Bulls (1-0) at Celtics (0-1) PO game #2 4/18/17

[mqtcelticsfan]

Not ready to count us out of the series, but I'm sure as hell convinced we aren't getting past Cleveland, and would fully expect to lose before then.

Fortunately, we have the youngest team in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the third lowest payroll of the bunch and two premium draft picks coming. This is one year earlier than I would have expected to contend. Just glad we got to enjoy the ride.

[PhoSita]

Let me say this loud and clear:

I WAS WRONG ABOUT THIS TEAM.


Thomas, Bradley, Crowder, Horford .... they may win you a decent number of games in the regular season, but that's not the core of a quality playoff team.

I was wrong.  Gotta make major changes this summer.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

So, any suggestion on what needs to change? Other than rebound the freaking basketball, of course?

It's just sad seeing the boys fold like this. If anything, this will probably depress Isaiah more and we won't get anything (not that we got something tonight).

Sigh. I think I need to prepare myself for the sweep...

[celticinorlando]

This series and season is over. If they cannot get up at home for the playoffs, they are not doing it on the road

[Chief]

Let me say this loud and clear:

I WAS WRONG ABOUT THIS TEAM.


Thomas, Bradley, Crowder, Horford .... they may win you a decent number of games in the regular season, but that's not the core of a quality playoff team.

I was wrong.  Gotta make major changes this summer.

Tp

[ashanm10]

I'm pretty sure Smart gave the finger to some fan in the first rows before being benched in the fourth...

I was really exited of seeing this team in the playoff, but this has been really frustrating so far.

And will continue to be

[PhoSita]

Not ready to count us out of the series, but I'm sure as hell convinced we aren't getting past Cleveland, and would fully expect to lose before then.

Fortunately, we have the youngest team in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the third lowest payroll of the bunch and two premium draft picks coming. This is one year earlier than I would have expected to contend. Just glad we got to enjoy the ride.

I felt pretty  much this way ... as long as they made it out of Round One.

This year was time to finally show some results in the playoffs.

That's not happening, obviously.

It changes things.

[RJ87]

Fultz, Hayward, Zizic and Yabu are coming next year

Lol why in the world would Hayward leave Utah for this team? lol

Also might've missed the boat on Butler. Gotta think if Chicago wraps this series up, Wade opts in and they run it back.

[liam]

I still think a zone might work on defense.

Not sure how to fix our offense though.

Shooters in the corners and post Horford.... Play that old Magic offense they used to play in Orlando with shah and then again with Dwight... Change it up Brad before it's too late...

[outcry]

 Stop making excuses for a #1 seed. That's all I'm saying. I'm sick of it. This team should be getting to the ECF. People need to be held accountable at some point.

[Kuberski33]

Not ready to count us out of the series, but I'm sure as hell convinced we aren't getting past Cleveland, and would fully expect to lose before then.

Fortunately, we have the youngest team in the Eastern Conference playoffs, the third lowest payroll of the bunch and two premium draft picks coming. This is one year earlier than I would have expected to contend. Just glad we got to enjoy the ride.

They're done. Their getting physically manhandled and don't have the horses to deal with that.

[celticinorlando]

These guys better be glad KG doesn't play with them. He would kill someone for this effort

[liam]

Fultz, Hayward, Zizic and Yabu are coming next year

Lol why in the world would Hayward leave Utah for this team? lol

Also might've missed the boat on Butler. Gotta think if Chicago wraps this series up, Wade opts in and they run it back.

Not if they get beat down in the next round or if they blow this series....

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

So many forced shots by IT, the most worthless 20 points ever.  Too many turnovers, too many drives to the paint and getting stuffed.  Our spacing on off is so bad.  IT isn't a player that can put the team on his shoulders in the playoffs.  He is being game planned for by the bulls.

Yeah, I don't think even LeBron could carry this team to victory. IT is the least of Boston's problems. At least IT excels on one side of the ball—the rest of these guys, except maybe Smart, can't do jack squat on EITHER side of the ball.

This team is in absolute disarray right now, and I don't know what their problem is, but losing two games at home to an 8 seed is embarrassing. Brad might as well put Jackson, Young, and Mickey in the Game 3 starting lineup, because they can't do worse than what we've seen so far.

[jpotter33]

So many forced shots by IT, the most worthless 20 points ever.  Too many turnovers, too many drives to the paint and getting stuffed.  Our spacing on off is so bad.  IT isn't a player that can put the team on his shoulders in the playoffs.  He is being game planned for by the bulls.

Stop it. You apparently can't critique IT right now (or ever).

That's not what I'm saying. He did force some shots up. You want to know why? Because the next best player that can get their own shot up is Avery Bradley. The entire defense focuses on him and nobody else and he has no other firepower beyond himself to make runs. He's this entire offense and I hope he sits in game 3 and 4 so that the Bulls can beat us by 30 each game.

IT isn't a good defender, but he is not the reason we are losing. If anything he's the only reason beyond Smart that we are even staying in these games.

Man's putting up freaking 25-30 points per game in the playoffs after his sister just died and you still blame him for everything.

Show me where I blamed him for everything. Go ahead. I'll wait.

He was one of the biggest reasons we lost tonight, especially his total lack of doing anything to slow down or stay in front of Rondo, but he certainly wasn't the only reason. Pretty much everyone else other than Smart who played big minutes played pretty terribly, especially defensively. KO and Rozier played okay games, but everyone else was pretty much lackluster.

But I'm not even worried about our offense right now. The offense will come when we actually get stops and fix our D. We're not going to win a game at all this playoffs if we don't fix the D, but I'm just not sure that our guys have the heart to do it anymore.