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

[cgf]

Brunson hit his career playoff avg.

Dono what to tell you. It took a miracle for the Knicks to win a game by 3 points.

Jays aren't going 14 for 43 again.

I'm not not giving the Knicks credit. They won guy.

It's the Knicks fans who are acting like this was the Celtics one chance to get a win and they blew it when in reality it's the other way around.

When Tatum is guarded by OG in his career he is shooting like 40% from the field …. Idk why the hell thibs had OG not guard him excusivy during the season and put bridges on brown…Also Tatum doesn’t exactly have the same pedigree as a player in the playoffs as he does in the season , reason people question him even after winning a title

Is it gonna be excuse after excuse with everyone who responds to me?

What's the chances OG goes off for a career playoff high again?

We can go in and on.

Celtics in 5.

Pretty good considering OG has never been as good offensively as he has been? Dude really leveled up this season when Brunson was out.

[The Corey's]

When Tatum is guarded by OG in his career he is shooting like 40% from the field …. Idk why the hell thibs had OG not guard him excusivy during the season and put bridges on brown…Also Tatum doesn’t exactly have the same pedigree as a player in the playoffs as he does in the season , reason people question him even after winning a title

Is it gonna be excuse after excuse with everyone who responds to me?

What's the chances OG goes off for a career playoff high again?

We can go in and on.

Celtics in 5.

Pretty good considering OG has never been as good offensively as he has been? Dude really leveled up this season when Brunson was out.

Pretty good?

I'd say there's almost no chance he goes for 29 plus again.

[bronxknicksfan1]

Brunson hit his career playoff avg.

Dono what to tell you. It took a miracle for the Knicks to win a game by 3 points.

Jays aren't going 14 for 43 again.

I'm not not giving the Knicks credit. They won guy.

It's the Knicks fans who are acting like this was the Celtics one chance to get a win and they blew it when in reality it's the other way around.

Brunson had a bad half by his standards. He’s turned it on the 2nd half.

And that’s not giving credit. This isn’t the first time in the playoffs that the Knicks came back from down double digits. They clamped down and shutdown the Celtics.

And again, KAT and Hart won’t always be in foul trouble. Brunson won’t always have a bad half. Mikal won’t always shoot 3-13. I can do that too. Knicks didn’t play their best game.

No, you thought this was going to be an easy series. Celtics got caught lacking and caught a haymaker in G1. Celtics fans like you didn’t see it coming and keep thinking the regular season results and winning a chip last season means anything to what’s going on now.

It's going to be a extremely easy series.

Yesterday changed nothing.

Knicks in 6

[The Corey's]

Brunson had a bad half by his standards. He’s turned it on the 2nd half.

And that’s not giving credit. This isn’t the first time in the playoffs that the Knicks came back from down double digits. They clamped down and shutdown the Celtics.

And again, KAT and Hart won’t always be in foul trouble. Brunson won’t always have a bad half. Mikal won’t always shoot 3-13. I can do that too. Knicks didn’t play their best game.

No, you thought this was going to be an easy series. Celtics got caught lacking and caught a haymaker in G1. Celtics fans like you didn’t see it coming and keep thinking the regular season results and winning a chip last season means anything to what’s going on now.

It's going to be a extremely easy series.

Yesterday changed nothing.

Knicks in 6

You'd make bank if you put your money where your mouth is.

[bronxknicksfan1]

Is it gonna be excuse after excuse with everyone who responds to me?

What's the chances OG goes off for a career playoff high again?

We can go in and on.

Celtics in 5.

Pretty good considering OG has never been as good offensively as he has been? Dude really leveled up this season when Brunson was out.

Pretty good?

I'd say there's almost no chance he goes for 29 plus again.

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But he’ll definitely clamp Tatum again. Who’ll do everything he can to get away from him

[Crunch 99]

wtf were the Mavs thinking breaking up Luka and Brunson

Brunson was a UFA and he didn't even take the Mavs' call.

Brunson needed to get away from ball dominant Luka to become all he could become.
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[The Corey's]

Pretty good considering OG has never been as good offensively as he has been? Dude really leveled up this season when Brunson was out.

Pretty good?

I'd say there's almost no chance he goes for 29 plus again.

