Cleveland Cavaliers vs Brooklyn Nets Play-in Game Thread

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Cool, after the season we have had we get to play KD in the first round.
Prepare for a first round loss

I’m not sure how you can come to this conclusion after watching this game. They literally needed an insane adopting night from Irving to beat these sad Cavs team.

The cavs were a decent team all year that regressed towards the end.
Kyrie can play like that every night
Ben Simmons coming back
Seth curry did nothing tonight
They have the best player in the series
No rob williams

But yeah be overconfident

There’s a better chance of Timelord coming back for this series than Simmons playing a single minute.

+1

[hpantazo]

Pretty pathetic performance by the Nets. We might sweep them.

[gouki88]

Cool, after the season we have had we get to play KD in the first round.
Prepare for a first round loss

Stop being so dramatic. We'll smoke them.

Highly doubt it, gonna be a drawn out series and KD will have to get injured for us to “smoke” them
I get we had a really good second half of the season but don’t get that level of overconfidence

Why? Just give me reasons. Brooklyn is currently struggling to beat Cleveland without their best big man. They need Kyrie and KD to both play 40 minutes every game to beat the straggler teams of the East. Brooklyn is a mediocre team.

What evidence do you have that the series is going to be drawn out? We've dominated them in 2022.

Hopefully you’re right but I have my doubts
I see us sweeping Toronto or bulls
Don’t like the nets matchup, easily see kd being impossible to stop and the Celtics choking

I’ve spent almost 50 years as a Boston sports fan, so I respect your fear of choking. But this Celtics team just doesn’t seem like the type of team that chokes.

Except for the cores history in the playoffs and the fact they have been awful in close games all year?

Good thing these won't be close games then, since our average margin of victory over Brooklyn in 2022 has been 21 points

[Yuckabuck33]

Lol, Nets fans calling for Boston.
Be careful what you wish for!

Nets can beat anyone in the nba in a series because they have Kevin Durant, im sure they’re perfectly fine not facing giannis

Celtics can (and have) beat everyone in the NBA. Tatum scored 50 while holding Durant to less in their last game. Do you think anyone on the Cavs was playing Durant as well as Tatum was? You think Kyrie will shoot %100 against Marcus Smart? Keep dreaming.

[nickagneta]

Pretty awesome participation for a non-Celtics game thread.

TPs to everyone!

[tenn_smoothie]

Irving just talked post-game on court interview that he fasted all day for Ramadan ?? No food or water.
But all his brothers and sisters are walking beside him along with God, on and on.
Then told the interviewer that God was with him as well. How thoughtful of Kyrie.

Since when is he now a muslim ? Thought he adhered to his Indian tribe spiritual traditions with the incense and all.

What a self-important wack-job.

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Cool, after the season we have had we get to play KD in the first round.
Prepare for a first round loss

Stop being so dramatic. We'll smoke them.

Highly doubt it, gonna be a drawn out series and KD will have to get injured for us to “smoke” them
I get we had a really good second half of the season but don’t get that level of overconfidence

Why? Just give me reasons. Brooklyn is currently struggling to beat Cleveland without their best big man. They need Kyrie and KD to both play 40 minutes every game to beat the straggler teams of the East. Brooklyn is a mediocre team.

What evidence do you have that the series is going to be drawn out? We've dominated them in 2022.

Hopefully you’re right but I have my doubts
I see us sweeping Toronto or bulls
Don’t like the nets matchup, easily see kd being impossible to stop and the Celtics choking

I’ve spent almost 50 years as a Boston sports fan, so I respect your fear of choking. But this Celtics team just doesn’t seem like the type of team that chokes.

Except for the cores history in the playoffs and the fact they have been awful in close games all year?

well we haven't had many close games since Jan because we have been blowing out almost everyone we play.
KD and Kyrie are going to hit shots, but if our def squeezes them a bit, and doesn't let the other random guy go off, we are going to put SOOOO much more pressure on them than Clev did in this game.

Clev had so many chances to win this game.  I came away literally NOT impressed with the Nets.  They were gassed.  All their decent players are going to be playing 42 min + every game.

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Pretty awesome participation for a non-Celtics game thread.

TPs to everyone!

right back at you!  Sunday is going to be intense.

[scaryjerry]

Cool, after the season we have had we get to play KD in the first round.
Prepare for a first round loss

Stop being so dramatic. We'll smoke them.

