Looking Ahead: Who'd you prefer, Miami or Indiana?

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

To be honest either none of the east scares me a couple teams out west do though....

Pfft... I'll take any because that means we would have beaten the 6ers! I'm not worried about any team that's left... I said before the playoffs started, bring on any team and we will win! We need to worry about who we have now instead of who we could have later!

[guava_wrench]

Depends what other injuries occur to those teams.

[lightspeed5]

shaq thinks bosh wont come back in the playoffs

I believe this as well.

[lightspeed5]

Don't understand why people want the Pacers. They are killing Miami on the boards and we have not played them well at all this year. Rebounding is our Achilles heal.

We played Indiana four times this season and split the season series.  But the games we lost were the first two against them early on in the season when the C's weren't playing so well (so long ago that we were still starting Jermaine O'Neal.  ) The last two times we played Indiana we won handily both times.

1/27 - Celtics win 94-87
4/5 - Celtics win 86-72

The Celtics are a better defensive team than Indiana and have more dangerous weapons on offense (Rondo, Pierce, Garnett.)

In a seven game series Miami boasts the two best players on the court each night depending on how Rondo is playing.  That is not something anyone should want to face.

and how did we do against miami?

April:

3-0, destroyed them.

[Celtics18]

I'm obviously rooting for us to beat the Sixers, and I'm also pretty heavily rooting for the Pacers to knock off the Heat.  I think it would be such poetic justice for them to lose in the second round to a team completely devoid of star power.

[ManchesterCelticsFan]

Indiana, especially if Bosh can return this season being healthy enough. If Pierce/Allen + team get somewhat healthier and/or remain about the same, I think the C's have a decent chance at beating the Heat even with 100% Bosh.

[bruinsandceltics]

Like Doc Rivers said in the 2008 Finals DVD, you never want to be in a situation where you could be in a game 7 when the other team has the best player.

Indiana is good, but I'd say our two best players are better than their two best players. So if we were to win, this series vs. Philly I'd want Indy.

[Meadowlark_Scal]

both would be tough....we could beat miami IF the refs let us.....we can beat indy....maybe.....that hibbert will be tough...STAEMER time...he actually can body him up.....they have no answer for kg.....they do have tough cover for everyone else except ROndo.....!

[GrandTheftRondo]

I'll answer this if/when we get past Philly. Looking ahead causes you to look past whats right in front of you. Our team shouldn't be doing it and even as a fan I don't want to do that. Way too superstitious lol