NBA Playoff Games 2025, Non-Celtics

[Shak_Celts]

Bottomline, I want Tatum and Brown to improve as much as they can for us to WIN. Winning is the only important thing. Objectively speaking, other players are flawed too and make the mistakes our stars make. But I don't care about them. I care about whether or not our stars perform to the best of their abilities for us to WIN. I won't comment about other players' flaws much 'cos I don't **** care about their team. I don't know how else to explain it.

If this is an unreasonable stance as a fan, then *shrug*.

The unreasonable stance is ONLY speaking on other players good and be quiet when they make the same mistakes. Not even simply saying how good those teams and players are, you guys say the Celtics should be more like them or I wish Celtics would follow their lead.

Hali took a good shot to win but he won a game on a terrible step back from a fumble a couple weeks ago.

You can say whatever you want, but so can I, and I’m tired of all the love other teams and players get but no one says a word about the those same teams doing the same bad stuff Cs players do.

I’m saying it now, so I’ll have to wait and see if people still say it, but I guarantee people would say, if OKC wins, how GREAT a coach okc has as opposed to Joe as if he didn’t make TERRIBLE decisions in game 1! You can take many games both of those teams have lost and or even stole/won and show how the coach made bad/wrong decisions.

Everybody is great when the Celtics don’t win. We beat the same amazing Pacers team last season, but they were somehow bad when we played them… you know our “cake walk?”

Again, it’s not just you, but why are these team and players gushed over when they do well and we don’t, but no one talks about how they do the same trash things we do? All I had to do is remind you of that same terrible shot, that Hali happened to make, and we had to have this entire convo. You started the tangent.

I actually like Pacers and OKC too, they both deserve to be where they are. I just don’t feel the need to puff them up while dragging the Celtics.


All Celtics fans want most of the players to get better, that’s really a moot point.

We are different. And that's fine. If you think of "us" as worse fans, that's fine too. Too each their own. You can voice your opinion, no one's stopping you. But you also can't expect every other fan to think exactly like you.

Don’t put your own words to what I’m saying. Plenty of fans don’t think like I do, I have even had conversations on here when someone says someone isn’t a real fan. If you say you’re a fan you are to me, doesn’t mean I have to agree with every stance you make and same for you with what I say. I have even argued for a poster who many people on here don’t like, name doesn’t need mentioning, and they have a totally different opinion on most things.

I’m not questioning whether any of you are fans. I’m questioning the confusing stances y'all take at times.

Again, the only thing I said when you shaded the Celtics with the shots Hali (probably Shai) got, is that he takes the same shot you complained about. I’m telling you that it’s only praised when they make them.

I’m not mad or anything close, I just feel some type of way when people act like Celtics players aren’t Himothy too. If We only chimed in on how great Tatum is when he’s playing well, on another team’s forum, especially when their team isn’t doing well, I’m sure people would argue with us about it.

[ConstableGeneva]

The unreasonable stance is ONLY speaking on other players good and be quiet when they make the same mistakes. Not even simply saying how good those teams and players are, you guys say the Celtics should be more like them or I wish Celtics would follow their lead.

Hali took a good shot to win but he won a game on a terrible step back from a fumble a couple weeks ago.

You can say whatever you want, but so can I, and I’m tired of all the love other teams and players get but no one says a word about the those same teams doing the same bad stuff Cs players do.

I’m saying it now, so I’ll have to wait and see if people still say it, but I guarantee people would say, if OKC wins, how GREAT a coach okc has as opposed to Joe as if he didn’t make TERRIBLE decisions in game 1! You can take many games both of those teams have lost and or even stole/won and show how the coach made bad/wrong decisions.

Everybody is great when the Celtics don’t win. We beat the same amazing Pacers team last season, but they were somehow bad when we played them… you know our “cake walk?”

Again, it’s not just you, but why are these team and players gushed over when they do well and we don’t, but no one talks about how they do the same trash things we do? All I had to do is remind you of that same terrible shot, that Hali happened to make, and we had to have this entire convo. You started the tangent.

