2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #2 Boston Celtics vs #3 New York Knicks (NYK leads 1-0)

___Rand___ · Post #501 » by **___Rand___** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:22 am

Blazing_royale wrote:Whats up with Mikal Bridges? Dude needs to generate some offence for the Knicks.

Overrated. Overpaid.

PierceFan4ever · Post #502 » by **PierceFan4ever** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:22 am

KP has done absolutely nothing so far these playoffs…might not even need him for this round but he has to be better than this crap he’s showing. He was dominant to end the season so this is disappointing

Jazz9 · Post #503 » by **Jazz9** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:22 am

I have zero doubts about the Celtics. They're going to the Finals. Has nothing to do with that one half of G1 vs the Knicks, they just are and we've known that for a while.
The more interesting story will be to see if the Thunder are for real this year in the playoffs.
If they come out of the West then they more than likely are and could be the only team to give Boston a run for their money.

Post #504 » by **SOUL** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:22 am

thelead wrote:
guynumber45 wrote:East is pathetic. Just Boston and a bunch of pretenders. I wish we could just get rid of conferences all together

meh, the west isn't all that great. The CBA is watering teams down... it just hasn't caught up to Boston and OKC yet.

I think there's more solid-above average teams tbh. Just hard to separate completely and a lot of series are matchup dependent. This is what people wanted with parity though so.

durden_tyler · Post #505 » by **durden_tyler** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:22 am

guynumber45 wrote:East is pathetic. Just Boston and a bunch of pretenders. I wish we could just get rid of conferences all together

Yes, this is the only solution to save the East teams from themselves.

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xxSnEaKyPxx · Post #506 » by **xxSnEaKyPxx** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:23 am

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:When I watch the Knicks now, feels like they aren’t a team. They have a lot of very talented players, but sometimes it looks like they are trying to force square pegs into round holes, hoping to make it work.

CC kinda summing up what I meant by this.

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knicksfan974 · Post #507 » by **knicksfan974** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:23 am

To me it's simple for the Knicks: control the boards, do not allow second chances and play smart on offense. Everyone needs to step their game up or we are looking at a sweep.

durden_tyler · Post #508 » by **durden_tyler** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:24 am

PierceFan4ever wrote:KP has done absolutely nothing so far these playoffs…might not even need him for this round but he has to be better than this crap he’s showing. He was dominant to end the season so this is disappointing

The Celtics are so good/deep they don’t need the full KP vs the Magic and maybe even these incosistent Knicks team. They will need him vs the Cavs an Thunder, if at all they get there.

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RHODEY · Post #509 » by **RHODEY** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:24 am

ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
RHODEY wrote:
ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
Like who ? Mikal ?

Yes he just dropped 25 in a critical game for the Knicks as the Nets watched from Cancun.

Mikal good first quarter , 0 points but one rebound

I’d say way worth it 5 first round picks

Nets entire roster had 0 quarters :lol:

Picks well spent!

thelead · Post #510 » by **thelead** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:24 am

SOUL wrote:
thelead wrote:
guynumber45 wrote:East is pathetic. Just Boston and a bunch of pretenders. I wish we could just get rid of conferences all together

meh, the west isn't all that great. The CBA is watering teams down... it just hasn't caught up to Boston and OKC yet.

I think there's more solid-above average teams tbh. Just hard to separate completely and a lot of series are matchup dependent. This is what people wanted with parity though so.

I'm good with the parity... mostly... but I think supermax contracts should only count as regular max deals for teams that draft their stars. I don't think it's right that Mobley winning an award should greatly affect how Cleveland constructs their roster moving forward.

Appleshampoo · Post #511 » by **Appleshampoo** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:25 am

y'all are analyzing this team forgetting Towns played 9 minutes. The 3rd foul was a gift by the NBA.

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #512 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:25 am

RHODEY wrote:
ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
RHODEY wrote:Yes he just dropped 25 in a critical game for the Knicks as the Nets watched from Cancun.

Mikal good first quarter , 0 points but one rebound

I’d say way worth it 5 first round picks

Nets entire roster had 0 quarters

Picks well spent!

Mikal 2 points at the half

Thx for taking Mikal

RHODEY · Post #513 » by **RHODEY** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:25 am

durden_tyler wrote:
PierceFan4ever wrote:KP has done absolutely nothing so far these playoffs…might not even need him for this round but he has to be better than this crap he’s showing. He was dominant to end the season so this is disappointing

The Celtics are so good/deep they don’t need the full KP vs the Magic and maybe even these incosistent Knicks team. They will need him vs the Cavs an Thunder, if at all they get there.

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Not impressed ..if they were so good why do they need to be bailed out by the refs? They are so talented yet have to play hack a Shaq?

basketballRob · Post #514 » by **basketballRob** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:26 am

I liked the Knicks last year more than this season. DDV bombing 10 3s per game and Hartenstein making all the right plays.

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doogie_hauser · Post #515 » by **doogie_hauser** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:26 am

I am very grateful for the rest Jrue got in the Orlando. He is looking great and fresh.

Of course many teams don't have the luxury of depth that we do. Jrue is a true Viking of a player and i hope he retires as a Celtic.

___Rand___ · Post #516 » by **___Rand___** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:26 am

guynumber45 wrote:East is pathetic. Just Boston and a bunch of pretenders. I wish we could just get rid of conferences all together

I'd disagree. East has Celtics, Cavs, Pacers. West got OKC and the butt-sniffers: geriatric Warriors, Lebron and fatboy, one man crew Nuggets, and a young Twolves. Oh yeah 2nd seed Rockets who got bounced by grandpas.

scrabbarista · Post #517 » by **scrabbarista** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:27 am

You guys are underrating CLE and IND.

scrabbarista · Post #518 » by **scrabbarista** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:27 am

xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:
xxSnEaKyPxx wrote:When I watch the Knicks now, feels like they aren’t a team. They have a lot of very talented players, but sometimes it looks like they are trying to force square pegs into round holes, hoping to make it work.

CC kinda summing up what I meant by this.

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100%.

___Rand___ · Post #519 » by **___Rand___** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:28 am

Appleshampoo wrote:y'all are analyzing this team forgetting Towns played 9 minutes. The 3rd foul was a gift by the NBA.

It was a foul they've been calling the whole half, the one that Brunson got his 3 free throws on - contact on the hip to Brown. Yup, it was a foul.

PierceFan4ever · Post #520 » by **PierceFan4ever** » Tue May 6, 2025 12:28 am

RHODEY wrote:
durden_tyler wrote:
PierceFan4ever wrote:KP has done absolutely nothing so far these playoffs…might not even need him for this round but he has to be better than this crap he’s showing. He was dominant to end the season so this is disappointing

The Celtics are so good/deep they don’t need the full KP vs the Magic and maybe even these incosistent Knicks team. They will need him vs the Cavs an Thunder, if at all they get there.

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Not impressed ..if they were so good why do they need to be bailed out by the refs? They are so talented yet have to play hack a Shaq?

lol what. Robinson looks like the worst free throw shooter of all time rn so it makes sense to do it and it….worked. That’s called being smart which great teams usually are

Who wins and goes to the ECFs?