5/9: ECSF Game 2: Cavs@Celtics

bosockboy

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White has covered a lot of Tatum’s poor offense this postseason.

I think we might NEED White’s offense as opposed to him being bonus scoring.
 

lars10

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Tatum with a Kobe Bryant performance tonight.
In case you can't see any other players.. DWhite is also 1-8 from three.

Edit: Tatum also leads the team in rebounds and assists.. but I know that doesn't matter
 

JCizzle

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The Cavs have hit five more threes and taken 10 less FTA. This isn't some crazy shooting luck. They're simply playing much better basketball up and down the roster.
 

slamminsammya

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They’ve made 12. Yeah they’re at 50% but they were well under that until late in the 3rd. They’ve made a few tough ones but most of this is on our lousy D and lethargic O.
7/8 last quarter really was the story. but i agree the first half had plenty of issues that weren’t just good shooting. the uncontested straight line drives
 

Dollar

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I'm almost expecting Tatum and Mitchell to drop their gloves and fight after back to back blowouts like these.
 

Auger34

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I fucking love it when JT puts his head down and gets to the rim
 

slamminsammya

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i think tatum does this thing sometimes when he’s got guys he doesn’t respect defending him where he feels the need to show his bag which invariably means a bunch of dribbling followed by a midrange. which is annoying to me
 

Auger34

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i think tatum does this thing sometimes when he’s got guys he doesn’t respect defending him where he feels the need to show his bag which invariably means a bunch of dribbling followed by a midrange. which is annoying to me
…..I think this is a pretty damn good theory
 

Lazy vs Crazy

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Still don't understand Joe's insistence on soft switches on screens. Al is getting absolutely torched by their guards every trip. Inexcusably bad game planning.
 

PedroKsBambino

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Tatum has 25 on 17 shots. Anyone blaming him is really missing how this all works. He’s not perfect but he ain’t the problem here
 

lars10

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i think tatum does this thing sometimes when he’s got guys he doesn’t respect defending him where he feels the need to show his bag which invariably means a bunch of dribbling followed by a midrange. which is annoying to me
He's basically the only guy who has showed up tonite and all you guys can do is complain about him.. it's getting f'in ridiculous.
 

DennyDoyle'sBoil

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When things are going their way, they are untouchable.

But the effort when there's adversity it is really tough to watch.

At the end of the day, the story of the game is that they were terrible from 3 and so they couldn't stay in touching distance. But there was a time when a little toughness would have gone a long way. Getting dominated on the glass is tough to take. It's a little misleading because more of the missed shots were by the Celtics, but still -- they were uninterested in rebounding tonight.