2025 East Semifinals: (2) Boston Celtics Vs. (3) New York Knicks

Exactly. So put it back in your pants, y'all.

 

BOSTON MISSES IME!
He was their TOUGHNESS
They carried a bit of it over into last year
but
it's wearing off

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Celtics just need to take more threes. 100 attempts over two games is not enough.

 

Celtics are going to come back. Not sure if they'll win but they'll come back. They were down 0-3 to the Heat just a couple of seasons ago and won 3 straight to force a game 7.

 

Boston pulled a 1994 Rockets with two straight blown 20 point leads at home in the Semifinals. Except they're the defending champs and none of the key players on that Houston team had been past the second round aside from Dream. Do they have someone who can pull a Mad Max in Game 3 and save their season?

I'm not excusing the Celtics' back-to-back choke jobs, but two things could be factoring in here. First, they've had deep playoff runs in 7 of their last 9 seasons(including 6 ECF and 2 Finals appearances). They may be gassed. They sure looked that way at midseason. Second, you live by the three, you die by the three. They rely way too much on those shots and it bit them in the ass in both games.

 

Thibs did what Udoka should've done in game 4 and 5 when they were intentionally fouling Adams. Thibs kept Mitchell Robinson in until they got into the bonus first. It paid off with Knicks being in the bonus for the last 5 minutes.

 

Should be a piece of cake for a former NBA athlete, I just hope he at least went back on the "barefoot" part lol. Gonna step on some homeless dude's needle and get AIDS walking barefoot through that area.

 

What would you say about the rockets 10ish in game 7 (not counting garbage time)

we have no hope

 

Just voted Celtics in 4.

 

yeah the mean streets of Calabasas, Getty Museum, West LA, Westwood and Century City are rough

 

I prefer Jaylen Brown

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From the preponderance of what I've seen posted on social media, Porzingis and Holiday are the most likely to go. Tatum and Brown will remain the foundations of the franchise.

I seriously doubt they keep all 3 of Holiday, White and Pritchard. My wild guess is one of them and Porzingis will be traded.

 

I think I would prefer White of FVV (more cost effective)
Pritchard has a friendly contract too

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This makes the Pacers last 2 playoff runs look way worse. Literally every star on the opposing team in every series they played got hurt except against the Celtics who they lost to. Same thing happening these playoffs.

 

The question:
Is the Knicks defense just that good
Or
Boston just missing shots.

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Vegas still has the Celtics as the favorites in this series for a reason

Very Knicks-like to blow an 0-2 lead after winning both games on the road