2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #1 Boston Celtics vs. #8 Miami Heat (BOS WINS 4-1)

[CelticSooner]

Will the C’s play with that kind of defense in Game 4? Killer instinct is the last piece this team has to show. If they don’t have it by now I don’t know what you can do?

[AussieCeltic]

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[KamikazeK]

Is Herro the most unlikeable player in the league? His game and his demeanor are just horrible.

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[RB34]

GG Miami fans. I’m glad we only have one day off before game 4.

Onto the next one.

[DBurks2818]

Good game, Celtics fans. And another valuable learning experience for the Dame package. Onto the next one.

[eyeatoma]

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Boston will probably win this series, but Tatum isn't leading them to a chip.

[KamikazeK]

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Boston will probably win this series, but Tatum isn't leading them to a chip.

Comparing Embiid to Tatum based purely on FG% seems really dumb, to be honest.

[jfs1000d]

This is why I said Spo is far and away the best coach int he league. Talent wise without Jimmy, the heat have no business beating the celtics.

Even with Jimmy, the Heat should really have no business beating this Celtics team.

‘Heat Stan’s are like if we had Jimmy. I am liked, Celtics should seep heat even if at full strength.

Boston so annoys me. Play with their food all the time.

[jfs1000d]

I also think last years 8th seed run for heat and lakers was an annomaly. As if they would that two years in a row. U are your record

46 wins is a good 8 seed. But the heat are clearly either the 15th or 16th best team in the playoffs even at full strength.

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Boston will probably win this series, but Tatum isn't leading them to a chip.

Comparing Embiid to Tatum based purely on FG% seems really dumb, to be honest.

Here my issue with this post. It is so Tatum dominant.

The Jordan then LeBron eras kind of made us think that the best player on the floor has to dominate, if you can’t win. 80s lakers and Celtics weren't like that.

Tatum needs to be very good, but he does’t have to go legendary nuclear for Boston to win. The reason Lakers, Suns, Mavs are not going to go far is they are asking their top player to dominate every game. The teams that are gonna win actually have great talent and teams around them.

Enough with the …we need a dog. Or alpha has to go for 40 plays. No. Celtics win by 20. They don’t need Tatum to go 35 and 15. If they need thatm he has that ability. But it isn’t required for victory.

[Jellybeans]

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I wanna know where he was reading all that praise

[GrandTheftRondo]

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Boston will probably win this series, but Tatum isn't leading them to a chip.

Did the Celtics win game 3?

[AussieCeltic]

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Boston will probably win this series, but Tatum isn't leading them to a chip.

Seek help bro.

Fact is, the further you go in the playoffs, the lower your field goal percentage goes. Each round gets harder.

Embiids first round matchups of starting bigs include Davis Bertans, Alex Len, Khem Birch, Nic Claxton.

Embiid averages 42% in the second round as a big man. If he ever got out of the 2nd round (LOL), I bet his percentage decrease even further.

If you had an ounce of intelligence, you would say that Tatum is a good player. Saying he’s bad makes Embiid look even worse. Why can’t Embiid beat the Celtics if they’re lead by a bad player like Tatum? Shouldn’t the MVP be able to lead his team further than the second round?

Tatum completely torched and exposed Embiid dropping an NBA record 51 points in game 7 by simply putting Embiid in the pick and roll.

Just remember, Embiid is 0-3 vs the Tatum lead Celtics in the playoffs. If there is one guy who shouldn’t be talking, it’s you.

[eyeatoma]

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Boston will probably win this series, but Tatum isn't leading them to a chip.

Seek help bro.

Fact is, the further you go in the playoffs, the lower your field goal percentage goes. Each round gets harder.

Embiids first round matchups of starting bigs include Davis Bertans, Alex Len, Khem Birch, Nic Claxton.

Embiid averages 42% in the second round as a big man. If he ever got out of the 2nd round (LOL), I bet his percentage decrease even further.

If you had an ounce of intelligence, you would say that Tatum is a good player. Saying he’s bad makes Embiid look even worse. Why can’t Embiid beat the Celtics if they’re lead by a bad player like Tatum? Shouldn’t the MVP be able to lead his team further than the second round?

Tatum completely torched and exposed Embiid dropping an NBA record 51 points in game 7 by simply putting Embiid in the pick and roll.

Just remember, Embiid is 0-3 vs the Tatum lead Celtics in the playoffs. If there is one guy who shouldn’t be talking, it’s you.

I know it's hard to understand but the 2nd round usually is also coincides when he's hurt. Hence the lower fg%.

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[itrsteve]

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Boston will probably win this series, but Tatum isn't leading them to a chip.

