Hitachi77 wrote:GrandTheftRondo wrote:Hitachi77 wrote:
Well I think they were favored vs Miami all 3 times? And only won one of them barely. They also almost lost to the Sixers before Tatum caught fire out of nowhere, after being terrible all game.
If anything I’d maybe be worried about their coach in the playoffs. He was definitely out coached last year, and this year one of his focus points seems to be blocking opposing teams dead ball shots of all things (sorry if he was already doing that last year).
Anyway, there are certainly the best team so far this year. But if I were a Celtics fan I def wouldn’t think they are going to just crush their way to a title, and Miami is one of the teams I’d be worried about.
In 2020 they were a young team playing against a Heat team that knocked off the 1 seed Bucks. They weren’t some team expected to do anything.
In 2022 as mentioned they had a miraculous turnaround and made it to the finals. Nobody was picking them for the finals at the start of the season.
Last season yes they underperformed. Funny how you mention almost losing to Philly yet Miami almost losing to Boston doesn’t seem to count.
Again I don’t see where all these collective failures are. They’ve had one season where they failed to live up to high expectations all season and win a title.
Miami meanwhile has this ridiculous playoff performer narrative despite losing in 2022 as the number 1 seed and getting swept the year before that. That commonly seems to get ignored.
I really struggle to take any of your post seriously though when you’re actually trying to argue that the Celtics coach is more focused on blocking opponents shots than coaching his team. What absolute nonsense.
I ignored Miami almost losing to the Celtics? The Celtics were heavy favorites with homecourt. They were supposed to win. I didn’t say collective failures. I said they got beat by a team soundly, one they were supposed to beat. I said that teams plays them very confidently, and I don’t understand why Celtics fans would “want” to play them when they clearly have one of the better chances of knocking them off. Certainly more than nearly every other east team, possibly including Milwaukee. Some teams play my team better than others. I want the easiest path because I want the highest chance of winning a title, but that’s me.
I was exaggerating about Joe, but he’s clearly not on Spo’s level at this point. And I just found the blocking opponents shots thing more funny than anything. Either way, coaching matters more in the playoffs than in the regular season. Sometimes coaching gaps show in a big way.
I want to play Miami and beat them so you all can shut up with this bogus narrative about them.
They don’t scare me.