The C's need to win one game

[Avocado33]

Yeah, could've gone like it did in the first 3 and lost or Tatum could've played well and that 8 point lead going into the 4th is a lot closer and they win like the last 3.

Who knows? It is obviously a pretty massive development. We're talking a little more than Malcolm Brogdon here (who also was a huge loss, but again Heat had guys hurt + it is Brogdon you get him for a late 1st because he's probably gonna get hurt. Otherwise he'd be a starter somewhere)

Having a better gameplan, more energy, better execution whatever obviously is somewhat a byproduct of the other teams best player being fairly useless.

It isn't an excuse or anything, that's just sports. Celts had a lot of deficiencies prior to the point he got injured that caused their margin for error to be so slim but to just say the best player on the team and 1 of the best in the league going down definitively isn't changing the result is presumptuous

Miami’s energy and game plan being a byproduct of Tatum injury is quite a reach . Doubt they saw him roll his ankle and get motivated much by that.

I would have been shocked if Miami didn’t come out aggressive last night. Frankly they were just cold early

Tatum had been flustered by Miami’s zone as much as anyone this series .

 

[Avocado33]

Spo calling his shot is what ill walk away with...

Confidence is one thing. He didn't have to fire off that comment if he didn't believe it was a done deal.

You have to be confident in a tough moment like that

Spo is a legend

 

[five-head]

I read some comments regarding Tatum and how his injury wouldn't have affected the outcome.

My opinion isn't the Celtics would have won if he didn't injure himself on the first play of the game but to say it had no bearing on the outcome is ludicrous. Tatum is their best player who averages 28ppg in close out game 7's. He couldn't drive to the bucket as he normally does. It also put more pressure on Brown and he didn't come through. His injury could have had a impact on the Celtics very slow start and bad 1st quarter. It also could have affected the team psyche seeing their best player injured so early. He was noticeably laboring the entire game. With that being said not taking anything away from the Miami Heat. Now its their time to get pummeled by the Nuggets.

 

[Willie99]

jason tatum is a coward, typical duke bitch. nice to see this dirtbag town choke their brains out

Such a solid christian you are

 

[Willie99]

How about two 8 seeded Florida teams taking out #1 Boston seeds in both the NBA and NHL.

C's weren't a one seed

 

[crudebar]

Boston lost by what---20? They had Tatum for 6 games and barely got to a game 7. Please.

Like me saying the Bucks lost because Giannis missed 2.5 games. They lost because they got out-coached, out hustled and clearly out played.

These two teams lost to role players such as Kevin Love, Caleb Martin, Duncan Robinson, Gabe Vincent. LOL.

Bam is a fringe all-star player. Butler is a perennial all-star but he isn't a top 10 player or really probably top 15(regular season)

To try to blame injuries on losing to heat is laughable.

 

[MAGAking1]

Such a solid christian you are

Someone is salty about the loss...lol

 

[Willie99]

Bummer that the HEAT have had injuries this whole playoff run
(Herro, Dipo, Vincent)

Wish Herro played, taking time away from Martin and Vincent would have been great for the C's

Malcolm Brogdon anyone? Oh wait, he wasn't undrafted 5 years ago or something

Might have been nice to have Gallinari shooting some three's too

 

[Willie99]

Boston lost by what---20? They had Tatum for 6 games and barely got to a game 7. Please.

Like me saying the Bucks lost because Giannis missed 2.5 games. They lost because they got out-coached, out hustled and clearly out played.

These two teams lost to role players such as Kevin Love, Caleb Martin, Duncan Robinson, Gabe Vincent. LOL.

Bam is a fringe all-star player. Butler is a perennial all-star but he isn't a top 10 player or really probably top 15(regular season)

To try to blame injuries on losing to heat is laughable.

who blamed injuries again? did anybody?

 

[crudebar]

who blamed injuries again? did anybody?

I don't believe you did. But many saying "oooooo Tatum!"

I would be more open to the idea have the Cs lost by 5 or something close. Instead they got fucked up because they relaxed again.

edit: you shouldn't need Tatum to beat this team same as the Bucks shouldn't have needed Giannis to beat THIS team. It's pathetic to lose to a thinned out team like the Heat. So all credit to them. Been amazing to watch.

 

[crudebar]

I thought C's would win in 7 before game 6.

Then watched game 6 and they were the exact same team as in games 1-2. Tried their hardest to throw it away. The simplest thing like your team leader(Tatum) not keeping the ball when he gets a rebound with 21 seconds left in the game and instead throws it to Smart. Why? Did he have no realization of time and situation? A game 6 and you pass the ball when the opponent is forced to foul you?

Then Horford(credited as being a smart veteran) fouls Butler on a 3 when he has him trapped in the coffin corner.

They were stupid last year and are still stupid a year later and will probably be stupid again next season.

edit: not to mention blowing a 10 point with less than 4 to go and the dumb luck they got that Duncan Robinson missed 2 practice open 3 pointers.

 

[Avocado33]

Boston lost by what---20? They had Tatum for 6 games and barely got to a game 7. Please.

Like me saying the Bucks lost because Giannis missed 2.5 games. They lost because they got out-coached, out hustled and clearly out played.

These two teams lost to role players such as Kevin Love, Caleb Martin, Duncan Robinson, Gabe Vincent. LOL.

Bam is a fringe all-star player. Butler is a perennial all-star but he isn't a top 10 player or really probably top 15(regular season)

To try to blame injuries on losing to heat is laughable.