I actually like Pacers and OKC too, they both deserve to be where they are. I just don’t feel the need to puff them up while dragging the Celtics.


All Celtics fans want most of the players to get better, that’s really a moot point.

We are different. And that's fine. If you think of "us" as worse fans, that's fine too. Too each their own. You can voice your opinion, no one's stopping you. But you also can't expect every other fan to think exactly like you.

Don’t put your own words to what I’m saying. Plenty of fans don’t think like I do, I have even had conversations on here when someone says someone isn’t a real fan. If you say you’re a fan you are to me, doesn’t mean I have to agree with every stance you make and same for you with what I say. I have even argued for a poster who many people on here don’t like, name doesn’t need mentioning, and they have a totally different opinion on most things.

I’m not questioning whether any of you are fans. I’m questioning the confusing stances y'all take at times.

Again, the only thing I said when you shaded the Celtics with the shots Hali (probably Shai) got, is that he takes the same shot you complained about. I’m telling you that it’s only praised when they make them.

I’m not mad or anything close, I just feel some type of way when people act like Celtics players aren’t Himothy too. If We only chimed in on how great Tatum is when he’s playing well, on another team’s forum, especially when their team isn’t doing well, I’m sure people would argue with us about it.

We're just going in circles. Anyway, I don't think I'll change anytime soon with regards to commenting on other teams' players differently the way I do about ours. That's just the way it is. Sorry if that bothers you.

[FlatearthZorro]

I don't think Cs beat Nugs in 2023.

And this season, the Pacers and OKC are just better.

When it comes to titles, I don't get greedy because I saw the Blazers in 1990 and 1992.

Just imagine if the Cs lost to Dallas last year.

We were worn out this season and hurt. I think we'd do much better if we had a healthy team.

Yeah, if KP was his normal self, I don't think we lose to NY.

But I don't think we beat Indy or OKC.

The inefficiency and low bball IQ will be taken advantage of by these 2 teams in the finals.

Exactly what I wrote a gazillion times, KP is such a good matchup for the Knicks....
I'm sad he was a non factor throughout the playoffs(and was outside of games 1-2 of the Finals last year)

[Smart2Nesmith43]

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If only we had a master tactician like Spo instead of Mazzulla then the Celtics would never lose a big lead late in games during the playoffs. I mean look at all those timeouts, that's gotta stop the Mavs run. Look at all that player and ball movement, those crisp half court sets, definitely no ill advised threes here. Oops. But to be fair to Spo he only had Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh at his disposal when Mazzulla can just overwhelm teams with the sheer offensive talent of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Derrick White.

[Marvel]

Not a peep about Mark Daigneault's coaching despite the Thunder blowing a 15 point fourth quarter lead.

He even did the thing everybody pretends to hate where he doesn't take any timeout (zero in the last seven and half minutes outside the one for the last shot attempt).

His main "adjustment" was starting a guy that exploded for 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist in 34 minutes on 3/9 shooting and was a team low -13 (nobody else was below -4).

Hmmm double standards are obvious.

Last I checked Daigneault wasn't the Celtics coach
We are the Celtics. We criticize our own
I don't care about other teams. As far as I am concerned - all players can get an illness that passes right away or a rash that prevents them to play against us and we cruise 150 -10 for 82 games and the playoff

Yes, and Daigneault game management was dumb. This not makes our coach any better

Exactly, i don't give a **** about Daigenault lol.

[Shak_Celts]

We are different. And that's fine. If you think of "us" as worse fans, that's fine too. Too each their own. You can voice your opinion, no one's stopping you. But you also can't expect every other fan to think exactly like you.

Don’t put your own words to what I’m saying. Plenty of fans don’t think like I do, I have even had conversations on here when someone says someone isn’t a real fan. If you say you’re a fan you are to me, doesn’t mean I have to agree with every stance you make and same for you with what I say. I have even argued for a poster who many people on here don’t like, name doesn’t need mentioning, and they have a totally different opinion on most things.

I’m not questioning whether any of you are fans. I’m questioning the confusing stances y'all take at times.

