By reilo Go To PostContract the eastExpansion so a certain team has to move to the East 👀👀
By Koko Go To PostExpansion so a certain team has to move to the East 👀👀The Grizzlies?
By masud Go To PostWe could have going to the fucking finals… 😡n8 was right
By diehard Go To PostThe Grizzlies?I'd go with the Pelicans. Atlanta/New Orleans is a natural rivalry that should be represented in the NBA.
Celtics played like garbage and were outshot from 3P% yet won again. I guess that's just what good teams do, they win even when they play badly. Right reilo?
By Kuma Go To PostWe got dub !!
If they get a game 2 dub then maybe things will be different this time
By Sharp Go To PostCeltics played like garbage and were outshot from 3P% yet won again. I guess that's just what good teams do, they win even when they play badly. Right reilo?I always felt like good teams win when they shoot 20 more free throws than the other team
By diehard Go To PostI always felt like good teams win when they shoot 20 more free throws than the other teamThe HCA no-calls were pretty egregious tonight, but the Celtics don't foul much even on the road and the Pacers are incredibly foul prone everywhere (they foul by far the most in the league, it's one of the reasons their defense is so bad). Boston is normally bottom half in the league at offensive FT/FGA.
By DY_nasty Go To PostLmao 😂
Dumbass talking all that shit in the west semis
By Sharp Go To PostCeltics played like garbage and were outshot from 3P% yet won again. I guess that's just what good teams do, they win even when they play badly. Right reilo?
By Sharp Go To PostCeltics deserve to lose this one lol.Couldn't have said it better myself
By reilo Go To PostCouldn't have said it better myselfI personally think teams that play badly should lose, but you disagree.
Let me be clear:
A team as loaded with this much talent and good regular season success should never play this fucking dumb.
Everyone saw it. They do it enough and have been doing it enough over the last four seasons. They've learned nothing from their past failures and they don't have inexperience as an excuse.
A team as loaded with this much talent and good regular season success should never play this fucking dumb.
Everyone saw it. They do it enough and have been doing it enough over the last four seasons. They've learned nothing from their past failures and they don't have inexperience as an excuse.
By reilo Go To PostLet me be clear:And yet they'll still be in the finals with a good chance of winning it all. Makes you think!
A team as loaded with this much talent and good regular season success should never play this fucking dumb.
Everyone saw it. They do it enough and have been doing it enough over the last four seasons. They've learned nothing from their past failures and they don't have inexperience as an excuse.
By Sharp Go To PostAnd yet they'll still be in the finals with a good chance of winning it all. Makes you think!Their opponents are ASS
It says less about the Celtics than it does about the state of the east. The entire conference is unserious.
The fact that you've never once even called them the favorites to win the title says it all.
By reilo Go To PostTheir opponents are ASSThe Celtics had a net rating 4 points higher against the West than the East during the regular season. The Mavs actually had a lower SRS than the Pacers did, and won fewer games. But I don't think anybody is calling the Wolves' semifinals bracket easy.
It says less about the Celtics than it does about the state of the east. The entire conference is unserious.
The fact that you've never once even called them the favorites to win the title says it all.Provided they have KP, I've called them favorites to win the title in this very thread. I even gave an estimated probability for all four teams to win the title a few page ago. I just don't think "favorites" means "guaranteed to win the series" or "automatically wins every game" (or, in the case of the game tonight, "automatically wins every game in a way that didn't require their opponents to be ass"). The reason the Celtics are such heavy favorites to make the finals is because they're an overwhelmingly dominant team, to the point that they can play like ass, lose an All Star caliber starting center, and still win against all but the best teams in the league.
By diehard Go To PostThis is definitely a "we'll see" argument i dunno why yall both keep bringing it up.It's been WEEKS
By masud Go To PostWe could have going to the fucking finals… 😡
vindication
Celtics are definitely lucky that the NBA is gonna want them in the Finals and Haliburton manages to do dumber and more turnovers than Tatum.
They playoffs in any sport are SSS theater where random fluke shit happens. It is my understanding that on average the NBA playoffs are less prone to flukey series outcomes than say, baseball, but its still a thing.
Edit: For reference, https://statsbylopez.netlify.app/post/part-ii-randomness-of-series/
Edit: For reference, https://statsbylopez.netlify.app/post/part-ii-randomness-of-series/
Porzingus is the mvp for the Celtics
Pacers could roll out Obi and Turner with Hali, TJ and Nesmith and Joe wouldn’t know what to do
Pacers could roll out Obi and Turner with Hali, TJ and Nesmith and Joe wouldn’t know what to do
Woke up and checked the score instead of watching assuming it’d be a Celtics blowout. Damn. Wish I’d watched now for the #tension
By diehard Go To PostThe Grizzlies?Timberwolves are most likely, imo.
Timberwolves do by far the most travel out of any teams. it makes sense to bunch them in with the east.
Timberwolves make the most sense putting them in the central division while keeping Grizzlies and pelicans with Texas teams and adding OKC
I was talking to some fellow Pels fans about Ingram and one of them wrote this and I just went "damn."
An Ingram embracing his role is "Good Evan Turner". That... wow.
When he fit in and gave in to Zion being top dog, he became the actualized version of Good Evan Turner. Can’t pay that guy over $50m despite how much I love that sort of player.
An Ingram embracing his role is "Good Evan Turner". That... wow.
told
By jjasper Go To PostKind of sucks we lose inside the nba while espn continues oni hope they can go somewhere, would suck to lose that group. I would think someone would want to pick them up.
Guess I’m the only one that doesn’t care that inside the nba is gone. They been coasting for years now
I’m sure basketball night in America can have former players promoting fan duel and talking shit about current players.
I’m sure basketball night in America can have former players promoting fan duel and talking shit about current players.
Honestly would probably be easier for Bezos to just pay Turner for the rights to use them for pre/post game than build their own crew.
By Rob Go To PostGuess I’m the only one that doesn’t care that inside the nba is gone. They been coasting for years nowi dont either. Shaq has been a drag on it the last couple of years.
I’m sure basketball night in America can have former players promoting fan duel and talking shit about current players.