Predict the outcome of the ECF

Post #21 » by **Parliament10** » Mon May 15, 2023 7:44 pm

Celts17Pride wrote:Celtics are rolling now. The Celtics have regained their identity. I'm expecting Celtics in 5.

I picked the Celtics in 5.
Finish it at Home.

Parasite · Post #22 » by **Parasite** » Mon May 15, 2023 8:16 pm

How anyone could watch this team the past several years and predict this series will end in less than 6 games is mind-boggling. Celtics in 7.

MagicBagley18 · Post #23 » by **MagicBagley18** » Mon May 15, 2023 8:18 pm

Tyakack · Post #24 » by **Tyakack** » Mon May 15, 2023 8:52 pm

I'm tempted to say C's in 7 but I will say 6. I think they split the first 4 and then win the next 2.

Bostondave · Post #25 » by **Bostondave** » Mon May 15, 2023 10:13 pm

Parasite wrote:How anyone could watch this team the past several years and predict this series will end in less than 6 games is mind-boggling. Celtics in 7.

Yeah this. And I'm starting to have the sneaking suspicion this team has developed a very nasty habit of thinking they can turn it on when they absolutely have to. That would explain some of the inconsistency that I can't figure out. But that mindset can be fatal. The should bust ass front the jump and keep the pedal down until it's over. But as we've seen they don't. Only in their final extremity do they seem to stomp on the gas. But when they do it's a beautiful thing.

I was chapioning having Rob in over Horf, but coach decided on double bigs and that might be even better. It worked wonderfully I think in the end. I saw a lot of Philly guys staying away from Rob, even Embiid was afraid to go in when Rob was back there being the goal keeper. That was a great move by coach.

Marvel · Post #26 » by **Marvel** » Mon May 15, 2023 11:15 pm

Celtics in 4,5,6,7. I can't lose

StojkoVrankovic · RIP texas celtic, 12/10/14 - 12/10/14

Celtics in 5, we are a matchup nightmare for their current roster

Cricket23 · Post #28 » by **Cricket23** » Tue May 16, 2023 12:22 am

C's in 5, at some point they should flex their muscle for an entire series.

brackdan70 · Post #29 » by **brackdan70** » Tue May 16, 2023 12:26 am

I voted Cs in 4 but I honestly see twice that.

itrsteve · Post #30 » by **itrsteve** » Tue May 16, 2023 12:29 am

No disrespect to Miami as they'll be the best team that we've played but my gut thinks this job gets done in less than 6.

Miami is down too many key players who give us fits and I'm blindly optimistic that the players learned their lesson about losing focus. Philly got too close in 6 for comfort.

Fierce1 · Post #31 » by **Fierce1** » Tue May 16, 2023 12:33 am

I just don't get this fear for Miami.

The Heat are without Herro and Dipo, both part of their top 8 players.

They're just lacking so much horsepower that they just won't have enough to match the Celtics output.

It's a different story if both Herro and Dipo are healthy.

But right now, best case scenario for the Heat is they win one game in this east finals.

CelticFaninLBC · Post #32 » by **CelticFaninLBC** » Tue May 16, 2023 1:15 am

Celtics in 5, if an aggressive Tatum shows up throughout the series.

31to6 · Post #33 » by **31to6** » Tue May 16, 2023 9:58 am

Fierce1 wrote:I just don't get this fear for Miami.

The Heat are without Herro and Dipo, both part of their top 8 players.

They're just lacking so much horsepower that they just won't have enough to match the Celtics output.

It's a different story if both Herro and Dipo are healthy.

But right now, best case scenario for the Heat is they win one game in this east finals.

With 39 votes cast over one day, "Celtics in 6 or 7" has a 2:1 advantage over "Celtics in 4 or 5", so most of us aren't seeing what you're seeing, but you're not alone in your optimism. I look at the top -- Butler, Bam, and Spo -- not the bottom (Oladipo).

The only thing that matters is winning the series and staying healthy. Celtics over Heat has a 12:1 advantage, and one of those votes was an error, so more like 19:1 in terms of what Celtics fans meant to vote

31to6 · Post #34 » by **31to6** » Tue May 16, 2023 10:00 am

CelticFaninLBC wrote:Celtics in 5, if an aggressive Tatum shows up throughout the series.

I'd like to see Tatum aggressively take on the challenge of guarding Butler throughout the series, and not worry about being a star on offense. Pace-and-space offense can score enough points for the Cs.

Would be a cool feather in Tatum's cap if he could slow down Jimmy Buckets.

Post #35 » by **165bows** » Tue May 16, 2023 10:20 am

31to6 wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:I just don't get this fear for Miami.

