Man. People are so flippin angry about the Celtics. I’ve never seen such general joylessness over a playoff run. It’s seriously bumming me out. Not just here. Everywhere. And by Celtics “fans”.
More like boring. Beat two completely useless opponents. It’s not that impressive. Those teams had no chance, neither do the Knicks. If they were out west it would be totally different.
That is where I am. I am not that engaged in this playoff run because the opponents have been such low quality. This playoff run has lacked any excitement. There has been no jeopardy. No risk. Everything is easy. And the next round will be the same.
It won't be until the Finals that we meet a real opponent. And that won't even feel like a playoff run. More like a single series.
It is not even that the team has been that great. It is more the opponents have sucked so badly. It = I mean, the cakewalk. It = The difference between the two sides.
It is not like they are putting on some masterclass. Some dominant beatdown. They are cruising along in 2nd gear with no need to even go into 3rd.
I guess this year's run is less stressful than the last two year so maybe that's the upside.
ECSF and ECF were Game 7 trillers in 2022. ECSF was another thriller in 2023. The ECF was not how I expected the C's to come out against the Heat, down 0-3 and all.
But all in all, they should at least get an opponent in the East that will play smashmouth basketball with them.
I think they are likely to crush either the Pacer or the Knicks with just shear talent, even if Kp were to miss most or all the series.
Like the Knicks may very well start a lineup with 4 guys 6'4 or below. And the c's would have, by far the best defensive personnel for Brunson. If that team were healthy it would be an interesting series, but they aren't.
I don't think we will be crushing anyone on a per game basis, except maybe one game where we shoot 50% from 3. With the volume we shoot we could win such a game by 30 points. But I think all the other games will be tightly contested, but we should win each one, similar to how the Cavs series went. We will probably lose a game, again I'm guessing Game 2, because that's usually the first adjustment that the other team makes, and if that adjustment coincides with us shooting poorly from 3 it's usually a recipe for a loss. These games aren't easy to win no matter how easy they sometimes make it look. Imagine going to work and having to be at your absolute best every day, every meeting, no mistakes...that's what we expect of them. So when they fall short the sky is falling in.
I'm expecting a 4-1 scoreline, or at worst a 4-2 but I doubt there will be easy games, those of us in the game threads will find plenty to yell about and criticize them for
I think we were all very uncomfortable through this Cavs series, even though we did win 4-1, which is more than the other teams in the 2nd round have done, because the expectation we all have of this team is that they will blow everyone out of the gym by 30 each time, which just isn't realistic.
As someone in the game thread earlier this week said "if we play to our best we should thrash everyone" well it's hard for each person to play at their best at the same time, to play a perfect game, and at the same time the other team is trying to stop us doing so...but we just need to win more moments in the game than the other team and I think we can definitely do that
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