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#2001 » by wade44 » Tue May 14, 2024 12:54 am

Stick a fork in em. Celtics with the cakewalk to the finals
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Post#2002 » by DowJones » Tue May 14, 2024 12:55 am

Brutal missed call from the official to close out the half in favor of Boston.
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Post#2003 » by jbk1234 » Tue May 14, 2024 12:55 am

I'm reconciled with how the Celtics are officiated in Boston, but I'm really not okay with stuff like that when their playing in Cleveland's arena.
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Post#2004 » by ArksNetsSince99 » Tue May 14, 2024 12:56 am

TheFire wrote:Who has the best chance to beat the Celtics? They seem unstoppable even without Zingus.


Any remaining team from the West + Pacers
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Post#2005 » by bmurph128 » Tue May 14, 2024 12:56 am

jehosafats wrote:How did the Cavs have a top 10 defensive rating in the regular season? They come across as bad defensive team, especially in transition.

Allen was arguably our best defender and hasn't played all series

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Post#2006 » by DaGawd » Tue May 14, 2024 12:56 am

why isn’t mitchell playing? soft
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Post#2007 » by Chuck Everett » Tue May 14, 2024 12:56 am

KGDirkTD_Fan wrote:Tell you what though. These Celtics role players gonna get paid that's for sure.


They already locked Pritchard on a 4 year/30 deal. That's a steal for what he can do.
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Post#2008 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Tue May 14, 2024 12:57 am

Garland with 19, he shut me up, getting some production come on!!!
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Post#2009 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Tue May 14, 2024 12:57 am

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KGDirkTD_Fan wrote:Tell you what though. These Celtics role players gonna get paid that's for sure.


They already locked Pritchard on a 4 year/30 deal. That's a steal for what he can do.

Damn that's really good. That dude is incredible for that amount.
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Post#2010 » by FarBeyondDriven » Tue May 14, 2024 12:57 am

greekman wrote:celtics have benefited so much from opposing team injuries


and officiating. They're clearly one of the protected teams in the NBA. The media surrounding the sport is full of Celtics homers too. It'd kinda expected since ESPN is located in New England and it's a storied franchise but it's still sickening.

This is yet another walk in the park to the ECF for the Celtics. This might actually be the easiest path they've ever had tbh. They're either going to be extremely well-rested and trounce the Western Conference team in the Finals or the Finals will be such a drastic difference in competition that it takes them by surprise.
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Post#2011 » by EmpireFalls » Tue May 14, 2024 12:58 am

This is a really tough watch.
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Post#2012 » by TinmanZBoy » Tue May 14, 2024 12:59 am

jb bickerstaff still has no clue on offense till this day
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Post#2013 » by nbafan38 » Tue May 14, 2024 12:59 am

Celtics must be so bored lol. I mean I've never seen a team have this little competition in the playoffs. They already were heavy favorites and now the other east teams have top players injured.
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Post#2014 » by ChipotleWest » Tue May 14, 2024 12:59 am

TheFire wrote:Who has the best chance to beat the Celtics? They seem unstoppable even without Zingus.


You should look unstoppable when you face Heat without Butler and Rozier and Cavs with or without Mitchell. The team who has the best chance to beat them is whoever survives the West.
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Post#2015 » by ArksNetsSince99 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:00 am

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greekman wrote:celtics have benefited so much from opposing team injuries


and officiating. They're clearly one of the protected teams in the NBA. The media surrounding the sport is full of Celtics homers too. It'd kinda expected since ESPN is located in New England and it's a storied franchise but it's still sickening.

This is yet another walk in the park to the ECF for the Celtics. This might actually be the easiest path they've ever had tbh. They're either going to be extremely well-rested and trounce the Western Conference team in the Finals or the Finals will be such a drastic difference in competition that it takes them by surprise.


The latter, they gonna get swept
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Post#2016 » by Chuck Everett » Tue May 14, 2024 1:00 am

How come Holiday didn't shoot like this in Milwaukee?
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Post#2017 » by GrandTheftRondo » Tue May 14, 2024 1:00 am

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Regular season champs , then in playoffs Tatum shrinks to the size of Mugsy Bogues


You want players scoring 60 apparently lol.

You'll never have a winning team until you realize it's a team sport. Not a iso ball sport.


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.
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Post#2018 » by Wolfgang630 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:01 am

Such a frigging joke. The most cupcake ride to the finals anyone can ever remember. Injuries to every single top star player they faced.
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Post#2019 » by ORLMagicGirl15 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:01 am

Out of curiosity, why couldn't Holiday touch the ball?
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Post#2020 » by bluejerseyjinx » Tue May 14, 2024 1:01 am

Almost time for the fat lady to start singing.

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