Seek help bro.

Fact is, the further you go in the playoffs, the lower your field goal percentage goes. Each round gets harder.

Embiids first round matchups of starting bigs include Davis Bertans, Alex Len, Khem Birch, Nic Claxton.

Embiid averages 42% in the second round as a big man. If he ever got out of the 2nd round (LOL), I bet his percentage decrease even further.

If you had an ounce of intelligence, you would say that Tatum is a good player. Saying he’s bad makes Embiid look even worse. Why can’t Embiid beat the Celtics if they’re lead by a bad player like Tatum? Shouldn’t the MVP be able to lead his team further than the second round?

Tatum completely torched and exposed Embiid dropping an NBA record 51 points in game 7 by simply putting Embiid in the pick and roll.

Just remember, Embiid is 0-3 vs the Tatum lead Celtics in the playoffs. If there is one guy who shouldn’t be talking, it’s you.

I know it's hard to understand but the 2nd round usually is also coincides when he's hurt. Hence the lower fg%.

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Then maybe availability is the metric to track a little closer.

[titlebound1]

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Boston will probably win this series, but Tatum isn't leading them to a chip.

Seek help bro.

Fact is, the further you go in the playoffs, the lower your field goal percentage goes. Each round gets harder.

Embiids first round matchups of starting bigs include Davis Bertans, Alex Len, Khem Birch, Nic Claxton.

Embiid averages 42% in the second round as a big man. If he ever got out of the 2nd round (LOL), I bet his percentage decrease even further.

If you had an ounce of intelligence, you would say that Tatum is a good player. Saying he’s bad makes Embiid look even worse. Why can’t Embiid beat the Celtics if they’re lead by a bad player like Tatum? Shouldn’t the MVP be able to lead his team further than the second round?

Tatum completely torched and exposed Embiid dropping an NBA record 51 points in game 7 by simply putting Embiid in the pick and roll.

Just remember, Embiid is 0-3 vs the Tatum lead Celtics in the playoffs. If there is one guy who shouldn’t be talking, it’s you.

I know it's hard to understand but the 2nd round usually is also coincides when he's hurt. Hence the lower fg%.

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Ok so what you're saying is that because Embiid is literally always hurt, he'll never be able to.lead Philly to a title?

[celtxman]

Seek help bro.

Fact is, the further you go in the playoffs, the lower your field goal percentage goes. Each round gets harder.

Embiids first round matchups of starting bigs include Davis Bertans, Alex Len, Khem Birch, Nic Claxton.

Embiid averages 42% in the second round as a big man. If he ever got out of the 2nd round (LOL), I bet his percentage decrease even further.

If you had an ounce of intelligence, you would say that Tatum is a good player. Saying he’s bad makes Embiid look even worse. Why can’t Embiid beat the Celtics if they’re lead by a bad player like Tatum? Shouldn’t the MVP be able to lead his team further than the second round?

Tatum completely torched and exposed Embiid dropping an NBA record 51 points in game 7 by simply putting Embiid in the pick and roll.

Just remember, Embiid is 0-3 vs the Tatum lead Celtics in the playoffs. If there is one guy who shouldn’t be talking, it’s you.

I know it's hard to understand but the 2nd round usually is also coincides when he's hurt. Hence the lower fg%.

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Ok so what you're saying is that because Embiid is literally always hurt, he'll never be able to.lead Philly to a title?

I was just about to post this and you beat me to it. Using his various degrees of injuries over the years to mask his playoff failures is weak. In the Game 7 Boston/Philly finale Embiid 5 for 18 (you know the 51 point Tatum game). Embiid is the magician stealing the MVP from Jokic. Smoke and mirrors when it counts.

[GrandTheftRondo]

Tatum could shoot 10% from the field and I wouldn’t give a **** as long as we win a chip

[shi-woo]

It's people like some of the fans in this thread that really make basketball unfun sometimes.

Tatum has literally done so much since coming into the league, is clearly a Top 10 player, plays defense, and brings his team to the CF and Finals year after year, but because he's not LeBron he has to be trash.

26/9/6/1/1 on league average shooting since he became the first option...that's the guy ya'll are talking crap about. those numbers make Kobe tip his cap for example, and are probably better than your favorite players stats in the postseason.

People stopped making the Tatum best player in the league potential argument 3 years ago. Him and his fans aren't on the general board begging for people to give him an MVP out of pity or gaslighting people that he's better than Jokic.

And it's also kind of weird that people are making that argument for Embiid. A guy with worse numbers over less games, who is a 7 footer who can't even shoot better than Tatum in the playoffs (44 v 46 percent, tatum actually hits 3's)

[bisme37]

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