Jayson Tatum INJURED, Boston Celtics COLLAPSE AGAIN, On verge of elimination
Jason Tatum gets hurt and it looks serious. The Celtics looked bad. They’re down 3-1. Is there anything they can do to salvage their season? It’s right now on the Lockown Celtics podcast. Uh-huh. Ever. Recognized on number 19. The best one. The next one. Juice loose in your pool. Now for the next run it’s the season. Who else could it be? What they going to say now? Screaming like JT coral. We kept the madness every game, every practice. Best daily. No cap like Brad back like the KP. Tap in daily prime time white on the sideline. Rain J how it started. Rais how we finish. Lock on selfish home of the winners. Hey there. Welcome back to the Lockdown Celix podcast right here on the Lockdown Podcast Network where it is your team every day. I got you covered every Monday through Friday plus bonus podcasts when they play in the weekend if they will ever play in the weekend again uh this season, this postseason, not sure, but I’ll be here if they do. So, make sure you’re subscribed for your podcast, watch the show on YouTube. Uh I’m John Carales. I’m covering the Celtics for Boston Sports Journal. I’ve been covering the team for about 20 years. I’ve written a couple of books about the Celtics as well. So, uh, you know, I’ve got myself, uh, you know, I think a decent depth of knowledge on the Boston Celtics. Today’s show is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now, new customers get $200 in bonus bets when your first $5 bet wins. Uh, a lot of people betting against the Boston Celtics because Jason Tatum went down with what appears to be a serious injury. Uh, I’ll get into that. I’ll get into the game which is the it looked like it once again looked like the Celtics had it and were not not cruising the way they were in games one and two but had a very good grasp on things but let it slip. Christophs Porzingis was not good. I thought Jaylen Brown was not good. And then I’ll look ahead to game five because it’s not I don’t know. It’s not quite done yet. I’ll get to that. I’ll get to that later. But you got to start got to start with the Jason Tatum injury, which right still don’t know what it is. There’s a lot of theories running around. It’s a non-cont injury. If you didn’t see it, for some reason, he planted that right foot. Uh it looked like he might have gotten hit uh up around the shoulder area, but it was basically a non-cont injury. He planted the foot and then he went down and he went right for the back of his foot, right for the ankle area. Uh, and you can see he was kind of holding that back area that screams Achilles injury and he he wouldn’t get up. He needed help to get up. He was in the wheelchair in the back. when we were allowed in the locker room area, he was in one of the back rooms at Madison Square Garden. Uh, turns out uh his mom and I believe his stepdad were in there. Uh, so his family was around. Celtics medical staff was in there. Uh, he was nowhere to be seen in the locker room. Players didn’t said they didn’t see him. They didn’t talk to him. So, just using some powers of deduction, that’s not something that you normally see when it comes to an injury. Uh if if it’s not serious, he might be out in the locker room icing or it it felt like he was being kind of kept away from everybody. I was waiting around to see if he would come out. Would he be on crutches? Would he be wheeled out? How would he come out? Could you get any sense of anything? Sometimes these things look bad and it’s not as bad as you think, but they never like he never reappeared that I could see. I’ve never se I haven’t seen any video of him after the injury. We So there’s no kind of documentation of how he looks, what what he’s, you know, his demeanor, any of that stuff. The only video that we saw was from the broadcast of him getting wheeled into the back and he had his head in his hands. So, right now it’s just speculation. It could be an Achilles injury and we’re trying to figure out the the severity of it. Is it a clean tear? Is it a partial tear? Is it something that can be repaired and is shortterm as far as, you know, a couple of months or is it a full-blown torn Achilles or is it potentially some sort of um something else? Is it a a I don’t know. I don’t know. I it could be it could be any number of things, but we know that we’ve seen that play before and it screams Achilles injury and the only hope to me is that it’s not so serious that it costs him next season. This is the trouble with these injuries that happen here now in May. This is May. It happened on May 12th. these Achilles injuries. If you if it takes six months, eight months, well, six months brings us into November, December, eight months, January, February. That’s we might not see Jason Tatum until