My Top 5 Celtics Plays From The Last Week
It’s Monday which means it’s time to relive my personal favorite top plays from the last week. Considering the Celtics don’t play again for about another 2 months, at this point we all need something to help us pass the time. The good news is I think in the history of me doing this blog (like 5 weeks), we have nothing but good things to talk about. Celts went 3-0 over the last week with wins over NO/CLE/MIN, and they are playing some of their best basketball of the entire season. The haters and losers of which there are many are trying to deny that they’re a little nervous that this team is starting to figure it out, and that’s OK. This isn’t about them, this is about the Celtics and you bet your ass I’m going to take every opportunity I can to focus on the positive. We had a bunch of candidates to choose from, but after many hours grueling over all the plays, here is where I netted out
5. Marcus Smart’s transition block
There are some things that Marcus Smart does on the basketball court that simply make you scratch your head. Personally, I’m always taken back when I see him handling a center on the block, or when he has these type of transition blocks. By all accounts this should have been a layup for Jrue Holiday, but you can see once Smart got to the FT line he starts lining him up. More often than not a player fouls in this situation, but Smart times it perfectly and prevents the bucket. Not a bad block for a point guard if you ask me. I don’t even care that the Pelicans still scored on this play, that block was dope.
4. A nice Kyrie Fuck You Three
At this point, you just have to trust Kyrie whenever he goes up for a shot like this. Is a 30 footer with 18 seconds on the shot clock the best idea? Not always, but he’s proven he can make that shot and I have no problem with him taking a first quarter heat check. He had already done enough in the quarter offensively to warrant the attempt, and few things are as great as a Kyrie Fuck You three. Add in it came against his former team, and you get two thumbs up from me.
3. T I M E L O R D
The people were begging, no demanding to see some Robert Williams against the Cavs and boy were we immediately rewarded. I don’t care that all Williams does is catch insane alley oops which is a little problematic due to the fact that he plays on a team that can’t really throw alley oops, because when he does connect on one, holy shit. This is why we need this team to get their shit together and give us more blowouts, because look what that leads to. Add in his multiple blocks too in this game, I think we all agree more Robert Williams is a must.
2a. Kyrie’s insane passing
When you think Kyrie, you think about his scoring ability. That makes sense because he’s a great scoring guard, but one thing that’s been different so far this year is how much of an improved passer he has become. The way the kept his dribble alive to lull the defense asleep only to throw one of the best passes this season to a rolling Baynes legit made it move. I’m talking real blood flow to the private region. I don’t care if that makes me weird because I just want the rest of you to know that if you had that same reaction, you are not alone and the support group meets on Thursdays. Bring snacks.
2b. YABUUUUUUUUUUUU
Is this cheating? Yes. But this is my blog and if you think I was going to go through all five and not include this Yabu three well then you my friend are a moron. I asked for it when he first checked in and the Basketball Gods rewarded me. What a stud
1. Marcus Smart doing Marcus Smart things
Some people are calling this the play of the year. I call it another day at the office for Marcus Smart. This was his second steal of the game where he read the passing lane and picked it off like that, and then the presence of mind to throw an on the money outlet pass like that from his butt is why people who are pro Smart go nuts. Don’t sleep on the unselfishness of Tatum/Kyrie to finish the play, but it all starts with Marcus. We say he makes winning plays, well I’m pretty sure this is what people mean when they say that. The guy does not need to score and as long as he’s doing stuff like this, he’s a weapon.
Honorable mention: Tatum’s baseline dunk vs NO, Mook and Terry’s buzzer beaters, everything Hayward did against MIN
That’s my top 5. Have anything else that you loved that I didn’t include? Again we have forever until we get out next Celts game, so let’s kill some time on this Monday afternoon and talk about it.