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But he’ll definitely clamp Tatum again. Who’ll do everything he can to get away from him

Sure he will.

Not that it matters. The Celtics are deeper than two guys.

I'm so glad you all figured it out and the Celtics will have zero adjustments and now all of a sudden will lose 4 out of 6 when they couldn't find ways to lose before.

I don't even know what the Celtics are even here. We have zero chance!

[bronxknicksfan1]

Pretty good?

I'd say there's almost no chance he goes for 29 plus again.

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But he’ll definitely clamp Tatum again. Who’ll do everything he can to get away from him

Sure he will.

Not that it matters. The Celtics are deeper than two guys.

I'm so glad you all figured it out and the Celtics will have zero adjustments and now all of a sudden will lose 4 out of 6 when they couldn't find ways to lose before.

I don't even know what the Celtics are even here. We have zero chance!

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He absolutely will

Better hope KP and Hauser find their way back. Doubt old man Horford can be out there running 40 min.

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[NoStatsGuy]

i find it really funny... before we got OG, everybody was so high on him. And since we got him, he gets treated like some chump, while locking up almost everybody he defends, plus him and mikal have to cover a lot for brunson.

dude is a terminator out there

[LFGK]

I remember these same convos with Mavs fans.

Y'all think shooting too many threes is our downfall when in reality it's gonna be the Knicks giving up too many open looks.

They won't shoot that bad for an entire 7 game series.

If 60 of your total 97 shots were from 3 and you missed 45 of them…a good chance a majority of those were not open. Could very well not shoot that bad again for a 7 games series. But they’re damn sure cutting down on those 3s in the next game.

And yet, they only needed to hit 1 more to tie the game.

They may cut down in the amount they take but they'll increase in the amount they make.

It's what they do.

unless they don't, all this nonsense about what the celtics will do better, You think the Knick shoot 17/31 again from the FT line? KAT to have 3 fouls(2 of which were ABSURD) 14 min into the game? what if the knicks defend the way they did the second half the entire game?

[kaansunman]

After sweeping the season series and jump up to 20 point lead, they thought this game is over. It was an extra ordinary game for Celtics, they won't miss that many threes for sure, probably won't try that much.

I am giving Al Horford a lot of credit. He is like antitode for all the all-star bigs in East but I can't stand watching KAT, it's like he is betraying his talent. Hart was the agitator and woke up the team down 20. He was literally everywhere on the court and smart enough to play with the early three fouls.

Towns was cooking everyone before that third foul on him early

That is exactly what I am talking about, that's why I am so mad. 8 stragiht points in the second quarter then he takes a silly third faul he sits down and boston builds a 20 point lead. Horford did a great job on him at the last quarter. KAT was efficient in defense and had a critical tip back in clutch but he is your "supermax" guy, he need to do better. Same chronical problems since his rookie years.

PS: Some calls are especialy at the beginning of the game was "normal season" real cheap calls. It doesn't fit for play-off basketball.

[hardenASG13]

When Tatum is guarded by OG in his career he is shooting like 40% from the field …. Idk why the hell thibs had OG not guard him excusivy during the season and put bridges on brown…Also Tatum doesn’t exactly have the same pedigree as a player in the playoffs as he does in the season , reason people question him even after winning a title

Is it gonna be excuse after excuse with everyone who responds to me?

What's the chances OG goes off for a career playoff high again?

We can go in and on.

Celtics in 5.

Pretty good considering OG has never been as good offensively as he has been? Dude really leveled up this season when Brunson was out.

Yeah OG wasn't a fluke last night. Hart is such a winning player too. The Knicks are loaded and healthy this year. We got a series.

[Wolfgang630]

Tatum is sad. Some “superstar” who can’t even think “hmm maybe I should stop shooting garbage threes and use my size to drive the ball and maybe get a layup or free throws”

[robbie84]

If 60 of your total 97 shots were from 3 and you missed 45 of them…a good chance a majority of those were not open. Could very well not shoot that bad again for a 7 games series. But they’re damn sure cutting down on those 3s in the next game.

And yet, they only needed to hit 1 more to tie the game.

They may cut down in the amount they take but they'll increase in the amount they make.

It's what they do.

unless they don't, all this nonsense about what the celtics will do better, You think the Knick shoot 17/31 again from the FT line? KAT to have 3 fouls(2 of which were ABSURD) 14 min into the game? what if the knicks defend the way they did the second half the entire game?

