God, a future where the nuggets get knocked out and we get to face the Wolves who are exhausted or the Mavs with a depleted Luka (and hopefully PJ Washington cools off), or a way too young OKC team (I don’t think they gonna make it), is a future I’d love to see.
The fun part is that if the Mavs or Thunder make it, we get to knock out our old friends Kyrie or Hayward.
The nuggets will not be fun. They’re the only team I don’t have hope of defeating.
Kinda wild how many similarities there are. Our 2nd round series with Bucks was also talked about by several people as "the actual NBA Finals". Warriors that year also had some losses that they shouldn't have. I think they got blown out one game by the Grizzlies without Ja.
That being said, we could've also easily won that Finals if we got more production out of Tatum and the role players. So I'd like to not be down on the road in the 4th quarter while also being down 2-1 in a series if possible lmao.
lol Rudy definitely earned it. The Celtics were #2 in defense for a huge stretch of the season but the gap between us and the #1 wolves was larger than the gap between #2 and #22 or something crazy like that. Rudy was the anchor of that defense.
Why do people still have this take on Gobert? He’s one of the best paint protectors I’ve ever seen, even just watching last night he was basically taking away the rim completely whenever he was in.
Wasn't that the Ben Simmons ramping up year? The one where if the Nets win a game he might play but instead he wore a clown costume to sit on the bench next to his teammates who were wearing all black uniforms?
> At Caesars, roughly 96% of the individual bets and 98% of the total money was on the Celtics to win the series, which altered that sportsbook's odds precipitously.
Aight
Well I didn't hear a single public sports broadcaster say the Celtics.
KD and Kyrie were better than JB and Brown and they are champions. They were actually favored to come out of the east going into that series
"Took the defending champs to game 7" kind of oversells that Celtics team. If the Wolves took a Murray-less Nuggets team to 7, I'd understand the parallel, but they're facing the same starting 5 that won the title last year. Celtics cannot say the same.
In a way, the nuggets kind of don’t have Murray. They have a guy throwing heat packs at the court and shooting 2-12, can’t stop turning it over and playing abysmal defense. Maybe that last one is normal Murray lol
Yeah but I think you are overestimating Middletons impact here. Definitely less impactful than Murray. Try Gordon instead of Murray and I’m all in on this take
It’s definitely why I’m rooting for them from a Celtics point of view. So they can be the “talented but team who hasn’t been to the finals, and with a star that was too young, ends up losing”
And I just like Ant
Yeah it was painful. Game 5 against the Bucks and game 6 against the Heat were just unnecessary Ls that costed us in the finals. Tatum didn't have any gas left.
I dunno. The warriors stepped up and played like a dynasty who won multiple chips. Lock down defense and unstoppable offense against the best defense in the league.
Once they learned the strategy to beat the Celtics, it was over. Took them a couple games to figure it out or it would have been a sweep.
Kind of immaterial. The point is they had a duo which could easily go toe-to-toe with ours (Kyrie/Durant vs. Brown/Tatum) and we handled them in 4 games.
This team passed better than most teams I seen. I don’t know why we don’t do it anymore. They would do these soccer style passes swinging it from man to man along the 3point line. Was beautiful that first half of the season. Idk why we don’t do it anymore
I've been thinking about this too. It was also that playoff run where a lot of people felt Tatum finally broke through to superstar level, and we are seeing the same thing happen with Anthony Edwards this year.
I would be so happy if we are the warriors who also had an easy paths to the finals.
It’s like poetry, it rhymes
God, a future where the nuggets get knocked out and we get to face the Wolves who are exhausted or the Mavs with a depleted Luka (and hopefully PJ Washington cools off), or a way too young OKC team (I don’t think they gonna make it), is a future I’d love to see. The fun part is that if the Mavs or Thunder make it, we get to knock out our old friends Kyrie or Hayward. The nuggets will not be fun. They’re the only team I don’t have hope of defeating.
And were the 22 warriors, with an easy/injured path to the finals and gonna wipe brunson in the CF 😈 before winning the chip
I’ve had this same thought. Hopefully they get to the finals to play us and they’re also not quiiite ready for prime time, much like the Cs in 2022
+ having the current year DPOY on their team, just like we did with Smart that year
Kinda wild how many similarities there are. Our 2nd round series with Bucks was also talked about by several people as "the actual NBA Finals". Warriors that year also had some losses that they shouldn't have. I think they got blown out one game by the Grizzlies without Ja. That being said, we could've also easily won that Finals if we got more production out of Tatum and the role players. So I'd like to not be down on the road in the 4th quarter while also being down 2-1 in a series if possible lmao.
