This is kind of a random and more broader question, but outside of the final two series of 2024, how is it that the Celtics are just so bad at home???
Idk the record but it can't be good in the past decade. 1-3 this round, 1-2 last year in the Knicks series. Some bad ones in crucial moments like 2018 and 2023 ECF Game 7 + 2022 Finals Game 6. Even went like 1-3 in the 2023 ECF series to Miami in a series they lost in 7.
You see teams and fanbases clamoring for higher seeding for HCA and to make an impact in the postseason, yet TD Garden is just cursed. And the fans here are passionate, but it doesn't translate to the product. Seriously, 1-3 this round, and they lost Game 2 by double digits without Embiid too. Embarassing. Also even 2024, lose Game 2s in the first two rounds to MIA + CLE. Crazy.
And they BARELY beat the pacers at home in 2024.
Lost 3 straight home games in this series...there was time when nobody won in Boston in the playoffs multiple games
I miss the days of watching the Celtics with Avery Bradley, Keeyong Dooling and Marquis Daniels.
That team was outmatched on talent every single night they stepped on the floor, but every single night they played hard and played to win. This team looked like that for large stetches of the regular season only to throw it all down the toilet when it mattered most.
Image a Celtics team that plays so poorly in key playoff moments that they made Joe Embiid and the Sixers look clutch by comparison. I'm having a very difficult time dealing with that.
It seems very weird to mention this team without noting that the squad in question (2011-2012) still had Pierce, Ray, and - most importantly for this distinction - KG.
The 'Rondo, Bradley, and
some assorted other guys coached by Brad Stevens' season was two seasons after that - and it didn't have Dooling or Daniels.
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