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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2706520, member: 1026"] I didn't read the middle parts of your post, but we need to re-assess the consensus that Philly is more talented. Yes Embid and Simmons are the two best players in the series, but Horford, Tatum, Brown, Rozier & Smart might be next 3-7 best and definitely most impactful. I liked Kenny Smith's analysis last night - Celtics are wayyyy more athletic than the rest of the Sixers lineup. Reddick, Saric, Belinelli & Ilysova looked really effective in the Heat series but were exposed on defense last night. Celtics are more athletic than all those guys and maybe the Bucks poor coaching/cohesion led us to underestimate their team athleticism. Boston has the better D by far in this series and the Sixers early playoff success definitely had them sucking on their own popsicles effecting their game 1 performance. Game 2 will be really interesting cuz Sixers HAVE to bring it, and the Celtics benefit via rest and Brown coming back. I thought it was 60-40 Sixers going in after inhaling too much Sixers smoke, now I'm vaping the Brad Stevens flavor and my mind is learning that if he takes Simmons & 3pters away Philly's plan C is classically too European = slow & poor defensively. [/QUOTE]