this board is really annoying. might be time to stay away during the post-season.
on monday, we are sweeping the cavs! we are amazing!
last night its we are lucky to win the series we are done. all in a 48 hour span
is there no in-between or critical thinking allowed?
I think most are just sick and tired of the losses at home in game 2s in the playoffs vs teams they should probably beat. It isn't a blip it is a habit. This core group has an under .500 record at home in the playoffs. They have lost almost every game 1 or game 2 for the last several years.
I felt Cleveland would win a game in Cleveland anyway...now that looms large.
Should the Celtics win the series still? Absolutely. But it is going to be a real slog to get it done. Probably a 6 or 7 game series, when it really should not have been.
Exactly, TP
And here's a link to C's playoff history. It is absurd how bad we've been at home the last 3 years.
Go before the bubble and we have series where we win every home game and lose every road game. That was with a younger, less talented team. What is so alarming is that, to put up these gaudy regular season records, and to win so many tough playoff road games we by definition MUST be pretty good.
But we self-sabotage. It's enough to get past most teams but eventually we'll run into someone talented who is not conflicted about wanting to win and they'll take advantage of our lack of killer instinct.
Self-sabotage is difficult to watch in real life. And, in a way, it's even harder to watch in sports, which are meant to be a reprieve from real life.
https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Boston-Celtics/2/Playoff-History