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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 15, 2024 21:54:03 GMT -5
They are 7-1 in the playoffs with only one win being less than 10 points; average victory is well into the double digits and you think they have “no killer instinct”. This is the NBA and these are the playoffs. I don’t care who’s injured or who you’re playing. Beating NBA teams by that much isn’t easy. Also; your timing is great as they go on a nice run in the 4th to go up 14. They’re 7-2, it’s been a nice run against two average teams without their respective best players. To be honest, Boston should be winning all these games by double digits, which they pretty much have been doing. But you can’t act like they are now impervious to criticism. Save it for the Finals otherwise the team that made it to the Semi's going 8 and 2 winning nearly every game by double digits by definition makes you the boy that cried wolf. You are not a realist but a nervous nelly. It reminds me of my wife, she'll be wrong 9 times then right the tenth and I ask her do you think this justifies the other 9 times, and I'm dumbfounded when this intelligent person answers yes. Look back at nearly every single Championship year and there were bumps along the way, moments when you could whine about this or that. I'd rather hop on the bus and have it crash then be telling everyone on the bus we are about to crash the whole way. Sure you may be right here and there but good god it's annoying to everyone else. I'd rather take the gut wrenching punch to the stomach and be wrong and believe than tell everyone the sky is falling and be proud of myself the occasional time I'm right. But that's just me. I can take the disappointment because the trip is better when you enjoyed it along the way. This will always be true.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 15, 2024 21:35:27 GMT -5
The thing with Tatum is that his weaknesses are all judgment-based, not skill-based. It's not that he's just not a good enough shooter or that he can't keep up on defense. It's that he takes bad iso pull-up threes during clutch moments and complaints to the refs instead of getting back on D. Those are weaknesses that would seem so easy to fix to fans but which persist season after season. I disagree to a degree. Do they still happen and are they a weakness, no doubt. However, they happen less frequently. He's improved and we hold him to a standard that at times are unreasonable and other times warranted.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 13, 2024 18:42:25 GMT -5
I wish I didn't love hockey and the Bruins so much. I enjoy watching too much. Because the proper reaction at this point should be to not watch this joke of a league anymore. 100%, and I said the same thing last night. The icing on the cake is Bennet should have already been suspended from the previous game. I love Hockey and the B's but the league is a friggen joke.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 12, 2024 17:35:24 GMT -5
So, I'm sure some of you by now has seen the check on Marchand in slow motion and you cleary see a suckerpunch by Sam Bennet and the league reviewed it and did not suspend him rendering me speechless. So suckerpunching someone is not a suspenseful act according to the NHL.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 12, 2024 15:49:43 GMT -5
What I like is he complained that the 14 point lead should be 24 and that we won by 13 is just perfect. Just as I said Basketball is a game of runs and the fact that the game ended up only 1 point different than the very lead he complained about proved beyond any doubt it did in fact not matter and runs in fact do happen. I had Cleveland as a dark horse in the East before the year began, they are a solid team that deserves to be where they are. He had to belittle, 'the enjoy the journey', part to, smh, when you wrong your wrong, owe up and move on. No harm no foul. Here are a few rules of thumb for you Jody. 1. If you are so beside yourself that you can’t figure out who is posting what, take a deep breath, and walk away. 2. If the weight of your rage-typing prevents you from spelling correctly or forming coherent sentences, take a walk around the block and try again later. 3. If you begin engendering support from fellow posters as an exercise in logic, let the red drain from your face, and move on. If at any time you begin a rage response without comprehending the post you are responding to, feel free to consult rules 1 through 3 and start again. I'm and was as cool as a cucumber but you appear to be projecting.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 12, 2024 13:25:59 GMT -5
Should have been runner interferance on Robbles, lucky there was not a serious injury than they charge him with an error, smh.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 11, 2024 22:10:14 GMT -5