the All-Star break. Uh, which who knows? Who knows it? This probably worst case scenario. That’s probably where I would I would guess. Best case scenario is it’s it’s a strain. It’s something that’s that doesn’t need surgery, a summer off, and you know, he could be back. That that could be a best case scenario. But I I’m I’m saying that more in a hopeful manner as as opposed to what I think the reality is. And I think the reality is is a serious injury. Uh, I think no matter what, he’s no longer playing at the very least in this series. If for some reason the Celtics are able to come back and extend this series, I don’t think he’ll be back in this series. And even in a best case scenario, him probably done for these playoffs. Even considering the way the injury looked, even if I’m wrong, even most of us are wrong and it’s a strain of some kind, even that puts his entire playoffs in jeopardy. So, the Celtics are going to have to learn to live life pretty quickly without Jason Tatum. So, that’s the most I can say. And as I’m talking, I’ll give I’ll give Twitter one more one more chance to, you know, maybe Shams can come up with something. But I think it’s telling Yeah. Nothing from Shams still. I think it’s telling that Shams hasn’t said anything. The news breakers haven’t said anything. And it goes to the point like people ask me like, you know, dig find something. It’s like, well, we try. We try, but the way news breaks nowadays, agents and people within the organization, they go to one of like two people and it’s really just one person now. And there’s not a lot of there’s not a lot of local news breakakers anymore. And um so usually it’s Shams at this point and there’s no there’s nothing. He doesn’t he he doesn’t have anything. My understanding is that uh unlike maybe some circumstances when a visiting a visiting player gets hurt like this, they may take him right away to one of the local hospitals, especially in New York, New York City, that you know, you’ve got two of everything. You get two NBA teams, two hockey teams, two NFL teams, two baseball teams. There’s a lot of orthopedic people around town here that know how to diagnose and all of that stuff. And from my understanding, Tatum hasn’t seen any of the people around here. This is all being handled in-house by the Celtics. They’re taking care of everything. Th this way, no information gets out. No one on the outside has any access to any information. And when Joe Mazula spoke and said lower body injury, MRI tomorrow, I think that’s legitimately what we’re we’re going to get where we’re we’re being told nothing and I think Tuesday is MRI day and that will be the there will be an official stance. Now, by then, maybe Tatum’s people will leak something to Shams and we’ll know, but the team is circling the wagons and right now there’s nothing, no information. Think about when Damen Lillard got hurt. We knew within an hour there are fears of this being an Achilles tear. So, the Celtics are keeping everything quiet, quiet, quiet. There was a game to be played and uh it it looked like once again the Celtics had it and then it looked like once again that the Knicks went on a heater that could not be stopped. We’ll talk about what actually happened in the game when I come back. Today’s show is brought to you by Hungry Routt. I know this is the busy season for a lot of people. Everybody in the house has something going on. You don’t have time to go grocery shopping or cook healthy meals at home. That’s why you should be using Hungry Route. It’s like having your own personal shopper and nutritionist all wrapped into one. They take care of the grocery shopping, the meal planning. They offer personalized recommendations based on your taste and health goals. Hungry Root tailors your orders based on what you like or don’t like, and it learns. It gets smarter every time. 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They got both games covered in the association. Uh talking some Celtics talking Minnesota beating the Golden State Warriors. So it’s a weird playoffs. It is a weird playoffs and it’s all covered on locked on NBA game night. Seven days a week I’m there on Fridays with Jake Madison. So go check that out. There was a game they did play. It wasn’t just Jason Tatum. Although by the end it felt like Tatum was the uh the only story. But once again, the Celtics looked good early. They they got out to a big early lead and the flow of the game was Celtics made a run. The Knicks had a little bit of an answer and then the Celtics answered the answer, right? Celtics go on a run. Knicks make their little run, smaller run, 78 to, you know, Boston would go on like a 13-4 and then Knicks would cut it down to like seven or eight and Celtics make another run. And they kind of went back and forth