Feels like the Hawks have enough momentum to force game 7.

There is no momentum. It was a freaky few minutes and it’s over. Celts are the better team and are up 3-2.
It ends tonight

 

[JOBU]

As my high school shop teacher used to say “stop jerking off.” Just fucking win

 

[Average Game James]

View: https://twitter.com/adamhimmelsbach/status/1651727789031129088?s=46&t=-L5Hi1Zfbn7GxNWwstvshw

 

[DGreenwood]

That sounds like a P&G thread. Is that a P&G thread? It probably should be. I bet it is.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

First quarter goal: Withstand any early Hawk emotion. Defensive clamps. Offensive patience. End with a lead of some size
Second quarter goal: sustain the intensity. Lead into double digits
Third quarter goal: win the first four minutes. Wait for the runaway stretch to extend the lead. Lead at least 15
Fourth quarter goal: finish them - preferably by 6 minute mark

 

[Coachster]

If Tatum plays like he did Tuesday, or if he tries to force ‘better’ offense, we’ll be headed back to Boston for game 7. I’m nervous.

 

[Average Game James]

That sounds like a P&G thread. Is that a P&G thread? It probably should be. I bet it is.

All I know is that could agree on a clear top 3 and Joe Mazz would bring out #1, #2, and #6 at the next team BBQ...

 

[Imbricus]

Can't stay up for tonight's game, unfortunately. But I'm predicting a strong win. I think they want to prove something. Celtics by 12.

 

[Don Buddin's GS]

Nice start thus far. Smart is playing...well smart.

 

[ifmanis5]

Awesome start. Step on the neck. No let up.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

Marcus Smart is a SoSH lurker. 100%

 

[stp130]

Stay focused.

 

[dhellers]

The only question is whether this team can maintain reserves of energy for use in the 4th quarter, to answer when the opponent goes all in.
It has been the question for several years.

 

[ifmanis5]

That's an Irsay pick.

 

[Average Game James]

Not loving this many early jump shots. Drive to the damn basket.

 

[PedroKsBambino]

Not loving this many early jump shots. Drive to the damn basket.

Yup. They are a good 3pt shooting team, and there's a reasonable amount of times they start hot, fall into taking those, and then when it levels out they give up big runs.

Keep attacking and being aggressive offesnively

 

[Average Game James]

Yes. Do that, Tatum.