2024 NBA Playoffs: East Semifinals: #1 Boston Celtics vs #4 Cleveland Cavaliers (BOS WINS 4-1)

[doogie_hauser]

It's cold comfort I know but lots of respect to Cleveland for how they battled hard tonight without Spida. Was nervous as hell in that final quarter.
Garland is him.

Playoffs have become such a war of attrition that missing your best all star/all nba player really hurts but The Cavs pushed us all night and they deserve props for that.

We would have lost that btw if we had Marcus Smart still instead of Jrue Holliday. Jrue being a real factor these past couple of games and I am thrilled to bits.

[jfs1000d]

There is something mentally dumb about this core. Mazzulla isn’t helping them much either.

Team is fine. Joe been good this playoffs. Not his fault Horford can’t make a shot.


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[docholliday99]

We would lose this match last season so an improvement is there. Cavs helped us but a W is a W.

The refs helped you

A few calls possibly helped us, but maybe it would also help you to shoot less threes. Can't expect many calls around the line.

Caught the start of the game but called away, were the Cavs that passive? Maybe some questionable calls but those always happen, I’m more curious as the calls were really lopsided - were Cavs not driving tonight?

[The Corey's]

That.....will lose you any and all credibility in this forum

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Tatum got a T because he bitched at the ref for not giving him the and 1 when he got smacked in the damn face on a layup

But ya bro, Celtics got the whistle.

why yu lying lol he didn’t get hit en the face at all. he actually pushed off & didn’t get called for it … at least be real yu dnt gotta lie

In fact he was hit in the head by strus on that baseline jumper At the end of the game as he flew by with carless and hit defense.

It was bad. Cavs had all the help and still came up short.

Celtics in 5.

[durden_tyler]

I feel like if both Mitchell and Allen can start in Game 6, we can bring it back to Cleveland.

Almost fell for this.

[Dubnation]

You’re pretty annoying.

Like really annoying.

Celtics 71-20 this season but nah, this guy thinks they should be 91-0 because other teams have injuries.

Nice strawman you've built there.

So what do you want from them? To sweep each series and have an average winning margin higher than 20 per game?

As I said, 8-2 in the playoffs, average winning margin of 17 points per game after todays game haha.

Insane

Yes, now you're getting it!

[Riverwalk2021]

Assuming this Celtics team gets to the Finals which they should, they still have very little chance to beat Denver unless there is an injury to Murray, Joker or Gordon. They are too poorly coached and undisciplined. In close games, it turns into ISO ball with zero ball movement. Atrocious basketball. It has gotten more obvious as the season has progressed. If they get Dallas, OKC or Minnesota they will have a lot better of chance but wouldn't surprise me if they lose.

[Homerclease]

He needs to convince himself that Boston really is THAT good, and the only way to do that after watching the C's in round 2 is to believe that the Zinger is anything other than a really nice role player. Instead Boston is a good team, but not dominant. They certainly aren't that 64-win team they thought they re the regular season.

No I just happen to know what I’m talking about because I watched the team all year.

Porzingis makes this team far more potent offensively.

Did you even watch the game tonight?

If the Celtics relied on 37 year old Al Horford all season they wouldn’t have sniffed 64 wins in the regular season.

Clueless **** post.

You are talking about the regular season as if it matters. It doesn't. The Zinger is a really nice player, and Boston would be better with him, but Cleveland was missing Mitchell and Allen tonight. Allen, at worst, is equal to Zinger. The Heat were without Butler, Rozier, and had 50% of Duncan Robinson. Stop trying to make the Zinger out to be someone he isn't. He aint that guy.

Allen isn’t close to Porzingis. Stop it. Get some help.

[SportsGuru08]

You’re pretty annoying.

Like really annoying.

Celtics 71-20 this season but nah, this guy thinks they should be 91-0 because other teams have injuries.

Nice strawman you've built there.

So what do you want from them? To sweep each series and have an average winning margin higher than 20 per game?

As I said, 8-2 in the playoffs, average winning margin of 17 points per game after todays game haha.

Insane

I already explained. You just weren't paying attention and I'm not interested in repeating myself to blind fanboys.

[bisme37]

Well I smoke cigarettes now but good game other than that.

[jfs1000d]

He needs to convince himself that Boston really is THAT good, and the only way to do that after watching the C's in round 2 is to believe that the Zinger is anything other than a really nice role player. Instead Boston is a good team, but not dominant. They certainly aren't that 64-win team they thought they re the regular season.

No I just happen to know what I’m talking about because I watched the team all year.

Porzingis makes this team far more potent offensively.

Did you even watch the game tonight?

If the Celtics relied on 37 year old Al Horford all season they wouldn’t have sniffed 64 wins in the regular season.

Clueless **** post.

