The Celtics Have Life!!
Not. Dead. Yet.
Make no mistake about it, you get down 3-0 your season is over. You may as well start packing your bags when you get back to your room. To avoid that the Celts had to overcome whatever bullshit plagued them in the first two games and play the best game of the season. The way they started this game was just that. Defense flying, great energy, and the two Jays led the way. They are the franchise after all and they showed us why tonight. A nice 25/14/8 for Jayson Tatum and 26/7/5 for Jaylen Brown. And with that, the Celtics have life.
That's all they have right now, I want to be clear on that. All they have is a sliver of life. Going down 3-1 wouldn't be all that great either so there is still a ton of work to do to climb out of this whole they put themselves in. Shit, they couldn't even let us enjoy this shit stress free with how they played that fourth quarter. LOVE blowing 20 point leads and turning them into 8 point leads for fun. They did all the things we hate in that quarter, reverted to iso hero ball, turned it over, had no real offensive strategy, I can't exactly sit here and tell you that was good. But they didn't blow it this time and for that I am thankful.
Now, can we talk about Gordon Hayward? I told you he was the exact thing this team needed and look what happened. Sure his 6/5/4/3/1 doesn't blow your dick away but just watch the game. He played a huge role in busting that Heat zone. Pretty important factor if you ask me. Not only that, we also got this confirmation
That is HUGE. He looks great too. Isn't hesitant about the ankle or anything. It feels so goddamn good to have Stache Gordon back in our lives. He's such a difference maker for this team, did you see The Best 5 lineup tonight? Goosebumps.
After all the bullshit about their locker room fight and blowing a billion leads, this team needed to respond and they did. Now do it again in Game 4 and let's get fucking NUTS.