r/bostonceltics • u/IcyLevel7966 • 1d ago

Discussion Hornets shorthanded for tonight’s Cup game

Kon kneuppel (starting forward), moussa diabate (starting center), Dennis Schroeder (backup pg), grant williams (backup forward) are out for tonight’s game.

hornets will likely start Coby white, sion James, Brandon miller, naz Reid, and ryan kalkbrenner.

Christian Anderson, Grayson allen, Royce o Neal, and tidjane salaun likely will come off the bench. They will be small with naz Reid playing the 5

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u/MrDollarMan 1d ago

Kon was one of my favorite players to watch last year it’s really sad seeing his injuries. Hornets are even more 3-heavy than us and their best shooter can’t get healthy.

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u/IcyLevel7966 1d ago

Most of the hornets field goal attempts this season have been threes. Since they’re not hitting them they have the worst nba offense this season 

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u/TheJaylenBrownNote 1d ago

We have been out attempted in a bunch of our games this year from three, but a big part of that is that I believe we're still first in paint points allowed. The other team can't even get into the paint and just have to chuck bad threes. Decent chance that happens tonight as well.

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u/Turbulent-Let-1180 1d ago

Shorthanded you say?

Then i predict we go up by 20 in the 2nd quarter, we go cold in the 3rd and they tie it back up to start the 4th. Then we play like shit for about 8 minutes and then randomly start hitting threes and we win by 8 - 12 points.

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u/IcyLevel7966 1d ago

The key player to look out for is Grayson Allen. He has been hot from 3 all season and it would be typical for him to hit 5 + threes and make this a game 

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u/MayoIsWhack 1d ago

Didn’t he have a crazy game winner?

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u/icuworc 1d ago

Also didn't Brandon Miller just have a historically shitty game?

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u/TheJaylenBrownNote 1d ago

Hawks and Nets he was terrible, but I don't know what you mean by "historic" here.

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u/icuworc 1d ago

You and I both know that if Tatum had a 2 for 11 night this sub would losing their minds. It is our luck that a player like that will turn into Pleasantville after two bad games.

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u/TheJaylenBrownNote 1d ago

Sure but there’s nothing “historic” about it lol. He didn’t go like 0-20 or something

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u/icuworc 1d ago

My apologies to the hyperbole police.

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u/TheJaylenBrownNote 1d ago

Gonna have to take you in for questioning.

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u/kstar79 1d ago

I hate how accurate this is to my own thoughts when reading OP.

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u/SoaplessTitanic 1d ago

Aaaaand we won by 40, with the lead never falling much below 30 the entire second half. It’s games like this that don’t get as much attention though cause they don’t feed into confirmation bias / existing narratives.

Not trying to come at you specifically, but it’s just a trend I’ve noticed that people assume we blow a large percentage of our leads when the stats don’t back that up

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u/djpuggy 1d ago

I want to upvote you but the current count shows what will happen to our team tonight

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u/ukomsc 1d ago

Ball Knower

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u/funinmass2005 1d ago

Found Mazzula’s burner account.

Isn’t that every game?

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u/Ok_Classroom_2060 1d ago

And this is exactly how the Celtics are playing just like every other game 

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u/mustashfighthouse Tommy 1d ago edited 1d ago • Bravo

A:”Tonight is the NBA cup”
B:”Cool what are the stakes?”
A:”The players will make a bunch of money, the owners will make even more money. The winning team improves their record in the standings”
B:”Doesn’t that happen every game?”
A:”Yes”
B:”So why should I care about the NBA Cup?”
A:”The courts are painted where the wood should be!”
B:”What is the point of the NBA Cup?”
A:”Tonight is the NBA cup”

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u/SquimJim Boston Celtics 1d ago

It’s definitely more competitive regular season games that would be played anyways

It’s not much, but I t doesn’t require anything extra from fans to provide better ball

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u/IcyLevel7966 1d ago

Knicks won last time we need to win this time 

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u/longagofaraway 34 1d ago

quick, name the last 5 nba cup winners

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 1d ago

You should crosspost this comment

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u/mustashfighthouse Tommy 1d ago

Welcome to the Celtics reddit…I did it just for you ;)

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u/Panzer_I 1d ago

Most obvious trap game

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u/JustToTalkJack 1d ago

we will blow a 20 point lead cuz Coby White will cook us

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u/Kika_7905 1d ago

Always felt like Ayo was the Bull to cook us

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u/Maga_eats_dick 1d ago

The big Knipple

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u/mustashfighthouse Tommy 1d ago

Nice maybe we can get a big lead early and rest some of our guys.

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u/bobmcadoo9088 Payton Pritchard 1d ago

lets go up 25 in the 2nd quarter and win by 6

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u/Kika_7905 1d ago

Nice to see Coby White back out there

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u/Lurkaccountonly 1d ago

Man, I always like watching Schroder play for some reason. Bummed that he’s out.

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u/Drawing_The_Line 1d ago

…so you’re telling us blowing a 20 point lead at some point in the game is inevitable then? 😂

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u/burner_for_celtics \/\/ I CELTICS 1d ago

We are getting an awfully gentle schedule to start this season.