Celtics (36-42) at Cavaliers (51-27) Game #79 4/10/15

[CelticSooner]

I don't care. Let the Cavs rest their starters on Sunday too. Stevens is a BOSS.

[Beat LA]

cavs gifting us the win!?

Obviously.

Nope we earned this win. Cavs played lights out in the third and we held our ground so they gave up.

In other words, lebron curb stomped us when he wanted to... Then he sat back and let us win.  Very kind of him. Nice guy.

Yep, that's a perfect synopsis of this game, especially without Kyrie.

[LarBrd33]

cavs gifting us the win!?

Obviously.

Nope we earned this win. Cavs played lights out in the third and we held our ground so they gave up.

In other words, lebron curb stomped us when he wanted to... Then he sat back and let us win.  Very kind of him. Nice guy.

That or Blatt realized he was being a moron for playing his superstar players too many minutes in a completely meaningless game and decided to let the rest of his team try to earn the win.

Did lebron sit the entire 4th?  That only happens when you are rolling over.

[GetLucky]

Evan Turner has a funny voice.

[Chief]

Id really prefer the Hawks to the Cavs.

[greece66]

cavs gifting us the win!?

Obviously.

Nope we earned this win. Cavs played lights out in the third and we held our ground so they gave up.

In other words, lebron curb stomped us when he wanted to... Then he sat back and let us win.  Very kind of him. Nice guy.

Lets just say if LBJ and Love closed it out, it would have been much closer. I would have much more enjoyed the win if the Cavs had those two o the floor.

Love: 31 mins
LBJ: 26
IT4: 23
Only Cavs player who played more than either Love or LBJ is Dellavedova who played 41 (4/8 FGs, 8 assts).

[greece66]

Tough luck, Indy won a closely contested game 

[Rosco917]

Id really prefer the Hawks to the Cavs.

DITTO!

[brandonmm94]

I think we now have a realistic shot at 6th seed, I wouldn't mind playing Tor...but I do not want to play CHI. Too much size for us to handle in a full series.

[hwangjini_1]

missed the game, but a win is a win.

smart looked great in the box score? what was different? did CBS draw up plays for him?

[mahcus smaht]

Cavs clearly didnt take this game seriously. They sat Kyrie abd their starters played very limited minutes, however its worth noting that Love played 31 minutes and was just +1, lebron played like 26 minutes and was +1, Smith was even and Mozgov was a -12.

Its nice to see we held our own even when they had their starters mostly in.

No Irving and a lack of Cavs energy makes that less meaningful, but its certainly not bad that we can beat the Cavs when they arent necessarily going all out.

[celticsclay]

cavs gifting us the win!?

Obviously.

In other words, lebron curb stomped us when he wanted to... Then he sat back and let us win.  Very kind of him. Nice guy.

you only use 'other words' when the real words do not fit your agenda. They tried to take the game over in the third but we did not let them. They knew it would be 'war' so they gave up.

Nope we earned this win. Cavs played lights out in the third and we held our ground so they gave up.

A million times this. Lebron didn't play 12 minutes. He played the entire 3rd quarter. Love played 31 which is around his average. Degrade the win all you want if you feel happy but we out scored them by 14 in the first half when everyone was playing and close them out nicely. Don't whine and make excuses enjoy the game an great win!

[The_Truth]

All I know is that if I were an unrestricted free agent this summer I would love to play for Brad Stevens 

[SCeltic34]

cavs gifting us the win!?

Obviously.

Nope we earned this win. Cavs played lights out in the third and we held our ground so they gave up.

In other words, lebron curb stomped us when he wanted to... Then he sat back and let us win.  Very kind of him. Nice guy.

That or Blatt realized he was being a moron for playing his superstar players too many minutes in a completely meaningless game and decided to let the rest of his team try to earn the win.

Did lebron sit the entire 4th?  That only happens when you are rolling over.

Love played 31 minutes through 3 quarters - unreasonable.
LBJ about 26 - not unreasonable, but not necessary either.

We withstood their 3rd quarter run and still lead through 3 quarters on the road.  We played a good 4th and earned the win.  The Cavs didn't roll over.  We won the game.

[greece66]

All I know is that if I were an unrestricted free agent this summer I would love to play for Brad Stevens 

love love? or just love? 
Personally I <3 Timofey and I am sure Boston weather will be a no issue for a guy who grew up in St Petersburg.