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

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Fri May 9, 2025 4:14 pm

Celtics in 5
12
12%
Celtics in 6
8
8%
Celtics in 7
18
18%
Knicks in 4
22
22%
Knicks in 5
8
8%
Knicks in 6
29
28%
Knicks in 7
5
5%
 
Total votes: 102

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

Post#422 » by cgf » Thu May 8, 2025 1:01 am

Made it to half time and I think we've got this, maybe not this game, but this series. The celtics were supposed to throw their best punch in this one to bury us so deep that Jalen could never dig us out of it...and they're just not.

Don't know if they don't have the same hunger they had last year, or if the gap between us is just smaller than I thought it was, but this isn't what I was expecting from a team I was supposed to fear. A friendlier whistle (especially for Karl) and we'd have gone into halftime with a narrow lead without playing any better than we did...and we can still play so much better.

Hopefully we can snag this one too and really put their feet to the fire at the mecca 8-)
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #2 Boston Celtics vs #3 New York Knicks (NYK leads 1-0) 

Post#423 » by Tracymcgoaty » Thu May 8, 2025 1:01 am

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Nah he’s just being carried by his teammates.


hey hey hey!

He's got 13 rebounds...
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Post#424 » by CKB » Thu May 8, 2025 1:01 am

Mikal doing his late game magic again. Keeping it within striking distance for Brunson to check back in.
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Post#425 » by sp6r=underrated » Thu May 8, 2025 1:02 am

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That was something else, man.



That was like my sons first FT attempts at age 6


I began wondering if he has only vision in one eye and has a depth perception problem.
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Post#426 » by tsherkin » Thu May 8, 2025 1:03 am

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That was something else, man.



That was like my sons first FT attempts at age 6


At least he had the grace to be visibly disappointed in himself. That was some DeAndre Jordan-level nonsense.
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Post#427 » by ArksNetsSince99 » Thu May 8, 2025 1:03 am

cgf wrote:Made it to half time and I think we've got this, maybe not this game, but this series. The celtics were supposed to throw their best punch in this one to bury us so deep that Jalen could never dig us out of it...and they're just not.

Don't know if they don't have the same hunger they had last year, or if the gap between us is just smaller than I thought it was, but this isn't what I was expecting from a team I was supposed to fear. A friendlier whistle (especially for Karl) and we'd have gone into halftime with a narrow lead without playing any better than we did...and we can still play so much better.

Hopefully we can snag this one too and really put their feet to the fire at the mecca 8-)


Celtics toying with you’ll :D
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Post#428 » by sp6r=underrated » Thu May 8, 2025 1:03 am

cgf wrote:Made it to half time and I think we've got this, maybe not this game, but this series. The celtics were supposed to throw their best punch in this one to bury us so deep that Jalen could never dig us out of it...and they're just not.

Don't know if they don't have the same hunger they had last year, or if the gap between us is just smaller than I thought it was, but this isn't what I was expecting from a team I was supposed to fear. A friendlier whistle (especially for Karl) and we'd have gone into halftime with a narrow lead without playing any better than we did...and we can still play so much better.

Hopefully we can snag this one too and really put their feet to the fire at the mecca 8-)


I just want a good closure at this point. Get it to 6.
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Post#429 » by HoopsterJones » Thu May 8, 2025 1:03 am

Tracymcgoaty wrote:
HoopsterJones wrote:
levon wrote:Is Tatum injured?


Nah he’s just being carried by his teammates.


hey hey hey!

He's got 13 rebounds...


He should be attacking rim. He has 0 FT attempts.
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Post#430 » by azcatz11 » Thu May 8, 2025 1:03 am

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Post#431 » by Michael Jackson » Thu May 8, 2025 1:04 am

cgf wrote:Made it to half time and I think we've got this, maybe not this game, but this series. The celtics were supposed to throw their best punch in this one to bury us so deep that Jalen could never dig us out of it...and they're just not.

Don't know if they don't have the same hunger they had last year, or if the gap between us is just smaller than I thought it was, but this isn't what I was expecting from a team I was supposed to fear. A friendlier whistle (especially for Karl) and we'd have gone into halftime with a narrow lead without playing any better than we did...and we can still play so much better.

Hopefully we can snag this one too and really put their feet to the fire at the mecca 8-)



I don't know the Knicks got this by any means but Celtics are sleepwalking quite a bit. They should have killed it with KAT and Brunson on the bench and just ho hummed and tread water.
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East Semifinals: #2 Boston Celtics vs #3 New York Knicks (NYK leads 1-0) 

Post#432 » by durden_tyler » Thu May 8, 2025 1:04 am

We saw the Celtics play with their food in Game 1, they are not that dumb to do that again, right?
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Post#433 » by Capn'O » Thu May 8, 2025 1:05 am

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Post#434 » by Tracymcgoaty » Thu May 8, 2025 1:05 am

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

Post#435 » by Calvin Klein » Thu May 8, 2025 1:05 am

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Post#436 » by darkse1d » Thu May 8, 2025 1:05 am

9:05 PM and 6 and a half minutes left. Let's see how long the rest of the game will take.
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Post#438 » by Capn'O » Thu May 8, 2025 1:05 am

durden_tyler wrote:We saw the Celtics play with their food in Game 1, they are not that dumb to do that again, right?


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Post#439 » by HoopsterJones » Thu May 8, 2025 1:06 am

Jalen Brunson got to step up here. This is a golden opportunity to get a chokehold on this series if he didn’t shoot so poorly tonight.
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Post#440 » by Doranku » Thu May 8, 2025 1:06 am

Rigged game. The refs will not allow Boston to go down 0-2 at home. The mob has spoken.

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