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#2161 » by The Corey's » Tue May 14, 2024 1:26 am

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Tatum got a T because he bitched at the ref for not giving him the and 1 when he got smacked in the damn face on a layup

But ya bro, Celtics got the whistle.

Ya "bro", they did

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Post#2162 » by Zeno » Tue May 14, 2024 1:27 am

When are we getting this crew vs Luka. Going to be epic.
When will we just change the name of 25 of the 30 teams to the Washington Generals?

Please advise….

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Post#2163 » by FarBeyondDriven » Tue May 14, 2024 1:27 am

Cavs badly need to get a 3 and D wing that can shoot. I know it's rare but that seems to be their biggest issue. You can't run Okoro, LeVert and Struss out there. Roster construction with two small guards and two similar centers is garbage.
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Post#2164 » by GrandTheftRondo » Tue May 14, 2024 1:27 am

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Iwasawitness wrote:Even if Cleveland loses this game, there's nothing really to be ashamed of. Yeah it's winnable but doing this without Mitchell and Allen? It's a sign of how capable Cleveland is as a team. I'm curious as to what Mitchell thinks of this.


Perhaps that Cleveland plays their best basketball with 1 of their bigs and 1 of their guards, making two players redundant.

If the Cavs are playing their best basketball without their best big and best guard, than that is a very weird constructed team.

It is pretty strange to me how everyone acts like their full healthy team is some well constructed team with great chemistry.

Time and time again when players are missing it seems to open things up for Garland or Mobley.
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Post#2165 » by Zaschrona » Tue May 14, 2024 1:27 am

We would lose this match last season so an improvement is there. Cavs helped us but a W is a W.
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Re: 2024 NBA Playoffs: East Semifinals: #1 Boston Celtics vs #4 Cleveland Cavaliers (BOS leads 2-1) 

Post#2166 » by bmurph128 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:28 am

ORLMagicGirl15 wrote:
ForeverTFC wrote:
Iwasawitness wrote:Even if Cleveland loses this game, there's nothing really to be ashamed of. Yeah it's winnable but doing this without Mitchell and Allen? It's a sign of how capable Cleveland is as a team. I'm curious as to what Mitchell thinks of this.


Perhaps that Cleveland plays their best basketball with 1 of their bigs and 1 of their guards, making two players redundant.

If the Cavs are playing their best basketball without their best big and best guard, than that is a very weird constructed team.

Yea that's not true lol. With Mitchell and Allen and the Celtics without KP we probably take this to 7 and have a shot. With Mitchell today this would have been a W

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Post#2168 » by AussieCeltic » Tue May 14, 2024 1:28 am

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Porzingis is a No. 3. Butler and Mitchell are their team's No. 1. False equivalence


Yeh and they won 4-1 by an average margin of 22 points haha.

They’re up 2-1 with Mitchell playing and KP out.

The only 2 games they’ve lost have been incredibly hot shooting nights.

The Heat tied for 4th most threes in a playoff game and Cavs shot 46% in their win.

Injuries happen, championship teams also lose games to inferior ones since the beginning of the NBA.

People have the worst takes on here it’s unbelievable. Just like everyone was writing Denver off after 2 losses. Dumb


Minnesota isn't missing their best player. False equivalence.


You’re pretty annoying.

Like really annoying.

Celtics 71-20 this season but nah, this guy thinks they should be 91-0 because other teams have injuries.
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Post#2169 » by BrooklynDynasty » Tue May 14, 2024 1:28 am

Tatum is DeRozan with better teammates. Boston fans so happy to cut ties with Kyrie just to bet all their chips on this soft boi, lol
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Post#2170 » by PierceFan4ever » Tue May 14, 2024 1:29 am

The salt is insane here lmaooo

Winning road playoff games are hard in general. Wasn’t a great game by the Celtics by any means but acting like they should win every game by 20+ and if they don’t they’re pretenders is such a stupid logic. Every game is different
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Post#2171 » by itrsteve » Tue May 14, 2024 1:29 am