The Heat are without Herro and Dipo, both part of their top 8 players.

They're just lacking so much horsepower that they just won't have enough to match the Celtics output.

It's a different story if both Herro and Dipo are healthy.

But right now, best case scenario for the Heat is they win one game in this east finals.

With 39 votes cast over one day, "Celtics in 6 or 7" has a 2:1 advantage over "Celtics in 4 or 5", so most of us aren't seeing what you're seeing, but you're not alone in your optimism. I look at the top -- Butler, Bam, and Spo -- not the bottom (Oladipo).

The only thing that matters is winning the series and staying healthy. Celtics over Heat has a 12:1 advantage, and one of those votes was an error, so more like 19:1 in terms of what Celtics fans meant to vote

Celtics are the same as last year except Brogdon has replaced Grant Williams, who played a ton of minutes and averaged 8 ppg. Offense should be much more dynamic this series.

Boston didn’t really struggle with the Heat’s offense, outside of game 1. Held them to 95 or less three times. Unless the really ugly Celtics we all know and love show up a lot Boston is a solid favorite.

sam_I_am · Post #36 » by **sam_I_am** » Tue May 16, 2023 2:57 pm

165bows wrote:
31to6 wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:I just don't get this fear for Miami.

The Heat are without Herro and Dipo, both part of their top 8 players.

They're just lacking so much horsepower that they just won't have enough to match the Celtics output.

It's a different story if both Herro and Dipo are healthy.

But right now, best case scenario for the Heat is they win one game in this east finals.

With 39 votes cast over one day, "Celtics in 6 or 7" has a 2:1 advantage over "Celtics in 4 or 5", so most of us aren't seeing what you're seeing, but you're not alone in your optimism. I look at the top -- Butler, Bam, and Spo -- not the bottom (Oladipo).

The only thing that matters is winning the series and staying healthy. Celtics over Heat has a 12:1 advantage, and one of those votes was an error, so more like 19:1 in terms of what Celtics fans meant to vote

Celtics are the same as last year except Brogdon has replaced Grant Williams, who played a ton of minutes and averaged 8 ppg. Offense should be much more dynamic this series.

Boston didn’t really struggle with the Heat’s offense, outside of game 1. Held them to 95 or less three times. Unless the really ugly Celtics we all know and love show up a lot Boston is a solid favorite.

This is the third time these teams have met in ECF and each time the Celtics looked like they should dominate. The first time was in bubble and Hayward who was playing great got hurt and Herro/Robinson were put in a position by Spo to destroy us. Also the team had no answer for Abedayo. The second time, the Celtics looked even more dominant and Heat had injuries to Herro and Lowry and still almost pulled off a miracle. Butler was the best player and Spo coached it to be a dogfight. However, in the middle of the series Butler broke down and the Celtics took advantage. They still almost blew it in game 7.

I feel like this year the Celtics on paper should win in 4. With a healthy Rob they should be able to stifle Miami. So why do I feel this is going to be a dogfight? Lowry and Abedayo can have big games. Butler could be the best player in the series and if he is so consistently, Spo has the ability to muck up a few games to make it close at the end. This Celtics team has consistently closed out close games badly - which is a huge change from the previous 5 years. I hope the change back to defensive identity wasn’t too late to reverse this trend - game 6 was promising.

tfribs45 · Post #37 » by **tfribs45** » Tue May 16, 2023 4:36 pm

C's in 5, they won't underestimate this Heat team! Unfinished Business and payback from the Big 3 era!

31to6 · Post #38 » by **31to6** » Tue May 16, 2023 7:50 pm

tfribs45 wrote:C's in 5, they won't underestimate this Heat team! Unfinished Business and payback from the Big 3 era!

I trust they can remember 12 months ago, but I think it's reasonable to assume that the probability of the current Celtics franchise getting any motivation from wanting "payback from the Big 3 era" is 0. In which years did we even lose to the Heat?* I live and bleed with this team like the rest of us, and I honestly can't remember. (*please don't answer this question, I know LBJ came to BOS and put on a dominant performance in game 6, after Paul's "I'm so cold" G5 W in Miami)

chrisab123 · Post #39 » by **chrisab123** » Tue May 16, 2023 10:15 pm

Celtics in 7. Heat Culture wins 2 games at least

Triple7 · Post #40 » by **Triple7** » Tue May 16, 2023 11:37 pm

Win the first two, then we win this in 5. Drop 1 of the first two, then this goes to 6 or 7. The heat will play hard every game. They lack talent and depth compared to us, but they close the gap by playing tough and hard. We are more talented, but we have the tendency to relax, and kind of panic in the end.

what ya got?