Post Game - NBA Finals Game 1 - Warriors - Away

dbrown4 wrote:A couple of things.   OK, ten.  
 

3)  Target practice.  Looks like Stevie Whiny Baby left Derrick White off the scouting report.  Idiot.  Nothing made me happier than looking at Whiny all smug and smiling with his legs stretched out, heads behind his head in the 3rd only to see that smart-a$S, Cheshire grin completely wiped off his face in the presser.  


db  

dbrown4 wrote:dboss,

You know the jugular is the ONLY OPTION!  We can't come out an lay an egg like we're probably expecting.  Besides, we have to win B2B at some point.  Migth as well be now.

Opportunities like this only come once in a lifetime.  I see Al Horford and JT leading the way Sunday while Whiny Baby doubles up JB until around G4 where he finally figures out he's been involved in a horrific game of Whack-a-mole.  

Excellent Exorcist reference.  Still LMAO.  Didn't see that one coming.    

I told my wife, jokingly, last night re: all the talking heads.  I said, "Hmm.  You see how everybody's picking GSW to win G1 (including myself)?  That always means the other team is going to win!"

As much as I despise Mr. Smirky in MIA, it's a double helping for Whiny Baby in San Fran.  I'm going to go with a 4 X 4 tied to the end of a windmill in a hurricane where Steve asks, "Hey, Draymond.  Hold my beer.  I wonder what will happen if I stick my head in the line of this 4 X 4'ed windmill during this hurricane?!"  Or better yet, "I bet I can run through that same windmill without a scratch.  Here's $100.  Who wants some of this action?"    

Yes, I've had some time to think these up.  

db

dbrown4 wrote:A couple of things.   OK, ten.  

1)  I highly recommend "crow".  It's DELICIOUS!!  Could not be happier to be completely wrong in my prediction for last night's game.  I thought if we had a chance, we'd win a nail biter at best.  How wrong was I?!!  Pretty sure none of us saw a 4th quarter like that coming.  

2)  Al better be Vegas' odds-on pick for MVP if Celtics win it all.  I'm just sayin'!  Brother is playing some amazing, man-possessed basketball all around.  Such a humble man, too.  

3)  Target practice.  Looks like Stevie Whiny Baby left Derrick White off the scouting report.  Idiot.  Nothing made me happier than looking at Whiny all smug and smiling with his legs stretched out, heads behind his head in the 3rd only to see that smart-a$S, Cheshire grin completely wiped off his face in the presser.  

4)  Only the Celtics themselves can beat themselves going forward.  We didn't see much of our ghosts pop up in this game but they are still there and can come out at any time.  

5)  Target Practice - All of us on this site can make 3's like the Celtics when you're THAT wide open.  We even missed a couple we should have made that I think we missed because we were so caught off guard how wide open we were and how we taught GS the lesson about offense and defense in the playoffs.  

6)  Not ever going to count chickens because we know who we are and where we've been this season, but if we are so fortunate to win on Sunday, which we have to now, that will be the notice not only to GS, but to the rest of the league that we're going on a very long run and there is nothing the rest of the league can do about it.  Change up all you want, move players around, blah, blah, blah, but it's not going to matter.  There will be a new sheriff in town.

7)  All those still in favor of returning Derrick White to sender say, "Aye".  No one?  Anyone?  Bueller?  Ok, that's what I thought.  WOW!!  Thank you Pop and Brad!!  Kid can hit the 3!!!!

 A couple of very key timeouts by Ime in the 4th almost back to back to get our guys straight....during our run.  Can't ask for more than that.  Priceless.  It's like Ime reads our site!!

9)  We have to win Sunday because now I want to see Steve Kerr in complete panic mode along with Draymond and Steph, et al.

10)  That may be the best quarter of basketball I've ever seen for the Fully Operation Death Star.  Or any Celtic team except G6 2008 Finals.
Resiliency.Defense.Target Practice.  That's going to win a lot of games, boys and girl.  Regardless of this outcome.  

No chicken counting!  G2 is Sunday.  Watch film.  Normal routines.  But clearly that was a shot across the bough with a direct hit to the engine room.  We can only beat ourselves and we are quite capable of resorting back to old ghosts in any instance at any time.  Celtics....Do EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING Ime says to do from here on out.    

GS will again come out desperate.  I don't think we can see much better from them.  I believe they hit us with their best shot with Curry going nuts to start. Sunday will reveal.  But GS has got and is going to have the same problems BKN, MIL and the Heat had that no one has solved yet.  We make you look like G-Leaguers, plain and simple.  

But if we're going to send a message, following up by winning again on Sunday will do just that...followed by us winning G3, of course.  Remember, Celtics owe the Boston fans big time for G6 crap vs. Heat.  Celtics has already given them what they wanted in G1 with the worst case split.  Time for some Sunday gravy to go with my crow.  DE-LISH!!!

BTW, if you liked me eating crow, you'll love First Take this am.  Stephen A. will be having the same dish!!!  Although he was trying to prepare himself at halftime.    

db  

dbrown4 wrote:bygone,

To add insult to injury, d'you noticed Kerr in the presser wore his mask to cover his face of disappointment?!  Come on, man.  COVID's left the building!!!

db

willjr wrote:Dboss, in a post full of superlatives these were the most superb.
Once again you hit the nail on the head.

As I have said numerous times, our defense travels well. Our elite defense will be the ultimate factor when we win #18.

The biggest difference between us and them should be quite clear to everyone.  We can guard them but they cannot guard us.  Ime used a small lineup to sand blast them while Kerr continued with his excessive belief to focus too much attention on Jayson Tatum.

This is just game one but I have full confidence that the Celtics will systematically grind them down to dust just like they have done to everyone else.  We are going to choke them out but first we are going to wear them down.  