on that. Third quarter, Celtics get up 14. Once again, looking good. Here come the Knicks. Make another run. And then the Celtics looked like they started to get a little confused defensively. Communication wasn’t there. They lost Jaylen Brunson a lot. And Brunson for the first time this series truly got going uh for an extended period of time, not just the fourth quarter. Once Brunson got going and Mitchell Robinson was in the game and they got a ton of offensive rebounds. Celtics were getting crushed on the second chance points, that combination was too much. And the Celtics just couldn’t couldn’t overcome it. All of a sudden, everybody on the Knicks was making shots. Brunson was making everything. Bridges started making everything. Anobi was hitting three-pointers. It got to the same you you got Carl Anthony Towns pitching in all of a sudden. Robinson keeping uh plays alive. The Celtics defense let them down in a big way. You know, I had been touting all series long how the Celtics had been holding the Knicks to 90 something, 100 points and they gave up 121 in this game. This is this is the this is the defense the Celtics defense at its worst. Anobi had 20. Uh Carl Anthony Towns had 23. Male Bridges had 23. those those games. You weren’t getting all of those things at the same time. And then you have Brunson going for 39 and 12 assists. That’s that’s a tough one. And because the Celtics lost game one and two, this type of game, you you lost your margin for error. I said this on yesterday, I think yesterday’s podcast, the margin for error went away. the Celtics uh were unable to withstand this we the weird game where everything was going in and they they you know Brunson went off and all these other guys went off by botching games one and two. You now put yourself in a position where this weird game where the Knicks just had everything going. Now you’re down 3-1. And this is this is the wh why in the playoffs you have to take care of business when it’s there in front of you. It’s why you have to when you have that 20point lead. You have to handle your business in the fourth quarter of game one. You have to handle your business in the fourth quarter of game two because now your back’s against the wall and uhoh, now you’ve suffered an injury and you’re already dealing with Jaylen Brown’s knee not being his absolute best and you now you’re dealing with Christophs Porzingis still not feeling his best. And so Tatum was there kind of carrying the team and now he goes down and here we are. weirdness changes the entire complexion of the playoffs. You’ve got now the potential for the Cavs. They’re down 3-1. Cavs could be bounced. You have Pacers Knicks in the conference finals. One of Pacers or Knicks are going to the NBA finals potentially if neither of the Cavs nor the Celtics can figure something out and come up with a kind of a miracle. But you have to handle your business when you have the opportunity. Games one and two were the missed opportunities. Game three, a 14-point lead, still a good lead, but nine minutes to go in the third quarter, up 14. Sure, you’re you you know, there’s a potential for that to like that’s not st that’s not a stable lead at all. But the Celtics defensively the way the the way they lost Brunson was kind of like bothersome, right? It was it was not great watching like confusion like are you guys not the Boston Celtics? What’s happening here? And a lot of this I think stemmed from uh starting with Christopheris who said he was feeling his you know better but clearly was not playing very well. Uh he he’s been it it it’s been disappointing. I’ll put it that way. It’s been disappointing for, you know, to watch Porzingis to see him kind of well to literally disappear in game one uh because he just wasn’t feeling well. And in game two, same idea. Game three, they didn’t really need him, but he played well on defense. in game four. They’ve needed him. They’ve needed him in these games. He’s the key. He’s He’s the guy that unlocks so much against the Knicks. He’s the guy that makes the switching impossible. The Celtics, I go I I know I’ve said this a million times, but like this is very very similar to the 2023 playoffs where Brad Stevens said, “You know what? We need somebody. We need that mismatch to go to.” and Porzingis was going to be that guy. He should be that guy. He should have been that guy in this in in this series and he hasn’t been there. Just hasn’t. And the illness is an unfortunate thing. And some of it’s not his fault. But, you know, with with Porzingis, it’s just like if it’s not one thing, it’s the other. If it’s not the the ankle, it’s the knee. If it’s not the knee, it’s uh whatever. It’s it’s something. And now it’s an illness. And as I’ve said before with Porzingis, it’s never just an illness. It’s