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| jetdog |
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| KingOfAllMedia |
:rolleye2:
Now even Michigan people are obsessed with Boston sports? |
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| jetdog |
| Nope, just watched them get outplayed on the road once again, its funny as hell. Might have to win a road game to get to the Eastern Conference Finals. Just sayin'. Besides the fact this half assed team was anointed before the season started. |
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| KingOfAllMedia |
Quote: Originally posted by jetdog
Nope, just watched them get outplayed on the road once again, its funny as hell. Might have to win a road game to get to the Eastern Conference Finals. Just sayin'. Besides the fact this half assed team was anointed before the season started. |
The Cavs have to win a road game to get to the Eastern Conference Finals, just sayin'. :rolleye2: |
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| oneldef |
Quote: Originally posted by KingOfAllMedia
:rolleye2:
Now even Michigan people are obsessed with Boston sports? |
It really is scary how jealous America has become of Boston sports. I take the obsession as a compliment. :D
Besides, someone from Detroit, America's toilet, has nothing else going on. :jj: |
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| Stevie4Stern |
Quote: Originally posted by KingOfAllMedia
:rolleye2:
Now even Michigan people are obsessed with Boston sports? |
nope. |
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| nuge67 |
Quote: Originally posted by KingOfAllMedia
The Cavs have to win a road game to get to the Eastern Conference Finals, just sayin'. :rolleye2: |
The Cavs have a better chance of winning a road game then the Celts. King James has been quiet for the most part as tonight was his best game of teh series, but far from what he can and should do vs. the Celts. If he gets going, bye bye Celts. |
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| brian |
Quote: Originally posted by jetdog
Nope, just watched them get outplayed on the road once again, its funny as hell. Might have to win a road game to get to the Eastern Conference Finals. Just sayin'. Besides the fact this half assed team was anointed before the season started. |
Foolish comment. Not anointed before the season. But their play during the season got the recognition and respect it clearly deserved. Hate to see the Celts go down, but they have their hands full. If the Cavs can play anything like the defense they played tonight, they will win.
How did Lebron develop into the NBA statesman at age 23. Kid didn't spend a day in college, and he sounds more intelligent than most of the league. |
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| jetdog |
| Yeah, its TERRIBLE here in Michigan living on the lake, just terrible. I don't live in Detroit. I think the Celtics are going to lose, quit cryin over some ball busting. |
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| DestroVega |
| seriously... you have to win at least one road game to win the title... the Celtics are a joke right now in my mind. |
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| nedmark61 |
| i love how detroit fans talk shit..... they can't talk shit to anyone... i seem to remember about this time last year, the king pouring 26 straight on them to take the series...... worry about the team your playing and if Mr. Big shot is going to come back..... |
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| jetdog |
Quote: Originally posted by nedmark61
i love how detroit fans talk shit..... they can't talk shit to anyone... i seem to remember about this time last year, the king pouring 26 straight on them to take the series...... worry about the team your playing and if Mr. Big shot is going to come back..... |
I will talk all the shit I want, douche. The team we are playing will be on vacation by about 10 pm tomorrow. |
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| Stevie4Stern |
Quote: Originally posted by nedmark61
i love how detroit fans talk shit..... they can't talk shit to anyone... i seem to remember about this time last year, the king pouring 26 straight on them to take the series...... worry about the team your playing and if Mr. Big shot is going to come back..... |
up 3 games tah 1...
your fag team?
exactly.
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetroit WHAT?!? |
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| Player 1 |
they look like a lost team out there on the road, that bench is soft too, they dont have any scorers off that bench i dont give a fuck what any one says
King James needs to steal one in boston and take these fuckers out |
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| jetdog |
Quote: Originally posted by Player 1
they look like a lost team out there on the road, that bench is soft too, they dont have any scorers off that bench i dont give a fuck what any one says
King James needs to steal one in boston and take these fuckers out |
The Big 3 scored 43 points combined tonight, not good. |
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| Wicked Red Sox |
All roads lead to losses
By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist | May 13, 2008
CLEVELAND - So what happened to the Celtics you knew and loved this year? Do they have anything going for them other than the Boston Garden? Are the 2007-08 Celtics fated to melt down at home and watch their title dreams go down the drain?
We start to draw conclusions after 11 playoff games, and the conclusions are ugly.
In the wake of last night's fourth-quarter fold (12 points), which led to an 88-77 loss and a 2-2 series draw with the Cavaliers, it's hard to see the Celtics as anything other than front-runners. Nobody looks better when they have it going. But when the going gets tough on the road, the Celtics collapse.
It looked like they might finally win a road playoff game last night. Boston trailed by a mere 3 points after three. But the New Three vanished in crunch time. Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen swallowed fourth-quarter doughnuts and Paul Pierce forced a bunch of shots while scoring 6 of the paltry dozen.
"We have to play better under stress, there's no doubt about it," acknowledged coach Doc Rivers, who went with a curious quintet of Glen Davis, James Posey, Sam Cassell, P.J. Brown, and Pierce for the first 4 1/2 minutes of the final quarter.
It was the latest chapter in an annoying postseason in which the Celtics suddenly can't win on the road. The NBA's best regular-season road team is 0-5 away from home in the 2008 playoffs. They resume tomorrow night at the Garden and, of course, they are expected to win. Then they must return to Cleveland Friday.
"We can play better at home, then break the road streak and get everybody to stop talking about it," said Pierce.
