well playedGiven how far Luka usually stands from the person he’s guarding, fouling out is impressive
I don’t think Kyrie saw it.You just hate to see it, except you love to see it.
https://x.com/CelticsPost/status/1801091425800532114
Didn’t KOC have a good one too or was that only Denver crushing us in five for him?
He was in the background a few times tonight but I don’t recall him being the focus of a shot.Have I missed Cuban? I haven’t seen him.
I can see Luka not playing 4.We're due for the Luka goes for 50 game, which they also lose.
He doesn't own the team anymore. He only has a token minority stake because the new owner has some ... issues [V&N can explain]Have I missed Cuban? I haven’t seen him.
View: https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/1794204779046129838Didn’t KOC have a good one too or was that only Denver crushing us in five for him?
Not to mention Mahomes, Emmett, and Steve Nash. All rooting for Dallas of course.He was in the background a few times tonight but I don’t recall him being the focus of a shot.
Also could see Chris Daightry, Jeff Probst, and celebrity chef Bobby Flay.
@OnWisc, have you ever been to the southern part of the gulf on the Bonito run?He was in the background a few times tonight but I don’t recall him being the focus of a shot.
Also could see Chris Daightry, Jeff Probst, and celebrity chef Bobby Flay.
Are Bonito fish big?@OnWisc, have you ever been to the southern part of the gulf on the Bonito run?
Elite role players? ok.
The fact that Dallas hasn’t won since Ol’ J.R. passed I think calls into question the championships they do have.Not to mention Mahomes, Emmett, and Steve Nash. All rooting for Dallas of course.
Nah. They’re great role players. Right now they’re great at playing the role of 3-5 on a team that’s unlikely to win a title.Elite role players? ok.
Truly.Elite role players? ok.
Gafford and Washington are replacement-level JAGs but Lively is interesting. Agree he probably wouldn’t crack the Celtics playoff rotation. I said they remind me of the 2022 Nets but with Luka instead of KD and I stand by that. It’s hard to win a championship when you have two very good/great players but start three nobodies with them and have a bench full of nobodies on top of it.Truly.
Not sure Gafford, Lively, or Washington even crack the Celtics’ rotation.
They have doubled with Pritchard a bit. The 20-2 run was Joe making sure Jrue got his breath to end it and probably riding Pritchard a little too long.This whole series theyve had enormous success by:
1) Hunting their weakest defenders on offense, and
2) Not doubling on defense
In that 20-2 run in the 4th quarter they weirdly decided to go at PJ Washington multiple trips, who is probably their best wing defender, and then doubled Luka multiple times leading to multiple open 3s. It was inexplicable.
I think he just wanted to stop running
Probably just coping votes against hopes.The only thing I find strange is we had more people on this site who thought the MAVs would win this series instead of a Boston sweep
AND it was a lot more dramatic then
23 on Dallas vs
22 on sweep
@RorschachsMask didn't close the poll until an hour after G1 (when a few folks changed their votes)
Time to reveal who the non-believers were
Lively would. He can switch not bad and is like Timelord on the lob. He would not play ahead of Al.Truly.
Not sure Gafford, Lively, or Washington even crack the Celtics’ rotation.
Ha that place is like 6-7 blocks from meProbably just coping votes against hopes.
Any LA transplants going to Sonny McLean's on Friday?
I'm in West Hollywood. SoSH meetup for 18?Ha that place is like 6-7 blocks from me
are there C's fans in the area?I'm in West Hollywood. SoSH meetup for 18?
sweeps are hard, only 3 in the past 25 years despite some huge mismatches.The only thing I find strange is we had more people on this site who thought the MAVs would win this series instead of a Boston sweep
AND it was a lot more dramatic then
23 on Dallas vs
22 on sweep
@RorschachsMask didn't close the poll until an hour after G1 (when a few folks changed their votes)
Time to reveal who the non-believers were
Someone mentioned this in the game thread too and it’s incorrect. Holiday was in the game during most of that run.They have doubled with Pritchard a bit. The 20-2 run was Joe making sure Jrue got his breath to end it and probably riding Pritchard a little too long.
Sonny's will be full of green and absolutely rocking - I went there for the B's and Leafs and it was electric. I know we have an LA SoSH contingent. Can crosspost in the Bash forum for additional visibility. Either way, I'm there.are there C's fans in the area?
This never occurred to me but seems like a great point regarding Holiday sitting. In all the post game interviews all the Celtics seem very nonplussed by the Dallas run. They understood runs happen and knew they could play through it.They have doubled with Pritchard a bit. The 20-2 run was Joe making sure Jrue got his breath to end it and probably riding Pritchard a little too long.
He was cycling through the guards during the run. Jrue then BrownSomeone mentioned this in the game thread too and it’s incorrect. Holiday was in the game during most of that run.
PP checked in for Jrue at the start of the 4th when it was 85-70. Jrue checked in for Brown when the game was 91-73.
The Mavs went on a 7-0 run and then Brown checked in for PP (91-80).
There was really no need for Pritchard to be in the game. Hauser was the easy call
KOC wants so badly to be seen as impartial. But who is falling for that? So instead he just looks sad.
Washington strikes me as the most average NBA rotation player imaginable. Like, if you lined up all the guys in the league who play more than a couple min per game and arranged them by talent, PJ would be right in the middle.Gafford and Washington are replacement-level JAGs but Lively is interesting.
Adding onto that, it seems doubly hard to sweep when you haven't won before. The last 4 teams to sweep had won at least one title in recent history (18 Warriors, 07 Spurs, 02 Lakers, 95 Rockets). You have to go back to the 1989 Pistons to find a team winning their first title in a sweep.sweeps are hard, only 3 in the past 25 years despite some huge mismatches.
95% of voters pick the Celtics
Yeah this seems right. That's a really useful player off the bench (especially because he's well rounded and can play deep into the playoffs), but him being the 3rd best player on a team in the finals seems sub optimal.Washington strikes me as the most average NBA rotation player imaginable. Like, if you lined up all the guys in the league who play more than a couple min per game and arranged them by talent, PJ would be right in the middle.
Edit: speaking of rotation players: chapeau for those here who believed in Tillman minutes. I did not.
You’re crazy.I can see Luka not playing 4.
Cuban still controls and runs the basketball operations side.He doesn't own the team anymore. He only has a token minority stake because the new owner has some ... issues [V&N can explain]
I'd honestly love to hear from them, but they know the first one to genuinely respond will be hounded by posters being dicks so I get why they keep to themselvesThe only thing I find strange is we had more people on this site who thought the MAVs would win this series instead of a Boston sweep
AND it was a lot more dramatic then
23 on Dallas vs
22 on sweep
@RorschachsMask didn't close the poll until an hour after G1 (when a few folks changed their votes)
Time to reveal who the non-believers were