Boston Celtics’ defense crumbles vs. Pacers: What went wrong?
After a tough loss to the Indiana Pacers, questions loom over the Celtics’ ability to maintain their championship form. Host John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal dissects the Celtics’ defensive struggles and inconsistent effort, spotlighting key players like Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. The episode explores the potential complacency creeping into the team and the need for a renewed focus on defense. Karalis also provides a detailed analysis of individual performances, including Al Horford’s shooting challenges and Payton Pritchard’s mixed contributions.
Will the Celtics find the motivation to turn their defense around? Tune in for an insightful breakdown of their path forward.
2:00 Celtics’ Inconsistency
6:00 Defensive Struggles
17:00 Effort and Fouling Issues
22:00 Jaylen Brown and individual Performances
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19 Comments
To quote Sebulba: “POO DOO!” 💩
The defense has been bad and they look tired.
Besides the fact that the pacers somehow always want to shoot 80% or better hypothetically lol I feel like we are bored with meaningless ball. And it’s disgusting how much ego we have. I feel like everybody is on their own mission again. Injury bug is killing us yet again and we have a tough stretch coming up… TOUGH
This is what I believe, falling back into the old fashion way did not get back at all. They’re taking way too many threes. You can take less three and take the ball to the hole and get back to like I said we’re not doing that we fall back to 2022 team again, which is too much 101 the ball is not moving as it should I know we had a hurt a little bit. We just gotta have a effect again. I mean you go on the road you win a game when you come back home and you lose to the same team it’s not consistent and that’s what I said, we fall back to all bad habitsreal bad and we need to fix it quick thank you as always for uploading videos
With Kornet, Hauser and Pritchard getting more minutes this year, when they are on the floor, this team is just to slow for the faster teams in the league and this is one of the main reasons the Celtics are having defensive issues. It is easy to target these players, and when the Celtics are not making their shots, it is easier to beat them. This year, Hauser has not been playing very well, and has become more of a negative than a positive since he cannot score…..
Preacher’s two TO were really run crushers!!!! Bad timing.
Did anybody actually believe we were going to go 2 straight seasons without a blip? The overreactions are insane! The rotation has changed injuries have hit us and these players have had things happen in their lives and this is the effort and results. Most teams would dream of having our defense and offense on a bad day because it's still above league average most times.
Like you've said in the past, John, this is a job for them & people slack at work sometimes. So here's my unimportant opinion, embrace load management.
It isn't going away. So allow teams to be able to schedule built-in days off. That way, the fans can pick & choose the games that they go to around the players they want to see.
The league chose to have a soft stance on the issue, and it's only gotten worse. Either you crack down or adapt to it.
Well the fix on offence is simple, let Tatum and Brown be involved in EVERY action. I don’t want them standing in the corner like they don’t exist
the paint defense sucks this year….our bigs are just plain soft and get outrebounded most nights.they should be the last line of defense but other teams have noticed they can drive to the basket effortlessly
Now they are 5 and 5 in the last 10 games. Man, I'll tell u that I'm not super concerned, but i am a little annoyed. I still feel like we are the best team in the NBA and still should be considered the favorite to win it all still.
Hey John, just wanted to say thanks for talking to me and my das tn before the game! Celtics lifer here! 🍀🍀🍀
they need a team meeting i guess to fix that lazyness in defense
Pacers looks good when they dont have to play a back to back against the Celtics 😂
These guys need to snap nack to reality….this is not the same team as last year…not mentaly.
Rose colored (Green)Glasses John. Right now, The Cavs(and even The Knicks) in The East are much better teams because they play with effort. This effort by The C's is not just on the players but on Mazzulla's coaching. I'm a baby-boomer and this is definitely NOT Celtics Pride. Brown keeps saying the same things over and over, and the team is not doing anything about it(they seemingly don't care). Indeed, I feel bad for those fans who pay the big bucks to see that lousy exhibition of play.
it would be the right time now to have a players only meeting to discuss the elephant in the room
Celtics have lost 4 out of the last 6 games. I’m worried bad habits have already set in and could cost us come playoffs time.
Thanks John