Again, the only thing I said when you shaded the Celtics with the shots Hali (probably Shai) got, is that he takes the same shot you complained about. I’m telling you that it’s only praised when they make them.

I’m not mad or anything close, I just feel some type of way when people act like Celtics players aren’t Himothy too. If We only chimed in on how great Tatum is when he’s playing well, on another team’s forum, especially when their team isn’t doing well, I’m sure people would argue with us about it.

We're just going in circles. Anyway, I don't think I'll change anytime soon with regards to commenting on other teams' players differently the way I do about ours. That's just the way it is. Sorry if that bothers you.

I love wemby, I’m going to comment mainly on how great he is, I just don’t feel the need to say he’s great at this or that, I sure wish the Cs were more like him instead of doing the dumb stuff they do. Your own example, the shot Hali took to win the game. It’s as if he hasn’t taken the same terrible shots at the end of games. Had Tatum made the shots, like against the Embiids, no one woulda batted an eye.

Shai got slobbered on, saying he’s a real MVP unlike Tatum, but people were quiet when he was not doing it early in the first round. No one said his team carried him.

Other teams, players, and coaches can’t just be good on this forum, it’s only about how good they are in comparison to Celtics shortcomings.

Notice that I didn’t mention you commenting on how great okc’s defense is, when they could do nothing to stop Pacers with the game on the line. I didn’t because you weren’t shading the Celtics. You were mainly speaking on history and that game. (They are great defensively, that’s not the point)


I’m going to add, even though it gets people happy, Joe is the one who coaches the players to take threes or layups/dunks. The crew thinks the shot Hali got and what Shai regularly takes are “bad”shots.

[playa-hater]

Not shocked you haven’t figured it out yet but you are the Joe stan you goof

Last I checked, there were 37 votes to not extend Joe. And only 16 to keep.

I'm so proud to lead the charge of thirty six other voters. But we are all just couch potatoes and you obviously are the expert.

But on that subject there have been many well rounded rebuttals against the theory of Joe being a good coach. Some have had extremely well put theories balanced out with many clear cut facts to support their assertions on Joe. Some have used excellent analytics when necessary. Certainly more articulate and accurate than me. and YET never do I see you or most Joe supporters come back with anything other than "Joe is the winningest coach in the regular season" etc.. season Or "Joe won a title so Joe must be great". All in all sounding very Couch Potato and casual with absolutely no detailed or analytic response to the examples used against Joe. But instead, it is just the almost middle school level of demeaning someone's opinion like a "Couch Potato" or "Goofy" Like the one's who do think Joe is good are somehow better in anyway because..erhh ..They say so.

Perhaps in year or 2, you too will conveniently disappear when the evidence becomes so overwhelming against Joe. Whatever. I will still be here.

Most of these “detailed or analytic reponse” are nothing more than a biased opinion.

I just saw a second year coach help us win our first championship in 16 years. I don’t need a “detailed or analytic response” to know I’d like to keep that guy as our head coach.

Excellent. Leave out so many little tidbits like Joe lost to a 7 non drafted players team after inheriting a team that should have won and was in "the Finals" a year before. So basically Joe reached the almighty "Doc Rivers" Tier in his 2nd year. Congrats. But unfortunately, Joe regressed back to square one. God forbid Joe actually had to coach a team upwards. Not enough Talent for Joe to work with will be next year's excuse.

Nice try though

[playa-hater]

Not shocked you haven’t figured it out yet but you are the Joe stan you goof

Last I checked, there were 37 votes to not extend Joe. And only 162 to keep.

I'm so proud to lead the charge of thirty six other voters. But we are all just couched potatoes and you obviously are the expert.

We’re 3 weeks removed from the season ending & you still manage to make it about Joe after every playoff game since. You’ve become the obsessed ex.

And you are the little Green teamer groupie that gets his little feelings so hurt and blindly and obsessively defends Joe, all without making a productive counter-point and resorting to Middle school antics.

All in one day, I have been called a "Couch Potato", "Goofy" and now an "obsessed Ex" . Your childish little-itty-bitty whining are becoming quite a Bore.

