NBA, Celtics Twitter react to Boston’s 120-102 loss to…

NBA, Celtics Twitter react to Boston’s 120-102 loss to the Chicago Bulls

On a day that saw Boston Celtics starting shooting guard Jaylen Brown’s name in the news for all the wrong reasons, his ball club came out strong against the Chicago Bulls in the last game of their first road trip of the 2022-23 NBA season.

A red hot start soon slid into a redux of the Celtics’ embarrassing collapse last season due to among the worst defensive performances since that debacle in Chicago not so long ago. Mix in some bad calls by the refs and not only interim head coach Joe Mazzulla but also reserve forward Grant Williams getting themselves ejected on questionable calls, and you get a loss like Boston’s 120-102 debacle.

Let’s take a look at what NBA and Celtics Twitter had to say about the loss.

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— Celtics Lab Podcast (@CelticsLab) October 24, 2022

First quarter

Jayson Tatum's decision-making has been *chef's kiss* this season.

— Jack Simone (@JackSimoneNBA) October 25, 2022

Not a bad start for The Cs

3/3 in the restricted area

Getting downhill early!!!!

— Brian Barrett (@itsbrianbarrett) October 25, 2022

Billy Donovan rn, probably pic.twitter.com/2Q3aizUAk5

— Dr. Justin Quinn (@justinquinnn) October 25, 2022

20-6 #Celtics

— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) October 25, 2022

Are the Celtics…too good?

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) October 25, 2022

Lead down to 9. #Celtics #Bulls

— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) October 25, 2022

Second quarter

Make that four fouls in 5 minutes. https://t.co/STpIgSrEDJ

— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) October 25, 2022

Celtics were up 18 when Tatum subbed out. 16-7 Bulls run after that.

— Mike Dynon ☘️🏀 (@MikeDynon) October 25, 2022

Big bucket for Hauser to snap a 21-4 Bulls run.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) October 25, 2022

19-point leads against the Bulls are a curse

— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) October 25, 2022

#Bulls lead and Mazzulla finally calls timeout after three #Celtics look at each other to grab a 50-50 ball and Alex Caruso dives and tips it to Drummond for extra possession.

— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) October 25, 2022

Celtics-Bulls halftime thoughts:

BOS: Absolutely no offensive rhythm since their hot start, defense is getting blown by way too much, getting beat on the glass

CHI: Out-hustling the Celtics in every aspect of the game, Vucevic beating Boston on the glass, amazing resilience

— Jack Simone (@JackSimoneNBA) October 25, 2022

Third quarter

Only three free throw attempts for Boston in the first half. Good to see them get Tatum working from the mid-post area against a mismatch.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) October 25, 2022

Here we go…

12-2 #Celtics run to force a #Bulls timeout!

— Abby Chin (@tvabby) October 25, 2022

#Celtics are making an emphasis in getting rebounds and are on a 17-4 run of their own back to late first half. #Bulls

— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) October 25, 2022

Smart drilling Marc Davis in the head TWICE on one play was some welcomed comedy relief.

— Mike Dynon ☘️🏀 (@MikeDynon) October 25, 2022

Weak! https://t.co/MJIQ4smLSL

— Abby Chin (@tvabby) October 25, 2022

Mazzulla ejected 😳

— 𝕂𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕚 𝔸. 𝕃𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕤 (@KwaniALunis) October 25, 2022

Damon Stoudamire steps into the #Celtics huddle in Joe Mazzulla's absence.

— Abby Chin (@tvabby) October 25, 2022

Fourth quarter

Celtics will eventually trade for a big from one of the bad teams. Personally I'm targeting either Joel Embiid or Anthony Davis.

— Ryan Bernardoni (@dangercart) October 25, 2022

Andre Drummond just airballed a dunk. My goodness. #Celtics #Bulls

— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) October 25, 2022

Looks like Grant Williams was ejected for running into the official, though it looked like he was just trying to get up quickly and run away to blow off steam rather than deliberately run into the official.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) October 25, 2022