The talk will not stop until the Celtics win one away from home.
If you are a glass-half-full person, you can look at this and conclude that the Celtics can win the title simply by holding serve throughout the playoffs. Theoretically, Boston can go 16-0 at home and 0-12 on the road and raise banner No. 17.
But does any card-carrying Celtic fan feel good about this team? Going a combined 0-5 in Atlanta and Cleveland does little to inspire confidence. And a glass-half-empty person might say that, sooner or later, somebody is going to crash the Garden party and walk out of the Causeway Street gym with a win. You don't think the Pistons can do it? Or maybe, just maybe, the Cavaliers?
Remember that Cleveland beat Detroit four straight times after losing the first two in the conference finals last spring.
The Celtics trailed, 23-21, after one and 45-43 at intermission. Garnett (13 points, 8 rebounds) carried the Green in the first half and Allen got hot in the third period. But the Celtics showed an alarming lack of poise in the fourth.
"I just thought a couple of threes we took . . . we were searching for those instead of the continued ball movement that gets you good shots," said Rivers. "I call them 'hero shots' and I thought we took a lot of those instead of just stressing what we do."
And LeBron James (21 points, 13 assists, but struggling with his shot) was there to capitalize.
The game got away with three minutes left when Daniel Gibson drained a three, Allen missed a three, then James broke loose for a backboard-shaking dunk to make it 84-75 with 1:45 left. Exploiting a Joe Smith pick, LeBron blew past Pierce, Posey, and Garnett en route to the royal flush.
"I just wanted to be aggressive," said James. "I hadn't had a play like that the whole series. Once I turn the corner and I get my 1-2 down, there's not too many guys that can jump with me.
"That just capped it off for me to get up there and put an exclamation point on the game. That was a play that we needed as a team. We're looking forward to going to Boston and winning a game on the road."
NBA commissioner David Stern was on hand to watch the home team win again. Leaguewide, home teams are 15-1 in this round. How does the Commish feel about a league in which it seems the home team is guaranteed to win every playoff game?
"That's what people play [the regular season] for," said the ever-affable Stern. "In the Celtics' case, it certainly lifts their defense. That's the way it is until you come to expect it, and then it won't happen."
Which would be trouble for the Boston Celtics.
Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at dshaughnessy@globe.com. |
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| siriusstud |
Quote: Originally posted by jetdog
Yeah, its TERRIBLE here in Michigan living on the lake, just terrible. I don't live in Detroit. I think the Celtics are going to lose, quit cryin over some ball busting. |
Haha exactly people don't get it that the only shit part of Detroit is the neighborhoods which most people don't even live in. Come check out the suburbs probably some of the nicest in the country (where everyone lives).
Now on to basketball, name one team that has one an NBA title without winning a single road game.... |
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| dickiebird_rip |
Quote: Originally posted by jetdog
The team we are playing... |
What number are you? |
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| jetdog |
Quote: Originally posted by dickiebird_rip
What number are you? |
Brilliant comeback. |
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| elway0798 |
| I know, I know, the last time we ALL checked the Celtics don't have to win a road game..... But question is with that logic do you feel comfortable taking 4 series to 7 games, and risk it all with 4 game sevens in 1 playoff run. :dontknow: |
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| MikeyJJ |
Quote: Originally posted by jetdog
The Big 3 scored 43 points combined tonight, not good. |
Thats the Celtics problem...they have 3 superstars, but not one of them has the ability to take the game over on offense. They need Paul Pierce from 3 years ago to win it all. You need that Larry, Magic, Michael or Kobe player who will just go off for 30 points in the 2nd half to win it all in the NBA. Look at what LeBron was able to do last year. They only team who really has been able to succeed without it is the Spurs...So until one of the "Boston 3 Party" decides to get selfish and carry the team, I highly doubt the even make it to the finals... |
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| Marinolaw |
| believe me I'm concerned, but very very grateful they have home court |
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| jetdog |
Quote: Originally posted by MikeyJJ
Thats the Celtics problem...they have 3 superstars, but not one of them has the ability to take the game over on offense. They need Paul Pierce from 3 years ago to win it all. You need that Larry, Magic, Michael or Kobe player who will just go off for 30 points in the 2nd half to win it all in the NBA. Look at what LeBron was able to do last year. They only team who really has been able to succeed without it is the Spurs...So until one of the "Boston 3 Party" decides to get selfish and carry the team, I highly doubt the even make it to the finals... |
Yep, Rip had 32 in his last game on the road in Orlando. I love Rips game, he is so controlled and disciplined and I get tired just watching the opponents chase him for an hour. It was cool to see him get a nice dunk in that game also. |
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| MikeyJJ |
Quote: Originally posted by jetdog
Yep, Rip had 32 in his last game on the road in Orlando. I love Rips game, he is so controlled and disciplined and I get tired just watching the opponents chase him for an hour. It was cool to see him get a nice dunk in that game also. |
NBA Champ still = Western Conference Champ |
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| jetdog |
Quote: Originally posted by MikeyJJ
NBA Champ still = Western Conference Champ |
The Pistons are peaking right now, they won a tough game on the road without their All Star and former Finals MVP point guard. |
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| Wicked Red Sox |
Quote: Originally posted by jetdog
The Pistons are peaking right now, they won a tough game on the road without their All Star and former Finals MVP point guard. |
that game went down to the wire could of gone either way |
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