Denver kicks our ass unless Tatum has an absurdly good series
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So Denver kicks your ass
Tatum would have had a party vs the nuggets. Would have been the worst defense he played against all playoffs other than the hawks. Just matches up perfectly with that Jokic drop coverage. Literally every single guard or wing has the best or one of their best series vs Denver. Thing is it may not have been quite enough for Boston to win.
The Celtics struggled with Atlanta, needed a total collapse to squeak past the Sixers, and were on the cusp of getting swept by Miami. They weren't winning shit last year.
If my grandma had wheels she'd be a bike.
Our crunch time offense was still too limited, so it would be very hard.
What if Brown sells against the Nuggets? What if Tatum gets hurt in the first possession against the Nuggets? What if Jokic didn’t exist?
Probably not
The team wasn’t really ready to win last year, Joe didn’t have time to install his system completely and build the team for it, the team didn’t really make sense and we’re basically put in position to fail
Ya, I think you probably could have beat them, in one game
Oh you meant in the series??? Hahahahah no
Fuck no. People tend to only remember the ECF and Jaylens performance but the whole team was off and inconsistent the entire playoffs.
Tatum started off several games not scoring for the first 2-3 quarters, Horford shooting TANKED, Rob wasn’t his usual self, Grant underutilized, bad team defense etc. The signs were obvious going into the postseason, everyone just ignored it.
No. Their offense as a whole was just so bad and inconsistent for the entirety of the playoffs. They definitely had the best guys out of any team to guard Jokić and Murray though. I think it goes 6 games.
In theory probably not. But I do wonder what the psyche of being the first team to ever come back from 3-0 would be like. And what it would do to Denver too, they may have been even more locked in than if Celtics just beat the Heat in a normal way.
One things for certain though. Grant Williams would either truly earn his Batman nickname or get demoted to Robin
No, probably lost in 6 again
The question is basically does a healthy Celtics beat the Nuggets in the Finals. I agree with basically everyone....no, they don't. Some of the weaknesses the Celtics displayed in the ECF would've been exposed in the Finals too. Nuggets would've hunted mismatches and Celtics would not be able to counter. Nuggets could throw multiple different bodies at the Jays, don't see how the Celtics counter it. Nuggets just the better team with the better lead guy too last season and better coach.
Celtics wouldn’t have done much better than Miami. The Celtics were bad in every series they played.
No
No, because the Celtics didn’t have their shit together. There were clear issues. Denver was very connected.
If Horford makes shots then maybe. None of the teams the Nuggets played in the playoffs had a center who could pull Jokic out to the three-point line on defense. He got to mainly play around the paint and that helped Denver's defense tremendously.
But Horford's inconsistent shooting was a big reason they had trouble against Philly and Miami.