Don, these are just pointless posts. No one’s excited by second round wins over the Cleveland Cavaliers anymore. This isn’t Evan Turner and Jordan Crawford scrapping it out against superior opponents. We have all been waiting for years to see this team evolve and take a step in their maturation. Cleveland is not that bad of a team and the Celtics just got a double digit win pretty much wire to wire on the road in the postseason. Not sure what would get you excited, but it sounds expensive so good luck friend. What I like is he complained that the 14 point lead should be 24 and that we won by 13 is just perfect. Just as I said Basketball is a game of runs and the fact that the game ended up only 1 point different than the very lead he complained about proved beyond any doubt it did in fact not matter and runs in fact do happen. I had Cleveland as a dark horse in the East before the year began, they are a solid team that deserves to be where they are. He had to belittle, 'the enjoy the journey', part to, smh, when you wrong your wrong, owe up and move on. No harm no foul.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 11, 2024 21:41:13 GMT -5
And yet the Celtics lead by 14 as you type this. Don, these are just pointless posts. No one’s excited by second round wins over the Cleveland Cavaliers anymore. This isn’t Evan Turner and Jordan Crawford scrapping it out against superior opponents. We have all been waiting for years to see this team evolve and take a step in their maturation. You missed his point. Basketball is a game of streaks, if the other team goes on a streak and you are still up 14 your are doing something right. You state they could be up 24, well the lead could just as easily be down to 4, so your point is kinda pointless. If you can't enjoy the journey I feel sorry for you.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 11, 2024 20:51:24 GMT -5
Mitchell shoves White very hard, offensive foul no call, and they announcers use that as why he's a superstar, smh.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 11, 2024 20:30:25 GMT -5
I like how Mitchell is going off just to have them hang with the Celtics. Capesox, you do know that Horford is 37 years old and starting because Krispis is out yes? Jrue Holiday is playing very well.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 11, 2024 19:46:23 GMT -5
Who are we going to see tonight, the lackadaisical Celtics or the LFG Celtics? LFG, nuff said.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 7, 2024 20:16:44 GMT -5
I'm still about behind watching the game, but the TNT announcer is getting really annoying with repeatedly saying,"Big basket", by Cleveland when that basket is keeping them only within 11 or 12, unless his definition of big basket is preventing got blown off the floor. What is encouraging is that the Celt have not played well yet feel like they have had control of the game the entire time, and leading by 10 to 15 most of the game. This includes Tatum's bad night too.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 7, 2024 20:09:41 GMT -5
Wow, wow, wow. You go top shelf on Florida. The Bruins are playing with house money. Nobody is expecting anything from them. Except for us. Swayman I always loved this kid. A couple of guys look tired or slow. Still that was awesome. I think before this series it was an even match, still think that after the game. I would be shocked if it does not go at least 6 and fully expect a seven game series. I expect the NYR and Carolina winner to represent the East for the Stanley Cup, UNLESS Swayman pulls a Tim Thomas 2011 run, which I would not be shocked by at this point, after all before the year began on the first page or so of this thread I was saying the best way to improve the team was to trade Ullmark because of the confidence I had in Swayman and the depth of our goal tending down in Providence too along with budget constraints.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 7, 2024 19:35:35 GMT -5
White is the best player on the Cs tonight. Tatum again looks a bit out of sorts I'm slightly behind watching the game but Brown has been lights out.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 5, 2024 16:45:54 GMT -5
Logic probably says Cavs being the more experienced team. I'd say the Magic though, better defensive team and frankly they remind me of the 2018 Celtics run where Tatum, Brown and Rozier showed the NBA what they could do. It's feels kinda crazy writing that about the Magic, been a long time for that team. I got tickets to the last Celtics game played at the old Garden took the future wife to see the Celts in the playoffs by Shaq and Penny Hardaway the Magic.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 5, 2024 7:27:04 GMT -5
I can't see this series with Florida going less than 6 and it too will likely go 7. I think we have a solid chance to win this series I bet the odds are near 50/50. I'd love to make it to the Conference Finals but that is as far as I see this journey go.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 5, 2024 7:24:29 GMT -5
