I respect the Heat, I believe in the Heat culture and Jimmy Butler can win any game (like he did against the Bucks)
But you said this was an easy path for the C's
I think-600 was fair. Bucks were -1200(similar team to C's).
Odds here cut in half. I think the general public thought Cs had figured out their problems after games 6,7 against Philly. WRONG!
This is why I always admired Jordan. 6 titles and played in 1 GAME 7. He wasn't there to fuck around. He was there to dominate!
Ugly third quarter for the C's, and an ice cold 2nd half. I actually didn't like them being up so much and looking so good in the first half. This is the NBA dontchaknow. Rather have them needing to step it up (except game 7's, everyone more focused for all 48 minutes in elimination games)
Game 1, been there, done that
Game 1, been there, done that
He was still older than Tatum & Brown when he won is first
One of the only mega-stars to win when he was younger was Kobe at 22. But he wasn't the leader, Shaq went for like 30/15 per game
It is an easy path given they don’t have to play the Bucks and got to play the Hawks and chokey SixersI respect the Heat, I believe in the Heat culture and Jimmy Butler can win any game (like he did against the Bucks)
But you said this was an easy path for the C's
Celtics just don’t deserve the hefty price given how their focus goes in and out
They probably dominate Game 2
I don't do the easy path thing.
You do it constantly.
You keep saying the Hawks sucked then Philly sucked.
Blahblahblah.
No 7 game series are easy in any sport.
It's a grind.
Survive and advance.
Let's face it,your a Celtic hater.
Lol
Not a Celtic hater by any means. No reason to hate them
But acting like paths don’t vary in difficulty is just flat out wrong
A lot of truly great teams wouldn’t dick around against a bad Hawks team and need 6 games
My analysis of the Celtics has been consistent for several months now: they are the best team when they are fully locked in, but I don’t think they’ll win the title because they are not consistent enough
Advocodo knows what I mean
We talked about it when they were struggling with Atlanta
Something changed with their chemistry 2-3 weeks before that Hawks series
They seem to have issues in half-court offense, especially late in games. They have great individual players but it doesn't quite all fit that well
They also are not as disciplined defensively this year. 100 points per 100 possessions in half court defense this year, compared to only 88 last year. Tatum has particularly regressed here
Your boy LeBron James made it look awfully easy
3-year stretch on the Cavs where he was 36-5 on his way to the Finals each year, with 6 sweeps in 9 series. For perspective, Boston is 8-6 this year.
100-29 overall, and 25-0 in series against the East since his first stint in Cleveland ended.
Yet the criticism is that he had an easy path. Can't have it both ways
