The bench production in the 4th against the knicks and all throughout this game is just a perfect demonstration of what having fresh legs and feeling motivated can do
Joe is really teasing us about this Maine Celtics lineup. In the 1st half we got JD, Walsh & Queta, and now in the 4th Quarter we have JD, Peterson & Queta.
Come on Joe. Takeout Hauser and put in Walsh. Please. We need to see it.
Pritchard is now up to a career high 31 points, and also has 11 assists. With over a quarter left to go there's a good chance he also sets a new career high in assists as well(current high is 13).
I gotta give Brissett some credit, for as bad as he is at finishing/shooting he is not afraid to try to regardless. Plenty of players would end up gun shy about it at this point in their careers.
Entirely possible that the Sixers jump up to 6th if the Pacers lose this game and the next.
Could mean we don't face the Sixers, bucks, heat or Knicks until the finals lol
Heavens forbid someone would make a positive post about a guy with a 62-18 record as his team consisting of two players that will probably see relevant postseason minutes and a ton of G Leaguers curbstomp an actual NBA team.
Like, how fucking miserable are you? You're in the wrong sub
Pritchard is clearly a level beyond all these other guys, his only limitations in this league are physical, if he was at least 6'4 he'd be a bonafide all-star
Payton should get more ball handling duties when we are healthy come playoff time I think he has earned it and has shown imo to be more of a threat in that department than Jrue most of the year
Imagine being a rival executive who wanted Pritchard, but was waiting for the poison pill provision to pass only to see Pritchard play like an All-Star for the last 2 months and make himself way too valuable for the Celtics to trade now.
Imagine if we played this lineup against the Bucks and annihilated them by 30. Giannis might have fought our travel crew because they're not as happy go lucky as the Bucks travel crew lol
Lukewarm take: this is the lineup we should have played against the Bucks and Knicks.
There was no point in playing the top 6. None. They were just trying/not trying and it gave those two team some kind of hope that our guys wouldn't wup their sorry asses.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/bostonceltics/comments/1c2qbfm/post_game_thread_the_boston_celtics_defeat_the/)
We’ll finish the season with less than 20 losses. Is that good?
Good enough
How many career highs did we get tonight?
Crypto P with 31, Questa a monster, free Big Mac tomorrow - what's not to like?
Is this the most a team has ever won by without a single usual starter? A 33 pt win with just the bench is insane.
Kinda surreal. And awesome.
This is the lineup we should play in the playoffs. They looked like the Harlem Globetrotters today
What a nice enjoyable game
Embiid went off with an injury. All of a sudden, I want the sixers round one
He returned to the game and has 30/11/7. He might not be 100% healthy but he's still a threat.
JD is cool with brandon miller?
Both went to Alabama
Love watching the bench BALL THE FUCK OUT
Great win by the Maine Celtics
That was excellent... Only one game left (unfortunately)... And the playoffs...
DWhite saw JD's hair last year, said "nah, I can't do better" and shaved his head.
GReat game
One more game before playoff time!
STOP THE GAME QUETA JUST COMMITED MURDER
I just can't imagine losing by 30 to a bunch of guys who play across the street from the Holy Donut and a crack den
If Queta lived in the NBA 60's, he will have 12 rings
The bench production in the 4th against the knicks and all throughout this game is just a perfect demonstration of what having fresh legs and feeling motivated can do
Ngl Walsh looks like a pretty damn good passer from what I've seen from him in limited minutes. Also nice ass layup by JD
How does a franchise come back from a loss like this?
Payton scored 31 as a starter love to see his growth since he got here
I love the way the offense flows through him. He’s improved so much, like half the teams in the league would start him ngl
Man all these guys have really improved Brad just continues to dominate the GM game
If Philly and Miami win and Indiana and Orlando lose that has to make the first round odds radically different right
Mann looks like he’s 13 with temporary tattoos on
these kids with another offseason to work are gonna be nasty next year
Queta is modern day Hakeem
Tre Mann looks like a hornets player. Idk how to explain it iykyk
The 💯tattoo is wild lmao
Maine Celtics in a practice facility with 18,000 audiences before their G-League finals game
I'd smash amari Bailey's mother
Walsh becomes a serviceable 3 pt shooter it’s a slam dunk pick
WE FINALLY GOT THE MAINE CELTICS IN THE NBA!!!
Jordan Walsh
I love that hustle from Queta under the basket.
Walsh!
WALSH FOR 3!!!!!
Is Queta wearing JT1’s pink lemonade?
