INSTANT REACTION: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown lead Celtics to Game 3 win in Cleveland
Eddie House, Scal and Tom Giles offer instant analysis and reaction to the Celtics’ 106-93 win over the Cavs in Game 3 of the conference semifinals. Plus, Abby Chin talks with Al Horford after the win,
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48 Comments
A win is a win, but gee awful defending in general for Celtic, JT was great as well as Holiday and JB came good,
2nd
Tatum finally had a good game
Joe Mazzulla & coaching staff need adjustment in Game 4 for Al Horford switching
Jaylen Brown ENTER his 1st YEAR PRIMES 💪🔥💪
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Is it me or does Tatum’s right arm look smaller 🧐 Great performance by the leaders tonight.
YESSSSIRRRR , 2 more & were back in tha #ECF boyz 👏🏾👏🏾!¡!
Derrick White needs to get his head in the game. The dude looked lost and even scared for most of the game. He was really a liability, which is unlike him, and I hope he figures it out.
Tatum being 11 – 25 from the field, 2 – 8 from 3 point range is not desirable for a superstar player. Tatum needs to increase his efficiency even more and get put of his slump cause missing those 3's are getting to him.
JT had a solid game overall, though I've noticed his shooting, especially his signature step-back 3, has been a bit off lately. However, his driving game compensates for it. I wonder if his elbow, which he's been icing, might be affecting his shooting accuracy
JT was getting his arm locked alot this game on the drive with no calls.
Agreed with eddie. JT took good shots in the 1st half but did alot of slow pace, iso ball, settling in the 2nd half.
Props to JT for the 13 boards. Thats what we need from him every night.
JT rightfully getting his flowers but IMO, he wasnt the player of the game. It was JB with 13/17 and 9 boards. Hat tip to Jrue for 18 points. He kept us afloat when our offense stalled.
Tatum 1st 30 pts in the playoffs
Joe's use of timeouts was excellent tonight.
Brown stabilize our offense today
most impressive parts of the night was Jrue and Joe’s coaching. great response to G2
great intent n effort by JT, JB n the rest of the team. Hope they continue this regardless do justice to your talents…in the team
Playoff Jayson is a thing of beauty. Its not about the shooting percentage, its about being aggressive and assertive from the opening tip. Jayson did that tonight
Finally a 30 pt game for JT. Keep going man. 2 more wins. One game at a time
Thank you, fellas for listening to the advice of your coach and the fans! Keep the same energy jobs not done
C's in 5! ☘️
Wow you hear that? JT challenged the guys to do better? I thought he wasn’t a leader and didn’t say anything in the locker rooms? The media will always throw out fake news to get views. If you just watch the game you can see Tatum on the floor talking to guys and pointing them into the direction where to go.
@NBC Sports Boston – please stop posting the final score on the thumbnail! Sometimes people miss a game and want to watch the highlights without seeing the final score flash up beforehand. The highlights video doesn't show the score on the thumbnail, but often this "instant reaction" thumbnail is in the feed and I see it out of the corner of my eye… you are ruining the 9 minutes of suspense I get when I miss a game.
Jaylen had a nasty layup at stretch there. He played really fast tonight. Handles looked tight
Lmao the thumbnail 😂😂😂
When the Celtics are in attack mode to the rim and then work the outside game in. To me that's when they are in the right mindset and I like their chances of winning !!!
EDDIE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE TONIGHT!!!!!!
JB had a better game
I love Al but he's been struggling
Probably an unpopular opinion but wish mazulla would give Queta some playtime. Big Al is getting targeted rn and almost becoming a defensive liability and on offense just stands too much behind the arc instead of cleaning up the board. Quetta an give you god defensive down low and the man cleans up those boards
JT nd JB heared the noise and delivers 💪
I agree. Defense will win us games
MVP of the night was JRUE Holiday!! Best Game I've seen him have in a C's Uniform. Now Rest, Recover, Repeat!☘️☘️
Did anybody see the coaches standing up and talking when the Celtics were playing defense? That was great to see.
Game #4 ,,,,, keep it moving,,🏀🏀
Always rate Eddie’s analysis
Scal relax Big Guy 🤫 #18 on It's way!!
Focus,,,, Focus,,,, Focus,,,,and relax,,,,game #4 on deck 🏀🏀
Abby Girl's Rock!! Job well done!! C U next game 🏀🏀
They’ll still find some way to blow it.
Bs up
Strus cannot defend Tatum. The Cavs were forced to use Mobley to defend Tatum and he did well but it pulled him away from the basket and made it difficult to do what Mobley does best. That's where they really missed Allen. The Cavs are really only playing with one big man.
Tatum is very good but lacks that it factor of other great players who can carry his team across the finish line and refuse to let them lose.
After the Celtics took a 20+ point lead the Cavs gained moment and went on a run and pulled to within 9. The Celtics looked lost and seemed to have mentally checked out. Every possession was a one padded and a shot possession with no plays being run, no ball movement, poor shot selection and no activity. That where a Tatum is needed to put an end to it turn it around. Tatum looked as lost as the rest of the team. Eventually the Cavs wasted a couple of empty Celtics possessions with empty possessions of their own but it wasn't due to Tatum stepping up and being the guy.
The Cavs look like a team that doesn't understand what their identity is. Or at the very least are not disciplined to maintain it.
The Cavs kerp falling into the trap of sitting and watching on offense. This equates to no offensive energy, no ball movement and poor shot selection. It also equates to poor execution or shooting when they do try to score. Every player needs to remain engaged an active. When they're doing that they can be as good as any team in the Easter conference.
LISTEN WHEN KATO IS DRIVING THE BLACK BEAUTY BY GETTING 25 TO 30 POINTS YOU NOW CAN LET THE GREEN HORNET BE HIMSELF WETHER THAT BE GETTING REBOUNDS OR GETTING DIMES OR PLAYING DEFENSE JUST TAKE NOTICE AND YOU'LL SEE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO GET 30 TO LOOK GOOD…
Jrue and Tatum show up LFG on to game 4
LFG 🍀🏀💪!!!
Joe is so dumb and blind to not see the liability of horford on defense he was cooked by quicker guards and players of cavs..he keeps him on the court even he is messing on the game..and horford is one the most to shoot 3s even he is not hitting those widebopen shots..instead of playing at the low block. Everytime al shoots a 3,.i git mad coz i dont trust his shooting on 3s
Hold teams to under 100 pts every night = banner 18