This right here.I know these games don't really matter, but the Celtics have looked like trash since the second half of the first game against the Hawks. Hope they can flip the switch back.
Why would they not play? There’s so much time before their first playoff game they need to be in game shape at the very least.The team that I fear the most for the Celtics is the Celtics. And this is the type of effort that raises my eyebrows (there have been more than a few games going back to around the ATL B2B). I get that there's nothing left to play for, but then don't fucking play if you're not going to do it right, I guess? In every facet you're getting worked and outworked.
Knicks would be an awful matchup based on the style and effort they play with. Some pretty underwhelming results to temper a great regular season.
Yup. I posted something similar a weeks or two back. The only team I thought that could beat the Celts is the Celts. This game means nothing but I don't trust the maturity or toughness of this team.The team that I fear the most for the Celtics is the Celtics. And this is the type of effort that raises my eyebrows (there have been more than a few games going back to around the ATL B2B). I get that there's nothing left to play for, but then don't fucking play. In every facet you're getting worked and outworked.
Knicks would be an awful matchup based on the style and effort they play with. Some pretty underwhelming results to temper a great regular season.
Hard to say that they looked like trash since then given their subsequent five game winning streak, which included beating OKC by 35.I know these games don't really matter, but the Celtics have looked like trash since the second half of the first game against the Hawks. Hope they can flip the switch back.
Well yeah but the discourse…Hard to say that they looked like trash since then given their subsequent five game winning streak, which included beating OKC by 35.
That does not fit the narrative! No SGA! Etc etc.Hard to say that they looked like trash since then given their subsequent five game winning streak, which included beating OKC by 35.
The KG Celtics would never!!! Ignore the 7 games it took to dispatch the 8 seed!!!You don't get it Jed. It's all about momentum!!!!! And they keep losing to the best teams!!!!!!!!!!111 Oh noooooooooooo
Why does it matter that they put in effort on a game that literally means nothing to them?The team that I fear the most for the Celtics is the Celtics. And this is the type of effort that raises my eyebrows (there have been more than a few games going back to around the ATL B2B). I get that there's nothing left to play for, but then don't fucking play if you're not going to do it right, I guess? In every facet you're getting worked and outworked.
Knicks would be an awful matchup based on the style and effort they play with. Some pretty underwhelming results to temper a great regular season.
I don't recall OKC having their best player on the court. Maybe you saw him, even though he didn't play.Can’t ride the bench for starter minutes tonight when you need the bench for starter minutes tomorrow. You’re stuck with the starters half assing it.
Iirc their brothers lost to an 8 seed in 7 last year.The KG Celtics would never!!! Ignore the 7 games it took to dispatch the 8 seed!!!
Hmm hope they made some personnel changes since then!Iirc their brothers lost to an 8 seed in 7 last year.
But as we were told they learned their lesson.
Oops my bad, that was the year before against GSW.
Imo they were the best team in the league last year too.Hmm hope they made some personnel changes since then!
We were watching different teams if you thought that. Last season was a major slog, the talent got them wins but they never enforced their will like this team has.Imo they were the best team in the league last year too.
Exactly. OG Anunoby does not tilt the Knicks over the Celtics, it's just absolutely silly.Celtics played the Knicks 4 times this season in games that still mattered and won by 4, 16, 10, and 14. Scary stuff.
Celts were a legit title contender last year and I believe the deepest and should have played in the Finals. Whether they could have beaten Denver is a coin flip. The point is they either choked or were ill prepared for the post season last year.We were watching different teams if you thought that. Last season was a major slog, the talent got them wins but they never enforced their will like this team has.
They would get smoked by this year’s team. I’m not really sure why it’s worth discussing last year at all.Celts were a legit title contender last year and I believe the deepest and should have played in the Finals. Whether they could have beaten Denver is a coin flip. The point is they either choked or were ill prepared for the post season last year.
OR. they got to game 7 of the ECF and probably would have won if Tatum hadn't turned his ankle in the first seconds of that game... were they as ill prepared as the Bucks who were also title contenders?Celts were a legit title contender last year and I believe the deepest and should have played in the Finals. Whether they could have beaten Denver is a coin flip. The point is they either choked or were ill prepared for the post season last year.
Then rest the starters.What incentive do they have to play hard? They have literally one goal right now and that’s to get to the playoffs healthy.