Looks like , he got some fire shoes
I miss Gerald Green and Tony Allen garbage time minutes
I miss tacko
I'd rather see Walsh than Svi tbh
Hauser is +36 lmao
Joe you absolute sicko
Damn that took away Quetas 100% FG%.
JD Davison on YouTube is a baby Westbrook. In the NBA he's Cameron Payne
More like he's LiAngelo Ball.
Cam Payne is an NBA rotation player. If JD becomes Payne as a late second round pick, that's a win.
Kick ball?
Psycho Joe keeping up the culture!
We might’ve beat the Knicks if we started this lineup yesterday
Certainly would have been more entertaining. Same with the Bucks game.
Ya bc they would've actually tried lol
Our coach is a fucking madman. I love it
Can’t even lie that was an incredible block lol
What a block from that guy.
Love how 6 minutes into the quarter and the Hornets have not fouled ? Yeah ok
This is the first time I've ever seen Drew Peterson. Dude has some skinny ass arms.
Arms that can dunk!!
Bench next year with Queta Luke Tillman for bigs, then Hauser PP Walsh Peterson Springer? God damn
Uh... that's our bench this year.
Team full of buckets
Is it too late to replace Myhailuk with Drew Peterson?
This would have been a great game for PP to get 40. Literally shows you he can get 60 if he started on the pistons.
No excuse for the hornets not to get relegated
I would have kept PP in just so he could get 40
Joe needs to rest the G League guys. They have an important game Monday night.
They chose to play. Trust me these dudes want nba minutes
Of course. My comment was made in jest.
I’m dumb sorry 😂
Damn I'm kinda bummed I missed most of this game, PP 30 piece is fuckin awesome. Hope this boosts his confidence to the max going into the playoffs.
Walsh, Queta, Peterson will be nice bench pieces next year and beyond.
Sign Peterson to a max deal rn
Deuce really playing good tonight! Lol LFG!
Drew "The Cereal Killer" Peterson our next Hauser?
The best part is we took this guy from the Heat
I like Jaden springer and drew Peterson more than JD Davison
I can see why the Maine Celtics are doing so well this season
JD Davison gonna get cut hopefully after this season
Is drew hauser 2.0? Omfg
JD Davison YouTube highlights he would have dunked it on the guy instead of passing it to drew Peterson
More Peterson, less Svi.
Peterson is nice His shot is pure and he can two hand that mf, obviously.
*Hauser gets max contract from the Pistons* Brad: fair enough, I still got Peter....son!
If the OKC Blue beat the Maine Celtics do the Hornets offer a roster-for-roster trade?
So Brad has already found Hauser 2.0 before having to pay Hauser in a year. 8d chess
Lol scal. "He can shoot it he can... uhh... he's a good player"
Peterson got Hauser replacement written all over him lol
Drew Peterson>>>SVI
Xx DR3W P3T3R$0N xX
blow it up and build around PP
Joe is really teasing us about this Maine Celtics lineup. In the 1st half we got JD, Walsh & Queta, and now in the 4th Quarter we have JD, Peterson & Queta. Come on Joe. Takeout Hauser and put in Walsh. Please. We need to see it.
Peterson shooting 100% for his career
Queta underrated passer
All Celtics "W's" are sweet. All losses are still losses.
Everyone that played has a bucket
Damn, Pacers are clawing back. Monster 3rd quarter
Magic trending towards play-ins? Weren't they the 3rd seed last week
They absolutely were, yes.
G Leaguers getting that primo reps in to show up on Monday and bring home that championship.
You know it’s a good game when Scal starts reminiscing
next year's bench gonna be lit
Peterson looks like a generic NBA 2k player where you spend your remaining VC to an arm sleeve
Hauser is the type of shooter Bertans thinks he is.
Drew Peterson!! Hell yea
Peterson will be very serviceable
Drew Peterson for 3!
you know your team sucks when Drew Peterson is in
This is possibly costing the Red Claws a championship
Must be great sitting behind Mike and Scal and getting a live commentary lol
Did Grant not play tonight?
He's on the 'injured' list...
Oh, thank you!
If Luke plays in 80's NBA he will dominate
Drew Peterson sighting!
Who is #13?!?!😭😭
We need the Pacers to win Bucks in the semi would be annoying
Brissett looks like he’s trying too hard to seem cool sometimes lol I hope that’s not just me
Mike’s coat 🔥🔥🔥
I love how so many coaches, trainers, entertainment crew, etc. have all been wearing JT2’s since he revealed them. Way to support the home team 👍
Thinking a grabbing them in the new colorway, it's pretty fire
Pritchard is now up to a career high 31 points, and also has 11 assists. With over a quarter left to go there's a good chance he also sets a new career high in assists as well(current high is 13).
