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Post by harpospoke on May 14, 2018 17:07:55 GMT
Well as a C's fan I'm obviously pleased with this result, but I can't expect every game to go this way. It's the NBA, blowouts happen. Boston was making their shots, Cleveland wasn't. And while some of that can be attributed to the C's defense, a lot of it was just lethargy from the Cavs. They looked disinterested from the jump, not sure why. What I like is everyone contributing. It's been a theme all post season and it's sill going strong. I can't point to any Celtic player and say he had a bad game. Rozier didn't shoot the ball particularly well but he didn't do anything to take the team out of their offense. Nobody forced anything, they just kept moving the ball and taking what the defense gave them (which was pretty much whatever they wanted). I'm not throwing a parade after one game, but it's definitely something to build on as the series goes on. At least the C's know they can hang with Cleveland as opposed to last year's embarrassing series. I think that "lethargy" was the Celtics defense. When you play against a team that is outclassing you, it tends to suck the life out of you. The Cavs tried to be aggressive several times and the Celtics would just shut it down. Poor Kevin Love was trying so hard to post up, but the Celtics defense just made him look hopeless down there. Some embarrassing blocked shots like that have a mental effect. From the looks of this thread, the Rockets better show us something tonight to give us a reason to watch this playoffs.
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