Halftime Scorching Takes: I hope you’re tall sufficient for curler coasters

We’re midway by way of the house opener and the Boston Celtics have taken followers on a rollercoaster journey in opposition to the Miami Warmth. They gave us all some PTSD to the Jap Convention Finals final spring, however then flipped the sport on its head within the second quarter to take a 60-55 lead into the break.

Prepare for some halftime sizzling takes, buddy.

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The Warmth could be a staff to trot out the double bigs for

Boston’s first shot at revenge in opposition to the Warmth bought off to a little bit of a sluggish begin. Star heart Bam Adebayo made his presence recognized early on, pouring in 5 fast factors, and extra importantly, drawing two fast fouls on Kristaps Porzingis.

After the second foul, Joe Mazzulla made a fast substitution to get Al Horford into the sport to supply the Latvian with some additional assist.

The additional assist would possibly’ve helped the Cs get off to a greater begin, had it been there from the get-go.

Nonetheless, Adebayo completed the half with 15 factors and 5 rebounds for Miami, and seemed like the most effective participant on the ground for a couple of stretches.

Oshae Brissett has arrived

Oshae Brissett made his Celtics debut tonight after sitting out all of Wednesday’s season opener in New York — and boy did he make an affect. Boston was completely reeling till the previous Syracuse star checked into the sport, trailing the Warmth by 13 factors.

Fueled by Brissett’s grit and hustle, the Cs battled again and lower the result in simply three on the finish of the primary quarter. He was everywhere in the offensive glass and even threw down a super-cool dunk.

Boston’s new No. 12 tallied two factors in three rebounds in his first seven minutes as a Celtic.

The Celtics’ in-arena presentation has fallen off a cliff

That is very a lot a “me factor” however man has the in-arena presentation taken a step again. The brand new sound results behind the protection and “Let’s go Celtics” chants are simply plain bizarre with pointless beats enjoying within the background and messing with the power.

To not point out the pregame hype video centered round… a pyramid???

Pay attention, I get it. You may’t at all times contact the solar like they did in 2008, however with a roster as robust as this one, the Celtics simply merely should be higher.

Not less than they didn’t have the blokes stand subsequent to a bunch of Larry O’Brien trophies that they haven’t gained — like they did final season.

The short-trigger threes are usually not it

Boston knocked down simply eight of their 21 makes an attempt from past the arc within the first half in opposition to Miami (might’ve been worse for certain). Now, there’s not an enormous challenge with the “shot extra threes” mindset — so long as the threes are good makes an attempt.

To this point, it looks like nearly the entire makes an attempt from distance got here early within the shot clock. It’s simply lazy basketball. The ball wants to maneuver extra earlier than the Celtics hearth up a 3, it simply does. One of the best appears have a tendency to come back on the finish of an important sequence of passes and cuts, not sidestep dribbles.

Right here’s to hoping that the ball motion and chemistry enhance because the season rolls alongside.

This staff has some guts

I used to be prepared to show my TV off after the primary 5 minutes of this one (not likely, turning video games off early is dishonorable). Miami was in full management and getting absolutely anything they wished. In the meantime, the Cs couldn’t purchase a basket and have been watching layup-after-layup roll off of the rim.

The aforementioned impressed stint from Brissett shifted the power for Boston, who stormed again to take a lead earlier than the break regardless of falling approach behind early on. Miami is a well-coached staff below Erik Spoelstra, so it makes it much more spectacular that the Cs have been seemingly capable of flip a change.

Additionally, a shoutout to Jaylen Brown for serving to spearhead this turnaround with 13 first-half factors. The person was on the rotisserie on Wednesday after he struggled within the opener and has responded in an enormous approach tonight.

Tell us what your greatest sizzling take from the primary half is under within the replies!