Reminds me of the way they said we had no shot vs LAL
EXPERT PICKS
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2010/matchup/_/teams/celtics-cavaliers
Abbott
Cavs In 4
Adande
Cavs In 6
Broussard
Cavs In 6
Ford
Cavs In 7
Hollinger
Cavs In 5
Legler
Cavs In 7
Rose
Cavs In 6
Sheridan
Cavs In 5
Stein
Cavs In 6
Thorpe
Cavs In 6
Let's see, no one gives a chance. nice motivation if they needed any.
1 picks a sweep.
2 pick the full 7 games where we lose the final game.
2 pick a 5 game series meaning we can't hold serve on our home court.
5 pick a 6 game series meaning we lose an elimination game on our court.
They're all idiots.
You think picking the Cavs in 7 is an idiot prediction?
to be honest, I can understand Cavs in 7. they do have home court and Bron will get the love from the refs that he usually gets.
I think picking a sweep is unbelievably stupid.
5 games-- I can't see it considering the Bulls have less talent than the C's and got that far. It also assumes the C's have no chance on the road and cannot hold serve on their own court. I think that's unrealistic.
6 games is a stretch too I think. I can't see this group of C's going down for the count in the Garden. I think they'll move heaven and earth to get to a game 7.
I like how you guarantee yourself an out if they are proven correct by ahead of time saying Lebron will get calls.
You have decided that if we lose, it is due to the refs.
You think Clev can lose at home, but the Celtics can't? You do realize they were much better at home this season than we were, don't you?
You are free to your homer views, but you shouldn't be calling those with different views idiots.
Don't put words in my mouth. I didn't say they'd lose because of the refs. I stated "I can understand Cavs in 7. they do have home court and Bron will get the love from the refs that he usually gets". So, to clarify this for you, I can understand someone picking the Cavs in 7 games because I think having that extra home game will make a difference if it gets that far. the fact that Bron will get the referee love is almost a guarantee so that will make the C's possibilities of winning a game 7 that much more difficult. For those reasons, I can understand picking Cavs in 7.
On your other comments:
You think Clev can lose at home, but the Celtics can't? You do realize they were much better at home this season than we were, don't you?-->your words, not mine. In fact, I don't expect either team to hold serve on their court. I'm anticipating each will take a game on the other's court if it gets to 7 games. C's were very good on the road but not as good as they should have been at home.
You are free to your homer views, but you shouldn't be calling those with different views idiots.-->I would never and have never called any poster on this site an idiot. National pundits are a different issue because they're paid well for their supposed expertise and therefore are fair game in my opinion--->particularly when their opinions defy logic.
Just to make you happy, I'll rescind my idiocy comments towards the pundits that picked the Cavs in 7 since that's a reasonable expectation. If I had to put money on the series outcome, that's what I would put it on. The homer in me though would anticipate C's in 6: lose game 1 by double digits, win game 2 in a squeaker (catching the Cavs napping), winning games 3 & 4 in the Garden (very close each time), losing game 5 in Cle and winning a close one in game 6 to close it out. That's my homer prediction.
the non-homer prediction is that they split in Cle, split in boston and then each holds serve on their courts for the rest of the series with Cle taking game 7 sadly.
Feel free to check back after the series to see if I came close and hold me to my guesses if it makes you feel any better. It won't bother me one way or the other.
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