Comments From The Other Side - EC Round 2, Game 5, vs Cavaliers, Home, 5/15/24

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By FLCeltsfan


MY NOTE: I love how they're all over the map on Horford and his age. My  favorites are in bold.  What are yours?




The only way the Cavs win is if the Celtics give them a lot of help, like a combination of overconfidence, sloppiness, and bad shooting. It will take an almost historically bad game by the Celtics for the Cavs to steal a win.

I would love a David v Goliath upset tonight.

Maybe this is the game Merrill gets to launch fifteen 3s. A man can dream.

JBB loses his voice during halftime, foul calls tilt to Cavs, Garland fouls  out in final minute and CPJ hits the game winner at the buzzer.

Kind of expect this to be over at halftime If the Celtics show up and take this seriously while ride the emotions of the clinching game home crowd, they can be up 63-41 by half

If Boston gets going early , the crowd will get wild and the refs will lean into the energy with pro Celtic whistles.

Boston is trash. They might as well lose to our g league team.

Pretty sure I speak for all for humanity, for civilizations past present and future, and worlds yet unknown when I say, F*** Boston.

I think the Cavs have a chance to steal another game or two if it's officiated evenly but I don't think the NBA let's them win this series. The NBA is getting their Knicks Celtics ECF and their Nuggets Celtics Finals at any cost.

Regarding officiating I’m anticipating a swing in the Cavs favor in general tonight, but embarrassingly exaggerated should we be getting blown out so they can attempt to save face.

I hate that I'm going to watch this game tonight

What if this is the LeBron/Kyrie G5? 50 piece for Garland and 30 for Mobley.

I watched every game of an 18 win season and I’ll watch this too.

Dean Wade will show why he’s the greatest D-Wade in NBA history

Celtics going to choke!

Just saw Levert out as well. No Mitchell, Allen, or Levert. How is this not throwing the white flag

I don’t get why people are saying this, all of these players legitimately got hurt

They're saying it because they're dramatic, immature and insecure.   It's what our fanbase thrives on.

“1, 2, 3, Cancun!”

This is going to be a massacre. Probably should change the TV rating to R or X.

Okoro legacy game incoming

More free throws in the first 45 seconds than we had in the entire first half of game 4, nice

You’re not allowed to defend Tatum, Okoro. If you defend him in any way that’s a foul.

I see the refs are still at it.

How dare you go for a rebound next to Tatum, Okoro. These refs will punish such a despicable act.

Strus going for 100 today

Do Boston take pride in winning when they know they have the refs on their side

Celtics are such front runners

Tatum legit can't score without pushing off. HOF cheater

I don’t wanna see Strus go to the rim ever again

Hanging with em so far. If they don’t win this, I hope they knock Tatum on his cocyx.

Pretty sure Strus will put Brown down at some point. Not a lotta love there.

I dont want to watch Isaac Okoro play basketball ANYMORE

I'm sorry. I can't take another second of Okoro.

I hope the combination of the Thunder + 100 1sts/Anthony Edwards/Jokic prevents Tatum from ever winning anything.

lmao the Marcus Morris And 1 makeup call

Marcus Morris 30 game incoming

Garland can't even beat Pritchard 1 on 1

If Boston loses this game, they should have to run laps.

Morris should have taken every single one of Niang’s minutes all postseason, and even some of okoro’s. Bickerstaff is a clown.

The fact this game is even close shows Boston ain't winning sh** this year

Geez Boston is 8/15 from 3 just think if they had just gone 5/15 we would be up 9.

Commentators talking about the Cavs like they’re a bunch of make-a-wish kids

A good start.  C’s probably thought it eould be a cakewalk. They are gonna recalibrate now.


I’m so tired of having to waste challenges on obvious calls. F***ing crooked refs and the nba desperately propping up a weak Celtics team. Embarrassing.

These calls always seem to come back to brown and tatum getting the benefit of the doubt

The Celtics get more of those long offensive rebounds than any team I’ve ever seen it’s infuriating

How long until we start seeing people saying Donovan Mitchell is the problem?

28 point quarter on the road I’m psyched

hey we shot the same amount of free throws in this 1 quarter compared to all of last game

Cavs are ballin'    Take em back to Cleveland!

Boston screws around so much.

