Matt Moore: Boston is 17-8 in clutch time, games within five points in the final five minutes this season, the third best win percentage in clutch time. Those are the facts. It does not FEEL like it.
Matt Moore: Boston is 17-8 in clutch time, games within five points in the final five minutes this season, the third best win percentage in clutch time. Those are the facts. It does not FEEL like it.
It’s probably because our 12 points games become 4 point games, and therefore clutch games lol
hcmacro
Matt Moore is a dumbass
chickspeak
We should not have been in the clutch time today tbh
bottlepants
It definitely feels like it?? Thats the biggest difference between this team and all the past iterations
HailKyrie
It does feel like it. Dude is a clown
nicklovin508
Likely because I bet over half of these qualifying “clutch time” games come when we held a 15+ point lead at some point in the game.
not1fuk
This is a huge turnaround because werent we pretty badstatistically for this over the last couple of seasons?
JeffTeagueNo1Enemy
This guy is an idiot
s_D088z
I think it’s fair to say we’ve made good progress in clutch time over last season. But it’s also fair to say we’ve blown some games in the clutch and those tend to get remembered the most.
Organic_Climate_7585
It really does feel like it. People just have goldfish memories. Newsflash, the reason most of our losses are in close games is cos we’re a really good team and hardly ever get blown out. I wish people would use common sense about this.
apc76
Problem is half of those games should have been within 5 point in clutch to begin with.
GonePhishn401
I’ve noticed a huge change in how this team looks down the stretch.
tool22482
Seems like when an opponent comes storming back they know how to win ugly vs. just blowing it like in recent years. That’s a big difference.
JabariTeenageRiot
We’ve won a lot more close games than we’ve lost (obviously) but the “feels like it” part might be that it seems like we’re usually up in clutch time, often from blowing a 9-12 pt lead, and rarely have to come back, just make enough plays to hold on.
luke_workin
It’s because we allow more games to become clutch than we should, if that makes sense. Double digit 4th quarter leads should not routinely turn into a one possession lead with the talent level on this team. Yet here we are after another instance of that.
rocket_beer
Well the refs interfered in 2 of those games…
That cannot happen again, especially in the playoffs
JaDamian_Steinblatt
C’s are waayyyy better in crunch time this season compared to last season, and it’s beautiful to watch. Gotta give credit to Jrue and Kristaps for settling things down and looking for the best shot. Those KP post-ups, while not the prettiest thing in the world, offer a new dimension that makes the offense so much harder to guard.
All that being said, history tells us you need the bus driver to take you home. You can’t win a title relying on post-ups from KP or transition buckets from JB or great shooting from White and Holiday. At the end of the day, Tatum’s gotta be that dude. That’s the only pathway to Banner 18. He’s gotta be an all-world superstar in the last five minutes of games.
RiPFrozone
41-12 “it does not feel like it” lmao
Eisenhorn76
I hate to agree with him but he does have a point. Sometimes the C’a clutch wins come despite them getting in their own way.
BUT: winning ugly is still winning. If anything, being able to secure victories despite their clutch time struggles shows this group’s resilience AND at the same time, they’re getting the reps they need.
I hate seeing teams just dominate in the regular season and not face adversity then struggle mightily in the playoffs because they never faced adversity in racking up their victories.
GooseMay0
Who is one and two?
seasoned-veteran
Doomer af take
seasoned-veteran
According to NBA.com we’re 18-8, second in the association
97PunkRawk
Matt Moore has always been an idiot
Frodo_Mk
If you actually watch the games it feels like it. If you listen to talking heads and scroll through r/nba it does not
daft_dunkwwwolfey
You can tell it feels like it cuz this subs mostly been roses this year save a few bad games
mrr6666
Don’t worry, Heat don’t care about regular season games 🤪
dehydratedbagel
It doesn’t FEEL like it because you don’t watch the sport and you’re a child.
jzlin83
This stat also tells me there were only 4 games all season the Celtics did not have a shot at winning. Think they were against Milwaukee Orlando Clippers and Lakers. Every other game they were in it until the end.
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It absolutely does feel like it.
It’s probably because our 12 points games become 4 point games, and therefore clutch games lol
Matt Moore is a dumbass
We should not have been in the clutch time today tbh
It definitely feels like it?? Thats the biggest difference between this team and all the past iterations
It does feel like it. Dude is a clown
Likely because I bet over half of these qualifying “clutch time” games come when we held a 15+ point lead at some point in the game.
This is a huge turnaround because werent we pretty badstatistically for this over the last couple of seasons?
This guy is an idiot
I think it’s fair to say we’ve made good progress in clutch time over last season. But it’s also fair to say we’ve blown some games in the clutch and those tend to get remembered the most.
It really does feel like it. People just have goldfish memories. Newsflash, the reason most of our losses are in close games is cos we’re a really good team and hardly ever get blown out. I wish people would use common sense about this.
Problem is half of those games should have been within 5 point in clutch to begin with.
I’ve noticed a huge change in how this team looks down the stretch.
Seems like when an opponent comes storming back they know how to win ugly vs. just blowing it like in recent years. That’s a big difference.
We’ve won a lot more close games than we’ve lost (obviously) but the “feels like it” part might be that it seems like we’re usually up in clutch time, often from blowing a 9-12 pt lead, and rarely have to come back, just make enough plays to hold on.
It’s because we allow more games to become clutch than we should, if that makes sense. Double digit 4th quarter leads should not routinely turn into a one possession lead with the talent level on this team. Yet here we are after another instance of that.
Well the refs interfered in 2 of those games…
That cannot happen again, especially in the playoffs
C’s are waayyyy better in crunch time this season compared to last season, and it’s beautiful to watch. Gotta give credit to Jrue and Kristaps for settling things down and looking for the best shot. Those KP post-ups, while not the prettiest thing in the world, offer a new dimension that makes the offense so much harder to guard.
All that being said, history tells us you need the bus driver to take you home. You can’t win a title relying on post-ups from KP or transition buckets from JB or great shooting from White and Holiday. At the end of the day, Tatum’s gotta be that dude. That’s the only pathway to Banner 18. He’s gotta be an all-world superstar in the last five minutes of games.
41-12 “it does not feel like it” lmao
I hate to agree with him but he does have a point. Sometimes the C’a clutch wins come despite them getting in their own way.
BUT: winning ugly is still winning. If anything, being able to secure victories despite their clutch time struggles shows this group’s resilience AND at the same time, they’re getting the reps they need.
I hate seeing teams just dominate in the regular season and not face adversity then struggle mightily in the playoffs because they never faced adversity in racking up their victories.
Who is one and two?
Doomer af take
According to NBA.com we’re 18-8, second in the association
Matt Moore has always been an idiot
If you actually watch the games it feels like it. If you listen to talking heads and scroll through r/nba it does not
You can tell it feels like it cuz this subs mostly been roses this year save a few bad games
Don’t worry, Heat don’t care about regular season games 🤪
It doesn’t FEEL like it because you don’t watch the sport and you’re a child.
This stat also tells me there were only 4 games all season the Celtics did not have a shot at winning. Think they were against Milwaukee Orlando Clippers and Lakers. Every other game they were in it until the end.