never just a turned ankle. It’s always the weirdest worst case scenario with with these things. And it’s just been difficult. It’s been difficult. And and having a healthy Porzingis in this series would have changed everything. Series might be over right now. I might be talking about getting ready for the Pacers if Porzingis was healthy. And Jaylen Brown, same thing. Jaylen Jaylen did not play well in this game. I thought he tried to do too much early on in this game. I thought the Celtics were running decent offense and then Jaylen was just running his own thing. It felt very separate. Jaylen felt felt very on a different page than the Celtics. And you know, I’ll have to go back and look at it to to double check just to make sure that I’m I’m looking at I was seeing it right. But early in the game, especially, it very much felt like Jaylen was doing his own thing and the rest of the Celtics were moving the ball and Derek White was the beneficiary. He had his first four three-pointers. Tatum was having an an awesome game. Tatum’s numbers in this game. He if it wasn’t for the injury, he was on his way to one of his all-time great this still is one of his all-time great playoff games. 42 points on 57 uh 57% shooting, 44 from three. Three of three from the line, so 100% at the line. He had eight rebounds, four assists, four steals, and two blocks. He was everywhere, especially early on. It was a a a classic vintage Jason Tatum stepping up kind of performance, but Jaylen Jaylen was not not good. I I don’t know what was going on with Jaylen, but just too much dribbling, losing the ball. We’re like, we’re back to we’re back to the Warriors finals. We’re back to trying to do too much and losing the ball. I thought that lesson had been learned. So the guy look you got I’ll wrap up the the conversation about the game and all of the guys the the unbelievably like absent performances. But I’ll finish on somewhat of an optimistic note or not a pessimistic note when it comes to game five. I the Celtics can still win game five. 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I appreciate it. If you’re so inclined, I would suggest go checking out Locked on Knicks. Maybe you don’t want to listen to them right now. Or if you’re inclined, you want to listen to uh one of the lockdowns from the other playoff series. Go check them out. There’s it’s a great way to stay up to date on everything that’s happening. Uh all right, let’s get back to this game. Just quickly going through um like I said, Porzingis was was this is the worst series for him to be a negative. Talked about Jaylen Brown. Drew Holiday did nothing which is you know the Celtics are built around their depth right there. You need Holiday, Brown, Porzinga. You can you can get production from all of these guys. Um, but when you don’t get production from three of them, that’s a problem. Uh, they got decent production from Payton Pritchard. Um, Al Horford didn’t really do much, but you you never really look at Al Horford and say, I’m counting on him for scoring. He’s he’ll have his scoring night. So, when he has a big scoring night, then great, that’s a bonus. But to get nothing from Holiday, Brown, Porzingis, especially when it comes to defensively, uh, that’s a group that should be stopping what the Knicks were trying to do. And then and the Knicks just could not be stopped. And that’s the most frustrating thing. The fact that the Knicks could not be stopped is is tough. It’s tough to watch. You know, listen, this is the matchup that I wanted. I think this is the matchup that the Celtics wanted. This was supposed to be uh a matchup that the Celtics handled easily. No one expected the Celtics to have a tough time here. No one expected them to be down 3-1. Not even Knicks fans. Even optimistic Knicks fans were like, “Nah, we’re getting smoked.” Um but here you are. You got to you got to step up. and no one has in those three games uh outside of Tatum and Derek White in this game. So, game five is Wednesday night, 7 o’clock in Boston. Look, call me crazy. I’m not saying the Celtics are going to win, but the Celtics could win. The Celtics can win. They’re not It’s not like Tatum is the only offensive player. It’s they’re not this isn’t just a heliocentric Jason Tatum team. Even though in the playoffs he’s had to be more of that. The Celtics are a very good deep team. Starting the game with Jaylen, uh Derek, Drew, Horford, and then I don’t know what they’re going to do if they’re gonna will they start Porzingis? Will they go double big or or what? Do they go with Pritchard? I don’t know how they’re going to handle it, but uh they do have enough guys to to win a game. Like right now, it’s it’s you’re not even thinking about, oh my god, they have to win three games. No, they have to win one game on