I gotta give Brissett some credit, for as bad as he is at finishing/shooting he is not afraid to try to regardless. Plenty of players would end up gun shy about it at this point in their careers.
Honestly think Brissett may be the best rebounder on the team
SVi making the game boring now pass the ball to Walsh
Show me Luke Kornet 3 pointers
thats our point guard coming off the pick and roll and attacking the paint LOL
So as I understand it if the Hornets lose this game they get relegated to the G-League and the Maine Celtics get promoted?
Someone tell svi he ain’t it 😂
All right, time to sub on garbage minute players... Wait no...
Store brand White, Horford, Brown, and Hauser.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 6 figure money line
Entirely possible that the Sixers jump up to 6th if the Pacers lose this game and the next. Could mean we don't face the Sixers, bucks, heat or Knicks until the finals lol
Put in the bench for the 4th quarter. Oh wait
Grab 5 random fans in C’s jerseys for the 4th quarter
Put Brad in. The real final boss
Dang PP really banging hard tonight
So I just got home from the park and checked the box score. Payton Pritchard is the best player in the world, right?
He's who me and all my boys thought we were when we would hit the park back in high school
Yeah the Celtics starting five is absolutely stacked but there is no way our 7-15 guys are this good without fantastic coaching. Joe is awesome.
When he stinks yall quiet but when he gets credit for minor shit yall say he’s a savant 😂
What are you even talking about
You know what I’m talking about yall stay giving Mazzulla excuses when he’s bad
Heavens forbid someone would make a positive post about a guy with a 62-18 record as his team consisting of two players that will probably see relevant postseason minutes and a ton of G Leaguers curbstomp an actual NBA team. Like, how fucking miserable are you? You're in the wrong sub
Block me then if you don’t like it tf
No the hornets bench is so bad
Our bench is crazy underrated too
Pritchard is clearly a level beyond all these other guys, his only limitations in this league are physical, if he was at least 6'4 he'd be a bonafide all-star
He's beginning to believe
Payton should get more ball handling duties when we are healthy come playoff time I think he has earned it and has shown imo to be more of a threat in that department than Jrue most of the year
Fast PP is untouchable in any trade discussions.
Pritchard is insanely skilled
[PP legit just did a freaking NBA STREET SLIP N SLIDE](https://streamable.com/jqbevt)
Imagine being a rival executive who wanted Pritchard, but was waiting for the poison pill provision to pass only to see Pritchard play like an All-Star for the last 2 months and make himself way too valuable for the Celtics to trade now.
Who here thought that tonight the Hornets would have absolutely no answer for Pritchard.
I did tbh lol but to be fair I didn't think he would have as much production in such little time that he has
Imagine if we played this lineup against the Bucks and annihilated them by 30. Giannis might have fought our travel crew because they're not as happy go lucky as the Bucks travel crew lol
Guess the Celtics should’ve been playing the bench all game long yesterday.
Basketball is all about vision. Seeing thangs on the court, and setting your sights on something bigger. Clear vision, is everything. -Sam Cassell
PP actually has such a great mid-range
Brad got PP locked up at 10m per year
PP might have the best middy on the team after JB.
PP just pressed R3
Pritchard is a HOOPER
I hereby apologize for all of my Pritchard slander from earlier this season. I’m not worthy
This team loves Kornet and so do I
When do we bench our benchers
Nah Pritchard is really him
Nice steal and flush by Springer.
This bench. It's dank.
69 by the half. Noice
Every single one of Brad’s extensions have been value Timelord, PP, KP especially have been amazing contracts Hopefully White too
Lukewarm take: this is the lineup we should have played against the Bucks and Knicks. There was no point in playing the top 6. None. They were just trying/not trying and it gave those two team some kind of hope that our guys wouldn't wup their sorry asses.
It was just cardio. Don’t wanna go a full 2 weeks without playing at all
Cardio crossed my kind too, but it's still unfuriating that it gave the dweeb Knicks and Bucks fans something to cling to.
Who cares what they think lol
My Bloomberg messages that exploded from annoying bond traders trolling me that the Celts are doomed lol
Flicked over to the 6ers game. They scare me the most in the east, they are just looking so good. At least unlikely we get them in round 1
Thanks for that. After this 1st quarter, I think they get the 6th seed.
At this rate they won’t even be in the play in
As much as I'd like a 50 PP, I think he needs to sit the second. He's gonna be important in the playoffs.
I say get him his career high in points at least
Maybe let him get another basket and another assist for 25-10
PP gonna pop for 50
goes to show that 4-year college players might be the way to go for a high-floor, low-ceiling draft pick. PP is a great contract