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Post by movieliker on May 20, 2018 8:09:27 GMT
Cleveland 116 Boston 86
I still say Boston in 5.
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Post by harpospoke on May 20, 2018 17:40:26 GMT
Oh come on....how can home court make that much difference? The Celtics are weird man.
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Post by movieliker on May 20, 2018 17:51:15 GMT
Oh come on....how can home court make that much difference? The Celtics are weird man. Golden State beat New Orleans convincingly 4 times. But the game they lost was the first game in New Orleans where they too were wiped out. I don't think it is just home court advantage. I think humans naturally get a little complacent when the easily go up 2 games to none. Couple that with they other team's sense of urgency and home court advantage, and you have a recipe for the unexpected. |
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Post by harpospoke on May 20, 2018 17:58:19 GMT
Oh come on....how can home court make that much difference? The Celtics are weird man. Golden State beat New Orleans convincingly 4 times. But the game they lost was the first game in New Orleans where they too were wiped out. I don't think it is just home court advantage. I think humans naturally get a little complacent when the easily go up 2 games to none. Couple that with they other team's sense of urgency and home court advantage, and you have a recipe for the unexpected. I get "a little complacent". But a 30 point blowout following 2 games where the Celtics were clearly the better team? The Cavs couldn't even compete when Lebron had a 40+ point triple double before! |
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Post by movieliker on May 20, 2018 18:06:40 GMT
Golden State beat New Orleans convincingly 4 times. But the game they lost was the first game in New Orleans where they too were wiped out. I don't think it is just home court advantage. I think humans naturally get a little complacent when the easily go up 2 games to none. Couple that with they other team's sense of urgency and home court advantage, and you have a recipe for the unexpected. I get "a little complacent". But a 30 point blowout following 2 games where the Celtics were clearly the better team? The Cavs couldn't even compete when Lebron had a 40+ point triple double before! Golden State was clearly better than New Orleans. They were down by 30 in the 4th quarter in the game they lost when they started sitting their first string. |
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Post by harpospoke on May 20, 2018 20:38:10 GMT
I get "a little complacent". But a 30 point blowout following 2 games where the Celtics were clearly the better team? The Cavs couldn't even compete when Lebron had a 40+ point triple double before! Golden State was clearly better than New Orleans. They were down by 30 in the 4th quarter in the game they lost when they started sitting their first string. Another one I don't get completely. But Boston has been doing stuff like this the whole playoff. It's like a completely different team on the road. |
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Post by sdm3 on May 21, 2018 2:53:15 GMT
That was a massacre.
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Post by movieliker on May 21, 2018 3:10:32 GMT
Looks like Boston and Golden State in 5.
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Post by NJtoTX on May 21, 2018 19:27:39 GMT
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on May 21, 2018 19:38:40 GMT
boston better show up tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
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Post by DC-Fan on May 22, 2018 3:18:43 GMT
You have got to be joking. All Boston has done is held serve in the first 2 games. This is probably going to be a 6 or 7 game series. That is what I thought after game one. But after the way Boston beat Cleveland in game two, this series is all but over. Like I said, all Boston did in the first 2 games was held serve. And Cleveland has done the same thing. Now the pressure is back on Boston. Like I said, this series is going at least 6 games and probably 7 and it'll come down to whether this Boston team can beat LeBron in a Game 7. |
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Post by movieliker on May 22, 2018 5:07:22 GMT
That is what I thought after game one. But after the way Boston beat Cleveland in game two, this series is all but over. Like I said, all Boston did in the first 2 games was held serve. And Cleveland has done the same thing. Now the pressure is back on Boston. Like I said, this series is going at least 6 games and probably 7 and it'll come down to whether this Boston team can beat LeBron in a Game 7. Looks like you are correct. I was really disappointed in the way the Celtics played in game 4. Well, 7 games is more entertaining for the fans. |
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Post by harpospoke on May 22, 2018 7:34:57 GMT
The Celtics are weird. But they did keep this one close...which is more than the Cavs did in Boston. Looks like advantage Celtics.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 22, 2018 11:58:33 GMT
