2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #2 Boston Celtics vs #3 New York Knicks (NYK leads 1-0)
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I hope the Celtics end up in foul trouble at the end of the game because of this BS.
            
                                    
                                    
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Can the league please do something about the hack strategy. It's killing to whole product. No casual will watch this nonsense.
            
                                    
                                    
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Celtics are super excellent, Knicks are super garbage can trash. There's not really much else to say.
Mazzulla is playing 8D checkers, and Thibs is stuck in 2D.
            
                                    
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Celtics working smarter not harder
            
                                    
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Hart gobbled these offensive rebounds
            
                                    
                                    
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A lot of Knicks fans in garden.
            
                                    
                                    
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I actually like Achiuwa in this matchup
            
                                    
                                    
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Charles Hartkley!!
            
                                    
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Dan33185 wrote:I hope the Celtics end up in foul trouble at the end of the game because of this BS.
Wait till the warriors do it to Gobert
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Celtics playing pretty average but still up. These wide open threes should eventually go.
            
                                    
                                    
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Here's my question for you guys. Knicks played a slow pace game during regular season despite being a guard-heavy team. 26th in the league in pace. In the playoffs they're top 3. It makes sense for them to play fast. Why don't they do that during regular season?
            
                                    
                                    
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Can't believe how the Knicks give up an offensive rebound after another. The effort is lacking and it just won't do vs. the Celtics.
            
                                    
                                    
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AussieCeltic wrote:Revived wrote:The mighty Celtics can’t defend the Knicks offense without doing the hack-a-player method? Interesting.
They’re up 10. Can’t argue with the results
*I don’t like it though
Yeah it definitely works but I had the impression that the big bad Celtics could defend without having to do hack-a-player. I guess their defense isn’t actually all that great.
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PierceFan4ever wrote:Celtics playing pretty average but still up. These wide open threes should eventually go.
Celtics playing down to their opponent, otherwise would be a blowout already
They rarely go to the rim , just shooting threes
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Celtics doing varsity stuff fouling Robinson like they are the underdog team trying to beat a perennial contender.
            
                                    
                                    
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Mazzulla is a great coach
            
                                    
                                    
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The Knicks are 7/17 from the line and the Celtics 15/19.  Going to get swept shooting like that.
            
                                    
                                    
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donkki wrote:Can the league please do something about the hack strategy. It's killing to whole product. No casual will watch this nonsense.
Yep. There are so many ways the game is stopped that the game barely has any flow. It's a good strategy, but it's boring to watch.
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What is Hart complaining about? He jumped over Jrue’s back
            
                                    
                                    
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Wait… Hart jumped over Jrue who was boxing out and the foul is on Jrue??
            
                                    
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