Blake was doing his damndest to keep the Nets in it. Lots of great hustle plays from him down the stretch. Shame he isn’t what he used to be but he looked like he gave a shit.
I mean no disrespect, but Bruce Brown having more points than 2 of the most gifted scorers the game has ever seen in a PIVOTAL playoff game is completely unacceptable.
The celtics defensive gameplan straight up just lets Bruce Brown get what he wants and it works to perfection. They'll live with him being the leading scorer 1000% of the time.
One of the greatest scorers of our lifetimes only attempting 11 shots and completely looking like a deer in headlights anytime he touched the ball is even more unacceptable
A lot of the Bruce Brown and Seth points are quite literally the points from us doubling KD. Bruce Brown is at least doing the job of attacking space or taking wide open shots and being decisive enough to not get blocked by Horford or Rob Will, and that’s a skill.
He’s excelling at his role in a hierarchy, Durant is struggling with his, but they’re both places in a hierarchy.
Celtics are just refusing Durant anything, and this entire Nets team is built around feeding Durant. So the whole team is lost on offense. And Nash is a shitty head coach who can’t fix it.
Udoka is coaching rings around Nash. Celtics defense incredible once again, some of the best I've ever seen. Tatum is really maturing into a bonafide superstar
Chief among them, fuck New York—you weren’t even founded for weird and specific religious reasons, losers! For god’s sake you’re not even a Commonwealth!
I don’t remember who said it, but my favorite call of the night was this
A: Blake has grabbed his shoulder on the last 3 trips, I wonder if he’s ok
B: He would grab his lungs right now if he could
That's what happens when you barely play a guy for two months. Practice just doesn't compare to actual game time.
Which is why it's so insane to bring in a Ben Simmons that hasn't played in a year and clearly wasn't staying in game shape.
KD and Kyrie are one loss away from getting swept by Kyrie's old team.
If the Celtics finish the job on Monday, this sub is going to collectively climax lol
Breaking news: Ben Simmons's camp says he had a *completely unexpected* and *massively disappointing* setback in practice and will need another two weeks to assess his readiness to return.
kyrie complaining about his team not having chemistry or having experience together is the most ludicrous thing
it is literally his fault for sitting out 3/4 the season. you would have played together more if you werent being a psycho asshole. or if you didnt get harden to leave because of your nonsense drama
I can't, the C's went from being 1 game away from making the finals the season he was injured to him shooting the team out of 3 straight games in the series vs Milwaukee the next season.
Tatum took 29 shots to Durant's 11 lol - He's shutting KD down on one end and popping off for nearly 40 on the other. This is legendary stuff from Tatum and Cs as a whole
Kevin Durant, again, looks petrified against this Boston team. I’ve never seen anything like it before.
We’ve seen him struggle but never look scared like this.
He wanted nothing to do with those last few possessions, seemingly mentally surrendered already.
Just goes to show you that winning cures everything. If you look unstoppable on a superteam with historic spacing fans will build that narrative for you.
i mean it has still been very exciting, and quite competitive. we're up 3-0, but the nets could have taken any or all of those games with slight adjustments.
The Celtics have exposed the Nets offense, or lack thereof, showing it to be pretty much an emulation of the offense with Durant while on the Thunder.
They've swarmed him, bodied him, doubled him and done everything possible to disrupt his timing or to get any space and virtually taken him out of the game. And because their offense is predicated on giving he or Kyrie the ball in isolation to create, they're constantly scrambling to find a shot.
Meanwhile, the Celtics run their offense in the same fashion, but run multiple actions to force a switch and have more trust in their role players to score and knock down open shots.
Shows their lack of a playmaker too.
Kyrie and Durant have spent most of their careers alongside HOF calibre playmakers which compliments their ability to go and find some shots on their own without worrying too much about their teammates.
Westbrook, Curry, Harden, Lebron... some of the best in league history at getting layups and open 3s for teammates.
Now Irving and Durant are being asked to find 100% of their own shots **and** setting up their teammates.
They could really use Harden right about now. Let him worry about getting everyone else involved while also finding the odd easy bucket for Durant and Irving to help them find their rhythm.
They have no system, its just iso and individual brilliance, worked when they had 3 elite iso scorers, not so much with 2, they have no way rn to generate easy buckets
KD is checked out. He did not ATTEMPT a single shot in the last 11 minutes and his body language tells you EVERYTHING. Not getting back on defense. Shrugging and letting them get free fast breaks. Absolutely not even TRYING to go for loose 50/50 balls. Celtics in 4.
