Celts Can't Dip The Nuggets! Loss vs DEN 1/19

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Paul Pierce highlights in "clutch" situations.
2002 ECF game 7, 5-16, 4 TOV, 14 points
2003 2nd Round game 3 (down 2), 8-22
2003 2nd Round game 4 (down 3), 7-24
2004 1st round sweep, shot 34%
2005 1st round G7, lost by 27. 6 TOV
2006 2nd round, win or go home game 5, 5-12, 4 TOV

2008 1st round game 7, 7-20
2008 2nd round game 4, 0-2 in the final 5 minutes.
2008 2nd round game 6, 2 TOVs in the final 5 minutes of a close game, 0-1
2008 Finals game 3 (a 6 point game). 2-14, 1-4 from the field and 2-3 from the line in the final 5 minutes
2008 Finals game 5, 3 TOVs in the last five minutes of a close game
2009 1st round game 1, misses game winning free throw at the end of regulation. 1-5 in OT.
2009 1st round game 6, missed game winning shot at the end of 4th quarter then missed another game winning shot at the end of 1st OT.
2009 1st round game 7, 6-17
2009 2nd Round game 7, 4-13
2010 ECF Game 4, misses game winning shot at the end of regulation, 0-4 in OT
2010 Finals, Game 7. 5-15 , 1-4 with 2 FTs and 1 TOV in the final 5 minutes and 1 second of a game that went down to the wire.

It's really hard to find examples of this guy performing well in big moments. Paul Pierce is one instance where I believe clutch exists.

Cherry picked BULL ****.
Could do the same thing with Mike & Kobe etc.

And why not list the countless times he was super clutch?

https://www.82games.com/gamewinningshots.htm
03-04 through 07-08 including POs.

https://celticswire.usatoday.com/2020/05/19/nba-boston-celtics-paul-pierce-most-clutch/
HOOPSHYPE - 2020
Try reading this!

https://youtu.be/EVJBbzTRtLY?si=4LPbE1uNLbvZXvBI
VIDEOS for you as well.

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[Fierce1]

I don't know about JB, but JT is just a matter of time.

Lebron was known as a choker until he finally won it in 2012.

Pressure situations can't be simulated in practice, so JT will have to learn in actual games.

So all those postseason games that #0 has played in and that this board likes to point to when hyping him up, he really didn't learn anything from them?

That's what's being implied here: he still has to learn how to play in tight games. Either he knows or he's never going to know.

How long does he need? Another year? Four? Ten?

Like I said, let's talk again in June.

You already made up your mind about JT, so there's no point.

[Setshot33]

I don't know about JB, but JT is just a matter of time.

Lebron was known as a choker until he finally won it in 2012.

Pressure situations can't be simulated in practice, so JT will have to learn in actual games.

So all those postseason games that #0 has played in and that this board likes to point to when hyping him up, he really didn't learn anything from them?

That's what's being implied here: he still has to learn how to play in tight games. Either he knows or he's never going to know.

How long does he need? Another year? Four? Ten?

Like I said, let's talk again in June.

You already made up your mind about JT, so there's no point.

Didn't take Larry 7-10 years to know how to close a game out.........

[Fierce1]

So all those postseason games that #0 has played in and that this board likes to point to when hyping him up, he really didn't learn anything from them?

That's what's being implied here: he still has to learn how to play in tight games. Either he knows or he's never going to know.

How long does he need? Another year? Four? Ten?

Like I said, let's talk again in June.

You already made up your mind about JT, so there's no point.

Didn't take Larry 7-10 years to know how to close a game out.........

Larry is one of those rare breeds.

But even the great Michael Jordan only started winning championships at the age of 28.

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[BK_2020]

Not sure if this was already posted but Thinking Basketball broke down the final 8 minutes. Basically we executed really well and missed a bunch of shots. Denver also executed well and missed a bunch of shots but not as much.

https://youtu.be/cVgYKkVCEdY?feature=shared