Game 5: Heat @ Celtics: Wed May 1st @ 7:30pm - The gravel pit game

[contract]

“It had nothing to do with guys available or not available” - Spo


Stfu Spo

We had enough!

He's right though. If we had gotten good performances from every available player, we could have kept it close.

[ZoStrong]

The "gimmick" is relying your success on an aging good player who only becomes a super star in the playoffs.

Your top players have to produce in the regular season too. Can't pray for a miracle every season just because it happened once (ik, I still marvel at the run we had last year, but it was largely due to luck, injuries and our 3 pt shooting getting hot at the right time)

[dolphinatik]

The good jjj, slightly jovic. Everyone else was bad. Everyone.

[dolphinatik]

Best thing that could have happened. Thank you Boston. Mercy killing.

[carnageta]

Anyone saying Herro would have made a difference vs the Nuggets is out of their mind could you imagine any switch he would get onto Murray/Jokic/MPJ/Gordon hell even Bruce Brown/Christian Braun would eat him alive driving to the rim no amount of Denver playing drop defense would make up for any of that, Nuggets would have swept the Heat.

Disagreed. MPJ, Gordon, Bruce Brown, and Christian Braun are nowhere near the offensive players that Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White are.

I'm not saying Herro would have made a difference in the outcome (he wouldn't have), but using Tatum, Brown, and White as an argument to why Herro can't defend MPJ, Gordon, Braun, etc. is doing the Celtics a major disservice. Tatum, Brown, and White are far better offensively.

[Pokuokic]

Anyone saying Herro would have made a difference vs the Nuggets is out of their mind could you imagine any switch he would get onto Murray/Jokic/MPJ/Gordon hell even Bruce Brown/Christian Braun would eat him alive driving to the rim no amount of Denver playing drop defense would make up for any of that, Nuggets would have swept the Heat.

Disagreed. MPJ, Gordon, Bruce Brown, and Christian Braun are nowhere near the offensive players that Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White are.

I'm not saying Herro would have made a difference in the outcome (he wouldn't have), but using Tatum, Brown, and White as an argument to why Herro can't defend MPJ, Gordon, Braun, etc. is doing the Celtics a major disservice. Tatum, Brown, and White are far better offensively.

Gordon/Brown/MPJ/Murray are bigger/more physical (Other than Brown all the Celtics guys are finesse players) and with Jokic feeding them it would have been worse than what Boston did to him. Any switch other than on KCP and Tyler would be getting run over or bulldozed.

[HeatFan_NC]

Tyler Herro being healthy in the playoffs hurt the Heat more than Jimmy going down, like you can't compete with a defensive liability as bad as him, I have never seen a player guy hunted and abused like he has this series. Every game they got off to insurmountable starts due to Herro not being able to defend nearly every single defensive breakdown was cause of Herro.

Other than a microwave off the bench every now and than this guy has no business playing in the playoffs. Offensively he was a joke as well but the defense was that bad you forget about the poor offense.

Well said! I had been preaching it all season long: "Herro should be the 6th man. He can provide a spark off the bench."