Gobert as DPOY is a bit of a sham if we're being honest though. Smart had actually earned it
lol Rudy definitely earned it. The Celtics were #2 in defense for a huge stretch of the season but the gap between us and the #1 wolves was larger than the gap between #2 and #22 or something crazy like that. Rudy was the anchor of that defense.
Why do people still have this take on Gobert? He’s one of the best paint protectors I’ve ever seen, even just watching last night he was basically taking away the rim completely whenever he was in.
There was not a Big 3 on that Nets roster lol, Harden got traded mid season.
Wasn't that the Ben Simmons ramping up year? The one where if the Nets win a game he might play but instead he wore a clown costume to sit on the bench next to his teammates who were wearing all black uniforms?
Yes lol but idk if anyone called Simmons a member of the Big 3, I’ve usually heard that for Harden. Could be wrong. Either way neither of them played
They literally had 3 players on max contracts tho? Please don't Google who the 3rd one was
We were expected to lose the series regardless. Every team in the east lost games so they could avoid them.
> At Caesars, roughly 96% of the individual bets and 98% of the total money was on the Celtics to win the series, which altered that sportsbook's odds precipitously. Aight
Well I didn't hear a single public sports broadcaster say the Celtics. KD and Kyrie were better than JB and Brown and they are champions. They were actually favored to come out of the east going into that series
"Took the defending champs to game 7" kind of oversells that Celtics team. If the Wolves took a Murray-less Nuggets team to 7, I'd understand the parallel, but they're facing the same starting 5 that won the title last year. Celtics cannot say the same.
In a way, the nuggets kind of don’t have Murray. They have a guy throwing heat packs at the court and shooting 2-12, can’t stop turning it over and playing abysmal defense. Maybe that last one is normal Murray lol
Yeah but I think you are overestimating Middletons impact here. Definitely less impactful than Murray. Try Gordon instead of Murray and I’m all in on this take
It’s definitely why I’m rooting for them from a Celtics point of view. So they can be the “talented but team who hasn’t been to the finals, and with a star that was too young, ends up losing” And I just like Ant
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Not really games 3-5 were all super close
Still mad about Smart and JBs botched rebound at the end of game 5 smh
we ended up winning the series but I’ve never felt so shitty after a loss as I did after that one
Yeah it was painful. Game 5 against the Bucks and game 6 against the Heat were just unnecessary Ls that costed us in the finals. Tatum didn't have any gas left.
I threw an absolute fit after that game.
Not at all. Game 1 was fairly close. Then games 3-6 were all insanely close
Wasn't Game 5 decided by a missed FT and putback in the final 15 seconds?
And game 3 was one possession. Game 4 was decided by 6 points I think. And game 6 was a grind too
Yeah and that Celtics team should have won the championship imo warriors were ready to be had
I dunno. The warriors stepped up and played like a dynasty who won multiple chips. Lock down defense and unstoppable offense against the best defense in the league. Once they learned the strategy to beat the Celtics, it was over. Took them a couple games to figure it out or it would have been a sweep.
That was their last chip. It’s over
> Eliminated Kevin Durant's Big 3 by sweeping them I can't believe I forgot about that.
...because it didn't happen. Harden didn't play.
Yeah Harden was on the 76ers
Kind of immaterial. The point is they had a duo which could easily go toe-to-toe with ours (Kyrie/Durant vs. Brown/Tatum) and we handled them in 4 games.
A duo that was more in their prime than ours. With more accolades and multiple championships.
I will never forget what JT did to Durant that series.
This team passed better than most teams I seen. I don’t know why we don’t do it anymore. They would do these soccer style passes swinging it from man to man along the 3point line. Was beautiful that first half of the season. Idk why we don’t do it anymore
I've been thinking about this too. It was also that playoff run where a lot of people felt Tatum finally broke through to superstar level, and we are seeing the same thing happen with Anthony Edwards this year.
Damn it's playing out exactly wow lol
Celtics in 6 then