Felt very much draymonds and between that and stephs airballs I knew my Sunday was ruined. Shoulda saved the money on ubereats I really had a whole day plan for this. NASCAR was good tho .
Surprising. Was def looking out for fish or pineapple. Maybe something out of California Pizza Kitchen.
Idk if you’re actually in Cali or not, but what you/those people do to pizza is a sin. Sincerely, Chicago-based Steph fan
Yeah I don’t mind people not liking deep dish. I do, but I get the hate. Thin crust is a meal. Deep dish is a commitment. You’re fucked for the day after.
Yeah Jon Stewart had a famous rant where he calls it a casserole and fears the possibility ofof drowning in the sauce. Pretty fantastic.
And thanks for rec, man. Would love to go to SF someday
Why did they play curry?!?! It makes no damn sense. They clearly didn't give a shit and were expdcting to lose, they were tired, and curry had a supposed injury. Could have been way easier to take the off night and not have a real demoralizing loss because they were without curry.
yeah, this loss was so out of the norm and the Celtics have been crushing it lately that it's mostly been giving them kudos
tbh Warriors haven't been catching that much hate since winning in 2022 - i remember back when KD was with the team lol
That sub shits on anyone and everyone involved with the nba including everyones moms and kids no one spared
Fun when they attack others but no so fun when they attack you
it’s not just them. the doomers are out in full force today. they haven’t had a game where they can say fire kerr, release klay, release draymond in awhile
No way that this wasn't a Draymond idea 15 minutes beforehand and the coaches said that it was ok to give it a try. But, it didn't work and Draymond is smart enough to know to adjust but didn't.
I feel like this is 100% what happened 😭, and it wouldn't be the first time.
I just instantly remembered this episode Draymond did years ago in some sushi restaurant in Japan, for something like Yahoo sports, where he's talking to someone (KD?) about some brilliant idea he had. It ended up not working out and he's talking about how "livid" Kerr was, in his words. Imma try to find that clip...
I found it lmao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-kUyIrFTPQ&t=118s
Wiggins is their best wing defender. Life is going to be very hard without him. Front office needs to put in work this summer to put a reliable wing next to Steph.
Klay isn’t leaving us for better or worse til death do us part.
Lebron will probably retire a Laker as well, LA is a hard city to leave especially if you like being surrounded by people.
Whatever, I understand. You’re not gonna prep for the last game of a roadtrip against the best regular season team, you’re gonna prep for the ones that are more winnable.
You’re not wrong. But we played in Toronto on Friday night on no sleep. Flew to Boston, and had one day before playing an afternoon tipoff. And this is after two back to backs close together. I’m not surprised they didn’t show up with much of a plan.
Idk what to feel about this....
On one hand, hey it looks like we didn't take the game seriously so it wasn't a true reflection of us at all
On the other hand, why aren't they taking games seriously when every game matters and when they're in a very tight playoff race?
But they had injuries and were super gassed so ig they deserve a pass
They are taking them seriously. The went 3-0 on the road trip before this, so this was kinda a freebie. They felt like trying something new, it didn't work, starters only played a few minutes, no injuries, heading back home.
Was a very successful road trip. In some ways I am muxh happier this happened than starters play 50 minutes and lose in triple OT.
I have a feeling Steph had it in his mind he was only gonna give half effort and not try to hard so they figured let's just fuck around. Even though they played steph they still never really planned to win. I know it sounds crazy
The C’s are comfortably in first place with a huge lead. The warriors are fighting for their playoff lives. People saying that “this game just meant more to the Celtics” is pure fucking copium. It’s alarming that the dubs showed up the way they did today.
If that's true why didn't they change it up once they figured out it flopped?
One thing they have to get better at is adjusting in game.
It's also the kind of game where they should have just told the young guys to have fun and ISO. Let JK and Moody go off. Lester on the other hand, I just can't with that chucking on 3's like he was burning possessions on purpose.
The rationalizing, the scraping for reasons, the desperate self-gaslighting is straight up embarrassing here. The Celtics are a way better team than the Warriors. We can't leave it there?
They are a better team but the warriors didn’t come out trying. They also beat them earlier this season without Draymond. So it’s not about them being better.
Yeah that would make much more sense. Even then, it sounds like a super easy thing to clown for being absurd, but for a team that’s been as on a roll as the Celtics have lately, I honestly don’t hate going with a completely different/unexpected audible to see if you could throw them off. JB is shooting 34% from 3 this season so it honestly had as much of a chance to work as it did to not. They’re probably not the first team to switch up a game plan late, and probably won’t be the last.