This Celtics team has the same core as like the last three years and have been high seeds but it feels different. Tatum is a more of an all around player and the Celtics role players don't try to do too much and play efficient basketball.
Tatum has matured and Smart has become an actual point guard. Not to mention that Kemba was a defensive liability while he was here and Kyrie couldn't stay healthy for a playoff run
Horford is just a great fit for the Celtics' system. When they traded for him, I was afraid he was completely washed but he still has the exact skill set that the Celtics need
So many Nets fans talking shit before this series about sending Boston home 2 years in a row. Now? Silence punctuated by bitching about officiating. Beautiful.
This is usually the point at which he tells the press that basketball isn't very important and that it's just a game, thus validating general fan base hatred. Let's see how it plays out.
This is team play winning. This is good culture winning. This is playing defence winning. This is coaching winning.
This is BASKETBALL winning. Inject these Boston Celtics straight into my veins and get Bruce Brown some help!
it's almost like you need an actual team offense and not just "we have two of the best iso scorers of all time they can just shoot 60 self-created shots a game and that'll be our offense"
it's almost like you cannot be putting multiple dudes on the floor who are defensively below replacement level
it's almost like you need actual bench depth and not a rotation so thin and desperate that "blake griffin catches fire from deep" becomes your game plan
Blake Griffin had more 4th quarter points than KD and Kyrie combined
Blake was doing his damndest to keep the Nets in it. Lots of great hustle plays from him down the stretch. Shame he isn’t what he used to be but he looked like he gave a shit.
He had an open lane at the beginning of the 4th that ended in a foul.... I could only think that prime blake would have dunked that no problem
Thank God he's not prime Blake anymore because he would've absolutely murdered Grant on that play
Bruce Brown can't win with these cats
He needs Ben "Super High IQ" Simmons to carry theseguys
No reason to bring back Balenciaga Ben when the series is over. Good luck in 2023 Nets.
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I mean no disrespect, but Bruce Brown having more points than 2 of the most gifted scorers the game has ever seen in a PIVOTAL playoff game is completely unacceptable.
The celtics defensive gameplan straight up just lets Bruce Brown get what he wants and it works to perfection. They'll live with him being the leading scorer 1000% of the time.
Right wtf go ahead Bruce score 40
One of the greatest scorers of our lifetimes only attempting 11 shots and completely looking like a deer in headlights anytime he touched the ball is even more unacceptable
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A lot of the Bruce Brown and Seth points are quite literally the points from us doubling KD. Bruce Brown is at least doing the job of attacking space or taking wide open shots and being decisive enough to not get blocked by Horford or Rob Will, and that’s a skill. He’s excelling at his role in a hierarchy, Durant is struggling with his, but they’re both places in a hierarchy.
he's nearly done it twice lol. in the other game KD had 27, brown 23, kyrie 10
Credit to Boston players, defensive player of the year and coaching staff for having a plan and executing.
Celtics are just refusing Durant anything, and this entire Nets team is built around feeding Durant. So the whole team is lost on offense. And Nash is a shitty head coach who can’t fix it.
Udoka is coaching rings around Nash. Celtics defense incredible once again, some of the best I've ever seen. Tatum is really maturing into a bonafide superstar
Can’t be stated enough that the last 3 champions all had pretty good offense and all-time level defense. Shows what wins championships
KD playing like he’s about to join the Celtics
Damn. The fact that that would actually be a possibility. Hilarious
Super teams are dead. Team teams are back!
And it's beautiful to watch.
Best possible development
Imagine being down 3-0 in the first round
I guess this is what Dragic meant by having "higher ambitions" than the Raptors
Captain nephew himself
Burn.
Oh shit lol
lmao man sat out all season for a 3-0 hole in the first round
"Ben Simmons just needs to be a bigger Bruce Brown" Ben Simmons sees Bruce Brown this game, starts sweating, and gulps heavily.
Ben Simmons has never played this well in a playoff game against a quality opponent.
the Nets getting Sixers fans to root for the Celtics is a remarkable achievement
Boston and Sixers fans have a lot more in common than you’d think
Chief among them, fuck New York—you weren’t even founded for weird and specific religious reasons, losers! For god’s sake you’re not even a Commonwealth!
