Is the Celtics’ Playoff Path TOO Easy??
so there’s been a lot of talk recently about how the Boston Celtics have the easiest path to the finals in NBA history but one is that actually true and two does it even matter let’s talk about it so looking back through history there have been other teams that have had easy paths to the finals like the 1959 Celtics are a classic example but back then the NBA only had eight teams and six of them made the playoffs so doesn’t really count the 1984 Showtime Lakers might actually be my answer because they Cakewalk through the west and then there are some modern examples too like the 2013 heat if we want to talk about injury luck the 2021 bucks had plenty of that but over the last decade no finals team has had a higher average win margin through two rounds than the Celtics except for the KD Steph Warriors and so where’s the balance between does a team have an easy schedule or are they just good so the question for the Celtics is not being battle tested eventually going to catch up to them because in the case of the 84 Lakers it seems like it did
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Don't forget what team beat the 84 Lakers in the finals thoš
I am in no way a celtics fan, but i agree with you this is a garbage argument. They tried to do this to the nuggets last season as well, and of course after they won not during there run. You have to be good to win a chip, there's really no argument against that
Didnāt they play 82 games before the playoffs? Didnāt they win the most games this season? Didnāt they win the East and Home court because they were beating teams from the west and the east all season?
Has everyone forgot that the Celtics have injuries as well? KP has been injured all playoffs and a 38 y/o Al Horford is our starting center… This is Brad Stevens proving he's one of the best in the game at building rosters and Joe Mazzula being a great defensive coach.
Poor people call it luck. The rich call it an opportunity. The greats call it a blessing
The 80's Lakers should top the list. The West during that decade is probably worse than the East in this era
As a Boston fan speaking on behalf of all Boston sports fans. We truly do not give a single fuck
I love how the point of the regular season is to make your playoff path objectively easier and now people are complaining about how easy the path is like THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT
yes
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People find any excuse to hate on the Celtics š
Who are the battle testing forš
you only play who is in front of youā¦ that how that works
Theyāre lucky Indiana didnāt go up 3-1.
Will he perform when he has Luka right in front of him
Mavericks faced two out of three teams that don't have much playoff which was the Thunder and the Timberwolves. Plus played the Clippers without Kawhi. So they kindoff also had an easy path to the Finals.
They won 64 games. Went 37-4 at home, 27-14 on the road. 41-11 against the East, 23-7 against the West.
yeah they got paid to go the finals we all know š¤¦š½āāļø
The Celtics didnāt even have Porzingis
Doesnāt even matter because Mavs had a hard path and Boston is beating them 2-0
Any other team win 60 games?
yet they have a 3-0 lead as of today…
1) Yes, arguably easiest path ever
2,) No, doesn't matter. This is why you play for top seed. Plus missing out on star Porzingus and only losing two games in playoff run is stellar (no matter who you're opponents are)
Only team that I feared them playing were the Nuggets. Wolves would've been close, especially w/o Porzingus
Whoās here after they won nba finalsš
Nope. Celtics won
Put ur hat forward kid ur takes r horrible
The nuggets played 1 50 win team it is stupid