Celtics (50-31) at Grizzlies (56-25) Game #82 4/10/22

[Roy H.]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

I understand the difference in difficulty, there’s no debate that a Bulls series could’ve been easier.

But if a Championship trajectory is thrown off course by a first round matchup with Brooklyn, so be it. We weren’t Championship contenders in the first place, just matchup dependent pretenders.

I see it from a poetic justice perspective, where we eliminate the last 3 teams that have eliminated us. We’ll see how difficult they are when KD and Kyrie have had to go isolation for the majority of their possessions to generate any efficient offense against the best defense in the league while giving up 120 on the other end. I have the C’s in 5 and possibly 6 out of respect to the future Hall of Famers.

   Unless Simmons comes back. Then it’s gonna be a lot less iso. Hope he takes his time.

If the Nets had peak Simmons, I'd be a bit more worried.

But, he hasn't played in a year, has back problems, and hasn't shown the ability to deal with playoff pressure.    Hopefully he's a non-factor, or a net negative.

[Goldstar88]

Great win by C’s tonight! Love seeing this team demolish inferior teams and go deep into the bench.

There’s a redemption storyline in place with the Celtics in these playoffs. Just like Milwaukee had to defeat the team that embarrassed them the prior playoffs, it’ll be a momentum setter on the way to title.

To paraphrase what SVG said, if you’re in fear of the opposing team in the first round, then you’re not a Championship team.

I hope we play Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Miami on our way to the Finals. This team is prepared to win against all of them on their way to the Championship.

In a vacuum that might seem fine, but consider we'd have likely cut through Chicago like a hot knife through butter. Less games, less opportunity for guys to get hurt. IMO, Brooklyn (or if we'd lost, Toronto) will be a more physical series that will probably go longer than the 4 or 5 games in which we'd have wiped the bulls out.

Yep, Bucks going to sweep the Bulls and they will be waiting.. well rested. But, hey…HCA.

think a longer series has some benefits for us as well.

What are the benefits of a long, grueling series?

I personally would have rathered the 4 seed for multiple reasons including some personal/biased (cause i still believe we would have advanced), but would the rest of you prefered the 4 seed even if/since JB isn't able to play?

Yes. The two seed is the worst in terms of difficulty. Most likely.. Nets, Bucks, then Heat. That’s a brutal draw.

Celts in 6, 5 and 4.

And 6.

So after the likely Nets series, it will get easier? I’ll have what you’re having…