The Celtics fall to the 76ers 103-101 in a game with no JB and no Timelord and Embiid needed 50pts to pull it off. This is exactly why I am not worried about Philly come playoff time. Our game plan against Phill is very simple. Let Embiid cook and shut everyone else down. We held Harden to just 20pts and besides them, Tucker was the only one who had double digit pts with 11. The issue tonight wasn't the defense but the offense. With no JB, I was fully excpecting Tatum to step up and score 30+ but that was simply not the case tonight. He scored just 19pts on 7-20 from the field and 2-8 from 3 while also missing 2 of his 5 FTs. On top of his poor shooting night, his shot selection was bad in this one as well reverting back to a lot of iso ball in moments where the Celtics offense looked great.

White and Brogdon were spectacular once again in this one. White was clearly the alpha tonight scoring 26pts to go alongside 7reb 4ast and 2 blks on 50/40/100 shooting splits. He also had 15 of his 26pts in the 4th quarter so stepped up when it mattered most. Brogdon also played really well adding 18pts 4reb 3ast. Outside of them, I think Grant played a solid game up until his technical giving Harden to extend the lead to 7 with 2:00 left but then he made up for it with a huge offensive foul drawn on Embiid giving the Celtics a chance to tie/win it with :02 left. Smart made a couple dumb plays but also added 17pts 4reb 4ast including a huge And 1 where he got his own missed FT that led to a huge White 3 making it 103-101. Some guys stepped up and some didn't but in a game where we played without JB and Timelord while also giving up 50pts to Embiid, only losing by 2 isn't the worst thing in the world. The Celtics are now 3GB the Bucks for the 1 seed and have a 2 game lead over Philly for the 2 seed with only 3 games left. Seeing as we own the tiebreaker with Philly, the Celtics are now pretty much locked into the 2 seed.

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