INSTANT REACTION: Celtics' 3rd quarter woes led to loss vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Eddie House, Brian Scalabrine and Drew Carter join Amina Smith to offer instant reaction and analysis to the Celtics' 127-123 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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[dh]

Walk walk walk walk walk.. Oh crap, RUN!!

[bboarder]

Respect from a Thunder fan C’s. Y’all have the better chance to win it all. Thunder are still young and just need some playoff experience to learn and grow

[carlosmartinezz]

SGA had 4 fouls midway 3rd quarter. Yet no one attacked him. Holiday and Brown didn't play good tonight.

[JohnSilva-hihx]

3rd quarter woes continue. I don't know why they struggle in the third quarter. Brown definitely struggled mightly tonight. They almost came all the way back. Ill give the Thunder credit but 45% from 3. 53% overall is awesome for 1 player, never mind the whole team. Hometown fans had a lot to cheer about. It was a really good game for one of the best in the west. No doubt.

[FlyingGuillotine]

I always appreciate Scal’s knowledge and understanding of both the game and the league. We’re truly blessed to have him.

[kelvinchow]

JB and Jrue played bad. But we only behind 4 pts...Nobody wants to lose, but in the big picture, Celtics already did their job to hang in, especially Daddy White almost took it back in the 4th. Joe should trust Daddy White for the clutch moment. He could always gives us hope. Just like game 6 vs heat last year. Give him a beer tonight.

[danielthompson]

They are so torn after losing a single game by just a few points. This Celtics team is unreal and has set their standards so high that I am starting to feel that the chip is in the bag but there could be multiple.

[infamousSneakattack]

I’m a Celtics fan but SGA is my favorite player to watch in the league right now

[christopherjudge]

We were very close to beating the Thunder! 😪
Better luck Friday night against the Jazz!

[slightexag]

I think this is the first game C's lost primarily because of Jrue, even if Brown shit the bed bad with his turnovers and terrible shooting

[dh]

Stop putting Jrue of fast/shifty guys. He's been burnt all season

[andrewbaker]

Can't win em all (especially when you let a team shoot 18/40 from 3)... Having said that, that -18 in the 3rd was an absolute back breaker.

Not sure who played worse, JB (yeah keep chucking up bricks from 3 buddy) or Jrue (team worst -15). Shoutout to PP for kickstarting the comeback though. Wasn't surprised to see him with a game high +9.

[martinalbert]

OKC made big 3s down the stretch. Happy the Cs brought down that 18pt deficit to 2. Sad KPs three was ruled a 2 that was big. Also bad JB shooting game, it happens. Good game. Nothing to feel bad about.

[LinoRamos-stfy]

Missing factor is Brown and Holiday they keep firing bricks after bricks

[jason]

Tough loss, bad rotations on defense, leaving to many okc players open, hauser, horford, porzingus were getting cooked by Okc, to many team turnovers, JB had a bad shooting night, holiday couldn’t contain shai, the Celtics needed more defense, instead of trying to match okc offense, I don’t understand why Joe refuses to play more of his bench, brisset, Banton or Steven’s could’ve gave C’s more rebounding and defense, but Joe keeps going wt this short rotation not giving bench a chance, but it’s one loss, you can’t win them all, you can just learn from ur mistakes but Okc is a good team, can’t wait for the rematch! 🍀🍀🍀🏆🏆🏆🏆

[michaelauger]

They need to defend threes and take less of them.

[WilliamBrown-qc]

Celtics are still the best team in the league & OKC is a really good team that are on the rise so for it to only be loss #7 is no cause for concern🍀🍀 Onto the next game!!

[DirtCheapFU]

Not a Celtics fan. Not a terrible loss. If 3rd quarter is a weak point. That's easy to fix by end of season. We're not even half through the season.

[chrish]

This 3rd quarter stuff will be their undoing. You can't allow your opponents to have 40 point quarters and expect to win games and especially playoff series.

[judahtunes]

we had 18 bench points they had 40... even tho JB had a bad game, out becnh didnt help and we only lost the game by 4 points