Celtics crowd gives less than a f*** about this game

It seems like they just expect a win and are there for the show

Some ridiculously contested 3's the Celtics are hitting

We have to get Niang as far from this team as possible this offseason

I think Niang is the first actual fat guy I've seen play in the NBA

We are either gonna blow them out or it's going to be wire to wire.  This offense is sustainable.

This Boston team is gonna lose in the finals if they get there lol

Lowest energy crowd I’ve seen

Celtics are NOT a championship team

At some point soon, I hope Tatum is in our exact situation. Playing against someone who gets every call after pushing off. It would serve him right.

Tatum is so good he only misses shots if he was fouled

Luka and tatum biggest brats in the league

Could you imagine having to root for Jayson Tatum?

Imagine getting locked up by Sam Merrill. Pritchard you bum

Every time Tatum misses a shot and then throws his hands up to complain about no foul, drink.

Alcohol poisoning imminent


The person trying to resuscitate you would die of alcohol poisoning as well.

Tatum is so hateable.

I hope these refs lose their jobs and their homes

Morris better start next game at this rate lol

Al Horford out here building a retaining wall

MORRIS REVENGE GAME

Did you see Niang jump for that board? Could have gotten at least 2 pieces of paper under his feet

Niang is just a war crime

What does Niang do besides be fat?

“The team to beat” getting cooked by Marcus Morris in 2024 lol

How could Brown tell the coach he didn’t catch him with an elbow with a straight face?

Because we all know Brown doesn't know how to use his left hand..

Caught him with the left elbow but may as well challenge considering the refs love them

Not gonna lie, that looked like a pretty big flop fro DG...

There’s no softer “superstar” duo in the league than Brown and Tatum.

Brown might be the dirtiest player in the NBA

Cavs getting the good whistles.

Can't stand Horford. Bum.

Boston getting reffed like a normal team is literally a pumpkin at midnight.

Jaylen Brown is a dirty player. He’s becoming Draymond Green.

Refs in our bag this game? I didn't think he hit him

The celtics are getting a worse whistle at home than they did on our homecourt! I cant read these refs theyre unpredictable

At what point do we give our guys baseball bats and let them have at it

Can’t breathe on Tatum

Dean Wade just has negative basketball instincts lol

Got out hustled by 40 year old Horford, jfc

Morris please end Horford career tonight

Someone drug test Horford

Horford that 60 year old at the Y who's benching 300 and still dunking

Tatum is the most pathetic fake super star I’ve ever seen

We are so winning this.

Tatum is so used to getting baby whistles he can’t believe when the refs aren’t in his pocket

Oh man I hope there are some acl and Achilles tears for Boston the rest of the way in the playoffs. What a whiny undeserving team.

Garland sucked that half. Couldn’t even get a shot off on old a** Al Horford. I don’t want to spend another season watching that dude.

Celtics fans have the audacity to chant “ref you suck”.

Tatum has the mentality of a 13 year old

Mazulla is a terrible coach and Barkley gets it. Just trying to win by pure talent and zero strategy

Why the f*** is Draymond Green on the TNT crew? Does anyone outside of the Bay Area not hate the guy?

If Tatum doesn’t push off and doesn’t get the whistle he’s averaging 12 points a game on a career night

He’s honestly bad without a whistle. Brown is more consistent

Why is Boston's crowd so hyped like they're playing tough and resilent ? You're up by a few posessions against a hobbled Cavs team lol.

DG needs to cook Horford. Not get blocked by him

Draymond on the half is worthless. Guy has no personality and no takes.

Love how draymond is dragging horford when he lowkey dominated that 2 quarter and is the only reason they are up lol

And Harford is up 3-1 in the second round, while Draymond is in a studio talking sh**.

Dean Wade.  Bad at everything.

Garland is a f***ing buffoon.

Evan not being able to back down jru f***ing holiday is terrible

Of all the ways you could choose to lose, getting out hustled by Al Horford is probably the most embarrassing. I don’t even want to watch these guys play another one at home tbh.

Getting out-hustled by 60 year old Al Horford

There is no mismatch for garland. Can’t even take a 40 year old Al Horford. Such a bum man.

Celtics are the only team allowed to play tackle basketball

Tatum is a bitch. Mitchell is 10x the player he is

I've changed my tune on the Cavs winning. They look like idiots right now

Mobley can't even post up a PG 1on1......FREAKING TRASH!!

