Celtics exposed?

[Zombiesonics]

what will the media say then?

Who cares?

seriously guy is trying to read into the future to hold the media accountable about some nebulous take. Anyone who can't see the celtics are a funner team to watch compared to how they ended they season is blind.

[Fantaxp7]

We should probably pin this thread huh?

[SkyHookFTW]

That was a thrilling ECF preview tonight.

Neither one of these teams is beating Philly in a seven game series without better rebounding.

[jfs1000d]

That was a thrilling ECF preview tonight.

Neither one of these teams is beating Philly in a seven game series without better rebounding.

Philly fans gotta slow their roll. They are beasts, but I worry about their lack of shooting. And they are going to miss Butler's ability to create. I actually liked their potential several years ago when they had Reddick, Saric and Robert Covington better than what they turned that into currently.

As far as Celtics and Toronto, Celtics are going to be impossible to guard. They play with essentially 4 scorers, interchangeable. Their defense has been good first two games. Lack of size will hurt them, but Rookie Grant Williams was actually decent at center against Marc Gasol, which is crazy.

As far as Toronto. I thought they were a 4-seed at beginning of year. But Siakim looks incredible. That team is very very good They could be better than Boston and I wouldn't rule out breaking into the top 2 if Siakim takes that next step.

East runs through Giannis.

[jfs1000d]

It took 23 turnovers by the Raptors and 31 more shots by the Celtics to narrowly inch out the win.

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Learn to rebound?

Raptors lost a game when they hit 18-36 3-pointers. They outscored the Celtics 52-39 from 3. And still lost. Their EFG was outrageous.

As the great Tommy Heinshon said, Raptors shoot like that they will win the title again.

[bebopdeluxe]

Everyone here has acknowledged the Celtics lost to a better team and deserved to lose. No one is blaming the refs but saying that the officials killed the flow of the game for BOTH teams and it was terrible for BOTH sides. Bang your head into some reading comprehension.

My point - that the Sixers imposed their will defensively on the Celtics - has SQUAT to do with the refs! Why do you keep trying to interject the refs into my narrative?

I don't give a damn about the refs "killing the flow". They killed the flow for BOTH teams (Embiid and Horford both waving at you from the bench with 5 fouls each). Embiid only played 23 minutes.

My point has NOTHING to do with the refs. The Sixers f'n SMOTHERED the Celtics. Full stop.

Bc the games flow and watching it wasn’t the narrative your trying to paint and trying to substantiate it with flawed stats as shown above. Neither team had flow, neither team punked the other, momentum was killed several times by horrible officiating that was bad for both teams.

Your making my point for me but still try to correlate your points by misleading stats that aren’t applicable to the game and how it was played.

You are correct tho- you answered yourself, it’s by your own admission in your last post “narrative” meaning it’s a storyline your pumping but not what happened so that’s for settling it.

Since when is a 13-to-6 edge in stocks for the Sixers a "flawed" stat?

Hilarious.

[MagicBagley18]

My point - that the Sixers imposed their will defensively on the Celtics - has SQUAT to do with the refs! Why do you keep trying to interject the refs into my narrative?

I don't give a damn about the refs "killing the flow". They killed the flow for BOTH teams (Embiid and Horford both waving at you from the bench with 5 fouls each). Embiid only played 23 minutes.

My point has NOTHING to do with the refs. The Sixers f'n SMOTHERED the Celtics. Full stop.

Bc the games flow and watching it wasn’t the narrative your trying to paint and trying to substantiate it with flawed stats as shown above. Neither team had flow, neither team punked the other, momentum was killed several times by horrible officiating that was bad for both teams.

Your making my point for me but still try to correlate your points by misleading stats that aren’t applicable to the game and how it was played.

You are correct tho- you answered yourself, it’s by your own admission in your last post “narrative” meaning it’s a storyline your pumping but not what happened so that’s for settling it.

Since when is a 13-to-6 edge in stocks for the Sixers a "flawed" stat?

Hilarious.

What’s hilarious is you’ve said 4 times your leaving the thread and done and came back pouting like a little whiny ass lame every time lol

[bebopdeluxe]

Bc the games flow and watching it wasn’t the narrative your trying to paint and trying to substantiate it with flawed stats as shown above. Neither team had flow, neither team punked the other, momentum was killed several times by horrible officiating that was bad for both teams.

Your making my point for me but still try to correlate your points by misleading stats that aren’t applicable to the game and how it was played.

You are correct tho- you answered yourself, it’s by your own admission in your last post “narrative” meaning it’s a storyline your pumping but not what happened so that’s for settling it.

Since when is a 13-to-6 edge in stocks for the Sixers a "flawed" stat?

Hilarious.

What’s hilarious is you’ve said 4 times your leaving the thread and done and came back pouting like a little whiny ass lame every time lol

Nice deflection, bro. Answer the question.

