NBA Playoffs – Rnd 1, Gm 3: Celtics (2) @ Nets (0) – 7:30PM, Sat, April 23, 2022

itrsteve · Post #1421 » by **itrsteve** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:09 am

Edug27 wrote:
Patsfan1081 wrote:I never expected this….

I’m baffled. Never expected us to make KD look like this.

Honestly same here. I’m super high on Boston but I didn’t expect Durant and Irving to be so useless.

Setshot33 · Post #1422 » by **Setshot33** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:09 am

Great win and Udoka still has things he can get onto them about: how they close quarters.

Played this well and still room to get even better!!

Wonder if the national sports media finally starts to come around and give the Celtics some respect?

celticfan42487 · Post #1423 » by **celticfan42487** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:09 am

Fierce1 wrote:
Afam wrote:Can’t wait to hear from sharp and Steven A smith .

Both those guys are just entertainers.

Just listen to what you said.

I mean you're going to watch them, that means viewership of their show will go up.

Nothing wrong with entertainment man lol

Zeroforwinger · Post #1424 » by **Zeroforwinger** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:09 am

What are the odds that Kyrie doesn’t play Game 4? Any chance Simmons plays?

Post #1425 » by **Shak_Celts** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:09 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:
Green89 wrote:They trimmed a 15 point lead to 5 very quickly. We should have ran better plays instead of just standing around killing clock.

Ime is a quick learner. He'll be on top of that the next time.

Ime will be in their ass about it, nash "we tried." :lol:

CSL_1904 · Post #1426 » by **CSL_1904** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:10 am

Great win.

Not over yet. Finish them off as soon as possible.

ScottieJ · Post #1427 » by **ScottieJ** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:11 am

Zeroforwinger wrote:What are the odds that Kyrie doesn’t play Game 4? Any chance Simmons plays?

Simmons HAS to play. If he doesn't it looks like he is giving up (not exactly a stretch that that is in fact true), then they can also use it as a positive if he plays regardless of the result.

celticfan42487 · Post #1428 » by **celticfan42487** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:11 am

itrsteve wrote:
Edug27 wrote:
Patsfan1081 wrote:I never expected this….

I’m baffled. Never expected us to make KD look like this.

Honestly same here. I’m super high on Boston but I didn’t expect Durant and Irving to be so useless.

No one with a rational thought in their head could have expected this!

I'm pretty confident Irving would purposively miss shots in game 4 just so he doesn't have to go back to Boston

But yeah Durant has never in his life been this useless, EVER.

He had some injury during the season but he also got pushed around by the old Warriors team and made him quit.

He's a cup cake plain and simple

But even with that even on his worst day it should be better than this. Irving the same for game 2 and 3

ScottieJ · Post #1429 » by **ScottieJ** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:11 am

itrsteve · Post #1430 » by **itrsteve** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:14 am

Remember the last time Irving was a free agent about to lose a playoff series?

Hal14 · Post #1431 » by **Hal14** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:19 am

bucknersrevenge wrote:Held KD to just ELEVEN shots. Unbelievable.

Our defense on him has been unreal.

Grant has been getting a ton of minutes. No coincidence.

People need to realize how tough grant is, how good and switchable he is defensively.

He might seem like a tweener. Not big enough to be a big.not fast or skilled enough to be a guard/wing but the fact is that in today's NBA he has a role as a tough, physical, switchable 4 man.

fact is, he fits an archetype that we have seen work a lot in the recent NBA.

Crowder. PJ Tucker. larry nance Jr. Boris diaw. Marcus morris. covington.

now grant williams.

it's become a common archetype for good solid role players on winning teams. we've got a good one.

Hal14 · Post #1432 » by **Hal14** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:21 am

Zeroforwinger wrote:What are the odds that Kyrie doesn’t play Game 4? Any chance Simmons plays?

the only team to ever come back from down 3 games to 0 and win the series was the lebron/love/kyrie cavs.

so yeah, kyrie will play. simmons? IDK.

kyrie will probably quit and stop playing hard though if we take s big lead in game 4.

