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

[Capn'O]

I’ve had my foot on Celtics neck in all the game threads on this board since the series was 0-0, but I’ll admit the Tatum injury took some of the fun out of it for me

yeah injuries suck to see especially to a guy of that magnitude. i just don’t want to hear that the reason we win this series once we finish them, he was there for the majority of it

Especially given how we were down Randle, Mitch, OG, and Brunson--with Hart injured but playing--by the end of least year's playoffs, and had Mitch, Brunson and Precious each gone for extended parts of this regular season, and yet many posters here still talked about how we uSeD iNjURiEs aS aN ExCuSe....

That said, Boston's a great team, and I liked the idea of taking them down at full health. Injuries suck!

And Bogdanovic.

[jkvonny]

Very unfortunate what happened to Tatum.

[cgf]

yeah injuries suck to see especially to a guy of that magnitude. i just don’t want to hear that the reason we win this series once we finish them, he was there for the majority of it

Especially given how we were down Randle, Mitch, OG, and Brunson--with Hart injured but playing--by the end of least year's playoffs, and had Mitch, Brunson and Precious each gone for extended parts of this regular season, and yet many posters here still talked about how we uSeD iNjURiEs aS aN ExCuSe....

That said, Boston's a great team, and I liked the idea of taking them down at full health. Injuries suck!

And Bogdanovic.

With his defense last year, that was a blessing…

[ForeverTFC]

Well they do hate Embiid as much as we do…

true dat.. **** embiid!

Amen, f*** Embiid indeed!

Pretty much the only thing NBA fans agree on universally

[cgf]

true dat.. **** embiid!

Amen, f*** Embiid indeed!

Pretty much the only thing NBA fans agree on universally

Yeah, nobody in the nba can bring people together quite like Joel…

[Lord Commander]

celtics and knicks fans getting along in this thread.. tf going on b

I’ve had my foot on Celtics neck in all the game threads on this board since the series was 0-0, but I’ll admit the Tatum injury took some of the fun out of it for me

yeah injuries suck to see especially to a guy of that magnitude. i just don’t want to hear that the reason we win this series once we finish them, he was there for the majority of it

You know that's what the narrative will be. Hell it already is.

[Lord Commander]

celtics and knicks fans getting along in this thread.. tf going on b

Well Tatum's a good dude, you only can hate him because he's not on your team

Yea. Humble, unassuming superstars don't exist; he's the exception. Easy dude to like.

[RB34]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

[Capn'O]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

Dude, we're talking about last year against Indy vs this year. Knicks played 6 guys in one of the Indy games. We had nobody.

All the posts at the beginning of this series were saying how healthy y'all were and how it was gonna be a sweep and we'd be making excuses by the end of it. No major players have missed games until now when the series was already going to 3-1. Very different situation.

[Capn'O]

Especially given how we were down Randle, Mitch, OG, and Brunson--with Hart injured but playing--by the end of least year's playoffs, and had Mitch, Brunson and Precious each gone for extended parts of this regular season, and yet many posters here still talked about how we uSeD iNjURiEs aS aN ExCuSe....

That said, Boston's a great team, and I liked the idea of taking them down at full health. Injuries suck!

And Bogdanovic.

With his defense last year, that was a blessing…

We just needed live bodies by the end. I think we played 6 players in one of the Indy games.

[omerome]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

Dude, we're talking about last year. Knicks played 6 guys in one of the Indy games. We had nobody.

Was going to respond to that post, but you covered it well.

[bronxknicksfan1]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

Bogdanovic…been keeping up with our team lately?

[RB34]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

Bogdanovic…been keeping up with our team lately?

The whole point went right over your head.

[Capn'O]

Was going to respond to that post, but you covered it well.

I didn't say it at the time but I was actually relieved that Indy won Game 7 so we could just go home and lick our wounds. I was really worried we'd suffer an injury we couldn't come back from if we kept fighting.

[omerome]

Was going to respond to that post, but you covered it well.

I didn't say it at the time but I was actually relieved that Indy won Game 7 so we could just go home and lick our wounds. I was really worried we'd suffer an injury we couldn't come back from if we kept fighting.

Indeed.

I'm sure that series lit a fire on someone like Brunson. He really hates to lose and him going out by an injury instead of competing to the very end must have irked him all summer.

And now, were seeing some of that against a team we had almost no chance against a week ago - according to the majority here.

[Chanel Bomber]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

I think most people acknowledge that the Celtics were not at 100% even before Tatum's injury. Brown and KP are clearly diminished. But they are at least playing.

The Knicks played in last year's playoffs without (literally) their second-best (or third-best) player in Randle. He didn't play any of the games. They also played most of the ECSF series without OG and Robinson, who were both injured.

So they were down an All-Star and their two best defenders. People mention Bogie's injury to highlight just how depleted the team was.

[LFGK]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

Brown cant go left
KP is a b*tch
Jrue has lost a step
Tatum is a baller, unfortunate

[DaGawd]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

Brown cant go left
KP is a b*tch
Jrue has lost a step
Tatum is a baller, unfortunate

all facts

[LFGK]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

Brown cant go left
KP is a b*tch
Jrue has lost a step
Tatum is a baller, unfortunate

all facts

also

Mazzulla is a fool
Horford is 60
White thinks hes a superman while hes closer to the kid spiderman on the avengers
Kornet is a 4th string scrub
Pritchard is a 5ft energizer bunny

[bronxknicksfan1]

Again, reading this thread the Celtics injuries never count. Brown injuries himself towards the off season, KP is clearly not the same, Jrue’s hammy and now Tatum.

Boydanovics injury had a impact though..

Delusional.

Bogdanovic…been keeping up with our team lately?

The whole point went right over your head.

Even if we want to get into that…Randle was out for the season, Mitch and Bogey were taken out in the first round, OG was done by 2nd game of the Pacers series…that’s half the rotation right there. That’s not including Hart and Brunson’s injuries. So yeah, that kinda had an impact for us.

And if you go back to the first game thread, I acknowledged every Celtics injury that you just listed and said that’d cause issues this series. A Celtics fan’s rebuttal was showing me no players listed on the injury reports