[MagicBagley18]

Since when is a 13-to-6 edge in stocks for the Sixers a "flawed" stat?

Hilarious.

What’s hilarious is you’ve said 4 times your leaving the thread and done and came back pouting like a little whiny ass lame every time lol

Nice deflection, bro. Answer the question.

Your stocks mean ****, foul trouble for both teams killed any flow and neither got into a groove. Your stocks against players who came into the game due to foul trouble and in roles they normally don’t play and yet you use your stocks stat as a barometer for how the game was played. Look at the eye test neither team imposed will on the other it was whistles every minute. Your the type that doesn’t watch the actual game and only looks at a box score.

Go cry somewhere else.

[FlatearthZorro]

That was a thrilling ECF preview tonight.

Neither one of these teams is beating Philly in a seven game series without better rebounding.

Philly fans gotta slow their roll. They are beasts, but I worry about their lack of shooting. And they are going to miss Butler's ability to create. I actually liked their potential several years ago when they had Reddick, Saric and Robert Covington better than what they turned that into currently.

As far as Celtics and Toronto, Celtics are going to be impossible to guard. They play with essentially 4 scorers, interchangeable. Their defense has been good first two games. Lack of size will hurt them, but Rookie Grant Williams was actually decent at center against Marc Gasol, which is crazy.

As far as Toronto. I thought they were a 4-seed at beginning of year. But Siakim looks incredible. That team is very very good They could be better than Boston and I wouldn't rule out breaking into the top 2 if Siakim takes that next step.

East runs through Giannis.

Agreed. Our defense has looked good so far, our offense has room to improve for sure. And I do believe it will, dunno if I'm right or not.

As for the Raptors I said top 4, they have good defense and championship experience. If Siakam is a superstar they might be a contender for the Finals this year as I do believe Gasol will be better with time(he never counted on athletic ability to be a good b-ball player) and the rest of their players are very well suited to play around Siakam(hence most of them can spread the floor for him).

[bebopdeluxe]

What’s hilarious is you’ve said 4 times your leaving the thread and done and came back pouting like a little whiny ass lame every time lol

Nice deflection, bro. Answer the question.

Your stocks mean ****, foul trouble for both teams killed any flow and neither got into a groove. Your stocks against players who came into the game due to foul trouble and in roles they normally don’t play and yet you use your stocks stat as a barometer for how the game was played. Look at the eye test neither team imposed will on the other it was whistles every minute. Your the type that doesn’t watch the actual game and only looks at a box score.

Go cry somewhere else.

Very thoughtful answer. Never mind my 40+ years of watching NBA games (several of those as a Sixers season-ticket holder). Forget the statistics. It is all about the "eye test"!

Got it. Thanks.

[Vampirate]

Oh for sure the Raps lost and C's were the better team. A win is a win but it took a lot of errors on the other end for them to narrowly inch out the win. With just looking at the turnovers and extra shots one would assume this was a blowout for the Celtics. Just stating how I see it. Not trying to hate.

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To be honest, I dont even think the Celtics are the better team. They played better tonight cuz they were home and they really, really needed the W.

I could just be irrationally high on the Raptors though— I have them finishing with the 2 seed this year

You are irrationally high, aside from Siakam, our other 4 starters are very inconsistent. Imo the Raps are now the reverse of what they were a few years ago. They probably won't win as many RS games but will probably be more of a pain in the playoffs than the Derozan Raps were. I said it before Celts or Raps can go as deep until they run into the Bucks, unless the 76ers take out the Bucks.

[djsunyc]

boston/raptors play close games and the home team usually wins regardless of which players have the uniform on.

[76ersForLife]

I could just be irrationally high on the Raptors though— I have them finishing with the 2 seed this year

Definitely irrational they will win about 43-45 games. Kawhi wasnt good for them he was amazingly good.

[MagicBagley18]

Nice deflection, bro. Answer the question.

Your stocks mean ****, foul trouble for both teams killed any flow and neither got into a groove. Your stocks against players who came into the game due to foul trouble and in roles they normally don’t play and yet you use your stocks stat as a barometer for how the game was played. Look at the eye test neither team imposed will on the other it was whistles every minute. Your the type that doesn’t watch the actual game and only looks at a box score.

Go cry somewhere else.

Very thoughtful answer. Never mind my 40+ years of watching NBA games (several of those as a Sixers season-ticket holder). Forget the statistics. It is all about the "eye test"!

Got it. Thanks.

Ohhhhh excuse meeeee a season ticket holder.....and u still don’t know ****

[GotDaSauce]

[dorkestra]

I suppose if they can beat the Knicks, maybe this Celtics team is the real deal

[GotDaSauce]

I suppose if they can beat the Knicks, maybe this Celtics team is the real deal

Pistons and Hawks on your schedule. Not quite world beaters you guys have played so far so...

[L3GEND4RY]

damn. this thread won’t go away.

[GotDaSauce]

damn. this thread won’t go away.

I won't let it!