Zeroforwinger · Post #1433 » by **Zeroforwinger** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:22 am

ScottieJ wrote:
Zeroforwinger wrote:What are the odds that Kyrie doesn’t play Game 4? Any chance Simmons plays?

Simmons HAS to play. If he doesn't it looks like he is giving up (not exactly a stretch that that is in fact true), then they can also use it as a positive if he plays regardless of the result.

His last year has been nothing but giving up. He literally hasn’t played since he was too afraid to dunk in the playoffs.

itrsteve · Post #1434 » by **itrsteve** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:28 am

Hal14 wrote:
Zeroforwinger wrote:What are the odds that Kyrie doesn’t play Game 4? Any chance Simmons plays?

the only team to ever come back from down 3 games to 0 and win the series was the lebron/love/kyrie cavs.

so yeah, kyrie will play. simmons? IDK.

kyrie will probably quit and stop playing hard though if we take s big lead in game 4.

*3-1

3-0 has never happened as far as I know.

But... Ben Simmons soooooo

Hal14 · Post #1435 » by **Hal14** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:44 am

itrsteve wrote:
Hal14 wrote:
Zeroforwinger wrote:What are the odds that Kyrie doesn’t play Game 4? Any chance Simmons plays?

the only team to ever come back from down 3 games to 0 and win the series was the lebron/love/kyrie cavs.

so yeah, kyrie will play. simmons? IDK.

kyrie will probably quit and stop playing hard though if we take s big lead in game 4.

*3-1

3-0 has never happened as far as I know.

But... Ben Simmons soooooo

you're right, my bad.

only time a team has come back from 0-3 was our red sox in 2004

itrsteve · Post #1436 » by **itrsteve** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:49 am

Hal14 wrote:you're right, my bad.

only time a team has come back from 0-3 was our red sox in 2004

That's a fair one to overlook.

But that's what Ben Simmons will do, that guy is a monster and everybody should be ready.

Fierce1 · Post #1437 » by **Fierce1** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:59 am

celticfan42487 wrote:
Fierce1 wrote:
Afam wrote:Can’t wait to hear from sharp and Steven A smith .

Both those guys are just entertainers.

Just listen to what you said.

I mean you're going to watch them, that means viewership of their show will go up.

Nothing wrong with entertainment man lol

Totally agree!

I watch Stephen A. Smith for the entertainment value, not the content.

celticfan42487 · Post #1438 » by **celticfan42487** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:24 am

Hal14 wrote:
itrsteve wrote:
Hal14 wrote:the only team to ever come back from down 3 games to 0 and win the series was the lebron/love/kyrie cavs.

so yeah, kyrie will play. simmons? IDK.

kyrie will probably quit and stop playing hard though if we take s big lead in game 4.

*3-1

3-0 has never happened as far as I know.

But... Ben Simmons soooooo

you're right, my bad.

only time a team has come back from 0-3 was our red sox in 2004

Happens in hockey all the time. Think the Bruins did it against the Leafs ever more recently than that

playa-hater · Post #1439 » by **playa-hater** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:59 am

playa-hater wrote:I don't like getting a head of myself, but F it.. what if Boston wins game 3, then Ben Simmons comes back, just to play one game for an entire year before getting swept.. it can happen..

It's happening :nod:

The Corey's · Post #1440 » by **The Corey's** » Sun Apr 24, 2022 4:29 am

Hal14 wrote:
itrsteve wrote:
Hal14 wrote:the only team to ever come back from down 3 games to 0 and win the series was the lebron/love/kyrie cavs.

so yeah, kyrie will play. simmons? IDK.

kyrie will probably quit and stop playing hard though if we take s big lead in game 4.

*3-1

3-0 has never happened as far as I know.

But... Ben Simmons soooooo

you're right, my bad.

only time a team has come back from 0-3 was our red sox in 2004

That's not true.