Did Mobley get both of his arm transplanted at a young age or something? I’ve never seen a professional athlete with worse hands and coordination with their arms

Sometimes it seems like Mobley's hands get the yips

Captain Save-a-h... I mean Tony Brothers to the rescue!

Tony Brothers is the only ref I trust

Can't wait till Boston has to play real playoff bball. They will get exposed.

this Celtics team is so ridiculously overrated. two straight games of just scraping by the hospital Cavs  they're not capable of staying locked in and that's going to kill them in the Finals.

Sign and trade dg levert for bron, cut niang and we cooki next year

Strus is so bad

I hope we're seriously in this and Boston doesn't just turn it on in the 4th.

Old man Horford out hustling the Cavs while everyone stands and watches

Pritchard is more of an offensive threat than DG

Horford locking Garland down, lol.

50 year-old Al Horford once again out hustling us

nice rebounding. 2 cavs outhustled by a dinosaur named horford

Celtics role players have hit so many big 3s

So, should we build around Marcus Morris Sr?

I feel like Morris hates the b**ch made Celtics as much as we do

Morris >> Tatum

Pritchard is a thorn in the side I swear

Anyone but the midget, I’m fine with Tatum making great shots but Pritchard being an effective offensive player will kill me

Celtics are a bunch of frauds. We would destroy them with Mitchell

da** the bucks for trading holiday

These touch fouls sheesh   I forgot Luke Kornet is a superstar and deserves those calls.

Get a 2nd tech on Tatum.

I don’t know what it says about our team that Marcus Morris Sr is our leading scorer in an elimination game

I don’t root for this often but I hope Tatum loses more than he wins

Strus finishing this postseason like he finished last postseason. Uselessly.

100 year old Hroford beating us is embarrassing.  Surprised he has enough left to get up and down the court let alone out hustling us.  

Ah well. New coach, get Lebron and Bronny and get rid of Garland and we are a top 2 seed next year

Im officially out on garland

For real if we had Derrick white instead wed be up huge lol

Garland getting locked up by old man Horford is actually sad af

Give credit to Horford, saw all those comments about him losing steam and being too old, and he came out and put everything on the court tonight


Here comes the Tatum stat padding to protect his legacy

Holiday just hitting back breakers

200mil pg getting locked down by a 42yr

Garland is the worst player on the court tonight and it’s not remotely close

How can a starting NBA guard not get past Al Horford?

Tatum has such a punchable face

Oh here comes the convenient Garland injury when he’s playing horrible.

if dg is out, we have a chance  



Da** if only he would have got hurt


Horford stealing the ball from DG, oh what a world, oh what a world

celtics excited they beat a deflated g league level team by less than 20

I want Denver to wreck this team.

Awww Horford you can make a wide open straight on three I'm so proud of you

I actually hope Horfords knees explode game 1 against New York

I hate Boston so much.

Apparently nothing can kill that franchise.

F*** Al Horford.  0-10 in his last few games and decides to go 6-13 against us ?

No way Celtics beat a healthy Cavs team.

The way they looked they might not even beat the Knicks lol

Even healthy, we wouldn’t have been favored against Boston. Would have been nice to get it to 6, but it’s not far off what anyone would have expected.

That bickerstaff fired notification is gonna be so sweet

fire jb, trade garland for a bag of rocks, send dean wade to uzbekistan, cut strus and find a new training staff

F*** Al horford, never not wanted a player to win more than that front running punk

Al Horford celebrating like it’s the finals was funny AF. Aren’t these clowns supposed to be the favorites?

Jaylen Brown and Tatum are alright as stars. I’d rather have Mitchell than either one of them. I’d rather have Mobley than either one of them

Really sucks we weren’t healthy. Boston team was pretty underwhelming. They made some shots when they needed to but the ECF opponents are gross.

Realistically, BOS is loaded. Holiday, White, and Horford, Pritchard are PRIME role players. Anything short of the Chip is FAILURE!

On the bright side, LeBron comes home, Bronny wins rookie of the year, Mobley wins DPOY, Garland wins comeback player of the year, Mitchell wins MVP, and JB Bickerstaff wins a $2 off a scratch off.

Cavaliers have one more National TV appearance this season. They’ll be on “Gone Fishin’” on Inside the NBA later tonight


Bob


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Morriss may start next game, but it' be in the fall. Any body who thinks Niang is the first actual fat guy to play in the league must never have seen Oliver Miller or late - career Shawn Kemp.