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Post #561 » by **165bows** » Sat May 13, 2023 5:02 am

meatball sub wrote:I’ll be happy to see the Warriors gone. I don’t think any of the rest of the teams have the ability to really get in our heads and rattle us. Gotta get past the Sixers first though

Same. Denver and Philly the easiest two toughest teams left. Lakers suck and got handed a couple of broke ass opponents they would get smacked by this Philly team.

Unfortunately Boston is going to have to go through all the rest of the toughest to do this thing.

playa-hater · Post #562 » by **playa-hater** » Sat May 13, 2023 5:04 am

I still can't get over how Danny ainge started all of this by taking away the one player who can stop the lakers ...and It was **** westbrick... By taking Westbrook off the lakers' hand it opened up the floodgate....

**** you Danny ainge forever..

Post #563 » by **Parliament10** » Sat May 13, 2023 5:08 am

So a 7th-seed and an 8th-seed make it to the Conference Finals.
Has that Ever happened before?

Fierce1 · Post #564 » by **Fierce1** » Sat May 13, 2023 5:13 am

Tyakack wrote:Lakers in the WCF, gross. This is getting uncomfortably close to a potential Celtics vs Lakers finals.

I've been saying that since 2 weeks ago.

MaxwellSmart · Post #565 » by **MaxwellSmart** » Sat May 13, 2023 5:15 am

165bows wrote:
meatball sub wrote:I’ll be happy to see the Warriors gone. I don’t think any of the rest of the teams have the ability to really get in our heads and rattle us. Gotta get past the Sixers first though

Same. Denver and Philly the easiest two toughest teams left. Lakers suck and got handed a couple of broke ass opponents they would get smacked by this Philly team.

Unfortunately Boston is going to have to go through all the rest of the toughest to do this thing.

You are wrong about LA....they're gonna win it all....they play the best defense of any team left.

Fierce1 · Post #566 » by **Fierce1** » Sat May 13, 2023 5:38 am

It's the perfect ending.

Celtics dethrone King James and the Lakers and the crown is passed on to King Tat, the new king of the NBA.

ConstableGeneva · Post #567 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Sat May 13, 2023 10:16 am

How has Spo not won Coach of the Year before? What a sham of an award lol.

Fierce1 · Post #568 » by **Fierce1** » Sat May 13, 2023 10:31 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:How has Spo not won Coach of the Year before? What a sham of an award lol.

Spo does well in the playoffs.

But the Coach of the Year award is based on the regular season.

Smart2Nesmith43 · Post #569 » by **Smart2Nesmith43** » Sat May 13, 2023 12:04 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:How has Spo not won Coach of the Year before? What a sham of an award lol.

Because it's not really a Coach of the Year award, it's a Coach of the team that exceeded expectations the most this year award. The "problem" for guys like Spo is that everyone know they are good so it's baked into their teams' expected win totals that they'll get top notch coaching. It makes it much harder to overshoot preseason expectations. Also his team always win a bunch games (you know because he's actually good at his job all the time not just when the front office hands him a team that fits his style perfectly) so it's hard to have a year on year improvement that's really going to catch voters' attention.

Fierce1 · Post #570 » by **Fierce1** » Sat May 13, 2023 12:19 pm

I'm sure Spo wins Coach of the Year if voting was done after playoffs.

FlatearthZorro · Post #571 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Sat May 13, 2023 12:26 pm

Fierce1 wrote:I'm sure Spo wins Coach of the Year if voting was done after playoffs.

The guy has done a great job. Still a weird way to get there. I don't think the Knicks are that good, tbh. Hell, at this point, if we do not win the title, it's our fault, nobody else's. We're more talented than every team left in the playoffs and would have HCA over anybody...

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #572 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Sat May 13, 2023 12:50 pm

Lakers had 42 free throw attempts last night. They’re going to the free throw line at will. Joke.

Parasite · Post #573 » by **Parasite** » Sat May 13, 2023 1:13 pm

There is no way in hell the league is letting the Nuggets beat the Lakers.

Post #574 » by **165bows** » Sat May 13, 2023 1:34 pm

Parasite wrote:There is no way in hell the league is letting the Nuggets beat the Lakers.

Problem for LA is that Denver is a real team, not some late season Franken-hybrid invention.

GS’ offense sucks unless Curry is at HOF level and he wasn’t anywhere close. Very confident LA is going to get smacked by reality here.

Parasite · Post #575 » by **Parasite** » Sat May 13, 2023 2:56 pm

165bows wrote:
Parasite wrote:There is no way in hell the league is letting the Nuggets beat the Lakers.

Problem for LA is that Denver is a real team, not some late season Franken-hybrid invention.

GS’ offense sucks unless Curry is at HOF level and he wasn’t anywhere close. Very confident LA is going to get smacked by reality here.

From your fingers to God’s ears. The Los Angeles Lakers are far and away my most hated professional sports franchise. Especially with LeWhiner on the team.

Fierce1 · Post #576 » by **Fierce1** » Sat May 13, 2023 3:34 pm

FlatearthZorro wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:I'm sure Spo wins Coach of the Year if voting was done after playoffs.

The guy has done a great job. Still a weird way to get there. I don't think the Knicks are that good, tbh. Hell, at this point, if we do not win the title, it's our fault, nobody else's. We're more talented than every team left in the playoffs and would have HCA over anybody...

Totally agree!

Celts are the most talented team among all the teams left.

It's a bigger surprise if Cs get eliminated compared to the Cs winning the chip.

FlatearthZorro · Post #577 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Sat May 13, 2023 3:47 pm

Fierce1 wrote:
FlatearthZorro wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:I'm sure Spo wins Coach of the Year if voting was done after playoffs.

The guy has done a great job. Still a weird way to get there. I don't think the Knicks are that good, tbh. Hell, at this point, if we do not win the title, it's our fault, nobody else's. We're more talented than every team left in the playoffs and would have HCA over anybody...

Totally agree!

Celts are the most talented team among all the teams left.

It's a bigger surprise if Cs get eliminated compared to the Cs winning the chip.

Yep, Jokic is better than any of our guys, but Brown and Tatum are better than Murray. Hell, I'd argue White and Brogdon are better than Porter and Gordon... And I doubt I could be proven wrong... Lakers are TRASH on defense, Davis ha been their main guy, not LBJ... easily. Hachimura is their 2nd best guy on D. I would literally take JT over LBJ rn if both are playing at the top of their game... I also believe that our role players are better than theirs. Shocked the Warriors lost. Davis has been on and dominated them, imo, especially on defense.

Post #578 » by **snowman** » Sat May 13, 2023 4:07 pm

Big Al and Rob are head and shoulders better defensively than Davis and Hachimura in the post.

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #579 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Sat May 13, 2023 4:53 pm

165bows wrote:
Parasite wrote:There is no way in hell the league is letting the Nuggets beat the Lakers.

Problem for LA is that Denver is a real team, not some late season Franken-hybrid invention.

GS’ offense sucks unless Curry is at HOF level and he wasn’t anywhere close. Very confident LA is going to get smacked by reality here.

Idk if you’re hyping the nuggets or what but idk man. The Lakers are going to the FT line at will. Hard to win when the refs are blowing the whistle at will.

Post #580 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Sat May 13, 2023 10:44 pm

NYCelticsfan136 wrote:Lakers had 42 free throw attempts last night. They’re going to the free throw line at will. Joke.

That's what we get when LeBron throws a temper tantrum on national TV. I didn't imagine it'd be like this though.