When you mess around and dont take an opponent seriously, all it takes is a few lucky shots at the end and they can beat you.
This game was a classic regular season Celtic game when facing "not so tough" competition.
Celtics are by far the better team, we have the best 3 players on the court, by far, and our team knows this, this is why they put up half assed effort until the 4th quarter.
This team has been messing around when playing bad teams for the past 5 years.
Philly is an 8th seed, they arent good and dont even deserve to be in the playoffs still but got lucky with Rose and Noah injuries.
Our team will beat them silly in 5 or 6 games.
I generally agree with this, but I think you discredit Philly too much. Right now Iguodala is a better player than Pierce by a wide margin. Lavoy Allen is better than Bass. Jrue Holiday is just as good as Ray. Evan Turner is the best player on the Sixers, IMO, and he is affecting the game just as much as Rondo. That last layup he hit was a great shot by a great player.
KG is our one clear advantage over Philly, and he had a tough game last night. They played him hard and were stronger in the post on his backdowns.
I picked Boston in this series in 6 games. Given how many injuries this team has, and how Pierce is not just a non-factor but a
total liability on the floor, I can easily see it going 7 games. But I am still holding by prediction for 6 games. We have the best player in the series (KG) and if he gets it rolling, with any sort of contribution offensively from our shooters, we will win one game in Philly. Our defense will keep all the games close. None of these games will be blowouts. Then we come back for a Game 5 after 2 days off - that is of course a must win (whoever wins that game will win the series.)
I was predicting at least 1 win in Philly to close it out in six. Now we will need 2. That is doable.
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