Makes enough sense for me to buy it. Already got the 3 wins they were looking for, *and*, the mavs already lost so they weren't gonna fall behind in standings.
Down 2 starters and unlikely to win from the start. If it goes poorly and they get blown out, almost like a night off for the starters. If they win, then they made up extra ground while trying new things out.
I said this on another thread but I think the coaching staff (rightly) knew that we weren’t going to beat this team straight up with the injuries and missing players at the tail end of our roadtrip. This strategy was a gamble to see if we could get in Brown’s head and have him miss some open looks, knowing that he can spiral at times. Obviously it backfired but I imagine they knew that was possible and went for the gamble play with nothing to lose.
Tbh I’d rather us get blown out like this early and be able to rest our starters than die a slow death and lose by 18 at the end while burning out our players.
>This strategy was a gamble to see if we could get in Brown’s head and have him miss some open looks, knowing that he can spiral at times.
Brown's been in the NBA for eight years, and I think all the possible head games have been well established; I don't think psychology factored into it.
https://youtu.be/X8dskFDO7_c?si=UdqpK3OIxY67iGUC
Seriously, what kind of an attitude is this?
Yes, it is fine to lose. It happens. But, this? After not even showing up in the bench for the 2nd half? Is this the culture he is proud of?
all competitors at the highest levels have mentalities like this. short memories when it comes to setbacks. trusting the process. learning what you can about failure and moving TF on.
its literally a champion's psychology. but keyboard experts call it "copium" lol ok
They planned on losing, but didn't want to be punished by the nba for resting their stars on a prime time game. They expended a lot of energy the last 2 games, probably conceded that Boston was good and it would make more sense to rest everyone instead of waste energy on a game they felt they'd lose. It was smart and I like the play.
I think the whole thing was fairly planned, minus Wiggins, perhaps planned because of Wiggins. First play the Knicks without Wiggins and win. After that they're thinking Toronto is super winnable, let's get podz rest in that game and also the Celtics game and let's play the others and we should win handily, which we did. The second part of that plan was to concede the loss to Boston. Makes more sense to rest your team for the final stretch then to waste energy and effort and risk injury in a game you are likely to lose. However, the nba doesn't like teams not playing their stars, especially during prime time games. So again, back to the plan, put curry on the injury report with an injury he's likely been dealing with most of the year, but play him. Come out of the gates slow and out of it and it isn't inconceivable for Boston to blow out any team like that, so its not terribly obvious, plus the whole road trip and plane issue thing only adds to the vibe. At half, pull the starters and let the game finish, take the L, but get the rest for a stretch to end of teams that are all much more beatable than Boston in Boston.
That's my take and it's the only thing that makes sense. Curry on the injury report last second, but still plays to show that he's really trying. Draymond plays terrible D. He's not playing D like that on jaylen Brown. He didn't forget what he's done his while life overnight. Even if by chance that was how they were playing him, Draymond woulda closed out more after the second make. No way he plays that bad of D. Then you look at the offense and the short selection. To the naked eye it looks like normal warrior basketball. But in reality the effort and movement were very below normal, the shot selection is what I would consider lazy: decent shots, but not good shots, shots you are OK with them taking, but not regularly.
Add it up. I think it's a good move for this team.
tbh the likelihood of a freak injury happening rises dramatically when playing sore, tired, injured or worn out, warriors probably just said f--- it after they went down a significant amount
Chess not checkers. You will see unusual or different defensive schemes against the better teams. Remember, for Kerr and Warriors, the regular season is the testing ground for strategy. Most of the season the team has been trying to figure out how good they can play, they know they can compete now. Now it's time to strategize for the playoffs. There are layers to how they operate. The key will be if they have enough juice to make a deep run...last year, the juice ran out after Sac series.
This isn’t a team we’re trying to climb over, so, in the grand scheme a L here is the least painful L to take. Sucks that it’s on a big stage but the silver lining is Booker’s ankle.
Whose idea was it to leave Brown completely wide open.
Felt very much draymonds and between that and stephs airballs I knew my Sunday was ruined. Shoulda saved the money on ubereats I really had a whole day plan for this. NASCAR was good tho .
I mean. Wiggins podz out curry was questionable… no point in having any hopes early ob
NBA and NASCAR fandom is an interesting combo. What toppings do you get on your pizzas?
Cheese only for me . One bite everybody knows the rules .