You are talking about the regular season as if it matters. It doesn't. The Zinger is a really nice player, and Boston would be better with him, but Cleveland was missing Mitchell and Allen tonight. Allen, at worst, is equal to Zinger. The Heat were without Butler, Rozier, and had 50% of Duncan Robinson. Stop trying to make the Zinger out to be someone he isn't. He aint that guy.

This is crazy talk. Allen isn’t better than Zinger. Under no circumstances. People need to watch more than their own team. Allen is good, he is better than old man Horford and not having him hurts. Because they lack talent, the Cavs miss Allen more than Celtics miss Zinger, but the talent isn’t close.


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[KGDirkTD_Fan]

It's cold comfort I know but lots of respect to Cleveland for how they battled hard tonight without Spida. Was nervous as hell in that final quarter.
Garland is him.

Playoffs have become such a war of attrition that missing your best all star/all nba player really hurts but The Cavs pushed us all night and they deserve props for that.

We would have lost that btw if we had Marcus Smart still instead of Jrue Holliday. Jrue being a real factor these past couple of games and I am thrilled to bits.

The Jrue & KP acquisitions were pretty transformative. It's obvious how much of an impact he makes especially if he can generate just some offense. Makes the game really hard when Marcus Smart isn't bricking an open 3 anymore.

[Zaschrona]

There is something mentally dumb about this core. Mazzulla isn’t helping them much either.

The problem is we almost always start playing lazy iso basketball once we get comfortable. Then it is not easy to switch on again. Happens with Jays again and again since that Conference Finals series vs. LeBron. The difference this year may be that we can survive with the amount of talent around them through these stretches.

[doogie_hauser]

There is something mentally dumb about this core. Mazzulla isn’t helping them much either.

Team is fine. Joe been good this playoffs. Not his fault Horford can’t make a shot.


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Al onlh playing so many mins because Porzingis is out. Would have liked some Tillman minutes tonight to be honest. But still, can't really complain about the coach, we are the first time one win away from qualifying for the Conference finals (and yes I acknowledge we have been very lucky with so many East stars from other teams going down with injuries)

[AussieCeltic]

Nice strawman you've built there.

So what do you want from them? To sweep each series and have an average winning margin higher than 20 per game?

As I said, 8-2 in the playoffs, average winning margin of 17 points per game after todays game haha.

Insane

I already explained. You just weren't paying attention and I'm not interested in repeating myself to blind fanboys.

You didn’t explain. You said you weren’t impressed.

So with opposition teams having a few injuries to key players and Celtics to KP, what would it take to impress you? Because 8-2 with a winning margin of 17 per game doesn’t. So what do they have to do impress you? Because they can’t change their opponent

[CelticSooner]

There is something mentally dumb about this core. Mazzulla isn’t helping them much either.

Team is fine. Joe been good this playoffs. Not his fault Horford can’t make a shot.


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So Horford can't a shot and can't defend a chair yet Tillman can't get any run? Kornet is better defender then Horford now.

[Iwasawitness]

Cavs badly need to get a 3 and D wing that can shoot. I know it's rare but that seems to be their biggest issue. You can't run Okoro, LeVert and Struss out there. Roster construction with two small guards and two similar centers is garbage.

Should have swapped Garland for OG but obviously hard to do that when 1) you don't know if Mitchell will stay and 2) OG won't give you a commitment to stay.

Yeah, imagine how pretty our bench would look with Allen, Mitchell, and O.G. all wearing street clothes on it.

Having OG, Mobley and Allen on the same team would be pretty ridiculous though.

[durden_tyler]

So the Celtics cheering for Knicks-Cavs to go full seven for maximum rest and if that happens, is Porzingis able to return in time for ECF Game 1? Boston fans?

[Iwasawitness]

So what do you want from them? To sweep each series and have an average winning margin higher than 20 per game?

As I said, 8-2 in the playoffs, average winning margin of 17 points per game after todays game haha.

Insane

I already explained. You just weren't paying attention and I'm not interested in repeating myself to blind fanboys.

You didn’t explain. You said you weren’t impressed.

So with opposition teams having a few injuries to key players and Celtics to KP, what would it take to impress you? Because 8-2 with a winning margin of 17 per game doesn’t. So what do they have to do impress you? Because they can’t change their opponent

Don’t waste your time with this dude. He has no clue what he’s talking about.

[SportsGuru08]

So what do you want from them? To sweep each series and have an average winning margin higher than 20 per game?

As I said, 8-2 in the playoffs, average winning margin of 17 points per game after todays game haha.

Insane

I already explained. You just weren't paying attention and I'm not interested in repeating myself to blind fanboys.

You didn’t explain. You said you weren’t impressed.

So with opposition teams having a few injuries to key players and Celtics to KP, what would it take to impress you? Because 8-2 with a winning margin of 17 per game doesn’t. So what do they have to do impress you? Because they can’t change their opponent

I explained earlier this thread. Not my fault you weren't paying attention then.