so if the playoffs begin today we'll face ny,mia,chi,lal

[stylo617617]

1st round NY
2nd round MIA
east finals CHI
Finals LAL (or thunder in my opinion)

i guess the celtics dosent like doing things the easy way (the 1st seed would play indiana,orl,chi or mia,then lal

BRING IT !

i still wish we can get the 1 seed but hey we technically match up better with that bracket n our confrence & still match up even with LA with shaq,kg,baby,j.o as our bigs & our bench is better than la anyway so who knows maybe its a method to our madness


p.s. dont count out the thunder in the west i feel the nba is going to see something special from KD this year (jordan like)

[Who]

That is a tough draw. 3 of the top 5 teams in the league.

And NY are pretty good for a low playoff seed team although D'Antoni did a woeful job in the last meeting between the two teams so maybe they are not as good as I am thinking ... and are just an ordinary low seed playoff team.

[zerophase]

I do think that playing the harder teams will make the Celtics better if and when hey reach the Finals. The only thing I don't like is having to win at Chicago.

[Marcus13]

That'd be one of the most difficult championship runs ever.  I honestly mean that - each round is a potential loss, very difficult teams

[stylo617617]

look at last year another difficult run

mia-a game with dwade is draining defensivly i'd assume
cle-speaks for itself
orlando-they were running thru teams like butter in the playoffs
lal-game 7

but this year were much deeper the only player off the bench who gave us a good punch last year was BBD & at times tony allen

this year were a 9 player rotation (west,bbd,green& j,o)

even thought the depth will help us the run were facing is crazyy hard

but i look at it like this if we were to win it'll be even sweeter

all in all i want the 1 seed

[LarBrd33]

not good

[Roy H.]

So long as our playoff run actually looks like that, I'm sure we'll all be happy.  Also, if we make the Finals, I don't think we're losing; it's finding enough chemistry, cohesion, and defense to make it there in the first place that concerns me.

[Kane3387]

Am I the only one who feels that Indiana can legitimately catch NYK for the 7th seed? Look at their schedules...

Both play Boston and both will likely lose that game. They play each other and if Indian wins they definitely have tie breaker. Both play Orlando but for the Pacers its the last game of the year and Orlando will likely have nothing to play for then (theyre the fourth seed). I think the Pacers can catch the Knicks.

Pacers have the easier schedule. NYK plays a lot of teams fighting for the 8th seed and Cleveland has owned them this season...

Also Memphis plays the Bulls tomorrow. Interested to see what the outcome will be in that one.