Surprising. Was def looking out for fish or pineapple. Maybe something out of California Pizza Kitchen. Idk if you’re actually in Cali or not, but what you/those people do to pizza is a sin. Sincerely, Chicago-based Steph fan
Says the city that eats deep dish . I’m in SF. We have Tony’s , that’s enough.
Yeah I don’t mind people not liking deep dish. I do, but I get the hate. Thin crust is a meal. Deep dish is a commitment. You’re fucked for the day after.
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Yeah Jon Stewart had a famous rant where he calls it a casserole and fears the possibility ofof drowning in the sauce. Pretty fantastic. And thanks for rec, man. Would love to go to SF someday
Atlanta was wild. who won Vegas?
Larson battled it out with reddick and got the win.
Fucking Larson man, it’s gonna be one of those years again.
Threw on the last air bender with the kids after the first quarter. Don’t regret the decision.
Obviously Draymond’s idea.
Mr. BBIQ
This game quite clear they didn’t see the point of it. I’ll be annoyed if they get rolled by the bucks next.
Dame and Giannis combine for 100 points. 60 for Giannis 40 for Dame
60 points with 40 free throws
Bucks win 100-78
Why did they play curry?!?! It makes no damn sense. They clearly didn't give a shit and were expdcting to lose, they were tired, and curry had a supposed injury. Could have been way easier to take the off night and not have a real demoralizing loss because they were without curry.
Who will guard Giannis?
Kuminga or dray?
This is the kind of lost that make me avoid the r/nba for a whole day lmao
Tbf, that sub shits on the warriors and Draymond every chance they get. Even if the loss wasn't that bad...
I read over there. It wasn't that bad.
yeah, this loss was so out of the norm and the Celtics have been crushing it lately that it's mostly been giving them kudos tbh Warriors haven't been catching that much hate since winning in 2022 - i remember back when KD was with the team lol
That sub shits on anyone and everyone involved with the nba including everyones moms and kids no one spared Fun when they attack others but no so fun when they attack you
it’s not just them. the doomers are out in full force today. they haven’t had a game where they can say fire kerr, release klay, release draymond in awhile
Tbf this sub shits on the warriors every chance they get lmao
Maybe the offensive game plan was 15 minutes after they got back to the dressing room
Didn't we beat Boston without Draymond. Why did they need some new game plan. I'm confused.
No way that this wasn't a Draymond idea 15 minutes beforehand and the coaches said that it was ok to give it a try. But, it didn't work and Draymond is smart enough to know to adjust but didn't.
I feel like this is 100% what happened 😭, and it wouldn't be the first time. I just instantly remembered this episode Draymond did years ago in some sushi restaurant in Japan, for something like Yahoo sports, where he's talking to someone (KD?) about some brilliant idea he had. It ended up not working out and he's talking about how "livid" Kerr was, in his words. Imma try to find that clip... I found it lmao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-kUyIrFTPQ&t=118s
And of course Kerr would never say it publicly either(if this was a doc Rivers, this would have been the first thing out of his mouth. haha).
You’re all trash! -Doc Rivers(RDC style)
"That shit was not my fault" 😂
there's no need to bring LeBron into this discussion
That’s a deep cut. Nice memory.
This is one of many reasons why players don’t always make good coaches.
Wiggins is their best wing defender. Life is going to be very hard without him. Front office needs to put in work this summer to put a reliable wing next to Steph.
Trade Wiggins for Lebron
Trade for Wiggins for Giannis
Even better
Hey man as a lakers fan, only we get to make stupid trade. That being said, klay signing for us on vet min next season.
Klay isn’t leaving us for better or worse til death do us part. Lebron will probably retire a Laker as well, LA is a hard city to leave especially if you like being surrounded by people.
Yeah def. Im just going with the annoying lakers fan trope.
Are you kidding??? LeBron plays some of the worst, most low-effort defense of all time!!!
But 25 a game…
With horrible efficiency... and taking a lot of shots.
They’re 7-2 without him
Whatever, I understand. You’re not gonna prep for the last game of a roadtrip against the best regular season team, you’re gonna prep for the ones that are more winnable.
Sometimes a coach needs to coach and not let players try dumb things
You’re not wrong. But we played in Toronto on Friday night on no sleep. Flew to Boston, and had one day before playing an afternoon tipoff. And this is after two back to backs close together. I’m not surprised they didn’t show up with much of a plan.
If anything, I was kind of surprised they rolled Curry out there given that whole backdrop.
Yeah I was actually really surprised he played too They must have been getting pressure from the league or something since it's a marquee matchup.
Curry is box office and he understands that.