Wednesday. They That’s it. They have to win Wednesday. And then you worry about everything else after that. If they lose Wednesday, it’s over. So all they have to do is win Wednesday. And then after Wednesday, you look at what happened and you say, “Okay, now we have to win on what is it? Friday that they they would be the next game.” So game six would Okay. All we have to do is win game six. You don’t worry about game seven because there’s no game seven unless you win game six. So, right now, the Celtics, even though nothing would indicate that they would win that game, we’ve seen Jaylen play well without Jason, we’ve seen him be a distributor. We’ve seen the Celtics, you know, if they if they can get hot from three, then they can beat anybody. We’ve seen them all season long play well, being down one guy here or there. Now, this is the worst guy to be without, but it’s not like the Celtics are facing, you know, the the Warriors, the, you know, Steph Clay, Kevin Durant Warriors. This is still this is still the Knicks. And, you know, to their credit, they’ve come out and played, you know, great. And they they have a 3-1 series lead. Like, that’s I’m not taking anything away from them. Knicks fans are going to be in the comments section. That’s there’s nothing I can say. I just sit here and take it and you know they’re going to laugh at me and I hey if you know I’m wrong I’m wrong and sometimes you’re going to be wrong about this stuff and that’s it. But they have enough they have enough to beat the Knicks in game five. They do. But it’s going to take kind of like a perfect game. It’s going to take Jaylen playing his absolute best. Whatever is going on, he’s got to figure it out. It’s going to take Porzingis playing his absolute best. Whatever he’s got going on, he’s got to figure it out. Guys have to make shots. Guys have to play their best. Have to play some defense and force a game six. That’s all they can do. They have the horses to do it. But can they? Can they? Yes, they can. Will they? I don’t know. I don’t know. There’s a lot of people who are going to think like, “Hey, if you’re going to lose the series, just do it, right?” And you know, it’s this is very much the beat writer. Like if you if you’re going to lose the series, like if you fast forward, you be like, “Oh yeah, I look into the future. The Celtics lose this series.” Then just just lose it. Just lose it so we don’t have to go traveling back and forth. Just be done with it. I think Celtics fans at this point are just whatever’s going to happen this offseason is going to happen. Just just whatever. But the competitor the competitor says, “Look, man, you’re going to have to kill me to to stop me.” And so Celtics should not be going out like with that other thought process. The Celtics should be in there thinking, “What do we do to win game five?” That’s it. only thing in the only thing that you should be should be thinking of. It’s a cruel world out there. This is very much animal kingdom type of stuff. Jason went down. If he’s out for an extended period of time, if he’s out for the season or whatever, he’s out. Like he’s done. He’s gone. You can’t think about it. You can’t cry about it. You just because there are still games. All you can do is win game five now, right? and you just be like, “Sorry, we now Jason Jason Tatum no longer exists in terms of what what are we doing on the floor and you have to get in your into your mind for game five. Forget like whatever. You can’t be dwelling on that. All you can think about is what’s in front of you. Maybe you put a little bit of a run together, shock people. This is very much now Boston against the world, shock the world type of stuff. So, we’ll see. We’ll see if they can step up and do something. The full squad hasn’t been able to do it. Maybe if you take a guy away, they can focus up and and get something done. Uh, I’ll be here every step of the way. If the season ends, I will still be here. We’ll do our postseason stuff. 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Can the Boston Celtics Overcome Jayson Tatum’s Injury? The Boston Celtics face a daunting challenge after their Game 4 loss to the New York Knicks, with star player Jayson Tatum potentially sidelined by a serious injury. This episode dives into the implications of Tatum’s absence, the Celtics’ defensive struggles, and the standout performances from Jalen Brunson and the Knicks. Host John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal analyzes the Celtics’ strategy moving forward, highlighting the roles of Kristaps Porzingis, Jaylen Brown, and Jrue Holiday. With the Celtics down 3-1, can they rally without their star? Discover the team’s mental approach and game plan for a crucial Game 5. Tune in for an in-depth look at the Celtics’ path to redemption.
