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Kajik said:
Looks like the refs are going to let Boston win tonite,game 2 they would have called 10 fouls already
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Then game 3 will let GS to win ... then 4, 5,and then 3-3, then game 7 who will win?
 
Klay doesn't miss!!
 
BGesus4 said:
From what I saw it was from klay and steph bombing 3s not defense
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…that’s not how you close a deficit. You could make 100 shots if I’m up by 18 and you can’t stop me from scoring you aren’t going to come back. But sure keep going on about the warriors being a bad defensive team
 
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BGesus4 said:
From what I saw it was from klay and steph bombing 3s not defense
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Best Klay has looked in quite some time. Best Rob Williams has looked post injury too. He was much more active. People who don’t watch the Celtics may not appreciate how much a healthy Rob Williams controls the paint. As I kept saying with Steph, as he made impossible shots over and over. Best shooter ever. Side note, Stephen does not enjoy defending Marcus, who can post him and abuse him inside.

Great win for Boston. Need to match this in game 4. Loved Green’s line tonight. Did nothing. Fouled out. As deserved.
 
Another terrible 3rd quarter but boy did they bounce back.
 
polycom said:
…that’s not how you close a deficit. You could make 100 shots if I’m up by 18 and you can’t stop me from scoring you aren’t going to come back. But sure keep going on about the warriors being a bad defensive team
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Got it. If you make 100 3s and your opponent makes 94 3s so you close an 18 point, you’ve played great defense
 
Tatum is an All Star and Brown is on the verge of being one (once he gets better control of his overall game) but to me, the Celtics go as far as Smart and RWilliams takes them. The C's have all the pieces to be champs. I often wonder if Coach Udoka and Dan Hurley went to the same halftime coaching strategy class. Both team come out looking lost most of the times. I see the Celtics taking the series 4-2.
 
2 more wins for the Boston sports to end their longest title drought since the Pats won their first. Currently at 3 years 4 months.
 
polycom said:
…that’s not how you close a deficit. You could make 100 shots if I’m up by 18 and you can’t stop me from scoring you aren’t going to come back. But sure keep going on about the warriors being a bad defensive team
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The Warriors were a good defensive team all year. But Poole is not good. Klay is not as good as he used to be. Their D has holes that can be exploited, and they are small. When Rob Williams looks healthy and has energy, as he did last night for the first time in a long time, he's going to create problems for them. He was +21 last night.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Many wouldn't be recognized out of uniform (how many fans even recognize Matt Stafford in his new AT&T commercial?).
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For a decent amount of time I thought that commercial was stupid until I Googled who the guys was and then it made sense. He doesn't look like a pro athlete, just an average Joe.
 
GSW had 16 points in the 4th quarter in Game 1, only 11 in the 4th quarter of Game 3. Sure, Boston gets some credit, but Kerr needs to figure some things. I can't believe Udoka is still playing drop/soft coverage with Steph and Klay coming off ballscreens/DHOs. Mind-blowing to me but they're up 2-1.

Big of Boston to pick up a win in a game where both Splash Brothers were on. Assuming Steph's ankle isn't too bad this should be a hell of a series.
 
Lefty2one said:
GSW had 16 points in the 4th quarter in Game 1, only 11 in the 4th quarter of Game 3. Sure, Boston gets some credit, but Kerr needs to figure some things. I can't believe Udoka is still playing drop/soft coverage with Steph and Klay coming off ballscreens/DHOs. Mind-blowing to me but they're up 2-1.

Big of Boston to pick up a win in a game where both Splash Brothers were on. Assuming Steph's ankle isn't too bad this should be a hell of a series.
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Proves you can beat GS when those two are hitting their shots if you limit everyone else. Wiggins had some flashes but they held every other player in check. Nothing from Draymond or Poole.

The problem with GS, and they even did it last night, is they can put up 10-15 points in under a minute. When it’s a close game, that can be the difference between a winnable game and it being over (as we saw in G2). Thankfully the Celtics built up that 18 point lead first.
 
I want Curry's mouth guard shoved up his flopping backside. I want Glenn Williams to do it.
 
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Celts need to stop the dumb TOs.
 
With Al Horford being called for a flagrant foul when inadvertently stepped in Curry's landing zone and Klay Thompson channeled his inner Maude Flanders, this post is intended to serve no other purpose than as a reminder that this was a common foul in 1984:
 
One thing that stands out so far is how much more athletic the Celtics are than Warriors and how much more the East in general was. The Nets, Bucks and Heat all had been a lot more to offer in terms of matching up from an athleticism stand point that the warriors do not. The Warriors probably need to go bananas offensively to win this series. It's kind of wild people thought the Celtics would be completely over matched when the series started and too me its been the complete opposite. The Celtics have a lot of stuff that the Warriors have no answer for and maybe the East in general was a lot better than the West this year.

Klay moves like a shell of himself. I really have no idea why the Celtics wouldn't over play everything he's doing at this point. He's going by no one. Draymond has been terrible and I absolutely believe is the most overrated player in the NBA. His career will be so directly tied to absurd teams led by Steph, Klay and KD. Put him anywhere else and he's a a mediocre NBA player. If the Celtics win tonight this series is over. The Warriors don't have the fire power to win 3 in a row vs a much more athletic and better defensive team than them.
 
Grant Williams really has to stop complaining about calls. He wonders why they call so many phantom fouls on him. It's because he complains on other fouls. He has to stop. This is getting ridiculous.
 
This is such a physical mismatch. Robert Williams has Poole on him half the time it seems. Only athletic guy in Warriors entire rotation is Wiggins. Draymond is all bark, no bite now. You would think Kerr would play Kuminga just to make the Celtics have to think about guarding the rim and getting blocked.

Only chance Warriors have is if Celtics get really sloppy with turnovers and Warriors drain a ton of threes. Celts should win in 5 or 6 just off of athleticism and size.
 
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I haven't seen every minute tonight, but does GS take anything but threes?


EDIT: Just saw a layup.
 
Dove said:
I haven't seen every minute tonight, but does GS take anything but threes?


EDIT: Just saw a layup.
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Not really, Celtics are way bigger and way more athletic. They'll get lucky with a loose ball layup but Robert Williams has totally shut down the paint and Warriors are tiny and unathletic.
 
I normally like the Celts but don't really like this team because I really don't like Smart and Grant Williams and I'm a big Curry and Klay fan. Yet I kind of find myself rooting for the Celtics because I love watching Draymond get exposed like this.
 
Warriors are having a hard time tonight with open jump shots, but the Celtics are having a very hard time with layups. Both teams must feel they should be in control of this game.
 
upstater said:
Warriors are having a hard time tonight with open jump shots, but the Celtics are having a very hard time with layups. Both teams must feel they should be in control of this game.
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And they still won.
 
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