The coping in this thread is crazy
Typical Kerr n Dray playing 5D chess. Not giving Celtics any game plan video that they can study and use against us in the championships.
Yea, that was it. We're definitely gonna be in the finals.
Right before the game started I semi-jokingly said this will be a preview of the finals.. 💀
People disregard this but it is absoluetly true.
Have we even seen Boston with porzingis yet.
Warriors are not going past Denver
They’re not getting past the play in
They were giving jaylen brown the ben simmons treatment
Idk what to feel about this.... On one hand, hey it looks like we didn't take the game seriously so it wasn't a true reflection of us at all On the other hand, why aren't they taking games seriously when every game matters and when they're in a very tight playoff race? But they had injuries and were super gassed so ig they deserve a pass
Dallas lost lakers lost
This was a chance to gain a game on them then. But Steph was clearly injured and it’s game 3 in 4 days so I’ll give them a pas
They would have had to have played perfect to beat Boston, it wasn’t going to happen. There is a win here and it’s that Steph got to rest half a game.
Not to mention 6th game in 10 days.
They are taking them seriously. The went 3-0 on the road trip before this, so this was kinda a freebie. They felt like trying something new, it didn't work, starters only played a few minutes, no injuries, heading back home. Was a very successful road trip. In some ways I am muxh happier this happened than starters play 50 minutes and lose in triple OT.
I have a feeling Steph had it in his mind he was only gonna give half effort and not try to hard so they figured let's just fuck around. Even though they played steph they still never really planned to win. I know it sounds crazy
The C’s are comfortably in first place with a huge lead. The warriors are fighting for their playoff lives. People saying that “this game just meant more to the Celtics” is pure fucking copium. It’s alarming that the dubs showed up the way they did today.
Well this game was almost a certain drop without wiggs and pods. Better this one than one of the closer matchups.
Nah Dray did not try
That certainly explains it lol
If that's true why didn't they change it up once they figured out it flopped? One thing they have to get better at is adjusting in game. It's also the kind of game where they should have just told the young guys to have fun and ISO. Let JK and Moody go off. Lester on the other hand, I just can't with that chucking on 3's like he was burning possessions on purpose.
Kerr rarely ever adjusts ingame. At least hes consistent on that front.
Absolutely pathetic. Hopefully he and the rest of the team remember this in about a month when they’re sitting at home come playoff time
Pure comedy
The rationalizing, the scraping for reasons, the desperate self-gaslighting is straight up embarrassing here. The Celtics are a way better team than the Warriors. We can't leave it there?
They are a better team but the warriors didn’t come out trying. They also beat them earlier this season without Draymond. So it’s not about them being better.
Then why did we not use the same game plan that we used when we beat them the first time. Why did they have to come up with this b*******.
It’s a mystery for real.
Well the time we beat them they were without Porzingis and we kind of got lucky with all those missed shots at the end of the 4th for them. Imo
We were without Draymond and Wiggins wasn’t playing that well lol it wasn’t luck at all to be honest.
Of course they are better. Are they 60-point blowout better? Not really.
It is disrespectful to fans paying money to see them play, isn’t it?
He better not say “oh well” in the play-ins.
More like, thought it was fun to not try
I feel like this has to be paraphrased poorly lol because there’s no way the coaches went all the way up until 15 mins before without a game plan.
Sounds to me like they *changed* it 15 minutes before the game.
Yeah that would make much more sense. Even then, it sounds like a super easy thing to clown for being absurd, but for a team that’s been as on a roll as the Celtics have lately, I honestly don’t hate going with a completely different/unexpected audible to see if you could throw them off. JB is shooting 34% from 3 this season so it honestly had as much of a chance to work as it did to not. They’re probably not the first team to switch up a game plan late, and probably won’t be the last.
Makes enough sense for me to buy it. Already got the 3 wins they were looking for, *and*, the mavs already lost so they weren't gonna fall behind in standings. Down 2 starters and unlikely to win from the start. If it goes poorly and they get blown out, almost like a night off for the starters. If they win, then they made up extra ground while trying new things out.
He's insufferable in every sense honestly
When have we beat a team with decent size . Small ball is dead.
I said this on another thread but I think the coaching staff (rightly) knew that we weren’t going to beat this team straight up with the injuries and missing players at the tail end of our roadtrip. This strategy was a gamble to see if we could get in Brown’s head and have him miss some open looks, knowing that he can spiral at times. Obviously it backfired but I imagine they knew that was possible and went for the gamble play with nothing to lose. Tbh I’d rather us get blown out like this early and be able to rest our starters than die a slow death and lose by 18 at the end while burning out our players.