[ConstableGeneva]

Don’t put your own words to what I’m saying. Plenty of fans don’t think like I do, I have even had conversations on here when someone says someone isn’t a real fan. If you say you’re a fan you are to me, doesn’t mean I have to agree with every stance you make and same for you with what I say. I have even argued for a poster who many people on here don’t like, name doesn’t need mentioning, and they have a totally different opinion on most things.

I’m not questioning whether any of you are fans. I’m questioning the confusing stances y'all take at times.

Again, the only thing I said when you shaded the Celtics with the shots Hali (probably Shai) got, is that he takes the same shot you complained about. I’m telling you that it’s only praised when they make them.

I’m not mad or anything close, I just feel some type of way when people act like Celtics players aren’t Himothy too. If We only chimed in on how great Tatum is when he’s playing well, on another team’s forum, especially when their team isn’t doing well, I’m sure people would argue with us about it.

We're just going in circles. Anyway, I don't think I'll change anytime soon with regards to commenting on other teams' players differently the way I do about ours. That's just the way it is. Sorry if that bothers you.

I love wemby, I’m going to comment mainly on how great he is, I just don’t feel the need to say he’s great at this or that, I sure wish the Cs were more like him instead of doing the dumb stuff they do. Your own example, the shot Hali took to win the game. It’s as if he hasn’t taken the same terrible shots at the end of games. Had Tatum made the shots, like against the Embiids, no one woulda batted an eye.

Shai got slobbered on, saying he’s a real MVP unlike Tatum, but people were quiet when he was not doing it early in the first round. No one said his team carried him.

Other teams, players, and coaches can’t just be good on this forum, it’s only about how good they are in comparison to Celtics shortcomings.

Notice that I didn’t mention you commenting on how great okc’s defense is, when they could do nothing to stop Pacers with the game on the line. I didn’t because you weren’t shading the Celtics. You were mainly speaking on history and that game. (They are great defensively, that’s not the point)


I’m going to add, even though it gets people happy, Joe is the one who coaches the players to take threes or layups/dunks. The crew thinks the shot Hali got and what Shai regularly takes are “bad”shots.

I already admitted to having double standards with regards to our players/team vs. others' players/teams so no need to keep repeating your point.

[Shak_Celts]

We're just going in circles. Anyway, I don't think I'll change anytime soon with regards to commenting on other teams' players differently the way I do about ours. That's just the way it is. Sorry if that bothers you.

I love wemby, I’m going to comment mainly on how great he is, I just don’t feel the need to say he’s great at this or that, I sure wish the Cs were more like him instead of doing the dumb stuff they do. Your own example, the shot Hali took to win the game. It’s as if he hasn’t taken the same terrible shots at the end of games. Had Tatum made the shots, like against the Embiids, no one woulda batted an eye.

Shai got slobbered on, saying he’s a real MVP unlike Tatum, but people were quiet when he was not doing it early in the first round. No one said his team carried him.

Other teams, players, and coaches can’t just be good on this forum, it’s only about how good they are in comparison to Celtics shortcomings.

Notice that I didn’t mention you commenting on how great okc’s defense is, when they could do nothing to stop Pacers with the game on the line. I didn’t because you weren’t shading the Celtics. You were mainly speaking on history and that game. (They are great defensively, that’s not the point)


I’m going to add, even though it gets people happy, Joe is the one who coaches the players to take threes or layups/dunks. The crew thinks the shot Hali got and what Shai regularly takes are “bad”shots.

I already admitted to having double standards with regards to our players/team vs. others' players/teams so no need to keep repeating your point.

Not just other teams and their players, within the Celtics, but I’ll let it go.

[Floody100]

Last I checked, there were 37 votes to not extend Joe. And only 16 to keep.

I'm so proud to lead the charge of thirty six other voters. But we are all just couch potatoes and you obviously are the expert.