GG to Cleveland, gotta respect the grit on that unit.
[quote=“dkb964”]156-1 Celtics are frauds when pressure is put on them. They would have been toast if Luka was not stupid enough to foul himself out. Enjoy this ONE finals win. There will never be another with the Js and the Celtics cant afford stacked team.[/quote]
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Post#2172 » by ForeverTFC » Tue May 14, 2024 1:29 am

FarBeyondDriven wrote:Cavs badly need to get a 3 and D wing that can shoot. I know it's rare but that seems to be their biggest issue. You can't run Okoro, LeVert and Struss out there. Roster construction with two small guards and two similar centers is garbage.


Should have swapped Garland for OG but obviously hard to do that when 1) you don't know if Mitchell will stay and 2) OG won't give you a commitment to stay.
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Post#2173 » by phanman » Tue May 14, 2024 1:29 am

they didnt even cover :(
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Post#2174 » by GrandTheftRondo » Tue May 14, 2024 1:29 am

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GrandTheftRondo wrote:We get it you hate Porzingis.

I’m not interested in reading your garbage opinion about him 600 times


Forget my hate for Porzingis, why do you hate Jaylen Brown? He's been your best player at various times, and you put this journeyman injury prone player over him? That's messed up.


He needs to convince himself that Boston really is THAT good, and the only way to do that after watching the C's in round 2 is to believe that the Zinger is anything other than a really nice role player. Instead Boston is a good team, but not dominant. They certainly aren't that 64-win team they thought they were in the regular season.

No I just happen to know what I’m talking about because I watched the team all year.

Porzingis makes this team far more potent offensively.

Did you even watch the game tonight?

If the Celtics relied on 37 year old Al Horford all season they wouldn’t have sniffed 64 wins in the regular season.

Clueless **** post.
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Post#2175 » by mcfly1204 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:30 am

Win is a win. Good effort from a shorthanded Cavs squad.
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Post#2176 » by Sikk_Handlez » Tue May 14, 2024 1:30 am

Celtics undefeated on the road this postseason. Showing the poise and discipline we expect from a championship caliber team. Back home to Boston to finish them off.
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Post#2177 » by SportsGuru08 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:30 am

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AussieCeltic wrote:
Yeh and they won 4-1 by an average margin of 22 points haha.

They’re up 2-1 with Mitchell playing and KP out.

The only 2 games they’ve lost have been incredibly hot shooting nights.

The Heat tied for 4th most threes in a playoff game and Cavs shot 46% in their win.

Injuries happen, championship teams also lose games to inferior ones since the beginning of the NBA.

People have the worst takes on here it’s unbelievable. Just like everyone was writing Denver off after 2 losses. Dumb


Minnesota isn't missing their best player. False equivalence.


You’re pretty annoying.

Like really annoying.

Celtics 71-20 this season but nah, this guy thinks they should be 91-0 because other teams have injuries.


Nice strawman you've built there.
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Post#2178 » by jbk1234 » Tue May 14, 2024 1:30 am

Gotta wonder if JB started Wade instead of Okoro how this game turns out.
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Jarret Allen isn’t winning you anything. Garland won’t show up in the playoffs. Mobley is a glorified dunk man. Mitchell has some experience but is a liability on defense. To me, the Cavs are a treadmill team.
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Post#2179 » by Zaschrona » Tue May 14, 2024 1:30 am

BrooklynDynasty wrote:Tatum is DeRozan with better teammates. Boston fans so happy to cut ties with Kyrie just to bet all their chips on this soft boi, lol

Quite a bit funny to hear this from a Brooklyn fan, lol. :D
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Post#2180 » by KazuoOda » Tue May 14, 2024 1:31 am

Zaschrona wrote:We would lose this match last season so an improvement is there. Cavs helped us but a W is a W.

The refs helped you

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