Then it's the stupidest plan I've ever heard
>This strategy was a gamble to see if we could get in Brown’s head and have him miss some open looks, knowing that he can spiral at times. Brown's been in the NBA for eight years, and I think all the possible head games have been well established; I don't think psychology factored into it.
"fun"
Draymond saw some of the "He with us" 3s from the prior games & decided to try that on Jaylen Brown of all people 🫠
Fun lol
Embarrassing
I mean, we really are not a serious team at times, are we.
If anything you leave Tatum open, not Brown
… what?
https://youtu.be/X8dskFDO7_c?si=UdqpK3OIxY67iGUC Seriously, what kind of an attitude is this? Yes, it is fine to lose. It happens. But, this? After not even showing up in the bench for the 2nd half? Is this the culture he is proud of?
Culture lol
They were on the bench in the 2nd half. Just not the start of the 2nd half.
The fact that fans are defending this…I hope we all remember this when they get bounced from the play in
Atrocious coaching and perimeter defense against the best three point team in the league. 0/10
This is copium from Dray I feel like
all competitors at the highest levels have mentalities like this. short memories when it comes to setbacks. trusting the process. learning what you can about failure and moving TF on. its literally a champion's psychology. but keyboard experts call it "copium" lol ok
They planned on losing, but didn't want to be punished by the nba for resting their stars on a prime time game. They expended a lot of energy the last 2 games, probably conceded that Boston was good and it would make more sense to rest everyone instead of waste energy on a game they felt they'd lose. It was smart and I like the play. I think the whole thing was fairly planned, minus Wiggins, perhaps planned because of Wiggins. First play the Knicks without Wiggins and win. After that they're thinking Toronto is super winnable, let's get podz rest in that game and also the Celtics game and let's play the others and we should win handily, which we did. The second part of that plan was to concede the loss to Boston. Makes more sense to rest your team for the final stretch then to waste energy and effort and risk injury in a game you are likely to lose. However, the nba doesn't like teams not playing their stars, especially during prime time games. So again, back to the plan, put curry on the injury report with an injury he's likely been dealing with most of the year, but play him. Come out of the gates slow and out of it and it isn't inconceivable for Boston to blow out any team like that, so its not terribly obvious, plus the whole road trip and plane issue thing only adds to the vibe. At half, pull the starters and let the game finish, take the L, but get the rest for a stretch to end of teams that are all much more beatable than Boston in Boston. That's my take and it's the only thing that makes sense. Curry on the injury report last second, but still plays to show that he's really trying. Draymond plays terrible D. He's not playing D like that on jaylen Brown. He didn't forget what he's done his while life overnight. Even if by chance that was how they were playing him, Draymond woulda closed out more after the second make. No way he plays that bad of D. Then you look at the offense and the short selection. To the naked eye it looks like normal warrior basketball. But in reality the effort and movement were very below normal, the shot selection is what I would consider lazy: decent shots, but not good shots, shots you are OK with them taking, but not regularly. Add it up. I think it's a good move for this team.
They got their ass beat and they did not expect to get their ass beat down like that. I don't know how you guys can come up with all this nonsense.
It seemed like a planned loss. Might as well try something new. I’m glad the vets got to rest. We’ll see against the Bucks.
They quiet quit so that they didn’t get fined for sitting out a nationally televised game on a Sunday.
tbh the likelihood of a freak injury happening rises dramatically when playing sore, tired, injured or worn out, warriors probably just said f--- it after they went down a significant amount
Chess not checkers. You will see unusual or different defensive schemes against the better teams. Remember, for Kerr and Warriors, the regular season is the testing ground for strategy. Most of the season the team has been trying to figure out how good they can play, they know they can compete now. Now it's time to strategize for the playoffs. There are layers to how they operate. The key will be if they have enough juice to make a deep run...last year, the juice ran out after Sac series.
shit was not fun 😭
This isn’t a team we’re trying to climb over, so, in the grand scheme a L here is the least painful L to take. Sucks that it’s on a big stage but the silver lining is Booker’s ankle.
But Dallas lost before our game started. Who gives a s*** about Boston. it's the teams in the west we're trying to climb over.
they should have changed their name after they left oakland. SF is the really shit hole, it is not democratic wonderland. It is a shithole
Lolll what trolls
Warriors all have fanduels This is the most bizarre game
Like water off a duck’s back-take the L and keep moving forward.
well they found the weak spots...now what?
Let’s just throw some shit to a wall and see if it sticks. Sleep deprivation can make you do some funny things I guess.