15 Game Gauntlet Comes To An End - Celtics at Wolves GDT

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Ant drives and Quata tried to foul him, misses the layup.
And that is exactly how this game ends. Last second banked in 3 by White. About right.
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DNatagal wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:41 pm Ant drives and Quata tried to foul him, misses the layup.
And that is exactly how this game ends. Last second banked in 3 by White. About right.
I thought he did foul him with the push in the back, causing the missed layup.
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Agreed Tim, another missed call, or call that Ant won't get when he is bitching as much as he is now. Was hoping that bad habit wasn't going to continue when KAT was traded.
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Troubling game from Ant.
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So many little things that could have made a difference. Oh well. Let’s make the post-brutal-15 something special!
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Ant's struggling and when everyone else looks useless on offense, he forces the issue even more.



FInch needs to deal with a future rotation with Dillingham heavily involved.
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60WinTim wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:52 pm So many little things that could have made a difference. Oh well. Let’s make the post-brutal-15 something special!
Tough 15-games, but a lot of those teams we played were missing key pieces....

My conclusion is that this is a 40 to 46-win roster with the current rotation and Finch at the helm. I'm not sure what else Connelly needs to see at this point to pull the trigger on something if they are serious about winning even one playoff series. Or may be they just view this as a transition year and ride it out (?).

Not a fun team to watch most of the time unfortunately and Ant has been thoroughly out-shined by the opponent's stars in most of these games lately....and may be him being humbled is a good thing in the long run, IDK.
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Q-is-here wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 9:05 pm
60WinTim wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:52 pm So many little things that could have made a difference. Oh well. Let’s make the post-brutal-15 something special!
Tough 15-games, but a lot of those teams we played were missing key pieces....

My conclusion is that this is a 40 to 46-win roster with the current rotation and Finch at the helm. I'm not sure what else Connelly needs to see at this point to pull the trigger on something if they are serious about winning even one playoff series. Or may be they just view this as a transition year and ride it out (?).

Not a fun team to watch most of the time unfortunately and Ant has been thoroughly out-shined by the opponent's stars in most of these games lately....and may be him being humbled is a good thing in the long run, IDK.
I think the constant doubles and walls are wearing him down. Teams don't worry about literally anyone else.
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Phenom wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 9:11 pm
Q-is-here wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 9:05 pm
60WinTim wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:52 pm So many little things that could have made a difference. Oh well. Let’s make the post-brutal-15 something special!
Tough 15-games, but a lot of those teams we played were missing key pieces....

My conclusion is that this is a 40 to 46-win roster with the current rotation and Finch at the helm. I'm not sure what else Connelly needs to see at this point to pull the trigger on something if they are serious about winning even one playoff series. Or may be they just view this as a transition year and ride it out (?).

Not a fun team to watch most of the time unfortunately and Ant has been thoroughly out-shined by the opponent's stars in most of these games lately....and may be him being humbled is a good thing in the long run, IDK.
I think the constant doubles and walls are wearing him down. Teams don't worry about literally anyone else.
I think it's the constant wall of bodies thrown at him, his essentially giving up on forming any kind of chemistry with Rudy, and his belief that the officials systemically treat him unfairly. 2/3rds of those issues rest largely on him.

While Connelly has to eventually surround Ant with guys that he trusts and can help lift him up, Ant needs to take some responsibility as well to figure out ways to impact the game. It's tough watching him basically get cut down to a fairly pedestrian player of late from the pre-season superstar in waiting after the Olympics glow.
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Ant just needs to start making shots again. His attempts are down a little in this last stretch but I feel that is because he isnt seeing the ball go through. Toughen up and start making them.
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