2024 NBA Playoffs: East Semifinals: #1 Boston Celtics vs #4 Cleveland Cavaliers (BOS WINS 4-1)

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Who wins and goes to the ECFs?

Celtics in 4
62
24%
Celtics in 5
122
47%
Celtics in 6
39
15%
Celtics in 7
4
2%
Cavaliers in 4
2
1%
Cavaliers in 5
6
2%
Cavaliers in 6
13
5%
Cavaliers in 7
10
4%
 
Total votes: 258

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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: East Semifinals: #1 Boston Celtics vs #4 Cleveland Cavaliers (BOS leads 2-1) 

Post#2061 » by AussieCeltic » Tue May 14, 2024 1:12 am

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Your team is struggling to beat the Cavs without Mitchell at the moment and you're acting like they're world beaters. :lol:

Boston, the only team expected to win every game by 50 points or it’s a giant failure.

Ridiculous.


They got Heat with no Butler and Rozier now Cavs with no Jarrett Allen and this game Donovan Mitchell. Nobody's impressed by what they've done so far other than Celtic fans.


Celtics with no KP as well.

Average winning margin of 21 points so far.

Lost 2 games in the 3 point era where a team can get hot and beat anyone.

Sure I’d love for them to sweep through the playoffs but it’s just not happening.
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Post#2062 » by GrandTheftRondo » Tue May 14, 2024 1:12 am

ChipotleWest wrote:
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GrandTheftRondo wrote:Boston, the only team expected to win every game by 50 points or it’s a giant failure.

Ridiculous.


These same people are mesmerized by Edwards going off for 44 yesterday in a loss while only having 5 assist.

Scoring isn't the only way to quantify success.


You just admitted Denver is the only team that can beat your Celtics, now you're ragging on Ant who scored 44 and had no teammate score more than 15 against them. Have some consistency.

Jaylen Brown looked like MJ against the Nuggets d earlier in the season.

They have a habit of making fast strong guards look unstoppable.
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Post#2063 » by bmurph128 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:12 am

Clearly a foul....the audacity to challenge that after the whistle theyve gotten

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Post#2064 » by ArksNetsSince99 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:12 am

life_saver wrote:I think Tatum has worst shot selection among stars


Tatum as a shooter in crunch time is MJ of Ben Simmons’s
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Post#2065 » by ForeverTFC » Tue May 14, 2024 1:12 am

KGDirkTD_Fan wrote:Darius Garland all of a sudden is looking really good. wtf is happening


When have 2 ball dominant small guards ever looked good beside each other?
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Post#2066 » by DowJones » Tue May 14, 2024 1:12 am

As a Cavs fan I am really concerned with this call. It is an obvious foul, but the officiating has been incredibly one-sided.
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Post#2067 » by Enso » Tue May 14, 2024 1:13 am

What a dumb challenge
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Post#2068 » by shza » Tue May 14, 2024 1:13 am

I don’t know how Spero Dedes has this job. Am I the only one who can’t stand the weird way he pronounces all of his vowels?
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Post#2069 » by The Corey's » Tue May 14, 2024 1:13 am

bmurph128 wrote:Clearly a foul....the audacity to challenge that after the whistle theyve gotten

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What whistle? That call they missed on end of quarter 3 point shot was clean.

You really want them calling a foul on a high five with the ball already 10 feet away?

How soft do you want them to call it?
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Post#2070 » by GrandTheftRondo » Tue May 14, 2024 1:14 am

Dubnation wrote:
GrandTheftRondo wrote:
ChipotleWest wrote:
Your team is struggling to beat the Cavs without Mitchell at the moment and you're acting like they're world beaters. :lol:

Boston, the only team expected to win every game by 50 points or it’s a giant failure.

Ridiculous.

Not sure if you’ve bothered to watch the Cavs much this season but they have constantly had some good performances when down one of the guards or bigs.

Quite clear the collective of them together are a weird mix.


Nah. 30 points would be a more realistic expectation.

Even that is **** absurd.

Injuries or not.

Plus something everyone seems to love to gloss over the fact that arguably our second most important player in Porzingis is out.

We do not win 64 games without him.
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Post#2071 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Tue May 14, 2024 1:14 am

ForeverTFC wrote:
KGDirkTD_Fan wrote:Darius Garland all of a sudden is looking really good. wtf is happening


When have 2 ball dominant small guards ever looked good beside each other?

I know. Theres at least one more game left this series, think it's going to be very telling if Garland plays both of his better games in them...
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Post#2072 » by Jaqua92 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:14 am

Celtics are just an unserious team. Same **** with them every year.
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Post#2073 » by LeBronSpaghetti » Tue May 14, 2024 1:14 am

Celtics are just baffled at the idea that they may have actually been called for a foul.
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Post#2074 » by JujitsuFlip » Tue May 14, 2024 1:14 am

Calvin Klein wrote:
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Calvin Klein wrote:Why is Tristan Thomson playing? I think I missed something
Outside of Mobley playing 48 minutes, who do you suggest should play?

Didn’t know it was that bad
They're starting 6'4" Okoro at PF this entire series, the Cavs are in dire straits.
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Post#2075 » by Triple M » Tue May 14, 2024 1:14 am

Contact look marginal to me
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Post#2076 » by DowJones » Tue May 14, 2024 1:14 am

I cannot believe how awful the officiating has been.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: East Semifinals: #1 Boston Celtics vs #4 Cleveland Cavaliers (BOS leads 2-1) 

Post#2077 » by bmurph128 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:15 am

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bmurph128 wrote:Clearly a foul....the audacity to challenge that after the whistle theyve gotten

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What whistle? That call they missed on end of quarter 3 point shot was clean.

You really want them calling a foul on a high five with the ball already 10 feet away?

How soft do you want them to call it?

I want consistency....talk about soft, go look at most of the fouls theyve called in favor of Tatum and Brown or the weak ass reach in that gave Prichard free throws while letting Holiday throw his body into everyone

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Post#2078 » by jbk1234 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:15 am

That's insane.
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Jarret Allen isn’t winning you anything. Garland won’t show up in the playoffs. Mobley is a glorified dunk man. Mitchell has some experience but is a liability on defense. To me, the Cavs are a treadmill team.
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Post#2080 » by 10DayContract » Tue May 14, 2024 1:15 am

Looked clean to me.

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