Highly doubt it, gonna be a drawn out series and KD will have to get injured for us to “smoke” them
I get we had a really good second half of the season but don’t get that level of overconfidence

Why? Just give me reasons. Brooklyn is currently struggling to beat Cleveland without their best big man. They need Kyrie and KD to both play 40 minutes every game to beat the straggler teams of the East. Brooklyn is a mediocre team.

What evidence do you have that the series is going to be drawn out? We've dominated them in 2022.

Hopefully you’re right but I have my doubts
I see us sweeping Toronto or bulls
Don’t like the nets matchup, easily see kd being impossible to stop and the Celtics choking

I’ve spent almost 50 years as a Boston sports fan, so I respect your fear of choking. But this Celtics team just doesn’t seem like the type of team that chokes.

Except for the cores history in the playoffs and the fact they have been awful in close games all year?

Good thing these won't be close games then, since our average margin of victory over Brooklyn in 2022 has been 21 points

Lol. It’s the playoffs now.

Unfortunately Nets in 6

[Phantom255x]

I was doing hospital volunteering so was just checking the score from time to time but dang, Cavs only lost by 7?

Last I checked the Nets were up 20 and Kyrie was going off lol

[colincb]

Kenny and Chuck picking Cs, Shaq BKN.

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Irving just talked post-game on court interview that he fasted all day for Ramadan ?? No food or water.
But all his brothers and sisters are walking beside him along with God, on and on.
Then told the interviewer that God was with him as well. How thoughtful of Kyrie.

Since when is he now a muslim ? Thought he adhered to his Indian tribe spiritual traditions with the incense and all.

What a self-important wack-job.

Man Kyrie is fun to hate.  He is such a knob.
I wish I was going to the game on Sunday.

[gouki88]

Cool, after the season we have had we get to play KD in the first round.
Prepare for a first round loss

Stop being so dramatic. We'll smoke them.

Highly doubt it, gonna be a drawn out series and KD will have to get injured for us to “smoke” them
I get we had a really good second half of the season but don’t get that level of overconfidence

Why? Just give me reasons. Brooklyn is currently struggling to beat Cleveland without their best big man. They need Kyrie and KD to both play 40 minutes every game to beat the straggler teams of the East. Brooklyn is a mediocre team.

What evidence do you have that the series is going to be drawn out? We've dominated them in 2022.

Hopefully you’re right but I have my doubts
I see us sweeping Toronto or bulls
Don’t like the nets matchup, easily see kd being impossible to stop and the Celtics choking

I’ve spent almost 50 years as a Boston sports fan, so I respect your fear of choking. But this Celtics team just doesn’t seem like the type of team that chokes.

Except for the cores history in the playoffs and the fact they have been awful in close games all year?

Good thing these won't be close games then, since our average margin of victory over Brooklyn in 2022 has been 21 points

Lol. It’s the playoffs now.

Unfortunately Nets in 6

I just don't get it. Do you not have any excitement for this team? This kind of pessimism in the face of a positive reality baffles me. Carry on doing whatever you want, but I just do not understand.

[jpotter33]

Cool, after the season we have had we get to play KD in the first round.
Prepare for a first round loss

Stop being so dramatic. We'll smoke them.

Highly doubt it, gonna be a drawn out series and KD will have to get injured for us to “smoke” them
I get we had a really good second half of the season but don’t get that level of overconfidence

Why? Just give me reasons. Brooklyn is currently struggling to beat Cleveland without their best big man. They need Kyrie and KD to both play 40 minutes every game to beat the straggler teams of the East. Brooklyn is a mediocre team.

What evidence do you have that the series is going to be drawn out? We've dominated them in 2022.

Hopefully you’re right but I have my doubts
I see us sweeping Toronto or bulls
Don’t like the nets matchup, easily see kd being impossible to stop and the Celtics choking

I’ve spent almost 50 years as a Boston sports fan, so I respect your fear of choking. But this Celtics team just doesn’t seem like the type of team that chokes.

Except for the cores history in the playoffs and the fact they have been awful in close games all year?

If the “core’s history in the playoffs” that you’re referring to is two conference finals appearances led by our two (at that time) rookie contract stars, then I don’t think that quote means anywhere what you think it means. If Kyrie and Hayward don’t get injured in the 2018 and 2020 playoffs, respectively, I think we win both of those championships, certainly 2020 with Hayward.

[scaryjerry]

Nets in 6

Unless tatum pushes it to a next level of super stardom.
Possible.