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Re: Battle for the #2 seed
« Reply #45 on: April 11, 2009, 12:04:49 PM »

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rather play the bulls than anyone but i dont think the pistons would give the C's with KG and powe much

Re: Battle for the #2 seed
« Reply #46 on: April 11, 2009, 12:07:22 PM »

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Well it could go either way now easily enough. The standings at the bottom are so close. I'm fine with playing either Detroit/Chicago. We'll handle both of them easily enough. I don't see the potential for either teams to do to us what Atlanta did last year.

Re: Battle for the #2 seed
« Reply #47 on: April 11, 2009, 12:14:54 PM »

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still dont even want the 2 seed, especially if that means opening up with detroit, Id much rather see orlando have to play them...

Also, Homecourt would just put more pressure on Orlando, and nearly no pressure on us...now we will have plenty of pressure. Orlando isnt a dominant home team, they actually play better on the road. We're gonna need to win on the road to repeat, why not start in orlando?
2 seed still useless imo
and who are we kidding? are we really going to beat cleveland on their homecourt in the playoffs anyways?

That being said, I AM extremly proud of the celtics and how they've continued to win and show heart throughout all the adversity and injuries this season
You don't want the number two seed? That is silly. Why not have every advantage that is possible. If we meet Orlando in the second round there will be tons of pressure on both teams regardless of the seed!

As for being able to beat Cleveland. I find your lack of faith, disturbing. If Orlando can beat them in Cleveland, so can we. For all the talk about the home team winning all the time people forget Ray Allen missed two free throws that would have won the game in Cleveland last year. We can do it.


I didnt think we needed homecourt when it looked like we were on the brink of getting the 3 seed, and Im just standing by that, we can beat them no matter what, and since we're gonna have to win a series in cleveland and/or LA, why not just start in orlando?

As far as confidence about winning in cleveland....why should I be? the celtics couldnt win there last season, and the cavs are literally twice as good now, and have only lost 1 GAME THERE ALL SEASON, and that was because the lakers were coming off such a high from winning in boston, they wouldve beaten anybody. its gonna be tough.

tommorows game might just be the most useless game ever  by the way...I think it would be an epic fail if we won tommorows game...we want cleveland thinking we cant win there, and really suprise them in game 1 of the ECF (if we meet)..

I agree that h/c is not a necessity to beat the magic, I will say that having the 2 seed should help us close out the series faster and hopefully give added rest to kg and the rest of the injured masses we have.

As for Cleveland, we can beat them if we play our style of D. The funny thing is I dont fear them as much as I fear the zebras making it almost impossible for us to win. If we lose and officiating has much to do with it, I fear that this site is going to melt down. Brick has been hammering this for sometime now and I believe he his correct that we will hav eto play near flawless to overcome the bs. We may be dinged up, but our guys should be feeling good enough to win a game at the q. we only need to get one, they wont beat us at the garden.
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Re: Battle for the #2 seed
« Reply #48 on: April 11, 2009, 12:34:56 PM »

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rather play the bulls than anyone but i dont think the pistons would give the C's with KG and powe much

I'd rather play the Pistons than the Bulls, for the same reason that Donny Marshall articulated the other night.....being scared of young, energetic nothing to lose-type teams.  Let's not forget Chicago added Brad Miller and John Salmons quite recently.  What would Chicago's record have been this year if Heinrich had been healthy all year, and they'd had Salmons and Miller from the get go?  Ty Thomas brings the energy that could spark them at home, DRose, etc....yuck, give me the washed-up Pistons...

Re: Battle for the #2 seed
« Reply #49 on: April 11, 2009, 12:53:56 PM »

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still dont even want the 2 seed, especially if that means opening up with detroit, Id much rather see orlando have to play them...

Also, Homecourt would just put more pressure on Orlando, and nearly no pressure on us...now we will have plenty of pressure. Orlando isnt a dominant home team, they actually play better on the road. We're gonna need to win on the road to repeat, why not start in orlando?
2 seed still useless imo
and who are we kidding? are we really going to beat cleveland on their homecourt in the playoffs anyways?

That being said, I AM extremly proud of the celtics and how they've continued to win and show heart throughout all the adversity and injuries this season
You don't want the number two seed? That is silly. Why not have every advantage that is possible. If we meet Orlando in the second round there will be tons of pressure on both teams regardless of the seed!

