How does Celtics/Knicks series end?
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I said it in the game thread, but for me it's Celts in 6 or Knicks in 4. There is a non-zero chance that the Celts have lost their way. I'd like to think that hasn't happened, so I am voting Celts in 6.
There’s some weird part of me that feels like this group could do the 2004 Sox and come back from a 3-0 deficit.
For whatever reason, they really prefer to have their backs against the wall.
However, I think they come out and win Game 3.
Until the buzzer sounds and the Knicks have actually won 4 games, I will continue to strongly believe that the Celtics will win this series
For whatever reason, they really prefer to have their backs against the wall.
However, I think they come out and win Game 3.
Until the buzzer sounds and the Knicks have actually won 4 games, I will continue to strongly believe that the Celtics will win this series
Cs can beat NYK 4 in a row. They've already done it.
I don't know how it ends but if the Cs don't get even more injured, the series is going at least 6.
I want to believe but I don’t. I think they’re done. This team is capable of winning 4 of 5 against this team but with KP being a non factor, I don’t think they have the horses to do so. I think they should be able to manage a split in NYC, and probably hold off elimination at home in G5, but I think they go down at MSG in G6. However, going out earlier wouldn’t surprise me either.
Your lips to God's ears. I've gone from, "are we going to get stabbed if we wear green to MSG Saturday?" to "Are we going to get laughed at for 2 1/2 hours?"
I hate this but Knicks 4-0. We've gone over the numbers ad nauseum in the series thread, but just by pure eye test these guys look like burnt toast. They've got a massive Porzingis problem. Horford finally looks like he's on the brink of 39. They've seemingly run out of gas down the stretch in each of the first two games. Meanwhile the Knicks are healthy, spry, and hungry. I do not see things going well at MSG.
The x-factor is Tatum. If he can give them 35/game the rest of the series they probably rip off 3 or 4 in a row. I see no indication that's going to happen but you never know.
The x-factor is Tatum. If he can give them 35/game the rest of the series they probably rip off 3 or 4 in a row. I see no indication that's going to happen but you never know.
Yeah, this is not good analysis but my feeling about this series is that the Celtics need a Tatum/Jaylen “f*ck this” performance rest of the way. If Tatum scores 24 points on Saturday or whatever, they’re toast. He needs to play big or I think they’re done. Not sure if that pressure is good or bad for him.
Word. You could bring a preschool field trip through Penn Station now too. Gone are the days of being flashed or peed on by randos.Stabbed at MSG?! That place is like a nursery school, you'll be fine.
I just refuse to believe this. They need the supporting cast to knock down open 3s at a reasonable rate. They also need JT and JB to do the same. I think the shooting has really skewed perception of everything that is happening. Despite the 30 point 4th the Knicks had their worst offensive game of the ENTIRE SEASON last night.
That’s really incredible that Boston lost a game where:
(1) Boston had a 20+ point lead,
(2) Boston had a 16 point lead with 8:30 to go in the game, and
(3) The Knicks had their worst offensive game of the entire season.
Yet here we are.
(1) Boston had a 20+ point lead,
(2) Boston had a 16 point lead with 8:30 to go in the game, and
(3) The Knicks had their worst offensive game of the entire season.
Yet here we are.
My schedule has allowed me to watch exactly three games of this playoff run; last night, game 1 of this series, and game 3 against the Magic.
So I will not be watching from here on out.
Therefore, Celtics in 6
So I will not be watching from here on out.
Therefore, Celtics in 6
I got the Knicks in 6, this team just doesn't seem to want it imo..
This has been their style all year long though, break out in a nice big lead then sit back and let it either slip away or almost slip away. In the playoffs that lazy play is amplified imo which is why we are where we are right now.
This has been their style all year long though, break out in a nice big lead then sit back and let it either slip away or almost slip away. In the playoffs that lazy play is amplified imo which is why we are where we are right now.
But that’s kind of the point here. We’re all focusing on what the Celtics can do better but the Knicks are likely to play better as well at home.
We know what this team is capable of doing but with KP a non factor, I think there is too much pressure on the Jays to deliver multiple elite games.
We also said the Knicks were likely to play better in game 2 than game 1 but that didn’t really happen either.
We know nothing. Ha.
Nothing fuels a Boston sports comeback better than an over-the-top SoSH post. I’m doing my civic duty here.
Congrats in advance to the Knicks for taking down the champs!
It’s gonna go L-L-L-W-W-W-W, right?
It’s high time the NBA popped its cherry and joined the NHL and MLB, and they’ve got the right cities to make it happen.
It’s high time the NBA popped its cherry and joined the NHL and MLB, and they’ve got the right cities to make it happen.
Celtics in 6. I think they like silencing road crowds more than exciting the home crowd. Once that happens they will be kind enough to give the home crowd a win before beating the Knicks at MSG.
Given that three of their best players were also on the US Olympic Team, I am wondering how much just simple exhaustion is playing into this. Those three have had about 2-3 weeks off since last June.
I thought the same thing; those three must be on fumes at this point.
And also, as others have said, regardless of the sport, it's really, really hard to repeat.
I think it's Cs in 7, with all wins by the road team until the deciding Game 7, where the Cs get their home demons exorcized.
I tend to agree with this. If this team is facing insurmountable health and personnel issues then this train ride has ended and I expect they will pack it in like they did against the Bucks a couple years back. Or the past two games were extreme statistical outliers and the shooting touch will return to good enough and they will win out because they would have won these past two games by a substantial margin had they only shot poorly. I'm holding out hope it's the later and I assume we will have a good sense by half time on Saturday. C's in 6.
Celtics in 7.
These Celtic players have had their playoff backs against the walls a million times before.
This is new territory for the Knicks.
These Celtic players have had their playoff backs against the walls a million times before.
This is new territory for the Knicks.
This poll could also just be: do you think Boston will shoot 30%+ from 3 in four of the next five games?
The Knicks are maybe more experienced than you think:
Number of playoff games played:
KAT: 40
Brunson: 57
Hart: 32
Anunoby: 44
Bridges: 47
25% in back to back games. Before this week they had shot 25% or less just 4 times all year, and the last time they did it back to back was...games 6 and 7 vs Miami in 2023.
Yeah they aren't the Celtics, but the Knicks' key guys are all in their prime, and while none are champs, they've mostly got a decent amount of experience. KAT went to the conference finals last year, Brunson got to the WCF with Dallas, and Bridges was in the finals with Phoenix. I won't give OG credit for his ring with the Raptors (seeing as how he missed that entire postseason run), but the point is that the moment is unlikely to get too big for these guys anytime soon. That plus the fact that they aren't exactly playing out of their minds offensively....if the Celtics win it will be because Boston starts playing better, not because the Knicks start to get worse.
I'm coming around on this. If the Celtics go on a heater Saturday and shoot lights out they might roll through next week. Feels like they just need one game to get their confidence back. Knicks would be wise to step on the throat. Still think they do but if the Celtics get hot watch out. Even with all their ancillary issues the Celtics still wipe the floor with this Knicks team if they make open threes.
We've really been through the emotional wringer in terms of anomalous stuff that people rationalized at the time, but was just massive variance in hindsight.
I'm old enough to remember all the rationalizations for why Caleb Martin was akshually a 45% 3-point shooter against the defense Boston was playing.
Turns out....nope. He's faced tons of different defenses before and since, and never shot like that before or after.
And who can forget Andrew Fucking Wiggins.
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I kinda hope it's not just that, because the Knicks haven't had a particularly great game yet. I suspect the Cs are going to need to shoot legitimately well, not just better than games 1 & 2, in some games going forward.