The Celtics took a 2-1 lead over the Sixers on a night where Joel Embiid played 39 minutes and was pretty good, mostly because James Harden was a no show. The Celtics started the game strong, defended really well (when they weren’t fouling) got a huge shooting game from Al Horford, and they closed the game strong. John Karalis of Boston Sports Journal is joined by Jared Weiss of The Athletic to discuss all that, Jaylen Brown being awesome on both ends, and Jayson Tatum’s big closing kick.
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37 Comments
Its a backdoor sweep meaning after losing the first you sweep the next 4
It was quiet in Philly last night
Is rob good? Saw grant williams respond to a tweet saying both him and rob are okay
Taco fall is 7 ft 5 btw cheif. Not 7 1
Hey Mr. Kralis did you really record this episode in the Wells Fargo center
If we’re truly lucky , this is the year Joel Embid realizes he has to join the Celtics if he wants to get anywhere in the East .. call me crazy, that’s the piece I’ve always wanted for us
JB is transforming right before our eyes. He’s slowly turning into an assassin and the Celtics needed it to fulfill their team’s potential.
Who did Philly Boo? Somehow I didn't notice that last night
Sixers are done
Stay hungry and greedy Celtics. Win game 4, and Philly will be on Expedia looking for tickets 🎫 to Fiji 🇫🇯.
Corrected sweep
John – Jared complements you well. Please have him back more. 💚☘️
Honestly great game. Mazzoulla kept the guys focused start to finish and they kept of the defensive intensity to grab the reins back when Philly made their run to get within 5(?) and then to bring it back and put it away. This is the team that can win a championship with this focus. Good job all around and this should be repeatable in game 4.
Harden game one happened because Celtics was playing weak goal post defense…. Once they start playing with some sort of intensity you see the difference in Hardens productivity… Happy to see.. Keep it up 🍀
Harden is play off choke artist but people forget only embiid tried to win this game where was maxey tobias niang etc. He wasn't the only one on the court.
As expected for Harden. Dude went to vegas in between Brooklyn and the Boston seried 😂😂
If they can deal with whatever Philadelphia brings for Game 4 and win, the series is over.
Yall gotta remember this PJ tucker is labeled as they best defender and he might be the oldest dude on the team let that sink in lol they younger and better defenders
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Lets just call it what it was: Jaylen brown completely shut down Harden and stole all of his confidence
Harden in the playoffs is old news
I've always called the "lose Game 1, win the next 4" a "Gentleman's Sweep". But I do see that many people in the media call any 4-1 series that. Maybe "backdoor sweep" is the right term. I like Gentleman's Sweep for this because it is like "I'm a gentleman – I'll spot you a lead before we start". LIke a golf handicap
Oh SHIT ITS JARRED !!!!!!!!
You are now ROCKING WITH the SECOND BEST “J” Duo in all of Celtics Nation!!!
Whats the intro song called
How tf did the sixers give Thobias Harris a max contract!!? Wth did he do to deserve that?! 😂 stupid move by the sixers they need to get rid of him ASAP!
Doc should be fired. This game is all on doc. Boston made the required adjustments but doc has no clues.
Let’s not forget Harden was in Vegas on his day off last week! Idk why they allow players to travel on days off instead of resting and watching videos so they can learn more.
Maxey is a great player they need to keep him if they want to win next season. Dude is insanely fast and his shooting is pretty good. His problem is White is on him and his defense is some of the best in the league for his position. Dude got a lot of blocks and steals for his size!
Maxie is just a mini harden. Super inefficient jump shooter who’s a massive negative on defense 🤷🏿♂️
When they were relying on Niang I knew it was over lol. Dude looks like he works at a sub shop 😂.
I’m just praying Celtics get to the finals completely healthy. They’ll be a few bumps and bruises but hopefully every player is available to play! I would like to see Pritchard get some mins too. Throw him on Maxey for ten mins.
James Harden has Ben Simmons Syndrome. It is a deadly cancer that kills 1 in every 10 athlete's chances at having postseason success.
How can so many good players paired with Embiid fail this badly. Butler, Fultz, Horford, Simmons and now Harden.
JB IS THE MAN
Big Al Horford came up big with a clutch 3….maybe we should bench him?
It was a fun game to watch. I don't care too much about winning and losing unless it's an elimination game, but I do care about watching good basketball.