TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE CELTICS--ADVICE FROM THE BUCKET

WE CAN NOT PUT IT OFF ANY LONGER---ADVICE FROM THE BUCKET


I have been putting this off for a while hoping that the Celtics would  get back on track and stay there until the finals.
  But today after the sad loss to Philly last night  and with the help of my cousin Mike, who is a major Celtics fan, we will try to   give the team some advice. And Brad maybe you should pay us some mind too.
According to Mike "the Celtics play too much help defense" BY that he means -- they show this fault by the fact that when some one on the other team drives to the hoop, they double team him and leave others wide open to get a pass. Watch for that  -- MIKE sees it all the time.

 What I see is a long history of great first halves and  awful third quarters. 
I am not sure if the first half  success makes them ease up and not try as hard in the third quarter. But that is when the  other team smells  blood and comes in for the kill.
It  used to be that Isaiah Thomas would  rescue the team in the 4th quarter and   ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
No more Mister 4th Quarter and no one is taking  his place.  Instead in panic mode they try for too many  threes and miss.  I  would rather have a  two point shot in the paint that  we make than a three point that we miss. That makes more sense.

Mikey thinks that  we are seeing the result of no veterans on the team to provide leadership. We all know that Kyrie was a  screaming failure at that and in fact hurt the team's chemistry.

Now we can't blame Kyrie (or can we?)
 We both think the team has a lot of talent.  But  there is an energy deficit when they get discouraged in the last quarter and also a kind of sense of fatigue. Maybe this longer break will help remedy that problem.

About Brad--he is a good coach but  we have been told that he does not offer much spirit or direction in the locker room at the half.  SO maybe he could turn up his volume or  appoint someone else to yell a bit. He lacks intensity and  team players need to see that it matters a lot to their coach and  then it may matter more to them.

PS. When in doubt -- blame Kyrie-- I am sure Brooklyn will take this advice.