I’m not a doomer too. This season has been fun but I still cannot convince myself that we are a championship team. Won’t be surprised if our first-round series go 7 games.
beywill19
It just means that the top teams can beat the Celtics. This team isn’t without its flaws.
DarkJoe272
Guys…these are the top teams in the NBA. You’re “supposed” to lose to them. If 6/11 of our losses are to the top 7 teams in the league then we’re in a very good place
Tatum-Better
Can’t go undefeated. And I’d rather lose to top teams than bottom feeders. Its a 7 game series format for a reason
MaSherm
Turns out? Good teams are good.
thetruth0102
Wow these games will matter in april to june OMG
/s
Moodapatheticz
What are the other teams records
General_Tsos_Burrito
My thoughts are top 7 is totally arbitrary. If you said top 8 then we’d be 8-6. Top 9 then 10-6. Top 10 then 11-6.
Billybaja
A lot of copium in these comments. They have not been good vs the elite teams lately. Pure and simple.
AldiQuarter
Do you expect us to win 16 straight in the playoffs? You guys are so predictable lol
totalmayo
Unless I’m mistaken, the Nuggets are just 5-5 against these same teams. Obviously they’ve won a title, but regular season wins at this point aren’t indicative of much.
Jachiros22
So u saying good teams are good? What a surprise
Abiding_Witness
We’ve had a tough schedule in the first half of the season. I think that’s part of it. Almost every one of these losses were on the road during tough weeks. SOS is a real thing. These teams also want to prove themselves too so they will show up to play us. Getting beat by bad teams is much more frustrating because it shows we don’t have a winning mentality. I think these games had some poor shooting nights mixed in with some fatigue and some bad refereeing. Sometimes we don’t play our best. It’s a long season.
TheRealestMarco
How is this bad? What’s the record of the other top 6 against each other? It would only be concerning if the Cs where the only top 7 team with bad record against the others.
kokain99
This is when the sub loses their minds. Good teams beat other good teams. It’s going to be ok
The_Dok33
It’s a tactic, so those teams don’t get data on how to best us. We let them win.
HueyLewisFan1
It’s almost like, when you play a really really good team that shooting 70 three pointers isn’t a solid fuckin strategy 😂 #MazzulaBall tho!!
pokexchespin
the only 2 teams we’re below .500 against there, we’ve played one game against. i’m not concerned
aja_ramirez
Um, 5-6 is pretty good given the winning percentage of those teams do you think?
MS882532
Just seemed like a really bad shooting night. Like the Milwaukee game it was clear it wasn’t there tonight. Still believe Cs win out in a seven game series.
davidasc22
For some reason people are so hyperfocused about our regular season record. Being the #1 seed is no guarantee of winning a championship, and I hope for everyone that this is what it’s about.
It’s crazy how people pretend like we’ve already won something. We’re 2.5 games ahead of the rest of the league… That’s not miraculously better to the point where we should stand pat and not try and improve this roster in any way.
Many will say that well we didn’t have Porzingis… well, newsflash for everyone Porzingis PROBABLY won’t play every playoff game. We need to be able to beat top teams without him.
What is more worrisome is that Brown is really struggling against top teams and has played poorly in the majority of our losses.
CPTKAK321
The record is one thing, but let’s look at the point margins of these games.
Minnesota loss in OT & very close throughout.
Milwaukee was a scheduled loss.
Nuggets was one point game & Murray played insane.
Other two are just good teams playing well & us not. Which happens.
theperpetuity
Take me down to the choke city
AbbreviationsMotor60
I’m less concerned about this one because their best player didn’t play.
UnPostoAlSole
Because they are absolute trash in the clutch. Joe’s stare is revealing. Tatum throws up a trash shot.
And it is time to discuss
SubstantialCreme7748
yes……the playoffs will be challenging
btw, what are those other teams against the same group?
CoffinFlop
What’s everyone else’s record against these teams?
hotChihuahua69
Wait until the playoffs when those “questionable” teams start to push and dig deep…
They’ll be a few game 7 series that shouldn’t have been…
JokeTime4592
The only team I’m concerned about are the Bucks.
Eisenhorn76
Where are the Florida teams? Oh that’s right, it doesn’t fit the narrative… that shared picture is total rubbish.
BLOCKED
reachme23
How many games KP didn’t play?
zackg611
We’re 35-11… Jesus fucking Christ.
BeCaneChuHuss
>giving 24celts attention instead of shoving cyanide pills down the account owner’s throat
y tho
somethingsimple1290
That’s why playoffs are seven game series
MacBryce
Ok, doomer
RiPFrozone
Good teams splitting a season series is cause for concern?
A 76% win percentage is cause for concern?
Be fr
WinterEngineering322
Nope you’re automatically a doomer for holding this team to a high championship standard. How dare you
HustlinInTheHall
The reality will shake out in the playoffs. Sweep the bad teams if you can, win in 6 vs the average ones, any series vs a top team is going 7 so try to get the 1 seed. If it were a one off knockout game I’d be worried, but we should be sharpened up a lot between now and June.
Unusual-Computer5714
This just confirms that the league has more parity than it’s ever had before. There’s an argument to be made that up to 10 teams could win it all. In the east there’s us, bucks, sixers, heat and knicks (yes knicks is a stretch but their defence is legit with og). West i would say nugs, wolves, thunder (assuming they add a piece) and clippers and suns (both assuming health). A stark difference from the warriors cavs duopoly we had in the second half of the twenty tens. Whilst it’s nice to be favourites we aren’t that much better than the other teams if at all. Will make it even sweeter when we hang banner 18!