Well, that was the May 2 game. Today was May 4. He was terrible in that May 2 game. It's all in the details! I don't think he was terrible at all, they keyed in on him and he was battling but ultimatley held off the scoring sheet games 5 & 6. The coach called him not because Pastsa was terrible but I think to push him to his A game. Zacha no goals in what is now 19 playoff games deserves your ire but no-one mentions him. Lindholm played like ka ka and owed the team a goal. That pass he made behind himself where he slowed down to let a leaf cling to him instead of just passing behind the net where a Bruin was just off the screen blew my mind as in WTF is he thinking. He finally woke up in the third. Charlie McAvoy's game was all over the place alternating good plays with bad ones. The non call hook to Debrusk was terrible, and has been one of the more consistent players this series for Boston. The weak ass cross check on Coyle who extended his arms out an inch or two by a referee who was about 50 feet away was another blown call. At least in the third they called a hook against a leaf that was pretty weak as well. The Leafs are mulch again. At least they showed more heart here then they have in the past.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 4, 2024 19:50:26 GMT -5
Like that it's their goalie from the first 4 games who went 1-3 and he's giving up a lot of sloppy rebounds, eventually we will cash in if he keeps doing so, he's fighting the puck.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 4, 2024 8:07:59 GMT -5
Game 7 boys, as Kramer would say, "Giddy up!". Time to strap on the big boy pants and let it all hang out, I'm looking forward to a great game. Very disappointed in the team the past two games, however, there is plenty of reason for optimism for as badly as they played at the start of game 6, they outplayed Toronto the second half of the game, AND the past two games they have had plenty of bad luck with bouncing pucks, Fredericks game 5 goal aside. There has been a lot zig with zags too, players not quite in sync that has had little to nothing to do with Toronto's defense at least in regards to the plays I'm referring to. The defense overall has been fine limiting Toronto to 2 goals a piece for the past two games, do that again tonight and I expect to win. Hopefully, we get a chance to play Florida in the next round. They were 3-0 against them in the regular season and while I know it doesn't mean a heck of a lot once the playoffs start, but it's still better than going 0-3 against them and should give the team a little bit more confidence but now I'm putting the cart before the horse. Let's take care of business tonight first. Giddy Up!
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 2, 2024 20:54:57 GMT -5
That was a brutal non-call, FFS. seriously Pasta gets 4 for a high stick, no sign of blood and the referee was trying so hard to see what was not there, then an awful boarding call in front of everyone and crickets. Someone go ahead and tell a lie that it was just a bad call or they missed it. If you do I have a great deal for a bridge in Brooklyn I can get you a great deal on. How are the Maple leafs the same as the Titanic?
They both look great until the hit the ice. Edit: What to soon? Over a century ago.
Edit 2: I swear that went in and caromed out
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Post by jodyreidnichols on May 2, 2024 20:16:57 GMT -5
Double minor yet even with a microscope the ref didn't find blood WtF, Is that???
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Apr 27, 2024 14:06:28 GMT -5
What do you think - rotate the goalies, or stick with Swayman? I’d ride Swayman until he has a mediocre outing. Ullmark was good in game 2 but you gotta ride the good vibes imo Last year I was all for rotating back and forth but riding the hot hand when you have 2 #1's, just seems to obvious, the instant one does not play very well the other guy gets a shot. I'd do this as far as it takes you.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Apr 27, 2024 14:03:29 GMT -5
Damian Lillard is also out for the Bucks, the path for the Celts to make the finals is getting easier.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Apr 26, 2024 18:31:00 GMT -5
Moved down 3 picks to move up 27 picks from round 5 to round 4 Last night the consensus was the talent drops off a cliff after the fourth round this year, dropping down 3 picks to add what should be a solid difference in talent between the 5th and moving to the 4th appears to be a very good move. The Pats must have multiple picks they like at the same tier here. Edit: and or are highly confident the team picking before them will go in a different direction.
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Post by jodyreidnichols on Apr 24, 2024 20:11:09 GMT -5
Ref's have the worst performance on the ice, several ticky tacky calls against the B's McAvoy high sticked in face in the middle of four refs and not one sees it, it's not like it's their job or something.
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