Scal comes across as very disappointed in how the team has been playing particularly game 1 vs Pacers.
On the one hand, I share in the lack of confidence this team instills.
On the other, I can remember other moments in Celtic playoff history where "great" Celtic teams got lucky moments. And did some dumb things along the way.
In 1981 playoffs, Celtics barely won game 1 against a very over matched Houston Rockets team; this was the game in which Bird made probably his most famous shot, off a miss, where he shot behind the backboard for game winner. (I was sitting near the endline in BG where it happened!). In game 2, also in the Garden, Boston actually lost to the Rockets, by a fair amount if I recall. Funny, but no one seemed that concerned. We had must come back from being down 3-1 to the Sixers, our biggest competitors then. So fans just seemed to assume we would figure things out and beat an over matched Rockets team. We would go on to win the series in 6 games.
And can't forget how the 1984 finals started. The Celtics got whipped by the Lakers in game 1, in the Garden, and were about to lose game 2, but for a terrible pass (by Worthy? Magic?) that Gerald Henderson intercepted to snatch the victory. Not at all unlike what happened just the other night in game vs. the Pacers.
Of course there was "stolen by Bird" in the '87 playoffs vs the Pistons, which was preceded by a shot attempt by Bird that was quite weak, and blocked. Of course that possession is obscured by what happened next.
And can't forget the '65 Havlicek stole the ball game, which only came about after Bill Russell threw a bad in bounds pass that hit the guide wire.
Just trying to put this all in perspective I guess. This team has had some great moments, but a lot of them were preceded by bad plays from some of our best all time players, and also required the opponent to do something human.
This is written from memory, so if I've erred on some of the dates or games, sorry!!
I am rooting hard for Tatum and Brown to lead the way to great games the rest of the way!!!
Go Celtics!!