NBA FINALS, Gm 1 – Mavericks @ Celtics – 8:30PM, Thurs, June 6, 2024

[Froob]

Please win game one

[KamikazeK]

Media "experts" mostly picking Dallas. The disrespect is real.

[31to6]

Media "experts" mostly picking Dallas. The disrespect is real.

F ALL THAT NOISE
F FAT LUKA AND 3RD EYE KYRIE
F PJ WASHINGTON AND DANIEL GAFFORD AND THEIR 20-YEAR-OLD AND MY GOODNESS MAXI KLEBER TOO?
F THE FACT THAT BANNERS ONLY AIN'T HERE TO SEE THIS
F ALL Y'ALL
AND YA MOMS
AND MY MOM
AND ME
IF THE CELTICS DON'T GET THIS DONE

NOW GO GET THIS **** DONE!!!
CRY HAVOC AND RELEASE THE GOLDEN SHOWERS AND THE DOGS OF WAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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[sam_I_am]

I'm so ready for this game. I hope the guys feel as disrespected as us fans do and come out and destroy their opponent. Time to turn the Mavericks into Goose and take down their paper airplanes!

So sick of hearing how great their defense is like Lively isn't a rookie who can't create any offense, and Gafford wasn't just some guy in Washington leading the Muggles nowhere as KP's BACKUP the season before.

So sick of hearing what a difference maker PJ Washington is like he wasn't the same guy who the Jays have destroyed in Charlotte for half a decade. His stats aren't even better than his career, except a minutes uptick so let's quit acting like he's a part of their new "Big 3".

So sick of hearing how the two of them lead the vaunted 7th ranked playoff defense (oh my!) and how Luke and Kyrie are so magical leading the 6th ranked playoff offense (wow almost out of the middle of the pack)!

So sick of hearing how easy our path was like we didn't dominate the 82 game regular season, not just the last 20 games like the Mavs. Even that last 20 games is so weird to brag about because they literally played 5 playoff teams and went 3-2 while beating the Heat twice (you know the Heat we just beat 4 out of 5 times and 7 out of 8 times for the whole season). Make it a 23 games sample size and suddenly the narrative isn't so exciting as it included 3 Eastern Conference playoff teams they lose to in a row. Lose to us in Boston by 28, in Dallas against the Embiid-less Sixers getting destroyed by Harris and Oubre Jr. on the wings for a combined 49 points (oh wait we have some decent wings on our team), and the apparently not very good Pacers in Dallas by 17. They gave up almost 132 ppg in that stretch, but again doesn't fit the defensive juggernaut narrative so won't count those.

So sick of it being ignored that we EARNED the #1 seed so if we got an easier path it's because we took care of business to get there. Nobody mentioned the incredibly easy path the Nuggets had last year playing 3 play-in teams and a banged up Suns team on the way to a title, so why us?!?!

Sick of no one mentioning Kawhi missed 4 of their 6 games and was severely limited in a 5th (shouldn't they have taken care of things earlier like the underdog Celtics were just supposed to do?). Sick of nobody mentioning how a tough call that often goes uncalled, especially in crunch time, could have changed the OKC series to a game 7 on the road and the Mavs could be headlines of Luka might want out and Kyrie might be on the downside of his career instead of the current bs. Sick of the Mavs getting credit for the Wolves playing offense like middle schoolers with no set gameplan most possessions and a defense they refused to adjust. Even then a bad review because of a stupid rule where an obvious foul on Kyrie makes the series 2-2 instead of starting 3-0 if the refs award free throws to Minny instead of the ball to Mavs.

Asterisks all over the place if the media wants to play that game for us. I hope these boys are ready and show who the better team is! I hope the crowd is sick of it too and we get the best Garden crowd of the entire season. I hope they chant the hell out of "Who wants Boston??" as we demoralize them. I hope we don't let up and continue to prove it each and every game as we hoist up #18! And finally, I hope I can stay awake for all of it with these late start times and a 6 month old who's sometimes a difficult sleeper lol!!

LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Edited to separate my angry typing better)

I am sick of hearing “If Boston couldn’t stop Nemhard….how can they stop Luka and Kyrie?”.

Dallas fans conveniently ignore the two 20 point blowouts they suffered to Indiana with their current roster in which Nemhard shot 100% from 3 and 92% overall from the field.

Dallas will be an extremely tough match due to their 2 elite stars but the Celtics have too much firepower and overall much better defenders.

[bfchs123]

Kinda annoyed that all the talk today is around a play-in team's head coach search

[fallguy]

Why do you guys care who picks who to win? I don't get why this is cause for so much angst.

[He_Got_Game]

The Celtics lost the 22 finals because they had terrible spacing and could not score. We lost that series on the offensive end. Won't have that problem this time around as this offense has supreme spacing.

[Jellybeans]

I love when people say Boston havent been battle tested.
Like what we been doing for last 5 or so seasons?

[bisme37]

I might watch the game but mostly I'm stoked to watch ESPN's hour-long Finals preview show about the Lakers coaching search.

[Tyakack]

Why do you guys care who picks who to win? I don't get why this is cause for so much angst.

I was literally just thinking this. The amount of Celtics fans that care so much about who the media picks to win while also claiming those same media people are morons is weird to me. Why do you care about the opinions of people you claim to not like or respect? If they picked the Celtics you still shouldn't care. I don't watch any of those people because when I say I don't care what they think, I mean it lol.

[Bird84]

Why do you guys care who picks who to win? I don't get why this is cause for so much angst.

I was literally just thinking this. The amount of Celtics fans that care so much about who the media picks to win while also claiming those same media people are morons is weird to me. Why do you care about the opinions of people you claim to not like or respect? If they picked the Celtics you still shouldn't care. I don't watch any of those people because when I say I don't care what they think, I mean it lol.

The amazing part is they'll play the games and decide it on the court. The beauty of sport.

[shackles10]

Why do you guys care who picks who to win? I don't get why this is cause for so much angst.

Because we've been waiting for days and get mad easily at this point.

[shackles10]

Mahomes on the Mavs hype video? Was Tony Romo busy??

[playa-hater]

The Celtics lost the 22 finals because they had terrible spacing and could not score. We lost that series on the offensive end. Won't have that problem this time around as this offense has supreme spacing.

You looking at the single number one reason I hated our coach at that time.. it's like he had no understanding on how spacing can affect our star players.. and there was definitely good spacers on the roster..

[UNCBlue012]

This is awful. My stomach is in knots lol Boston has to come out strong for the all-important game one. I hope Kristaps is ready to roll and his sea legs aren’t too bad.

[Froob]

The Celtics lost the 22 finals because they had terrible spacing and could not score. We lost that series on the offensive end. Won't have that problem this time around as this offense has supreme spacing.

You looking at the single number one reason I hated our coach at that time.. it's like he had no understanding on how spacing can affect our star players.. and there was definitely good spacers on the roster..

Joe is better

[CelticsPride18]

Vegas is making a lot of money tonight

[zoyathedestroya]

Bill has a message for those still doubting the Cs.

[Froob]

Anyone else feel like they’re playing tonight?

[Celts17Pride]

Vegas is making a lot of money tonight

They are pushing their narratives and the public is buying it.