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Fierce1 wrote:I highly doubt the Cavs would reach the ECF.
If Embiid is healthy by April, the Cs will be in a battle in the 2nd round.
Cs now have a tougher road to the finals with the Sixers falling to 4th or 5th.
Ben-N1ce wrote:tfribs45 wrote:Fierce1 wrote:The Jays and the Celtics are good enough to win the championship this season.
But there's still a lot of questions that will only be answered in the playoffs.
Next season is really the best chance for this Cs team to win a championship IMO.
And if the Cs win Banner 18 this season, a repeat in 2025 is very likely, and a 3-peat in 2026 will be doable.
Next season LMAO, it's banner 18 or bust IMO. Our two biggest flaws showed up last night, coaching and end of the game execution. No need to overreact though, but anything less then a Title would be failure!
Its funny. Most dominant reg season since 73 win GS. Wait till next year excuses...absurd.
CelticsPride18 wrote:Smh we would be undefeated if Joe used every timeout at his disposal this year.
Fierce1 wrote:Ben-N1ce wrote:tfribs45 wrote:
Next season LMAO, it's banner 18 or bust IMO. Our two biggest flaws showed up last night, coaching and end of the game execution. No need to overreact though, but anything less then a Title would be failure!
Its funny. Most dominant reg season since 73 win GS. Wait till next year excuses...absurd.
You're forgetting the 2022 Suns that won 64 games.
Cs need to beat that 64 wins first.
Fierce1 wrote:I highly doubt the Cavs would reach the ECF.
If Embiid is healthy by April, the Cs will be in a battle in the 2nd round.
Cs now have a tougher road to the finals with the Sixers falling to 4th or 5th.
CelticsPride18 wrote:Fierce1 wrote:Ben-N1ce wrote:
Its funny. Most dominant reg season since 73 win GS. Wait till next year excuses...absurd.
You're forgetting the 2022 Suns that won 64 games.
Cs need to beat that 64 wins first.
I don’t think we will win 64. After this road trip I expect them to start lowering the starters minutes
GrandTheftRondo wrote:Fierce1 wrote:I highly doubt the Cavs would reach the ECF.
If Embiid is healthy by April, the Cs will be in a battle in the 2nd round.
Cs now have a tougher road to the finals with the Sixers falling to 4th or 5th.
Only team that really concerns me a bit is the Bucks.
If their defensive improvement is legit, defending Dame and Giannis in a 7 game series is no easy feat.
My hope with them is that they finish second and get beaten up or even eliminated earlier by a team who works out their D
Hal14 wrote:I didn't get all the way caught up on the posts in here overnight, but just so ya'll know, Denver had a late game collapse last night, losing in OT to phoenix, with no Booker.
GUess they won't win the title either? lol
And I saw a few posts last night where people said Tatum never makes it in when he has a last second shot to tie or take the lead. Ya'll might want to look at this:
Tommy Heinsohn wrote:The game is not over until they look you in the face and start crying.
Froob wrote:We gotta let Derrick white run the final possessions. Tatum cannot be trusted not to run out the clock and take a difficult contested mid range J
Fierce1 wrote:GrandTheftRondo wrote:Fierce1 wrote:I highly doubt the Cavs would reach the ECF.
If Embiid is healthy by April, the Cs will be in a battle in the 2nd round.
Cs now have a tougher road to the finals with the Sixers falling to 4th or 5th.
Only team that really concerns me a bit is the Bucks.
If their defensive improvement is legit, defending Dame and Giannis in a 7 game series is no easy feat.
My hope with them is that they finish second and get beaten up or even eliminated earlier by a team who works out their D
I was worried about the Bucks, but Brad got Tillman.
Right now a healthy Embiid is more dangerous than the Bucks.
The Bucks just don't have the perimeter defenders needed to slow down the Jays.
Sweet Serenity wrote:The Corey's wrote:Sweet Serenity wrote:
Ah yes, he’s so bad that he’s lead us to a 48-13 record while having the 4th best net rating of all time ..
What a terrible coach
Ahh. You think it's Joe and not the roster. Now it makes sense.
So when they win it's cause Joe coaching. When they lose it's cause they didn't take to Joe's coaching.
I found Joe's burner account.
Imagine hating the coach that much you don’t think he has anything to do with the level of dominance he’s showed this season
The Corey's wrote:Sweet Serenity wrote:The Corey's wrote:
Ahh. You think it's Joe and not the roster. Now it makes sense.
So when they win it's cause Joe coaching. When they lose it's cause they didn't take to Joe's coaching.
I found Joe's burner account.
Imagine hating the coach that much you don’t think he has anything to do with the level of dominance he’s showed this season
You guys are all over the place.
I got one of you arguing that Joe doesn't matter and there's no evidence that calling a timeout leads to a statistical difference in the game and then you arguing that he's the reason there dominating.
Yet you're both arguing against my take.
**** Joe.
Hal14 wrote:PierceFan4ever wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:
We all know this was it right here. One timeout by Mazzulla when the Cavs cut the lead down from 22 points to 14 points to get the guys refocused again would have resulted in a win. Mazzulla decided to take 2 timeouts home with him. Must be able to return them at the end of the year for some money.
The thing is he isn’t improving with the timeout situation. He still doesn’t call them, he has no interest changing it up because he’s too stubborn
Calling timeouts is not the magical cure to everything that some of ya'll seem to think.
It's happened plenty of times this season and last season where we call a timeout and it does no good - the other team comes out of the timeout and keeps their run going.
It's also happened plenty of times where we don't call a timeout, let the guys play through it and then boom, next thing you know the C's answer back with a run - forcing the other team to burn the timeout. Then after the other team burns their timeout, we come out of the timeout and keep going on our run - since the timeout by the other team didn't magically stop our run.
Not to mention that instead of burning a timeout, often times we could just wait another 30-60 seconds or so till the next media timeout - the "boys can get refocused" then..
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2017/03/25/stop-or-go-as-clock-ticks-down-call-timeout-or-play-on/99629536/Kentucky coach John Calipari said often his first instinct is to refrain from calling timeout and see what develops.
"I'd let it go and watch and then be ready to scream timeout if it looks ugly but I want them to just play on and that's what we practice," Calipari said. "I like to go home with timeouts. I like the players to work through their issues."
South Carolina coach Frank Martin said he does have a few basic end-game guidelines.
"Any time we're tied, I'm not calling a timeout. If we're down one, probably not calling a timeout," Martin said. "That's kind of the way we rehearse. If we're down three, we're going to foul, inside of 7, 8 seconds to go."
Also, Joe did take a timeout at one point during cleveland's 2nd half run..and he said during his post game presser that he was trying to call one on our last possession but the ref didn't see him..so let's not blow this out of proportion here and pretend like he didn't call any timeouts..
