2023-24 Season | Game #61 | Celtics @ Cavs | March 5, 2024 | 7:30 p.m. | TNT

The key was Mobley's injury giving Wade the chance to play. This was the most unlikely win of the year - down 22 with 9 minutes left to the Celtics. Yeah, it was 100% the Celtics would win and it looked like they relaxed while the Cavs ignored the score and the time remaining and just kept plugging.

I've been trashing Niang all year but I have to give him his props tonight.

Garland with two huge turnovers down the stretch trying to force the ball to Allen. Sheer stupidity. Allen has bad hands for one thing and can only catch easy pases. Two, even if he catches the ball he's got a 7'3" guy on him. Dumb plays by Garland, but he made up for it by forcing Tatum into a difficult fallaway without fouling.

The big question now is whether this game will give Dean Wade the confidence to 1) start playing more aggressively on offense, and 2) keep shooting open 3's even if he misses the first two. It was awesome to see him attacking the rim and getting a dunk off a pick-and-roll and also following a missed layup with a slam. We need more of that from him.

Mobley still unable to make a field goal beyond 3 feet from the rim. Wade is a better overall player right now, especially when he gets a lot of minutes. He's not that effective getting 11 minutes a game.

If Mobley has to miss a few games, and I'm sure he'll miss tomorrow at least, we'll see what Wade can do with a lot of minutes.

Tatum was 1-for-13 in the second half. You'll never see that again. The Celtics opened the door and the Cavs marched right through.

THIS is why we call him Drippy Dean

red. said:

THE STOP!


AHAHA

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Also shouldn't that be a foul on the push-off?

We’d be playing Miami who are in 6th position. 4th and 5th play each other (Magic and Knicks )

Cement said:

So if the season ended today our first round opponent would be…

…yep you guessed it…

the Knicks.

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Ian Eagle and Greg Anthony are a great duo. Really enjoyed them announcing the game on TNT

bushwick_bill said:

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Hes not wrong. I actively look for reasons to shit on Dean and it boils down to the confidence to take the shots the defense is giving you.

Tonight he let that shit rip. But there has been a ton of games where he passes that look to Okoro, Levert or even worse shooters. He even has has a tendency to do it late in the shot clock when the shot was his by design.

Just shoot, board & play D.

RchfldCavRaised said:

THIS is why we call him Drippy Dean

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@Los216 was this the porn you were looking for?

Looks to me like its a 4 man gang bang on an oily white woman.

bushwick_bill said:

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Its wild to see Garland next to the Kelce’s

Obviously they’re wider and more muscular than him but when you see them on a football field, they look like giants.

When you see Garland on the court against the rest of the NBA, he still looks really small.

But next to the Kelces he was eye level or taller and didn’t come off as scrawny either.

One of the things I miss I guess by never being able to be courtside at a game

In the last two minutes Garland missed a free throw, fouled Porzingis on a layup with the Cavs down by 2, resulting in a 3-point play, and was responsible for two turnovers trying to force the ball to Allen who had Porzingis on him.

Darius did a lot of good things tonight but he fell apart in the final two minutes, making ill-advised passes, committing a dumb foul that could have lost the game, and missing a huge free throw.

I still want to know why that play by Tatum wasn't an offensive foul. Isn't it always an offensive foul if they kick out like that to draw contact?