Mitch Robinson took 10 of those free throws. Robinson going 3/10 from the line is not surprising....?

You're like a kid who just got his first kiss, very sweet.

[cgf]

After sweeping the season series and jump up to 20 point lead, they thought this game is over. It was an extra ordinary game for Celtics, they won't miss that many threes for sure, probably won't try that much.

I am giving Al Horford a lot of credit. He is like antitode for all the all-star bigs in East but I can't stand watching KAT, it's like he is betraying his talent. Hart was the agitator and woke up the team down 20. He was literally everywhere on the court and smart enough to play with the early three fouls.

Towns was cooking everyone before that third foul on him early

That is exactly what I am talking about, that's why I am so mad. 8 stragiht points in the second quarter then he takes a silly third faul he sits down and boston builds a 20 point lead. Horford did a great job on him at the last quarter. KAT was efficient in defense and had a critical tip back in clutch but he is your "supermax" guy, he need to do better. Same chronical problems since his rookie years.

PS: Some calls are especialy at the beginning of the game was "normal season" real cheap calls. It doesn't fit for play-off basketball.

Yeah there was some home-cooking in some of those calls but that’s the reason teams fight for HCA. We need Karl to avoid foul trouble, but he’s our #2 and this team has a strong 7 man rotation, so we don’t need him to go off like he did in our final RS matchup against Boston every game…that’s what we have Brunson for. Karl just needs to warp defenses and step up when OG / Mikal / Deuce / etc. aren’t enough help for Jalen.

[cgf]

And yet, they only needed to hit 1 more to tie the game.

They may cut down in the amount they take but they'll increase in the amount they make.

It's what they do.

unless they don't, all this nonsense about what the celtics will do better, You think the Knick shoot 17/31 again from the FT line? KAT to have 3 fouls(2 of which were ABSURD) 14 min into the game? what if the knicks defend the way they did the second half the entire game?

Mitch Robinson took 10 of those free throws. Robinson going 3/10 from the line is not surprising....?

You're like a kid who just got his first kiss, very sweet.

Non-Robinson Knicks missed a third of their FTs, that is very surprising. And even Robinson, an awful FT shooter, shooting 30% instead of his usually 50% is atypical.

Towns getting into foul trouble isn’t exactly unheard of, but banking on him going out every time he starts to cook probably isn’t a reliable strategy.

Gunna be really interesting to see how different game two is. Expecting you to come out for blood and bury us, but there’s a lot of low hanging fruit for both teams to clean up.

[cgf]

Is it gonna be excuse after excuse with everyone who responds to me?

What's the chances OG goes off for a career playoff high again?

We can go in and on.

Celtics in 5.

Pretty good considering OG has never been as good offensively as he has been? Dude really leveled up this season when Brunson was out.

Yeah OG wasn't a fluke last night. Hart is such a winning player too. The Knicks are loaded and healthy this year. We got a series.

I still think we need one more 20mpg guy…and a training camp to fully integrate Robinson & Towns…but if our top 7 can stay healthy and bring it’s A-game, this should be a really fun series; even if we do end up getting outclassed by the champs.

[LFGK]

And yet, they only needed to hit 1 more to tie the game.

They may cut down in the amount they take but they'll increase in the amount they make.

It's what they do.

unless they don't, all this nonsense about what the celtics will do better, You think the Knick shoot 17/31 again from the FT line? KAT to have 3 fouls(2 of which were ABSURD) 14 min into the game? what if the knicks defend the way they did the second half the entire game?

Mitch Robinson took 10 of those free throws. Robinson going 3/10 from the line is not surprising....?

You're like a kid who just got his first kiss, very sweet.

yeah big dawg a guys thats close to 52 percent for his career, team was top 5 in FTP, I don't expect them to shoot 66 from the FT line again(without mitch takes). I understand you are mad after all of boston though easy series, bring it Wed night or it will be 2-0

[The Corey's]

I could engage all day with these knick bandwagoners but what's the point. They won't come crawling back with the flowers.

They needed everything to go right just to win by 3.

Imagine having that kind of confidence after escaping with a win vs a team playing their worst possible game hahahhahahqhahha