Celtics (2-1) at Cavaliers (1-2) Eastern Conference Semifinals Game #4 5/13/24

[Goldstar88]

Jrue had another solid game. 16pts, 5ast, 7rebs, 3stls. They really needed that tonight

[bello_man09]

This was not a convincing win.

Ugly, Ugly win. but hey its a win.

[Neurotic Guy]

Kudos to Jrue - another really good game.  Jaylen efficient again - and hit FTs.  JT with a good line.  Just frustrating it was this close.

Nice to take the win on a DW off night.

[letsgoblue86]

Celtics got a much better whistle than the Cavs tonight.

I’d be p---ed if I was a Cleveland fan. But thats the way it goes sometimes.

[hpantazo]

Holliday is having himself a series! If we get Porzingis back healthy and White returns to form we will be tough to beat even in the finals.

[Who]

there is just ZERO movement away from the ball bu the C’s right now.   Move!!!!

There rarely is. I HATE watching this team play offense, especially the J's. I am afraid this one-dimensional scheme will not be good enough in the finals if we get there.

Only 15 assists on 38 baskets.

14 turnovers. Almost a 1:1 AST:TOV ratio.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Game 5 is going to be a bloodbath for the cavs

Time for 9 to rediscover his magic

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

we not losing at home after pulling this off.

nope. we only lose game 2's at home this year

C's in 5 once again.  two rounds staight

we will be rested well for ECF

WE WANTKP!

WE WANT KP!

[hpantazo]

On another positive note, great to see Brown getting out of his 50% free throw shooting funk.

[jambr380]

Never been an easier path to the finals that I’ve ever witnessed. If they do happen to make it the competition leap is gonna be a smack in the face

Hopefully if they do make it, whoever they play is totally beat up and the Cs are well-rested. GSW benefitted from a fairly easy run in 2022, while we had to run the gauntlet. It finally caught up to us in the end.

[Phantom255x]

Jrue and Tatum have really stepped up in the last two games. Jaylen has also been great.

Now if White and Horford could step up a little, that'd be great. It's painful seeing Horford just missing wide open 3s but surely he'll start to hit some right?

[jpotter33]

Good win!

While it was far from a perfect game, I think we underestimate the effects that a star player being out does to its opponent, as well as their own team. These are professional basketball players, and they have quite a few shooters on the Cavs who can get hot. They were clearly playing with urgency knowing that if they lose the series is over, and they shot over their head.

It's a good win regardless, especially since it was our first clutch game and we did enough to win.

But, man oh man, we need KP back something fierce. Joe clearly can't make the decisions around Al and the other bigs for whatever reason, so hopefully we can get KP back for the start of the next series.

[blink]

Kudos to JB after missing those first two FTs, coming back and going 7 for 7 after that.  Those were big free throws in a close game.
Also, Tatum was 9 for 9 as well.   DWhite with 2 FTs down the stretch too.

[Phantom255x]

Down to single digits. In terms of wins to go. 7 down, 9 to go 

[tenn_smoothie]

If you want this team to win a title, man tonight was rough to watch. Every team in the West wins this game by like 20.

100% nailed it.

[SparzWizard]

Was it a pretty win? Absolutely not. But I don't care, just get the wins and figure it out later. I'll say this, despite some bad Game 2 losses each series, they've bounced back with two great road wins each series. A sign they are more dialed in than previous years. Now take care of business Game 5.

Last year's team would definitely lose Game 4 and possibly Game 5 at home.

Let's see how well they do at home in Game 5 this year against these Cavs.