Tim Legler said Cavs have 4 best players in the series

[saltlover]

Tim Legler also said the Celtics will trade IT this summer to make room for Fultz.  He's an idiot.

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Love and Thompson each had one great game last night.  Let's all (Legler I'm referring to) calm down for a sec.  Love has posted 3 single-digit scoring efforts in 9 postseason games all on sub-.500 shooting.  Thompson has scored in double figures just twice in those 9 games.  Horford has scored in single digits only once in 14 games and has only shot below .500 only twice all postseason.

My rankings would be:

1. Lebron
2a. IT
2b. Kyrie
4a. Love
4b. Horford
6. Bradley
7. Tristan Thompson
8. Crowder
9. Smart

After that it gets muddy.


*My reasoning for IT slightly over Kyrie is I think Celtics would be slightly worse if we swapped the two of them and I think Cavs would basically have no change better or worse.  I put Love slightly over Horford because I think each player is the better fit in their current team, but I think if both players were making the same $, the demand across the league for Love would generally be higher. 

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Leg let is referring to how each will play in THIS series, not regularl season play.  Clearly IT was not an all star last night.  And while Kyrie didn't do much, he didn't have to.

So call him crazy but frankly, he may be right.

[Bobshot]

Sounds like fake news to me, which abounds in the sports media. The Celtics are often the brunt of a lot of cynicism--mostly from NY and LA. They must be livid Boston won the lottery.

It's notable Celtics won 3rd and 4th Qs last night, after a disastrous first half. Nice rebound.
They got mauled in the first half by that Cavs frontcourt. A reminder for Ainge of where he has to rebuild in the off-season.

They beat the Cavs once in the regular season, and could surprise the next game.