But on that subject there have been many well rounded rebuttals against the theory of Joe being a good coach. Some have had extremely well put theories balanced out with many clear cut facts to support their assertions on Joe. Some have used excellent analytics when necessary. Certainly more articulate and accurate than me. and YET never do I see you or most Joe supporters come back with anything other than "Joe is the winningest coach in the regular season" etc.. season Or "Joe won a title so Joe must be great". All in all sounding very Couch Potato and casual with absolutely no detailed or analytic response to the examples used against Joe. But instead, it is just the almost middle school level of demeaning someone's opinion like a "Couch Potato" or "Goofy" Like the one's who do think Joe is good are somehow better in anyway because..erhh ..They say so.

Perhaps in year or 2, you too will conveniently disappear when the evidence becomes so overwhelming against Joe. Whatever. I will still be here.

Most of these “detailed or analytic reponse” are nothing more than a biased opinion.

I just saw a second year coach help us win our first championship in 16 years. I don’t need a “detailed or analytic response” to know I’d like to keep that guy as our head coach.

Excellent. Leave out so many little tidbits like Joe lost to a 7 non drafted players team after inheriting a team that should have won and was in "the Finals" a year before. So basically Joe reached the almighty "Doc Rivers" Tier in his 2nd year. Congrats. But unfortunately, Joe regressed back to square one. God forbid Joe actually had to coach a team upwards. Not enough Talent for Joe to work with will be next year's excuse.

Nice try though

He inherited the team 26 days before the season started you fool

[Floody100]

Last I checked, there were 37 votes to not extend Joe. And only 162 to keep.

I'm so proud to lead the charge of thirty six other voters. But we are all just couched potatoes and you obviously are the expert.

We’re 3 weeks removed from the season ending & you still manage to make it about Joe after every playoff game since. You’ve become the obsessed ex.

And you are the little Green teamer groupie that gets his little feelings so hurt and blindly and obsessively defends Joe, all without making a productive counter-point and resorting to Middle school antics.

All in one day, I have been called a "Couch Potato", "Goofy" and now an "obsessed Ex" . Your childish little-itty-bitty whining are becoming quite a Bore.

He helped us win a championship last year. That’s a better counter-point then all the tantrums you’ve had about him.

[playa-hater]

We’re 3 weeks removed from the season ending & you still manage to make it about Joe after every playoff game since. You’ve become the obsessed ex.

And you are the little Green teamer groupie that gets his little feelings so hurt and blindly and obsessively defends Joe, all without making a productive counter-point and resorting to Middle school antics.

All in one day, I have been called a "Couch Potato", "Goofy" and now an "obsessed Ex" . Your childish little-itty-bitty whining are becoming quite a Bore.

He helped us win a championship last year. That’s a better counter-point then all the tantrums you’ve had about him.

And that doesn't disqualify him from being judged as a coach. Many bad or unfortunate people have the good fortune of an inheritance. And this is now the 4th time you've concluded your very simplistic post with a personal insult. Really goes to show you have little to offer intellectually speaking. If I am the couch potato, you are nothing more than a seat cushion.

[Triple7]

Notice how their idea of a game-winning attempt doesn't need to be a stepback pullup three lol.

Hali hit a step back 3 to win game 1 of the ECF.

Actually he didn’t. That step back 3 turned out to be a two to send the game to overtime.

[Triple7]

SGA missed the potential dagger and the Pacers grabbed the rebound.

No timeout was called by the Pacers, Rick just trusted Haliburton and Haliburton delivered.

There was no play, Hali just went 1 on 1 and made the game winning shot.

Same thing happened in Game 1 against the Knicks.
Joe trusted JT and JT missed the potential game winning shot with the score tied.

The result was Joe got blamed for not drawing up a play.

Rick Carlisle looked good by not calling timeout and putting it in the hands of Hali.

Players really make the coaches look good or bad.

If Hali missed that shot then some will say why didn't Rick call a timeout to draw up a play.

Big diff is that Hali makes a lot of those and JT misses most of his. Also, hali mixes it up. Like when he attacked giannis for a layup to win the game. Takes mid ranges, layups and 3’s. JT can’t sink a mid range to save his life. He doesn’t even have a floater to his game.