20:00 Intro: Jayson Tatum injured, Celtics down 3-1
5:42 Speculation on severity of Tatum’s injury
10:19 Celtics lose Game 4 despite early lead
16:00 Missed opportunities in Games 1 and 2
22:14 Can Celtics still win Game 5?
27:55 Focus on winning one game at a time
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How he was wheeled out it better be serious
Delusional celtics fan..šš
It's wonderfully strange that so many fanbases are being so respectful about the JT situation š. Much respect to anyone who is! Ty!
I'm 70. I remember Willis Reed, Bill Bradley and Dave Debusher. I'm a long time Celtic fan. I love Celtics/Nicks series. Being in the middle of Boston/ NY…I know the Nick Fans and Celtic Fans are the best…#1. I have to mention, John Havlechek and Bill Russell. All the best to everyone.
The Celtics best player canāt stay healthy ( KP) š
Yeah get rid of Jaylen Brown, he's a once in a while great player most of the time of fumbling overconfident impediment,, Tatum is the same way except he's a little more extreme,, but Brown is useless,, trade him while he's trainable and get some dependable, or just let Payton Pritchard take his spot,,
Celtics donāt have a superstar player
I am sad
Knicks in 5!!!!!!!!!!!
Letās go Knicks!!
Come on John, we all know that if worst case scenario he misses all of next year. Achilles tears do not heal an 8 monthsš¢
16:36 I know what happened. JT forgot he had other team mates and just started to try and win the game by himself. Which is why he got hurt and over extended himself. Also the Defense was just bad. No double teaming. We just get tight at the end of these games when we have been here before. Game three we looked calm and composed. The ball was being shared and everything had a great flow to it. Especially in the fourth quarter when you need to manage time. When you have one player trying to take all the shots and win the game by himself you cause everybody else to just stand around and watch. I did not like JT's performance in the fourth quarter, which I think cost us the game and JT on top of it. JB wasnt great either but he better be great moving forward.
Portzingus looks like he is just in the throes of depressionā¦
Next year, JB, Joe Mazzulla, Kristaps, and True Holiday have to go.
Im still NOT betting against MY celtics!! My bet is NOW they play better!!!!! The bench will be allowed to flourish
Guys like PP will get more free reign !!! That being said anytime anyone goes down like that is tragic! Tatum absolutely will be missed but somehow for THIS series anyways I think this actually will spark the change needed
They didn't seem healthy all year to be honest. They tried to rest players to keep them fresh for the playoffs and nothing worked. They were relatively healthy all year last year. Health is wealth..
You sound real different in this video then the one u did w New York laughing at us. Just saying. BING BONG !
Wishing the best for JT. Terrible luck and he was having his "tatum" game…Stop the brown hate, it wasn't his fault, it was a good defensive play and a freak accident. Those calling for JB to be traded.. shame on ya. For an organization based on history and remembering the past yall forgot very quickly how great he was for us last year. These two belong together, stop trying to break them up.
You havenāt given the Knicks credit still. Love seeing u suffer like this to try to convince urself u have a chance.
Bucks fan here, putting my animosity towards the Cās aside to say how much this sucks for Tatum. Iām praying for him, that this isnāt an achilles like Dame.
Itās just so crazy that only two years ago when the Bucks made the Dame trade and the Celtics made the Jrue and Porzingus trades they were seen as the consensus best teams in the east. And now, both teams might be kinda over and done. From one champ to another, itās crazy how fast you can rise and fall
Absolutely brutal. Even as a Heat fan i'm saddened by the news of Bam guy getting injured. Really, really looked like a torn achillies tbh it's gotta be said. Hope it's not, thoughš
Dude in the age of the 3 point shot, a 10, 15 eve. 20-point lead can disappear in a .matter of possessions. Please stop with that narrative. The bottom line is they were outplayed, and the Knicks took charge. Sorry to see Tatum go down and hope he can make a full recovery, but even if he disnt get hurt, I dont think anyone believes they would have won the game. Not the way the Knicks were playing.
