2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #2 Boston Celtics vs #3 New York Knicks (NYK leads 3-1)
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #2 Boston Celtics vs #3 New York Knicks (NYK leads 3-1)
After Warriors repeated in 2018, we've had a different winner every year. So whilst Boston is clearly the best side, I did expect a different winner, just didn't want to imagine injuries playing a role, yet again.
In reference to our title winning year
Coach Carter wrote:This year is a wash and most of us know it.
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All these excited Knicks fans must not realize Sam Hauser has been upgraded to probable.
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ESPN is ready for this series to be over. Everyone is going to say the Knicks will go to the Finals and overlook the Pacers lol.
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Knicks fans, I gladly admit that I eat crow not only when it comes to Brunson but with the Knicks in general. He is a certified baller and he’s not far off from the dominance of last year. Legit. Being up 3-1 on the celtics of all teams gives you major bragging rights. I didn't think it was possible.
Let’s close this out.
Let’s close this out.


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Boston has a good enough team without Tatum. I wouldn't be THAT surprised if they came back.
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I feel like we made him work for it too. You know Brunson is covered in bruises right now lol.
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ryan in Maine wrote:
I feel like we made him work for it too. You know Brunson is covered in bruises right now lol.
yep he’s just one of them guys whose gonna get his despite how good your defense is
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DaGawd wrote:ryan in Maine wrote:
I feel like we made him work for it too. You know Brunson is covered in bruises right now lol.
yep he’s just one of them guys whose gonna get his despite how good your defense is
The extended double-big minutes helped. Jalen has figured some things out against Jrue and is just too strong for White, but it's KP & Al who he's really cooked in this series.
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ryan in Maine wrote:
I feel like we made him work for it too. You know Brunson is covered in bruises right now lol.
Kinda crazy when you factor in that he usually sits for 1/4th to 1/3rd of the quarter too.
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Calvin Klein wrote:Boston has a good enough team without Tatum. I wouldn't be THAT surprised if they came back.
In theory, yes, but I don't see the Knicks blowing a 3-1 lead to a Tatum-less Celtics team.
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Chanel Bomber wrote:RB34 wrote:Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.
Boydanovics injury had a impact though..
Delusional.
I think most people acknowledge that the Celtics were not at 100% even before Tatum's injury. Brown and KP are clearly diminished. But they are at least playing.
The Knicks played in last year's playoffs without (literally) their second-best (or third-best) player in Randle. He didn't play any of the games. They also played most of the ECSF series without OG and Robinson, who were both injured.
So they were down an All-Star and their two best defenders. People mention Bogie's injury to highlight just how depleted the team was.
Not to mention that no one is healthy right now.
Brunson has gone to the locker room how many times already and is playing on a bad ankle
OG had a hamstring thing last night
Mitch is making his own way back from an injury that took a year or so
KAT was seen telling his dad that he broke something
Injuries apparently didn’t stop you all from going up 20 multiple times
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Coach Carter wrote:After Warriors repeated in 2018, we've had a different winner every year. So whilst Boston is clearly the best side, I did expect a different winner, just didn't want to imagine injuries playing a role, yet again.
Knicks had the game won at the time of his injury.
So Boston was done either way.
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I feel like we made him work for it too. You know Brunson is covered in bruises right now lol.
And people on here for years spewed the false narrative Kobe wasn't clutch. You even hear it about Curry.
No surprise RealGM doesn't give Brunson his due either. In terms of impact, no one even close come crunch time.
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Calvin Klein wrote:Boston has a good enough team without Tatum. I wouldn't be THAT surprised if they came back.
So they go 1-3 with Tatum and 3-0 without? Got it...
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LFGK wrote:Calvin Klein wrote:Boston has a good enough team without Tatum. I wouldn't be THAT surprised if they came back.
So they go 1-3 with Tatum and 3-0 without? Got it...
not saying it will happen, just that they are good even without him
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #2 Boston Celtics vs #3 New York Knicks (NYK leads 3-1)
Calvin Klein wrote:LFGK wrote:Calvin Klein wrote:Boston has a good enough team without Tatum. I wouldn't be THAT surprised if they came back.
So they go 1-3 with Tatum and 3-0 without? Got it...
not saying it will happen, just that they are good even without him
They need to be better then good at this point. They need to be great.
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Optms wrote:Coach Carter wrote:After Warriors repeated in 2018, we've had a different winner every year. So whilst Boston is clearly the best side, I did expect a different winner, just didn't want to imagine injuries playing a role, yet again.
Knicks had the game won at the time of his injury.
So Boston was done either way.
Last time I checked, you have to win 4 games.
In reference to our title winning year
Coach Carter wrote:This year is a wash and most of us know it.
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Wolfgang630 wrote:ESPN is ready for this series to be over. Everyone is going to say the Knicks will go to the Finals and overlook the Pacers lol.
Rightfully so
NiceLikeChrist wrote:We are going to deeply regret this. We traded away the best player in the trade and still had to give up a great role player AND a pick?
so many people are going to eat their words about randle
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Coach Carter wrote:Optms wrote:Coach Carter wrote:After Warriors repeated in 2018, we've had a different winner every year. So whilst Boston is clearly the best side, I did expect a different winner, just didn't want to imagine injuries playing a role, yet again.
Knicks had the game won at the time of his injury.
So Boston was done either way.
Last time I checked, you have to win 4 games.
And we won 3 with Tatum playing good to go 189/192 minutes. We already showed we are the better team. They weren’t winning 3 out of the next 4. Anyone saying so just sounds delusional and would never say that in other circumstances.
NiceLikeChrist wrote:We are going to deeply regret this. We traded away the best player in the trade and still had to give up a great role player AND a pick?
so many people are going to eat their words about randle