NBA FINALS, Gm 1 – Mavericks @ Celtics – 8:30PM, Thurs, June 6, 2024

[Bird84]

I think the 15 minute wait ESPN makes us go through before starting the games pisses me more than the 10 day wait we just had

For freaking real! Don't tell us 830 if it isn't until 850.

[shackles10]

Got the town on right now

Froob is Joe confirmed.

[shackles10]

I think the 15 minute wait ESPN makes us go through before starting the games pisses me more than the 10 day wait we just had

For freaking real! Don't tell us 830 if it isn't until 850.

Good thing about the late start time is I'll be ready for popcorn once the game starts and it's not right after dinner. Also winning in Dallas only 1 time zone away instead of the nearly 11pm start times for true west coast teams will be nice.

[Memokerobi]

I feel sick I’m so excited for this game. Lots of talk all week from everyone need to see us come out and set the tone.

Mavs defensive scheme reminds me of those bud ran with the bucks collapse the paint and leave some 3s. No Giannis or Brooke and we always seemed to cook them anyway.

I wanna see Tatum get to the basket early starting at the rim and moving out works best for him.

They have not a soul over there that can’t stay in front of Jaylen he should he be able to walk to the basket all night and he needs to be ready to kick the ball and start the rotations.

To me the key in this series is Al & KP hitting their open 3s. Dallas has had success protecting the paint with Gafford/Lively so its critical to pull them to the perimeter to allow easier drives for the Jays.

[shackles10]

The Celtics lost the 22 finals because they had terrible spacing and could not score. We lost that series on the offensive end. Won't have that problem this time around as this offense has supreme spacing.

You looking at the single number one reason I hated our coach at that time.. it's like he had no understanding on how spacing can affect our star players.. and there was definitely good spacers on the roster..

But he knew how to yell at our players so there's that...

[titlebound1]

I live about an hour north of Houston. 3 hours from Dallas. Toying with the idea of getting tickets for game 4. So hard to justify $1k+ on tickets.

[31to6]

I honestly just think there's a lot of recency bias going on with these Mavs picks. People have been watching them a lot more the last few series than they have the Celtics becasue with the ECF injuries the media just finds those games less interesting.

People have literally just forgotten how good the Celtics are.

Cs RS winning % = 78%
Cs playoff winning % = 86%
Cs winning % needed in the Finals to win the title = 57%

LET'S **** GO
DO THE THING
FULL PERFORM

by halftime I'm expecting the narrative to be 'wE foRGoT tEh CeLTiCs R gOoD!'
then I'm expecting BOS to drop game 2 and win it in 5

[shackles10]

I live about an hour north of Houston. 3 hours from Dallas. Toying with the idea of getting tickets for game 4. So hard to justify $1k+ on tickets.

Do like I did vs. the Pacers... Wait until we win games 1-3, then the day before game 4 check the prices lol. I sat 10 rows behind Donnie Wahlberg and taking my dad and my oldest son it was only $642 for all 3. Now Finals will be more expensive than ECF but when Pacers first released tickets it was about $1,100 per and in the same area (2-3 rows closer, but also directly behind the basket so not as good of a view), so similar to prices you're describing now.

[zoyathedestroya]

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Where are the actual celebrities? Not even Chris Evans and Alba Baptista? Or John Krasinski and Emily Blunt?

[shackles10]

I honestly just think there's a lot of recency bias going on with these Mavs picks. People have been watching them a lot more the last few series than they have the Celtics becasue with the ECF injuries the media just finds those games less interesting.

People have literally just forgotten how good the Celtics are.

Cs RS winning % = 78%
Cs playoff winning % = 86%
Cs winning % needed in the Finals to win the title = 57%

LET'S **** GO
DO THE THING
FULL PERFORM

by halftime I'm expecting the narrative to be 'wE foRGoT tEh CeLTiCs R gOoD!'
then I'm expecting BOS to drop game 2 and win it in 5

I hope the team has heard all of the doubt their way so far. Then I hope they shut off all media after they blowout the Mavs tonight so they don't lose game 2 and keep their edge.

SOUP IS SERVE

[flintsky21]

Celtics win by 15.

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[Grahf]

The Celtics lost the 22 finals because they had terrible spacing and could not score. We lost that series on the offensive end. Won't have that problem this time around as this offense has supreme spacing.

You looking at the single number one reason I hated our coach at that time.. it's like he had no understanding on how spacing can affect our star players.. and there was definitely good spacers on the roster..

The offense and spacing was the main thing, but Udoka's complete lack of defensive adjustments on Stephen Curry was simply awful.

[Grahf]

9/10 ESPN experts picked the Lakers over the Celtics in 2008, lol!

Same as it ever was, lol. Hopefully we’ll see the same result as 08

https://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs2008/series?series=lalbos

Let’s GO Cs !!

Media "experts" mostly picking Dallas. The disrespect is real.

They chased the trendy team that got hot late in the season over the team that had dominated all year, just like they're doing now. Their writers are also favoring the Mavs, 9 to 8.

[redslastlaugh]

I think we lost that series because
1. Rob hurt his knee in March and still was +30 over the series on one leg.
2. JT just had such a bad shooting series from two point range.
3. Insane turnover games from Marcus and JB and JT.
4. We had major depth problems. Six roster spots went to Stauskus, Nesmith, Kornet, Hauser, Fitts, & Morgan. Who were not able to provide 1 competitive Finals minute between them. And our main bench pieces were PP, Theis, DWhite and Grant. 2024 DWhite is a way different better player than 2022 and Grant Williams averaged 4pts/2rebs in the series.

If Rob could been healthy and played 40 minutes a game, we’d have won the series even with all that. Rob was such a beast, even on one leg.

Ancient history now tho boys…

The Celtics lost the 22 finals because they had terrible spacing and could not score. We lost that series on the offensive end. Won't have that problem this time around as this offense has supreme spacing.

You looking at the single number one reason I hated our coach at that time.. it's like he had no understanding on how spacing can affect our star players.. and there was definitely good spacers on the roster..

The offense and spacing was the main thing, but Udoka's complete lack of defensive adjustments on Stephen Curry was simply awful.

[BRUNiNHO91]

I think we lost that series because
1. Rob hurt his knee in March and still was +30 over the series on one leg.
2. JT just had such a bad shooting series from two point range.
3. Insane turnover games from Marcus and JB and JT.
4. We had major depth problems. Six roster spots went to Stauskus, Nesmith, Kornet, Hauser, Fitts, & Morgan. Who were not able to provide 1 competitive Finals minute between them. And our main bench pieces were PP, Theis, DWhite and Grant. 2024 DWhite is a way different better player than 2022 and Grant Williams averaged 4pts/2rebs in the series.

If Rob could been healthy and played 40 minutes a game, we’d have won the series even with all that. Rob was such a beast, even on one leg.

Ancient history now tho boys…

You looking at the single number one reason I hated our coach at that time.. it's like he had no understanding on how spacing can affect our star players.. and there was definitely good spacers on the roster..

The offense and spacing was the main thing, but Udoka's complete lack of defensive adjustments on Stephen Curry was simply awful.

Was actually looking at the numbers on that series and White was an extreme negative on the court that series.

Game 1: +25
Game 2: -17
Game 3: -12
Game 4: -19
Game 5: -13
Game 6: -26

That is absurd.

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He’s leaving city to be joes bench coach. Won confirmed.

I can only dream.

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Dbl post.

[King Of The 4th]

Wonder if moving Horford back to the bench ends up being the domino that unlocks Hauser's offensive game again. Maybe having the spacing that was lost with Kornet/Tillman ends up being the difference maker?