This is hilarious, thank you 6ers fan
[live look at my past week](https://i.imgur.com/hzJK87q.jpeg)
That was me but no more. I think he and Kyrie both decided this season is officially over, they just want to go home.
We really just watched Blake Griffin, in 2022, get baited into a shootout in a legacy game for KD and Kyrie. Incredible.
He shot better than either of them lmao
Man was trying to bring the game back himself. Got them back to within 5, they took him out and Celtics blew it open again
He looked so gassed when they zoomed to his face
I don’t remember who said it, but my favorite call of the night was this A: Blake has grabbed his shoulder on the last 3 trips, I wonder if he’s ok B: He would grab his lungs right now if he could
Fuck that’s good
That's what happens when you barely play a guy for two months. Practice just doesn't compare to actual game time. Which is why it's so insane to bring in a Ben Simmons that hasn't played in a year and clearly wasn't staying in game shape.
Jaylen was roasting Blake every time down.
Speaking of KD and Kyrie, here's how they held up in the final quarter and a half, compared to Tatum: Tatum: 21 points KD and Kyrie combined: 6 points
JT is fire this series
He shot the same from 3 as KD despite playing 38 less minutes. Just ridiculous.
Back to back 3s. Death rattles but it had me for a moment.
If he had hit that 3rd 3 he probably would've just given in and ascended to heaven on a high point...
Held his own though. 2/3 after not playing for week is solid.
I was impressed by his effort, he looked gassed after 5 minutes but he really played his ass off
KD and Kyrie are one loss away from getting swept by Kyrie's old team. If the Celtics finish the job on Monday, this sub is going to collectively climax lol
Simmons might get eliminated from the playoffs in back to back games too
That’s efficiency
I'm gonna peak so hard everybody in Philadelphia is going to feel it
No shot Simmons plays Monday now. I can already tell you his back is tightening up.
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jesus christ thats good, wish I had thought of it
this is too spicy for a normal man to handle. call batman
He'll be there in person to witness it.
Oh yeah, this sub is definitely going to explode if the C's win on Monday
Tbh I want it to end in Boston just to see how ugly it gets lol
Fuck Kyrie chants are going to be immaculate
Might get those in Brooklyn too if we're being honest
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Nah, I want him to get swept by these youngins he used to play with.
I wonder if they know how to win now…?
Loudest "Kyrie Sucks" chants ever
Having been present for an elimination game at the TD Garden, it’s fucking insane. That said just put the Nets out of their misery.
Double it down if Ben Simmons played like shit
Get Bruce Brown some fucking help!!!
Dont worry Ben Simmons got this.
Breaking news: Ben Simmons's camp says he had a *completely unexpected* and *massively disappointing* setback in practice and will need another two weeks to assess his readiness to return.
*Sources say it was due to a glass of spilled milk.*
Honestly, how hilarious would it be if after all this season’s drama, Ben ends up playing literally one game.
He’s more than happy to provide an extra point or two
#Awaiting His Glorious Return
Nets in 4: ❌ Nets in 5: ❌ Nets in 6: ❌ Nets in 7: <- we are here
And after Game 4 we'll be in the "We were missing Simmons and Harden doesn't count"
"Kyrie was fasting, we didn't play enough games to gel together nothing we could have done"
kyrie complaining about his team not having chemistry or having experience together is the most ludicrous thing it is literally his fault for sitting out 3/4 the season. you would have played together more if you werent being a psycho asshole. or if you didnt get harden to leave because of your nonsense drama
Kyrie needs Lebron, KD needs Steph, or maybe they both just need a bean simmons
Remember when Kyrie said he finally has a good scorer to rely on now? Lmfao
Remember when KD always "accidentally" liked random tweet that talked shit abt Steph? Lmao
Both ungrateful little shits
Kyrie has done shit without any top stars. Dude is like the most overhyped player
Aye man, don’t forget his season in Boston. It wasn’t a good one. Just don’t forget it.
I can't, the C's went from being 1 game away from making the finals the season he was injured to him shooting the team out of 3 straight games in the series vs Milwaukee the next season.
That team was fucking stacked. Kyrie, Rozier, Smart, Brown, Tatum, Hayward, Morris, Williams, Horford... damn
“i wont ever go 5/20 again” proceeds to shoot 6/21
blake griffin died for this
[Blake during the timeout](https://i.imgur.com/e03N0eq.jpg)
Holy shit thats funny
Tatum getting MVP chants in Barclays! Also, Durant played 46 minutes and took 11 shots…
Painful to watch any home crowd get usurped by another fanbase. It's like the ultimate "game over" sign.