Tatum did not shoot the ball well (3-17) but he was the ultimate playmaker.   By now Steve Kerr is worried about the entire Celtics team.  

Is it just me or did GSW look gassed?  They were well rested but did not seem to be physically up to the challenge.  

GS may be a better overall offensive team but it is not like we cannot score the basketball.  It seems to me that those guys do not fully appreciate what an ELITE defense can do to the a great offense.

Please do not squeeze yourself in to make room for them in the wagon.

Excellent observations, loved it!

Ktron wrote:Its great reading about what we witnessed last night. It was exciting but I do have on gripe. I realize im just another member but is it necessary to post almost every single article written about the game. Different opinions are included and welcomed but we all witnessed it. Its a bit cumbersome but again its just my opinion.

cowens/oldschool wrote:Tatum deserved the comments he was getting in my mind and the whole world was watching him miss everything on the worlds biggest stage. He had a point blank lay up where he could have easily dunked, that he bricked that just set me off….

Thank god Jaylen was playing like Jaylen and playing hard at the start of the 4th, he and Pritch brought us back and at the same time our defense tightened and choked the sh!t out of the Dubs. Suddenly Steph couldn’t get off, Klay couldn’t and Poole couldn’t either and it was basic hard man to man with switching; not caring who was on who, just someone in their face, no open looks. Thank god Draymond was matching Tatum brick for brick, then Al and White got hotter than hot, scorching hot and finished off the Dubs in the 4th. Incredible, indescribable, 40-16 point 4th quarter and it was as dominant as any stretch of basketball I’ve ever seen from this franchise. Amazing.

I would love to see this team play well off a stellar performance for once and with more rest between games, hopefully we will. My game ball goes to Jaylen and Al. Jaylen for taking it right to them at a crucial part of game, giving us life and Al for completely demoralizing them. This game is just like this season has played out, in I didn’t see this coming like that even during the game, which is the same was this season. Damn what a great start and Tatum can’t shoot that bad again right?!’ll just shut the fo(k up now.

gyso wrote:

Ktron wrote:Its great reading about what we witnessed last night. It was exciting but I do have on gripe. I realize im just another member but is it necessary to post almost every single article written about the game. Different opinions are included and welcomed but we all witnessed it. Its a bit cumbersome but again its just my opinion.

IMO, having people post game summary articles from multiple sources is a wonderful feature of this board.  Many members don't have paid subscriptions to some of these websites (Boston Globe, ESPN+, etc.) and when those folks do and share them with us, it is a net plus.  You may find just one unique quote, stat or opinion in any single article, but to me, it is worth it.

Sure, at first the long articles take more time to completely digest.  But with so much time between games, I find that I often circle back later to give them a proper read if I can find the time.

Just like when I post-bomb the post-game thread with an array of tweets, photos, quotes and outright silliness, I am sure that it may irk some members.  I think the same thing holds true for that kind of post, many members just don't have access or internet savviness or time or whatever and actually enjoy that kind of thing.

So anyway, my only advice during the stressful playoffs season is:



Oh, yeah.  Also, don't let this happen during games, plan ahead:

dboss wrote:

Ktron wrote:Its great reading about what we witnessed last night. It was exciting but I do have on gripe. I realize im just another member but is it necessary to post almost every single article written about the game. Different opinions are included and welcomed but we all witnessed it. Its a bit cumbersome but again its just my opinion.

Ktron

I feel the same way but I do not want to offend others.  

I know that we have a wealth of knowledge and great writers on this forum.  Because of that I would rather consume what our folks are saying based on what they witnessed.

Several years back I commented about the frequency of reposting articles.  I think I said something to the effect that we were getting lazy.  That was something I really enjoyed and respected about Sam.  He, as you know, was an amazing writer to go along with the deepest roots one could find from a long time forged from steel Celtics fan.

bobheckler wrote:ktron and dboss,

Regarding the posting of articles from newspapers/media/sports writers:

1.  I agree it is lazy to just do that, but not everybody has the time to write voluminous pieces that would go into the same depth as those articles.  

2.  None of us seem to have a problem with disagreeing with the authors of those articles.  That stimulates discussion too, and that is the purpose of this board, is it not?

3.  Those writers, because they are professionals who do this for a living, have access to statistics, metrics, history that we don't have.  They also have access to the athletes themselves.  Those provide signicantly different perspectives.

4.  There are people on this board who do not have access to the local Boston rags, and might be interested in knowing what they're saying, but might have access to the local media for road games.  For example, we have members of this board who live in the Atlanta, GA area.  Their access to the Atlanta Journal Constitution could provide members who reside elsewhere insight into the takes of the media for our games vs the Hawks.  The Comments From The Other Side threads do that, except from the perspective those fans instead of their media.  Whether it's a road game in Atlanta or a home game vs the Hawks the Comments From The Other Side thread shares the spontaneous thoughts of those fans.  Why not the reasoned thoughts of the press for those games as well?

How about this?  How about we either put professional media articles (perhaps with the exception of the usual Post-Game starting post?) in their own threads?  That way you won't see an update to the post-game thread and assume it's one of us posting our own thoughts.  If it's its own thread, it's not one of ours.  Or is it?  How do we distinguish them from each other without clicking on it to see who the author is?

Another possibility is to create a thread dedicated to Game-related professional articles.  So, four threads would be created for Game 2. Two for pre-game thoughts (one thread for board members' thoughts, like the way DBoss has been doing, and one thread for professional pre-game articles) and then another two threads for post-game, also one for our original thoughts and one for the media articles.

Or you could just see that the article is written by Gary Washburn or Forsberg or whomever and scroll past it without reading it at all.

I'm open to suggestion.


Bob


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