165bows wrote:CoP wrote:The Corey's wrote:
Even since mid March the Celtics gave been way better than the Mavs.
What have Dallas done that that Celtics haven't already done better?
One of the main arguments for Dallas is that they have beaten harder competition in the playoffs. Meanwhile, even though the Celtics have only lost 2 games these playoffs, they did lose one game each to teams missing their star player, and had closer-than-expected wins against several playoff opponents without their star players. Those two circumstances could lead one to reasonably think that the Mavs will be a serious challenge for the Celtics.
That's basically
the argument.
I actually think it will be a hard fought series but just seems a tad hyperbolic by a squad of Mavs fans who don't seem to take into account what a dog fight is coming up.
Celtics have been prepping for 12 months straight for the finals. LAC was hurt and flames out in the first round every year, Okc is super young, thin up front and didn't even try to load up for the playoffs. Minny was a tough team but had a lot of flaws and already just won their championship beating Denver.
Boston was the best regular season team since the 17-18 Warriors, just went 12-2 through the playoffs without a starter and haven't even played their best ball of the playoffs yet.
You could argue that OKC was very young or that Minnesota had many flaws in hindsight, but at the time, both teams were seen as favorites against the Mavericks. If you look back at the comments from Minnesota fans before game 1, you'll see they were extremely confident the Wolves would easily defeat the Mavs after already beating Denver, similar to what many Celtics fans are saying in this thread.
On the other hand, Mavs fans might argue that Boston faced weak competition, trailed against the Cavs and Pacers without their stars and had to comeback to win games, allowed Nembhard to dominate their "out of world" defense, suggesting that, maybe, the Celtics aren't playing that great of a basketball in the playoffs even though their record is 12-2. But then you'd say that the Celtics played down to their opponents, were without KP, and haven't yet played their best basketball.
See what I'm doing? You can spin anything in any direction depending on how you want to see something. None of this is actual basketball analysis and it doesn't go beyond just a silly pissing contest. We have 3 more days until the 1st game. We'll see what happens then, and there will be plenty of counters even after that.
Both teams are in the finals for a reason and they have the right to feel confident that they can beat the other team. What's funny is, some of the Celtics fans in this thread act like they expect the Mavs fans, or any fan in general, to just say that Mavs have no chance and Boston has already won the 'ship. Maybe contact the NBA & Silver so they just give the trophy to Boston without the games being played then.
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No, Deng. It's Deng!