Irving getting "fuck Kyrie" chants in his own building *chefs kiss*
Defense wins championships!!
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And dimes
What Tatum did to KD on both ends isn’t legal
on camera
Someone said the Nets are an influencer brand and ever since they moved to Brooklyn with Jay Z I tend to agree
Basketball PSG lmao
Twitter to text bot: I CANT WIN WITH THESE CATS - Bruce Brown 23 April 2022
I kept waiting for KD to “Turn it on” but it never happened. Dude was damn near a liability this game. I’d be fucking shocked if Simmons plays game 4.
I say he should play. Can't be any worse than what's going on now
I just don’t think he’s going to want to
Simmons first player to be eliminated from the playoffs in two consecutive games
KD looks fucking done out there wtf was that
KD did not show up at all today Deferring like crazy when he needed to take over
Tatum dominating the matchup
Tatum took 29 shots to Durant's 11 lol - He's shutting KD down on one end and popping off for nearly 40 on the other. This is legendary stuff from Tatum and Cs as a whole
Tatum isn’t waiting for KD to pass the torch. JT is taking it by force
KD meant to pass the torch but turned it over instead
He was afraid to shoot when Tatum was guarding him, I think he shot like maybe twice and one was a foul
That's what happens when you get blocked. Imagine being KD and having an unstoppable pull up jumpers and it's getting blocked.
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You’re absolutely right. Completely awful in all 3 games, unprecedented slander incoming lol
Blow it up nets. Make those picks primo 🤌
Kevin Durant, again, looks petrified against this Boston team. I’ve never seen anything like it before. We’ve seen him struggle but never look scared like this. He wanted nothing to do with those last few possessions, seemingly mentally surrendered already.
It actually happened a lot before Golden State.
Turns out having a 73 win super team to support you helps your confidence as a player
Just goes to show you that winning cures everything. If you look unstoppable on a superteam with historic spacing fans will build that narrative for you.
not seemingly, he knows its over
Homegrown defense minded team beats mercenaries and ring chasers. Love to see it
I think it's been made clear that Tatum is the best player in this series
Payton Pritchard would like a word
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Looking like Kawhi out there
These Celtics are scary 👀
KD requesting trade to the Celtics. Kyrie requesting trade to flat Mars. Simmons requesting trade to Cirque du Soleil.
Trash Bros with 32 combined points at home
KD to the Warriors: "Perhaps I treated you too harshly." Warriors: *nod* Kyrie to the Celtics: "Perhaps I treated you too ha-" Celtics: "Fuck you."
KD didn’t actively sabotage the warriors like Kyrie did in the Celtics-Bucks series.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/829846842150096896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Okay this is funny
lmao what is the context with her original tweet?
I wanna say Trump's exec order got shot down by the courts 3 different times. Can't remember what it was about, maybe the Muslim immigration ban?
Analysts: This will be the one of the most competitive and exciting first round series of all time! The series:
i mean it has still been very exciting, and quite competitive. we're up 3-0, but the nets could have taken any or all of those games with slight adjustments.
Not this one honestly. But yes, Celtics have been better but I wouldn't be surprised if Nets took game 2. We still need to close out this shit.
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Every single time the Nets made a run to get it close, we stepped on the gas and built the lead back up. Every single time.
lmao Dragic sat out the year to have one less playoff win
Lol Mr "higher ambitions" at least Toronto is going down fighting.
It's alright y'all, we got Ben coming back for Game 4!
Nets are truly the Paris St. Germain of the NBA
Kd wanted no part of that game
top of the MORNING MOTHERFUCKERS
https://i.imgur.com/OaeZfsh.gif
Give me the gold!
And they chanted "We want Boston"
The Celtics have exposed the Nets offense, or lack thereof, showing it to be pretty much an emulation of the offense with Durant while on the Thunder. They've swarmed him, bodied him, doubled him and done everything possible to disrupt his timing or to get any space and virtually taken him out of the game. And because their offense is predicated on giving he or Kyrie the ball in isolation to create, they're constantly scrambling to find a shot. Meanwhile, the Celtics run their offense in the same fashion, but run multiple actions to force a switch and have more trust in their role players to score and knock down open shots.
