NBA FINALS, Gm 2 – Mavericks (0) @ Celtics (1) – 8:00PM, Sun, June 9, 2024

playa-hater · Post #181 » by **playa-hater** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 2:46 pm

KP coming off the bench (if true) may be a great Idea. As I have always believed it is hard to get all the high level yet ball needy starters going. Al can just spot up while the Jays try to ramp up their early game rhythms. Ditto for D White and Holiday.

During the regular season it would have been insulting to KP to have him come off the bench. But with the injury, Joe has found a "good excuse" to do what's best for the Celtics..

Good Job Joe!!

PierceFan4ever · Post #182 » by **PierceFan4ever** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 2:48 pm

Attending my first Celtics home game tonight.

I couldn’t pass up on this opportunity to travel for tonight’s game and see what it’s like to hear the home fans for once at the biggest stage. So excited and hopefully we get that W!

Now I just gotta figure out what to do for like 5 hours once I land before I start heading to the Garden lol

Post #183 » by **165bows** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 2:51 pm

playa-hater wrote:KP coming off the bench (if true) may be a great Idea. As I have always believed it is hard to get all the high level yet ball needy starters going. Al can just spot up while the Jays try to ramp up their early game rhythms. Ditto for D White and Holiday.

During the regular season it would have been insulting to KP to have him come off the bench. But with the injury, Joe has found a "good excuse" to do what's best for the Celtics..

Good Job Joe!!

I think they like KP better on Lively so that imo influences it. Also sounds like Porzingis didn’t do as well on Doncic as big Al so that would fit as well.

playa-hater · Post #184 » by **playa-hater** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 2:53 pm

165bows wrote:
playa-hater wrote:KP coming off the bench (if true) may be a great Idea. As I have always believed it is hard to get all the high level yet ball needy starters going. Al can just spot up while the Jays try to ramp up their early game rhythms. Ditto for D White and Holiday.

During the regular season it would have been insulting to KP to have him come off the bench. But with the injury, Joe has found a "good excuse" to do what's best for the Celtics..

Good Job Joe!!

I think they like KP better on Lively so that imo influences it. He must sounds like Porzingis didn’t do as well on Doncic as big Al so that would fit as well.

Big Al on Doncic is also a Good reason for KP off the bench so yes I agree.

The Corey's · Post #185 » by **The Corey's** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 3:47 pm

Joe had what I think was his best game as a Celtics head coach. Hands down.

KP off the bench I didn't agree with and was flatly wrong. I thought he waited too long in the third to call that timeout. The Celtics came out of that timeout on a 14-0? Run. I was wrong.

Win this series and I don't give a **** what Joe does ever again.

Post #186 » by **canman1971** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:12 pm

PierceFan4ever wrote:Attending my first Celtics home game tonight.

I couldn’t pass up on this opportunity to travel for tonight’s game and see what it’s like to hear the home fans for once at the biggest stage. So excited and hopefully we get that W!

Now I just gotta figure out what to do for like 5 hours once I land before I start heading to the Garden lol

Plenty of things in that immediate area to occupy yourself. Enjoy and have a blast!

Post #187 » by **bisme37** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:17 pm

No jinx!

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Post #188 » by **bisme37** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:24 pm

So in Kyrie's interview yesterday he was seemingly unaware of Kidd's comments and said this in response to a question about "whose team is it?"

"A lot of people don't know what they are talking about," Irving told reporters.

"I do my best to nonchalantly push that conversation to the side of 1A, 1B or 'Whose team is it?' — this, that," added Irving. "I'm just here to play basketball. It's a dream come true to be at this level. ... As a teammate, you just want to push those other things to the side that don't really matter or get you better as a team. So we just leave it to everybody else to argue whose team it is and who has the most responsibility. It's all our jobs to be prepared. S****y conversation, but it has to happen in sports."

Slightly hard to decipher in usual Ky fashion but pretty sure he's saying comments like Kidd's are hella lame lol.

zoyathedestroya · Post #189 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:31 pm

Silver upped the challenge.

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meatball sub · Post #190 » by **meatball sub** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:35 pm

bisme37 wrote:No jinx!

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Joe is a man of faith. Sunday is his favorite day

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #191 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:36 pm

I fully expect the Celtics to win tonight, as it's part of my premonition.

As I posted earlier, I had a Premonition about the Celtics, in which they would:

Play Dallas in the Finals - Correct.

Beat the Mavs for the Championship - Expect that to happen.

But this will be the only Title for this current core - I believe this will happen, as I've had a strong feeling, the 2024-25
Celtics will have a slew of injuries, finish with around the 7th worst record, and then move up to Number One in
the Lottery and Draft Cooper Flagg, which will cause the largest opposition Fan Meltdown in the History of the Internet.

Post #192 » by **Parliament10** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:36 pm

PierceFan4ever wrote:Attending my first Celtics home game tonight.

I couldn’t pass up on this opportunity to travel for tonight’s game and see what it’s like to hear the home fans for once at the biggest stage. So excited and hopefully we get that W!

Now I just gotta figure out what to do for like 5 hours once I land before I start heading to the Garden lol

If you can afford it, then get a hotel room. Take your time, and enjoy the ambience.
Congratulations, on getting Tickets!!!

meatball sub · Post #193 » by **meatball sub** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:37 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:Silver upped the challenge.

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This is rough

Post #194 » by **Parliament10** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:39 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:Silver upped the challenge.

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We need more officials for the Games. Even more so, for the Finals.
At least 4 refs on the court, and a 5th retiree at the Review Table.

greenbeans · Post #195 » by **greenbeans** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:50 pm

PierceFan4ever wrote:Attending my first Celtics home game tonight.

I couldn’t pass up on this opportunity to travel for tonight’s game and see what it’s like to hear the home fans for once at the biggest stage. So excited and hopefully we get that W!

Now I just gotta figure out what to do for like 5 hours once I land before I start heading to the Garden lol

Grab a large pepperoni from Pizzeria Regina and eat it under an awning if it's still raining. Sullivans Tap for drinks.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #196 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 4:54 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:Silver upped the challenge.

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Like the great Tom Heinsohn used to say…

‘Tony Brothers go home to your mother!’

Post #197 » by **bisme37** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 5:08 pm

The Goble refs are terrible and somehow avoid their deserved amount of hate haha. I think there are actually 2 or 3 Goble refs and they all suck.

London2Boston · Post #198 » by **London2Boston** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 5:27 pm

Really feeling the nerves now. Would be a hell of a time to sort out our shakey home playoff record the last few years by taking the first two in the finals.

zoyathedestroya · Post #199 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 5:32 pm

LMAO.

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Triple7 · Post #200 » by **Triple7** » Sun Jun 9, 2024 5:33 pm

Just win game 2. Luka and Kyrie will really try to push it hard to start the game for sure. I hope JT gets out of that shooting slump. Win game 2, and we have a good chance to make it a short series.