Drawing_The_Line
Awful to admit, but it’s so predictable at this point that I’ve been able to make money off it. Pretty decent chunk too. Ugh.
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Who’d we have injured in these games
I’m not a doomer too. This season has been fun but I still cannot convince myself that we are a championship team. Won’t be surprised if our first-round series go 7 games.
It just means that the top teams can beat the Celtics. This team isn’t without its flaws.
Guys…these are the top teams in the NBA. You’re “supposed” to lose to them. If 6/11 of our losses are to the top 7 teams in the league then we’re in a very good place
Can’t go undefeated. And I’d rather lose to top teams than bottom feeders. Its a 7 game series format for a reason
Turns out? Good teams are good.
Wow these games will matter in april to june OMG
/s
What are the other teams records
My thoughts are top 7 is totally arbitrary. If you said top 8 then we’d be 8-6. Top 9 then 10-6. Top 10 then 11-6.
A lot of copium in these comments. They have not been good vs the elite teams lately. Pure and simple.
Do you expect us to win 16 straight in the playoffs? You guys are so predictable lol
Unless I’m mistaken, the Nuggets are just 5-5 against these same teams. Obviously they’ve won a title, but regular season wins at this point aren’t indicative of much.
So u saying good teams are good? What a surprise
We’ve had a tough schedule in the first half of the season. I think that’s part of it. Almost every one of these losses were on the road during tough weeks. SOS is a real thing. These teams also want to prove themselves too so they will show up to play us. Getting beat by bad teams is much more frustrating because it shows we don’t have a winning mentality. I think these games had some poor shooting nights mixed in with some fatigue and some bad refereeing. Sometimes we don’t play our best. It’s a long season.
How is this bad? What’s the record of the other top 6 against each other? It would only be concerning if the Cs where the only top 7 team with bad record against the others.
This is when the sub loses their minds. Good teams beat other good teams. It’s going to be ok
It’s a tactic, so those teams don’t get data on how to best us. We let them win.
It’s almost like, when you play a really really good team that shooting 70 three pointers isn’t a solid fuckin strategy 😂 #MazzulaBall tho!!
the only 2 teams we’re below .500 against there, we’ve played one game against. i’m not concerned
Um, 5-6 is pretty good given the winning percentage of those teams do you think?
Just seemed like a really bad shooting night. Like the Milwaukee game it was clear it wasn’t there tonight. Still believe Cs win out in a seven game series.
For some reason people are so hyperfocused about our regular season record. Being the #1 seed is no guarantee of winning a championship, and I hope for everyone that this is what it’s about.
It’s crazy how people pretend like we’ve already won something. We’re 2.5 games ahead of the rest of the league… That’s not miraculously better to the point where we should stand pat and not try and improve this roster in any way.
Many will say that well we didn’t have Porzingis… well, newsflash for everyone Porzingis PROBABLY won’t play every playoff game. We need to be able to beat top teams without him.
What is more worrisome is that Brown is really struggling against top teams and has played poorly in the majority of our losses.
The record is one thing, but let’s look at the point margins of these games.
Minnesota loss in OT & very close throughout.
Milwaukee was a scheduled loss.
Nuggets was one point game & Murray played insane.
Other two are just good teams playing well & us not. Which happens.
Take me down to the choke city
I’m less concerned about this one because their best player didn’t play.
Because they are absolute trash in the clutch. Joe’s stare is revealing. Tatum throws up a trash shot.
And it is time to discuss
yes……the playoffs will be challenging
btw, what are those other teams against the same group?
What’s everyone else’s record against these teams?
Wait until the playoffs when those “questionable” teams start to push and dig deep…
They’ll be a few game 7 series that shouldn’t have been…
The only team I’m concerned about are the Bucks.
Where are the Florida teams? Oh that’s right, it doesn’t fit the narrative… that shared picture is total rubbish.
BLOCKED
How many games KP didn’t play?
We’re 35-11… Jesus fucking Christ.
>giving 24celts attention instead of shoving cyanide pills down the account owner’s throat
y tho
That’s why playoffs are seven game series
Ok, doomer
Good teams splitting a season series is cause for concern?
A 76% win percentage is cause for concern?
Be fr
Nope you’re automatically a doomer for holding this team to a high championship standard. How dare you
The reality will shake out in the playoffs. Sweep the bad teams if you can, win in 6 vs the average ones, any series vs a top team is going 7 so try to get the 1 seed. If it were a one off knockout game I’d be worried, but we should be sharpened up a lot between now and June.
This just confirms that the league has more parity than it’s ever had before. There’s an argument to be made that up to 10 teams could win it all.
In the east there’s us, bucks, sixers, heat and knicks (yes knicks is a stretch but their defence is legit with og). West i would say nugs, wolves, thunder (assuming they add a piece) and clippers and suns (both assuming health).
A stark difference from the warriors cavs duopoly we had in the second half of the twenty tens.
Whilst it’s nice to be favourites we aren’t that much better than the other teams if at all.
Will make it even sweeter when we hang banner 18!
Awful to admit, but it’s so predictable at this point that I’ve been able to make money off it. Pretty decent chunk too. Ugh.
This is why they play 7 games in the playoffs.
Regular season barely matters, ask the Heat.
Bro we’re turning into the Bills fuckkkkk
Fake contenders
Same here
Trade jb