The Celtics are weird. But they did keep this one close...which is more than the Cavs did in Boston. Looks like advantage Celtics. They are weird. They're playing without their two best scorers and they're tied 2-2 in the ECF. Has that ever happened in the history of the NBA? I'm not surprised Cleveland defended their home court, I'm surprised the C's were able to do it in the first two games. Hell I'm surprised they're even here. As I said earlier in the thread, the series isn't close to being over just because Boston won the first two games. The Celtics looked discombobulated at both ends of the court last night, they're going to have to rediscover their mojo on Wednesday if they hope to push it to a game 7, because it's clear they can't win game 6 in Cleveland. The worst case scenario was what happened Saturday, where the C's just let Cleveland do whatever they wanted and regain confidence. Even a close game would've had them exhausted and questioning whether they could beat Boston. Now they believe they're the better team and the Celtics have to get back to the defensive pressure they were exerting earlier in the series if they have any hope at all of pulling this series out. |
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Post by harpospoke on May 22, 2018 19:31:18 GMT
The Celtics are weird. But they did keep this one close...which is more than the Cavs did in Boston. Looks like advantage Celtics. They are weird. They're playing without their two best scorers and they're tied 2-2 in the ECF. Has that ever happened in the history of the NBA? I'm not surprised Cleveland defended their home court, I'm surprised the C's were able to do it in the first two games. Hell I'm surprised they're even here. As I said earlier in the thread, the series isn't close to being over just because Boston won the first two games. The Celtics looked discombobulated at both ends of the court last night, they're going to have to rediscover their mojo on Wednesday if they hope to push it to a game 7, because it's clear they can't win game 6 in Cleveland. The worst case scenario was what happened Saturday, where the C's just let Cleveland do whatever they wanted and regain confidence. Even a close game would've had them exhausted and questioning whether they could beat Boston. Now they believe they're the better team and the Celtics have to get back to the defensive pressure they were exerting earlier in the series if they have any hope at all of pulling this series out. I think that's the whole thing right there. It's all about the Celtics defense. I expect the Cavs role players to revert to hopeless mode in Boston. I also think Boston did exactly what you said last night. Everything was working for the Cavs...and the Celtics still kept it close. Is Korver going to block 3 shots in every game? Are the Celtics going to miss that many layups and dunks normally? Kinda smells like another blowout Celtics win coming. |
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Post by movieliker on May 22, 2018 22:30:44 GMT
I expect the Cavs role players to revert to hopeless mode in Boston. Ha ha ha . . . Hopeless mode . . . Ha ha ha . . . |
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Post by harpospoke on May 23, 2018 5:08:25 GMT
Damn Houston! So this is now a real series! Didn't think they had it in them!
Harden goes 1 of 7 in the 4th quarter and they win. So that's the "MVP"? That's why you don't give the MVP award to a guy on the best team. Obviously that team doesn't rely on one player more than any other team. Can you imagine the Cavs winning a game when Lebron doesn't play well? Heck....has Lebron ever played for a team that could win when he didn't play well?
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Post by movieliker on May 23, 2018 5:46:18 GMT
Damn Houston! So this is now a real series! Didn't think they had it in them! Harden goes 1 of 7 in the 4th quarter and they win. So that's the "MVP"? That's why you don't give the MVP award to a guy on the best team. Obviously that team doesn't rely on one player more than any other team. Can you imagine the Cavs winning a game when Lebron doesn't play well? Heck....has Lebron ever played for a team that could win when he didn't play well? I missed it. Looks like it must have been a good game. 95 - 92. Must have gone down to the last minute. |
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Post by hoskotafe3 on May 23, 2018 6:03:27 GMT
Rockets led by 7 at the half. GS skipped away to go 12 ahead in the last. Houston were then inspired to rally by Chris Paul and then just held on. Harden was very solid on D down the stretch. He's still the clear MVP for mine.
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Post by Aj_June on May 23, 2018 12:52:04 GMT
Damn Houston! So this is now a real series! Didn't think they had it in them! Harden goes 1 of 7 in the 4th quarter and they win. So that's the "MVP"? That's why you don't give the MVP award to a guy on the best team. Obviously that team doesn't rely on one player more than any other team. Can you imagine the Cavs winning a game when Lebron doesn't play well? Heck....has Lebron ever played for a team that could win when he didn't play well? Harden was the one who got us back when we were 0-12. He was all over the warriors in second quarter and a defensive monster all through. Had something like 7 deflections in the game. |
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