Skip Bayless said “Shannon you picked them, and they self destructed”.

1st round: They swept KD and Kyrie. A team that the Bucks and other teams wanted to avoid playing in the 1st round. Smart even said they wanted to face them and did not want to duck/dodge no one and said they would eventually have to see them in the playoffs so they may as well just get them outta the way.

2nd round: No Middlleton for the Bucks but everyone else was there. Went to 7 games, and they won a Game 6 at Milwaukee who were still the reigning defending champs. Holiday did make big defensive plays in Game 5, but they blew them out in Games 6 & 7.

3rd round: They couldn’t stop Butler when he had those big games, but managed to find a way to win. The Heat could have also made the Finals that year, they were also knocking on the door.

Finals: Now the first 4 games, we could tell that no team had the advantage. They came back from being down or something if I remember. Then JT just shrank I guess. How do they do all of that in the previous rounds, and just not show up vs the Warriors? Was it just based on experience, or maybe fatigue?

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    Theyre a good team but have well defined weaknesses and warriors managed to exploit that in their series.

    Also warriors couldve closed them out in 5 if boston doesnt go scorching hot on that 4q in the first game, i dont think it was that close but thats just me

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      1 year ago

      On the last statement I could argue that the Celtics could have been up 3-1 with a commanding lead if Steph didn’t went up and put one of the greatest finals performances ever… for sure the best 3pt performance in the Finals ever.

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      1 year ago

      and Boston could’ve won if Jordan Poole wasn’t scorching hot in that one game

      This “could have been different if something happened differently” is such a dumb fucking trope in sports lmao