I hate that tatum got injured. Now all these soft celtic fans are going to use that as an excuse.
Tatum šš» get well
Knicks are one of the best offensive teams in the NBA. They were due to have a break out game offensively. Give them credit.
The nba has a huge injury probelm š¢
Yall just won't admit the season is over, nobody loses their best player and comes back from a 3-1 deficit
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Such a strange unraveling. I wonāt be surprised to hear down the road this was all largely due to demoralizing injuries permeating the team, and guys not being able to focus on the task at hand because of the impending disbanding/retooling of the roster.
Achilles is usually 12 months minimum
To JB's credit, Tatum wasn't sharing the ball much. But more importantly, the defense fell off a cliff. Credit the Knicks for making shots, but we were playing slow again, looked tired and a little lost on D. Only chance we have going forward is notching up the pace without Tatum and putting pressure on the Knicks. We'll see if Mazzulla can make something out of it in game 5 or if we just lay down.
37 yr born and raised Knicks fan here. Speedy recovery to Tatum whom is one of my favorite players in the league. Much respect to the defending champs. It aināt over until itās over. Keep your heads up Beantown. Shit happens to even the best. Much love š and respect āš»
This team and coaching staff has underperformed most of this season and all everyone said was "yeah but they win".Well not so much in the playoffs. They had a tough time with the Magic and Joe had to game plan for 2 guys.The fist best thing they can fo is fire Mazzulla
Again, Last season— EVERYONE IN THE EAST GOT INJURED ! That was a freebie to the Finals. This time, Its their turn to Lose a Star. Its nothing but KARMA.
Oh well……
"Having a healthy Porzingis in this series would have changed everything." LOL.
The number of times Celtics fans told me Tatum is better than "ballhog" Luka because he can have success with KP… welcome to the KP experience, bitches!
And he's your 4th most important player, not 2nd as for the Mavs, and you're already falling apart when he forgets to basketball.
Lord be with Tatum.
The season is over we aren't beating them or any of the teams that remain. Not without JT. I would day onto next year but more like till 2026 2027 season
I love this team, JT is so great my hope is that he can feel how much his gifts mean to us all.
As a heat fan, I usually come here after yāall lose just to watch yāall be very miserable, but I gotta say I hope Tatum comes back to being in 100% what he was before the injury. I think this is the end of an era we had with Tatum and Brown versus Jimmy Bam and Company. We ran the east and we had awesome series that really cemented one of the only rivalries in this era. It was fun while it lasted. Weāll see yāall again in a couple seasons probably
Letās be realāthe series was over before Tatumās Achilles injury. This team has blown multiple double-digit leads because we abandon what works. In the first half, we run actual sets, move the ball, attack the rim, and defend hard. Then in the second half, itās iso-ball, stagnant offense, wasted shot clocks, and a stubborn refusal to adjust when the threes arenāt falling. Jaylen Brown still plays with tunnel vision, trying to prove heās Finals MVP material, but doesnāt fully understand his limitations as a ball handler or decision maker. Porzingis? Heās been a letdownāsoft, inconsistent, and gets bullied despite his size. And yet, the same fans who trashed Marcus Smart every chance they got give KP a pass. Mazzulla continues to be exposed. He canāt stop momentum swings, rarely calls timely timeouts, and still canāt draw up an effective final possession play. This isnāt nitpickingāitās a pattern. Talent has carried him far, but weāre seeing what happens when coaching actually matters. Just because we made the Finals last year doesnāt mean weāre invincible. At some point, Celtics fans need to stop dismissing valid criticism as negativity. Losing this series might be the humbling experience both the team and the fanbase need.
Torn Achilles already had surgery oof heās out next year. Go Celtics āļøšāļø
Knicks fan here. I love your take on basketball. Jt getting hurt felt like a Knick getting hurt. Heās a great player but heās a man first with a family. I pray he comes back fully healthy.