As for being able to beat Cleveland. I find your lack of faith, disturbing. If Orlando can beat them in Cleveland, so can we. For all the talk about the home team winning all the time people forget Ray Allen missed two free throws that would have won the game in Cleveland last year. We can do it.


I didnt think we needed homecourt when it looked like we were on the brink of getting the 3 seed, and Im just standing by that, we can beat them no matter what, and since we're gonna have to win a series in cleveland and/or LA, why not just start in orlando?

As far as confidence about winning in cleveland....why should I be? the celtics couldnt win there last season, and the cavs are literally twice as good now, and have only lost 1 GAME THERE ALL SEASON, and that was because the lakers were coming off such a high from winning in boston, they wouldve beaten anybody. its gonna be tough.

tommorows game might just be the most useless game ever  by the way...I think it would be an epic fail if we won tommorows game...we want cleveland thinking we cant win there, and really suprise them in game 1 of the ECF (if we meet)..

but we'll be playing without KG. If we win tomorrow, it might be a bigger blow to their confidence, having lost on their precious home court, without our best player.

Re: Battle for the #2 seed
« Reply #50 on: April 11, 2009, 01:50:44 PM »

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still dont even want the 2 seed, especially if that means opening up with detroit, Id much rather see orlando have to play them...

Also, Homecourt would just put more pressure on Orlando, and nearly no pressure on us...now we will have plenty of pressure. Orlando isnt a dominant home team, they actually play better on the road. We're gonna need to win on the road to repeat, why not start in orlando?
2 seed still useless imo
and who are we kidding? are we really going to beat cleveland on their homecourt in the playoffs anyways?

That being said, I AM extremly proud of the celtics and how they've continued to win and show heart throughout all the adversity and injuries this season
You don't want the number two seed? That is silly. Why not have every advantage that is possible. If we meet Orlando in the second round there will be tons of pressure on both teams regardless of the seed!

As for being able to beat Cleveland. I find your lack of faith, disturbing. If Orlando can beat them in Cleveland, so can we. For all the talk about the home team winning all the time people forget Ray Allen missed two free throws that would have won the game in Cleveland last year. We can do it.


I didnt think we needed homecourt when it looked like we were on the brink of getting the 3 seed, and Im just standing by that, we can beat them no matter what, and since we're gonna have to win a series in cleveland and/or LA, why not just start in orlando?

As far as confidence about winning in cleveland....why should I be? the celtics couldnt win there last season, and the cavs are literally twice as good now, and have only lost 1 GAME THERE ALL SEASON, and that was because the lakers were coming off such a high from winning in boston, they wouldve beaten anybody. its gonna be tough.

tommorows game might just be the most useless game ever  by the way...I think it would be an epic fail if we won tommorows game...we want cleveland thinking we cant win there, and really suprise them in game 1 of the ECF (if we meet)..

but we'll be playing without KG. If we win tomorrow, it might be a bigger blow to their confidence, having lost on their precious home court, without our best player.

Is KG really our clear-cut best player? I dont think so, but even if he is, hes having the worst year out of the big 3. Pau Gasol has played better then KG this season, and this celtics team had remained one of the best in the league without him. and not just that, but why do people assume he'll be healthy in the playoffs?

As far as tommorows game, obviously it would be a plus to not let them break the celtics all-time regular season home record, but ultimately it would be much sweeter to beat them there in the playoffs and break there streak then...remember that celtics team didnt lost at home in the playoffs either, so if the cavs go 40-1 at home, and then lose in the playoffs - who cares.
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Re: Battle for the #2 seed
« Reply #51 on: April 16, 2009, 07:06:57 PM »

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Re: Battle for the #2 seed
« Reply #52 on: May 02, 2009, 11:58:46 PM »

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Boy was winning this huge! I didn't think I would be that dang nervous either.

Re: Battle for the #2 seed
« Reply #53 on: May 03, 2009, 12:31:19 AM »

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rather play the bulls than anyone ...

I guessing looking back, you're probably thinking right now "What the HELL was I thinking"!!! ;) ;D

Gotta say though, as much as I wish we could have gotten Ray and Pierce more rest down the stretch of the season, maybe with this team being as beat up and hurt as it is, winning those extra games by playing Ray and Paul those extra minutes was smart because we may need all 7 games and all 4 home games to get by Orlando.