Celtics vs Warriors

          This past Sunday, Isaiah Thomas 20 points wasn't enough to hold the 26 point half time lead against Steph Curry who had an outstanding 37 points and the visiting Warriors. On Sunday at the TD Garden the c’s defense breakdown cost them the game. After a mediocre half the c’s fall 106-101.

         The Celtics came hot out of the gate with 38 first quarter points in large part of Isaiah Thomas’ 8 point out burst in the last 69 seconds of the first quarter. Then in the second quarter the Celtics big three off the bench ( Jerebko, Crowder, and Thomas) kept the scoring streak going early in the second. The Celtics hit three big threes in 60 seconds to expand their lead to 26 with 6:56 remaining in the first half.

 The Celtics looked promising to get a win but….. everyone knew the warriors would come back in the second half. Surely enough the Warriors chipped the lead away and with Draymond Greens tip in with 3:24 left which put the Warriors up 96-94.  The Celtics came back with a 3 pointer that put them back up by one with 1:43 left the go but the Warriors kept responding with more buckets.

   Then it finally came down to one finally attempt to put the game into over time and with Isaiah Thomas with the ball it almost was an absolute definite that he would hit the three but he got a great looked and missed and the Celtics lost 106-101.

     The big takeaway from Boston though is that “These Celtics can hang with the NBA elites and should not fear what lies ahead of them if the seek into  the playoffs”.( by Chris Forsberg).  Which this reporter is right they shouldn't really fear because with the addition to Isaiah and Jerebko this team could be a possible eight to seven seed.

        The Celtic’s “valued the ball” and were able to hang with the Warriors because of that. Also because they were able to take care of the ball they only had one first half turnover which played a huge factor in their 26 point half time lead. Unfortunately as the Warriors started to come back and when they ended up winning that’s when the Celtic’s didn't take care of the ball and let up SEVEN turnovers in the second half.

         But they were some positive things that came out of this game one is that the Celtics came and played one great half of basketball which makes you think if they could be a potential second round playoff team if they can come to play for 48 minutes instead of 24. Also another thing is that even without their big men and without really having any stars on the team for them to hang with these types of elite teams means that our coaching staff must be doing a fantastic job with this team. Finally the last positive thing that came out of this game was the fact that we almost beat the best team league in the league.