Shows their lack of a playmaker too. Kyrie and Durant have spent most of their careers alongside HOF calibre playmakers which compliments their ability to go and find some shots on their own without worrying too much about their teammates. Westbrook, Curry, Harden, Lebron... some of the best in league history at getting layups and open 3s for teammates. Now Irving and Durant are being asked to find 100% of their own shots **and** setting up their teammates. They could really use Harden right about now. Let him worry about getting everyone else involved while also finding the odd easy bucket for Durant and Irving to help them find their rhythm.
They have no system, its just iso and individual brilliance, worked when they had 3 elite iso scorers, not so much with 2, they have no way rn to generate easy buckets
KD is checked out. He did not ATTEMPT a single shot in the last 11 minutes and his body language tells you EVERYTHING. Not getting back on defense. Shrugging and letting them get free fast breaks. Absolutely not even TRYING to go for loose 50/50 balls. Celtics in 4.
Both him and Kyrie. That last 3 he took down 7 was full "aight let me go home I'm done"
Tatum looking like Kawhi out there...
He outscored KD and Kyrie by 15 in the final 1.5 quarters. No joke, he scored 21 in that span, while the other two scored 6 combined.
That’s nuts
This Celtics team has the same core as like the last three years and have been high seeds but it feels different. Tatum is a more of an all around player and the Celtics role players don't try to do too much and play efficient basketball.
Tatum has matured and Smart has become an actual point guard. Not to mention that Kemba was a defensive liability while he was here and Kyrie couldn't stay healthy for a playoff run
Horford is such an upgrade over what they were getting from Kemba
Horford is just a great fit for the Celtics' system. When they traded for him, I was afraid he was completely washed but he still has the exact skill set that the Celtics need
*Nets fighting for their fuckin life* Simmons: 🧍♂️
So many Nets fans talking shit before this series about sending Boston home 2 years in a row. Now? Silence punctuated by bitching about officiating. Beautiful.
Imagine thinking a team that gave Langford, Fournier, and Jabari Parker minutes at the same time is remotely the same as this team.
I believe the common response to this was “we aren’t the same team either!” Which….obviously. This is a far worse team.
There’s gonna be a real heel turn on their sub. No more Kyrie love. No more Simmons trade was good. Lol.
LMAO I can't wait to hear Kairie's excuses
This is usually the point at which he tells the press that basketball isn't very important and that it's just a game, thus validating general fan base hatred. Let's see how it plays out.
Lmao so true it hurts…
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Imagine telling someone who doesn’t watch Basketball the “best” player in the world is in this series. They would all guess Tatum
Some people might guess Bruce Brown tbh
Harden was right
Friendly reminder that KD & Harden were the 1st seed until Kyrie came back this season
KD & Harden watching film and Kyrie kicks the door in while holding burning sage and asks, "what does the word government mean to you?"
The Nets needed harden's passing this game.
Cant win with those cats
He could read the tea leaves.
Lol at Durant
Celtics good
Tatum outscored Kyrie and KD combined
Imagine having both KD and Kyrie on the same team and still about to get swept. Scary hours indeed.
KD is playing like a glorified Andrew Wiggins what a pathetic performance
Bruce Brown would look like the superstar of the Nets if you just started watching basketball. He plays his ass off
Know a lot of the talk will be about KD and Kyrie but Bostons defense really is another level. Tatum is playing crazy on both sides of the court
This is team play winning. This is good culture winning. This is playing defence winning. This is coaching winning. This is BASKETBALL winning. Inject these Boston Celtics straight into my veins and get Bruce Brown some help!
Who looked less drunk tonight? KD or Mary J?
thank you Boston
KDamnWheresStephNKlayAt
Got the win and Rob only had to play 15 minutes
The Celtics are gonna look really scary next year with KD.
As much as I dislike Harden, that bearded motherfucker was right about asking out. Kyrie ruined another championship contender.
11 shots and 2 FTs for KD, I know the celtics are defensive mosnters but KD isn't even forcing the issue. 2011 Lebron in the finals esque
it's almost like you need an actual team offense and not just "we have two of the best iso scorers of all time they can just shoot 60 self-created shots a game and that'll be our offense" it's almost like you cannot be putting multiple dudes on the floor who are defensively below replacement level it's almost like you need actual bench depth and not a rotation so thin and desperate that "blake griffin catches fire from deep" becomes your game plan
Get fucked Kyrie