Celts Advance To ECFs, Send Cleves To Cav-cun! Game 5 Victory Cigar vs CLE 5/15 (BOS WINS 4-1)

[Fierce1]

Well, the Larry Bird trophy is up next.

Tatum has overtaken JB as the Cs leading scorer in this year's playoffs.

Let's see if JT takes his 2nd Larry Bird trophy in 3 years.

[doogie_hauser]

Cleveland were better/more worthy opponents than Miami (* Bam, * Pat Riley * Butler and esp * Udonis Haslem)

Cavs were very competitive despite being short handed for the entire series

Needs to be said, we haven't really come close to playing at our optimum best so far in the playoffs.

We are in very good shape.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

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Damn iso ball...

[JimmyFromNz]

Voted for Al Horford, deliberately only choosing to focus on the offensive end. The defensive end is probably best not addressed, albeit understandable at his age.

Overall there were defensive lapses, isolation heavy offense and phases where we were completely disinterested. Despite that, we had control of that game throughout. That's got to be a positive at least, acknowledging the Cavs actually played really well.

Conference finals - I want the Pacers to win, but actually the Knicks provide a better blueprint to test us in areas we haven't yet. Particularly the energy and intensity aspect of a series, and fact they aren't afraid of grinding it out in the half court and are huge on the boards. Also it will be fun listening to the delusions coming from the general Knicks fans throughout.

On to the next !

[Captain_Caveman]

I'll take it... but yeeesh, a little bit shaky. Really glad we aren't playing real teams yet. Celts are a talented team with some real bad habits that they revert to time and again, especially in bigger moments. Long, lethargic stretches with absolutely no ball or player movement on offense, and guys just taking turns going iso and flinging up crap or losing the ball dribbling into traffic. Get well soon, KP.

[zoyathedestroya]

In the last four minutes of the game, Horford had four rebounds and the dagger three. He had solid to spectacular defensive/hustle plays all throughout the 2nd half.

List of 37-yo guys or older with 20 pts, 15 rebs, 5 asts, and 3 blks in a playoff game:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Al Horford

End of list.

Also this:

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[Bird84]

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Damn iso ball...

Amazing what they can be when they move the ball.

[zoyathedestroya]

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[playa-hater]

Although the Celtics have a habit of playing Down to the competition, Truth is I'm not worried about any team in the Eastern conference..

[zoyathedestroya]

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Friendly reminder that we haven't actually won anything yet. Job far from over. Team can still get so much better.

[zoyathedestroya]

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[Fierce1]

Cleveland were better/more worthy opponents than Miami (* Bam, * Pat Riley * Butler and esp * Udonis Haslem)

Cavs were very competitive despite being short handed for the entire series

Needs to be said, we haven't really come close to playing at our optimum best so far in the playoffs.

We are in very good shape.

True.

Cs have not played their best ball yet.

[zoyathedestroya]

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[TheMartian]

That's why I'm never giving up on Big Al despite some struggles. He's just old, but he can still deliver.

[Tatumfor2]

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I need this poster!

[zoyathedestroya]

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[zoyathedestroya]

Shoutout to JB who in 41 minutes of play was content to take only 9 shots. Dunno if content is the right word, but he didn't force anything. Even passed up a couple of shots he should've taken. 7 assists is a career playoff high for him.

[zoyathedestroya]

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How bad is it?

This team is cooked. No chance they win one game in the ECF.

Time to blow it up.