Brutal Reality Check: This Team Won't Win Championship this Season

[mobilija]

If you want my eternal hope you are going to have to pry it from my cold dead hands. Celtics win in 6 in the Finals. Go Celtics!!!😎

How many TPS can I give you!!!!!!???!!!!!

[pearljammer10]

I'm sorry you feel that way.

[tenn_smoothie]

TP for those of you who remember DJ and Gus Williams winning that series

Bret Musburger calling that series, "Trick 'em, Trickster" referring to Gus Williams.

[celticsclay]

Locked?

[CF033]

Does anyone actually think that this Celts team has any chance? I think I'd call not winning the championship a given rather than a brutal reality. I'd be shocked if we made it to the Finals let alone win it.

[Celtics4ever]

So if we win tonight we get to 50 most likely

Refs were betting against us and gave Philly 40+ FTAs

[TheSundanceKid]

I mean preseason hype is just that... You can only judge a team on what they produce in season.

This team has proved how good that can be, but can they do it consistently and at the right time? Big question marks. However there is no reason to believe we can't make it to the finals. Toronto is still the only team to fear for me. I believe Kyrie is a massive difference maker against Milwaukee, I don't fear them.

And although GSW are the favourites in the west, with Denver rolling and Houston looking good it's not a certainty.

I'll be glad to put the regular season behind us and refocus minds on the imminent goals..

[PhoSita]

The free throw disparity isn't on the refs. The Celts are a really, really bad team at generating free throws. It is an enormous flaw of this team.

[blink]

The free throw disparity isn't on the refs. The Celts are a really, really bad team at generating free throws. It is an enormous flaw of this team.

That is why posting up Smart and Brown, and getting more movement to the rim is something we don't do enough of literally every game.

[Briantir]

everyone knew when Toronto got Kawhi and Green it was game over for the East those two players have dominated the West playoffs for years they come to a Lebronless East its game over I mean come on guys...

[Somebody]

OP got it wrong-we won't win a championship with this level of coaching.

[Celtics4ever]

The free throw disparity isn't on the refs. The Celts are a really, really bad team at generating free throws. It is an enormous flaw of this team.

We tend to have this flaw year after year, so forgive me if don't buy into this narrative.

Remember this same kind of game


https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201006170LAL.html

The number are very similar   17 to 40 and tonight 16 for 43.

Was it the only factor, nope but discrepancies that large beg some looking into by the league and it is not just because we don't drive.   Tatum drives all the time and gets no calls ditto for Brown.

[Csfan1984]

Reality check for the whole league was the Cousins signing. Warriors win if healthy plain and simple.

As for C's they have no idea on what they want to do game to game. In a series things should be different. Raptors only real threat.

[Atzar]

The free throw disparity isn't on the refs. The Celts are a really, really bad team at generating free throws. It is an enormous flaw of this team.

And not only that, we hacked the hell out of Embiid!  I don’t know why people are dodging that fact.  He ate our lunch tonight.  If you foul a guy nonstop, you can’t be p---ed at the refs for doing their jobs.

They missed some calls tonight, but they got a lot more right than this site wants to admit.

[Moranis]

Top end talent wins in the playoffs and the Celtics have lacked top end talent since the Big 3 got old.  It really is that simple