Bam is a fringe all-star player that was a scrub offensively the last few games of this series too

Heat would have won in 6 if they got anything from Bam that game. He was in a lot of ways even worse last night (got some garbage buckets when game was decided) and they still beat the shit out of them

 

[Avocado33]

I read some comments regarding Tatum and how his injury wouldn't have affected the outcome.

My opinion isn't the Celtics would have won if he didn't injure himself on the first play of the game but to say it had no bearing on the outcome is ludicrous. Tatum is their best player who averages 28ppg in close out game 7's. He couldn't drive to the bucket as he normally does. It also put more pressure on Brown and he didn't come through. His injury could have had a impact on the Celtics very slow start and bad 1st quarter. It also could have affected the team psyche seeing their best player injured so early. He was noticeably laboring the entire game. With that being said not taking anything away from the Miami Heat. Now its their time to get pummeled by the Nuggets.

Nice to see you again, ghost of L2KA

Perhaps we should revisit your Lakers takes (Grizzlies could sweep them). Makes my Nuggets takes look genius

 

[Avocado33]

I don't believe you did. But many saying "oooooo Tatum!"

I would be more open to the idea have the Cs lost by 5 or something close. Instead they got fucked up because they relaxed again.

edit: you shouldn't need Tatum to beat this team same as the Bucks shouldn't have needed Giannis to beat THIS team. It's pathetic to lose to a thinned out team like the Heat. So all credit to them. Been amazing to watch.

Bingo

I guess it helps people cope, gives a built in excuse of some sort

Maybe there's a timeline where the Celtics win or make it close, but it's very possible Tatum is fine and the Celtics lose by more than 20 as well.

There's no guarantee that Tatum was going to play well in that game even if he was healthy. He has played as many shitty games as well. He's a great player, but also very streaky

 

[one51rum]

Martin should have gotten MVP, and Miami showed some mental toughness after the last 10th of a second loss saturday, i had Miami +180 after they went up 1-0 was i worried, yea after they lucky win saturday, but Miami came out in Boston and dominated that game, they never got closer than 6 , that is dominant, i think Denver would have beaten who ever but i think maybe Miami does have a shot,

 

[Avocado33]

I read some comments regarding Tatum and how his injury wouldn't have affected the outcome.
Tatum is their best player who averages 28ppg in close out game 7's. He couldn't drive to the bucket as he normally does. It also put more pressure on Brown and he didn't come through.

So many examples where Brown takes on that lead guy role with a healthy Tatum though

Tatum is the more talented player, but Brown often is more of the "alpha" guy. Been an issue with them for a while

Sometimes Brown does pull through for them when he leads. Hell Brown was way better than Tatum in the NBA Finals last year.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Miami’s energy and game plan being a byproduct of Tatum injury is quite a reach . Doubt they saw him roll his ankle and get motivated much by that.

I would have been shocked if Miami didn’t come out aggressive last night. Frankly they were just cold early

Tatum had been flustered by Miami’s zone as much as anyone this series .

No, that isn’t what I meant. It’s just results oriented to say well they had XYZ advantages after he gets injured. Maybe if he plays those advantages lead to the same result of the previous 3 games, losses.

Is this really that hard? If butler goes down a minute into game 7, we would all say who knows what happens if he stayed healthy. Who cares? This is very easy.

And this site died for me, why the late reply.

 

[PatsFan1283]

I thought C's would win in 7 before game 6.

Then watched game 6 and they were the exact same team as in games 1-2. Tried their hardest to throw it away. The simplest thing like your team leader(Tatum) not keeping the ball when he gets a rebound with 21 seconds left in the game and instead throws it to Smart. Why? Did he have no realization of time and situation? A game 6 and you pass the ball when the opponent is forced to foul you?

Then Horford(credited as being a smart veteran) fouls Butler on a 3 when he has him trapped in the coffin corner.

They were stupid last year and are still stupid a year later and will probably be stupid again next season.

edit: not to mention blowing a 10 point with less than 4 to go and the dumb luck they got that Duncan Robinson missed 2 practice open 3 pointers.

This is a complete misrepresentation of what anyone said.

No one said they didn’t blow it/didn’t deserve to lose it or even that they ran bad.

You think I care if laundry prevails? Lol, maybe for a cut of browns next deal but not otherwise obviously so much.

 

[Avocado33]

No, that isn’t what I meant. It’s just results oriented to say well they had XYZ advantages after he gets injured. Maybe if he plays those advantages lead to the same result of the previous 3 games, losses.

Is this really that hard? If butler goes down a minute into game 7, we would all say who knows what happens if he stayed healthy. Who cares? This is very easy.

And this site died for me, why the late reply.

I think a good portion of the board thought the Heat were toast going into the game because of how they lost Game 6, going on road in Game 7, blowing 3-0 lead, thought it might get ugly early

I just think that was naive and I thought that Heat were going to show up effort wise even if they didn't shoot well/execute as well offensively. It was hard to see a scenario where Miami gets blown out that game.

It was just very clear early that Boston was about to have one of those ugly half-court games. Been saying it since the playoffs started, they're just a very inconsistent team with a high ceiling. Even if Tatum played well, very unlikely he was going to overcome that.

 

[crudebar]

This is a complete misrepresentation of what anyone said.

No one said they didn’t blow it/didn’t deserve to lose it or even that they ran bad.

You think I care if laundry prevails? Lol, maybe for a cut of browns next deal but not otherwise obviously so much.

Did I quote u or anyone? That was my take from game 6. I wasn't saying anyone else said anything with that particular rant of mine.