[Fierce1]

SGA missed the potential dagger and the Pacers grabbed the rebound.

No timeout was called by the Pacers, Rick just trusted Haliburton and Haliburton delivered.

There was no play, Hali just went 1 on 1 and made the game winning shot.

Same thing happened in Game 1 against the Knicks.
Joe trusted JT and JT missed the potential game winning shot with the score tied.

The result was Joe got blamed for not drawing up a play.

Rick Carlisle looked good by not calling timeout and putting it in the hands of Hali.

Players really make the coaches look good or bad.

If Hali missed that shot then some will say why didn't Rick call a timeout to draw up a play.

Big diff is that Hali makes a lot of those and JT misses most of his. Also, hali mixes it up. Like when he attacked giannis for a layup to win the game. Takes mid ranges, layups and 3’s. JT can’t sink a mid range to save his life. He doesn’t even have a floater to his game.

Exactly!

It's a player problem, not a coach problem.

JT needs to go back to the drawing board.

Indy and OKC are showing the world efficiency and discipline on offense will get you to the Finals.

The inefficiency and low bball IQ of the Jays will not work anymore.

If the Cs are to get back to the Finals, the Jays will have to be better.

[Shak_Celts]

Notice how their idea of a game-winning attempt doesn't need to be a stepback pullup three lol.

Hali hit a step back 3 to win game 1 of the ECF.

Actually he didn’t. That step back 3 turned out to be a two to send the game to overtime.

Yeah my bad. Still the SAME thing. He thought it was the game winner too.

I almost got back into, but I said I’m done.

[Shak_Celts]

SGA missed the potential dagger and the Pacers grabbed the rebound.

No timeout was called by the Pacers, Rick just trusted Haliburton and Haliburton delivered.

There was no play, Hali just went 1 on 1 and made the game winning shot.

Same thing happened in Game 1 against the Knicks.
Joe trusted JT and JT missed the potential game winning shot with the score tied.

The result was Joe got blamed for not drawing up a play.

Rick Carlisle looked good by not calling timeout and putting it in the hands of Hali.

Players really make the coaches look good or bad.

If Hali missed that shot then some will say why didn't Rick call a timeout to draw up a play.

Big diff is that Hali makes a lot of those and JT misses most of his. Also, hali mixes it up. Like when he attacked giannis for a layup to win the game. Takes mid ranges, layups and 3’s. JT can’t sink a mid range to save his life. He doesn’t even have a floater to his game.

Exactly!

It's a player problem, not a coach problem.

JT needs to go back to the drawing board.

Indy and OKC are showing the world efficiency and discipline on offense will get you to the Finals.

The inefficiency and low bball IQ of the Jays will not work anymore.

If the Cs are to get back to the Finals, the Jays will have to be better.

LOL they won last season. What makes you think the same team if healthy couldn’t make the finals again? Y’all better hope this season’s winner makes it back next season, because all the prognosticating after one season is wild. If the winner doesn’t win or make it back then I wonder what will be said about them… not really, the same team hasn’t won b2b in 7(?) seasons and that was GSW with KD.

Celtics won’t be the same, so they can’t prove otherwise. I’m just hoping they come out better, whether the staff/owners want that next season or in the near future. I want a winner!!!

[Gant]

The Pacers are shooting well from three, which apparently helps win games.

MrBuckBuck:

Best 3PT% In The 2024-25 NBA Playoffs :

1. Aaron Nesmith — 49.5%
2. Andrew Nembhard — 47.0%
3. Pascal Siakam — 46.4%
4. Fred VanVleet — 43.5%
5. Buddy Hield — 42.9%
6. Alex Caruso — 40.6%
7. Myles Turner — 40.3%

https://bsky.app/profile/mrbuckbucknba.bsky.social/post/3lqzzeouh4s2q

[165bows]

I didn’t realize they were shooting that well that’s crazy. I’m kind of cranky the Celtics aren’t in so I’ll just continue to passively aggressively complain that the NBA is turning into hockey and just get hot at the right time.

Not like our team that often wins despite getting cold af