« Reply #161 on: March 07, 2012, 08:59:52 PM »
Sorry to remind everybody but this is yet more proof that the Celtics are capable of beating up on mediocre teams, but can't beat good ones.
How many quality wins does this Celtics team even have? Have they beaten one good opponent all season?
Hm. I think we beat the Pacers once.
Houston
New York (x2)
Chicago
Memphis
Indiana
Orlando (x2)
That's about it. Yeah yeah no Rose takes out Chicago but that's 8 quality wins.
Houston is mediocre and a horrible road team. Knicks are mediocre. Memphis without Allen and Randolph.Chicago without Rose, etc. etc. etc.
Houston is a playoff team in the West right now. The Knicks are not mediocre, they are a very talented team. Memphis hasn't had Randolph all year and they are the 5 seed in the West right now. Chicago without Rose is still a playoff team.
We haven't beaten a contender, probably, but we've beaten a decent amount of "quality" teams.
Knicks are sub .500, Houston like the Celts is barely above .500, Chicago without Rose is slightly better thn average, and so on. Celtics are a mediocre team.
The Knicks are 10-5 (I think?) since "adding" Lin, Smith, Davis to their team - three quality players. The Celtics are very slightly above average (very), I'll give ya average - our definitions of mediocre probably differ. In any case, my point is that we've won 20 games this season and I would define 8 of them as against playoff teams, which is 40% of our wins. I'd say it's fairly incorrect to say we haven't had any quality wins, even if non have been perfect.

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