Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

 C's welcome the Raptors into the Garden for a 8 pm start... Why not 7! I don't make the schedule but if I did tonight's game would be earlier.  ☘️         Injuries on both sides! Let's Go! Saturday Nights Alright For a Party!       These uniforms SUCK! With that said these C's are the best team in the NBA. Tell the Cavs to @-#$ off! C's are making everything work on the offensive end!  I'm gonna say this right now... CS will repeat this season.       C's are pretty damn good on both ends. These refs SUCK! C's are doing what's needed on offense. Playing tight D and moving the rock. Man do these uniforms SUCK...        Joe calls a timeout... C's need to regroup and get it together. JT for THREE! C's have a game plan to run with! C's defense is locked in but they are not ready to win right now. C's D is weak right now. I'm getting very frustrated right now.        C's need to close this quarter out right... This game is way

 First       We have the opening tip here in Brooklyn. C's look to rebound after that crap loss last night. Jrue posts up DS on the first possession, he doesn't score but he can own that matchup. Nice to see Queta get the start tonight. No Al on back to backs just like last season. C's must come out tonight and prove they can play tough defense. Last night they did not. Oh and maybe box out and rebound tonight!        Queta swats Johnson's weak attempt off the glass. I love the way he protects the cup! I love the fact Joe called out his teams toughness and effort against the Hawks. Another slow start on the offensive end. Their shots are not falling. Need to start to attack the paint! Right after those words hit the paper, JB nails a three. It's not the paint but it works!       C's are running in mud right now, they are totally out of it. The Nets have an early nine point lead. JT beats the buzzer and maybe that's the start of some good things for the C'

       C's welcome the Hawks as the Emirates Cup begins tonight. To be honest I don't think this matters in the long run but the Cs might as well win it. Also even if we win it we don't raise Banners for weak titles like another organization does. We raise CHAMPIONSHIP BANNERS. We earned all 18 of ours. Unlike that Fake organization who stole five from Minneapolis and got gifted a Disney Movie type "title".  🏀🏀🏀🏀 ☘️       I don't care for this court... JB opens us up with a three! It's great having him back and he made some nice plays in Milwaukee last game. JB uses the Euro and scores again! C's find JB in transition and he gets to the line. You have to love the way in which JB creates his own space out there. He only hits one at the line.       C's have shown some exceptional ball movement here in the first. The shots are falling but they will. Hawks with an early lead as Joe calls a timeout . It's a whole new court and ball and honestly

  Payton Pritchard and the Celtics are off to a great start this season, and there is a correlation there . The 6'1" guard is averaging an efficient 16.5 points per game - hitting on 47% of his field goals, 43% of his 3-pointers, and 96% of his free throws . Pritchard also rebounds well and works his butt off on defense - but his one weakness (other than his lack of height) would be his passing skills. Some may feel his lack of height is to blame for his low assist rate this season (2.5 APG) , but two former 6'1" Boston guards may prove that theory wrong. K C. Jones , at 6'1" averaged 5.5 assists/game as a starter in Beantown, and later in the Celtics history, Rajon Rondo (also 6'1") averaged 7.9 APG for his entire career. And while we are on it, Isaiah Thomas - generously listed at 5'9" - averaged 5.8 APG in his three seasons with The Green . Being able to see over the opposition may be an asset to any NBA player trying to get the bal

 Don't look now, but Doc Rivers is once again in turbulent waters . His Milwaukee Bucks are mired in the standings with a 2-8 record and have lost twice to the Boston Celtics , the team he deserted in 2013 because he did not want to be part of a rebuild. His two stars, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damien Lillard, are having fine seasons, but the rest of his cast just can't get the job done. In 2020, Doc left his position with the Clippers - and in 2023, he was fired as coach of the 76'ers. But the veteran coach took over the reins of the Bucks in January of 2024 after Milwaukee fired Adrian Griffin . Such is the lot of the modern NBA coach. So what happens now in Milwaukee? Trading The Greek Freak and tanking won't help due to a paucity of future first-round picks. Ditto for trading Lillard. The Milwaukee Bucks have little in the way of tradeable players or draft picks, so almost realistic any trade scenario would not improve their immediate future . So, back to Doc. Ri

      We have a tight one here in the fourth.        C's and Bucks are tied up at 95. We have a jump ball and let's hope the C's can grab it. As much as I like the Greek he barrels into guys and gets away with it. What a bogus flagrant one call on JB. Give me a freaking break. This league is soft as margarine. Basketball used to be a tough game now it's just soft.       C's get JB in the post against the smaller guy. He draws the foul and makes only one free throw. JT is very aggressive going to the cup and draws the foul. I like them going to the rim and drawing fouls. That's how you win close games to like this. C's force the bucks into a turnover. JT for three!!! C's with a four point lead! C's will need some championship level defense going forward.       C's call a timeout, and I expect an incredible play here. Off of timeouts Joe has become very good designing plays. Let's see what they have going right now. DWhite for three! Great pass