Game Thread 2017 ECF series - Celtics vs Cavaliers

[Minstrel]

2001-02 and 2002-03 was really really weak for East. Nets had no competition.

I agree, those are other greater contenders. If it's just "worst conference," in total, then the Cavaliers alone drag this conference away from those.

 

[KingSpeed]

88-44 wow

 

[BigGameDamian]

This has to be embarrassing for the NBA.

 

[BigGameDamian]

If I went to a game like this I'd want my money back!

 

[Minstrel]

A two-game sweep. Impressive. Cavaliers will have about two weeks off before the Finals.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

110 - 60. At home. Yikes.

 

[KingSpeed]

If I went to a game like this I'd want my money back!

I wouldn't if I was a Cleveland fan!

 

[Minstrel]

I think the #1 pick just became untouchable. No (realistic) short-term improvements are bridging this gap. Not even both Butler (in trade) and Hayward.

This is the kind of killing that could, and maybe should, completely change the plan. Like, maybe trade Thomas for multiple first-rounders, if possible, and build for several years down the line around Fultz, Brown and whomever they draft with next year's Nets pick.

 

[KingSpeed]

I think the #1 pick just became untouchable. No (realistic) short-term improvements are bridging this gap. Not even both Butler (in trade) and Hayward.

This is the kind of killing that could, and maybe should, completely change the plan. Like, maybe trade Thomas for multiple first-rounders, if possible, and build for several years down the line around Fultz, Brown and whomever they draft with next year's Nets pick.

Agree with all of this. They're not going anywhere with Thomas. Maxing him would be a huge mistake.

 

[Cippy91]

Lebron is a monster. By the end of his career there will definitely be debates on who was the greatest of all time. I think I would always take Jordan though

 

[BigGameDamian]

If I went to a game like this I'd want my money back!

I mean seriously some of these tickets are a couple hundred dollars sometimes thousands. I hope to Celtics fane raise hell. Not to mention the booze, food and parking.

 

[Minstrel]

 

[SheedSoNasty]

The NBA is getting laughable. Competitive imbalance needs to be addressed somehow.

 

[PDXFonz]

The NBA is getting laughable. Competitive imbalance needs to be addressed somehow.

Like all those years when it was the Celtics vs Lakers?

It's always been somewhat like this. Personally I cannot wait until we are the cream of the crop going to the finals multiple years in a row.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Incredible game in Ottawa tonight

 

[Five Second Violation]

Like all those years when it was the Celtics vs Lakers?

It's always been somewhat like this. Personally I cannot wait until we are the cream of the crop going to the finals multiple years in a row.

True, but at least the Celtics had genuine inter-conference rivalries with teams like Detroit and Philadelphia in the '80s. We are at a unique point right now where there are no such rivalries and each conference's playoffs just feels like a total formality and waste of time. And it really doesn't help that the games themselves are so staggeringly one-sided this year.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Incredible game in Ottawa tonight

Hockey playoffs surpass NBA by far!

 

[ripcityboy]

Incredible game in Ottawa tonight

Absolutely! Stanley Cup Playoffs own the post season... any post season. Hopefully the draft can start soon and I can being interested in the Blazers again.

 

[MickZagger]

Gotta love the parity in basketball.....

Psyche!

 

[jonnyboy]

Hockey was always my #1, but the last 5 or so years ive been investing way more time in basketball. I feel like im getting duped big time by the NBA. I will always give the Blazers my undivided attention as long as their season lasts, but im ready to throw in the towel on the post season blue and yellow dick sucking contest.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Yeah, the Cavs gave ZERO fucks about the regular season

 

[PDXFonz]

Honestly the Celtics are fairly stacked and these first two games should be seen as a massive disappointment. Sure the cavs are good, but this is the team that hit a home run woth Horford last off-season.

 

[H.C.]

Al Hordford is doing his best meyers leonard impression so far.
Pretty good impression imo. Guy could be on whos line is it anyway.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Hahahahahahaha.

 

[Rhal]

Lebron with rest is just something else. The Celtics have no one who can hope to guard him and it just turns the game into a joke. The Wizards would have done a hell of a lot better against them imo.

 

[Boob-No-More]

The Wizards would have done a hell of a lot better against them imo.

The Washington Generals would give the Cavs a better series than the Celtics are.

BNM

 

[Rhal]

The Washington Generals would give the Cavs a better series than the Celtics are.

BNM

Hey the generals were a good team, they beat the globetrotters a couple of times. Just ignore their thousands of losses to the globetrotters.

 

[stampedehero]

Second Game: The Cavs wasted the Celts. 72 -31 at half time. If the Celts win game 3 in Cleveland, the Stooges would be re incarnated .

 

[Mediocre Man]

Hockey playoffs surpass NBA by far!

It's not even close. NHL itself is far more entertaining anyway. There are ZERO plays taken off. ZERO tomes guys aren't going 100%.

I honestly think that if Portland had an NHL team, fans would quickly become more passionate than Blazer fans because the players themselves are more passionate