Horford says turning down Rockets "was very difficult decision"

He missed a late game easy layup on purpose ,class act Al.

 

Almost as difficult as making a layup

 

Thank you Al, we owe you one!

 

we dont want you anyway!!

 

Watching live and after watching the immediate replay, I totally thought the ball slipped out of his hand on the way up.
After further review, it's clear he just blew a game-winning school boy layup while having the entire lane cleared for him by his teammate
holding down and tripping two people. And he still blew it.

Do not want. Hold that L.

 

Brad Stevens is one hell of a coach and that play he drew up was perfect.

 

His rim protection looked suspect during this game.

But it is pretty hard to stop Harden

 

Lol I wanted Horford but not at the max are you kidding me? Horford is around the same age as Howard, if we paid him the max it would be the same situation before wherein we have two stars and a bunch of crappy players and we still have a short window of contention.As vocal as I am have been about Anderson having Horford at his contract would have been worse, especially in the scenario where we would miss out on Eric Gordon because we wanted Bazemore.

For Horford and the Celtics I thought it was a dumb move for both why would you leave Atlanta who was looking to add Dwight, it would have been the best frontcourt in the NBA. And you leave atlanta and go to a rebuilding team like the celts, really? If you thought the rox sucked why didnt you go to the Wizards instead, at least they have two legit stars in Beal and Wall who will complement ur game. Instead you go to a lottery team and waste your prime wtf why?

For the celts, maybe Ainge is under pressure but they still dont have that 1 superstar, I thought they needed to tank more instead they add a veteran to their crew of young guys its totally mismatched.

 

Somehow we have Capela who has quietly turned into one of the better P&R centers in the league, much of which likely is attributed to Harden who runs the P&R better than just about anyone I've ever seen. Horford is exceptional but we already have dagger 3 point shooters at the wings. Capela is the guy who is the threat around the rim on extremely high % shots which is balanced with our 3 point shooters and Harden's versatility to shoot from anywhere. That being said, Horford would have fit quite well here, but I'm happy with what we've got so far.

 

I'd rather have Ryno.... The Rockets have wanted him for years and I love how he spaces the floor.... It's fantastic to have these elite three point shooters surrounding Harden.

 

I'm with you. But man, when he goes cold. He. Goes. Cold. It's comforting that we still won without him contributing much of anything tonight, though.

 

Thank god he turned down the Rockets.

30 years old center that is on a max contract and average 6 rebounds is trouble

 

Lol seriously, didn't see that the first time...but yeah IT just pulls Trez by the arm the entire time

 

I knew he plays for the rockets

 

Celtics were not a lottery team at all. They were 5th seed almost 50 win team last year. Much better than the Rockets and Wizards. Hawks and Celts had same record last year he didn't worsen himself.

 

i'm not so sure he went cold, sure he missed a few of those long-range bombs that he hits sometimes, but the Celtics game plan was to take away the three ball. And you can expect teams to do the same thing in the playoffs and the fourth quarter/2nd half

I think he only had four attempts

 

It was schemed so he would run interference or draw trez away, but instead pulled him to the floor, since Trez was a wall. That stuff doesnt get called in last seconds anyway. You can also see Marcus Smart block out Ariza down low to pave a clear path for him.

 

Ha, Ball don't lie! Check out Thomas, he pulls down Harrell and then trips Bev. He used every dirty trick he knew to get Horford that look.

Also, Smart's flop was hilarious.