05-26-2024, 01:24 PM
(05-26-2024, 10:33 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: 1. Let´s finish the Wolves first. They tend to play much better on the road.
2. You all put way too much into how the Celtics have looked in these play-offs.
They were the best (?) team of all-time based on regular season pt. differential. They played in the weaker conference to begin with, and in each series the other team literally was missing their best player for at least half the series, plus more injuries to other starters. This would be like us in the West play-offs and playing the Clippers without Kawhi, the Thunder without SGA, the Wolves without Edwards after they beat the Nuggets without Jokic. This East is an epic shitshow. It´s like a G-League All-Star festival vs. the Celtics. This means absolutely nothing to me, except that the Celtics will be 100% healthy and rested.
The lowest seeded team we have played in the better conference was 4th. The highest seeded team they have played was the 4th seed, who also missed their starting C for the whole series and their best player for 40% of the series. Luka can barely focus, when he´s up a single game in a series against serious opposition, so how must the Celtics feel.
64 and 18 in the East < 57 and 25 in the West.
Minnesota and/or Oklahoma would beat Boston too.