At the risk of being accused of being a Boston elitist, beware this team til 2010, will be very tough to dethrone. How good are these guys when they get SERIOUS about accomplishing the task at hand? Now I'll give you this beforehand... the Lakers had so many shots go halfway down the rim only to bounce out but they just could not deal with this defense and overall intensity in THIS game.
and by the way...
IN YOUR FUKKN FACE To DSethi and all you other BOSTON haters...
wtf is up with that any way??? You hate fans of local teams for competing far into playoffs and such????
Wow that reeks of jealously but I'll reserve judgement. All you Anti=Boston fans can kiss my ass...why exactly do yo hate Boston fans as compared to local fans who observed thier team winnning the trophy? Boston fans are not so different or is there something I am missing??
IN YOUR FUKKN FACE To DSethi and all you other BOSTON haters...
wtf is up with that any way??? You hate fans of local teams for competing far into playoffs and such????
Wow that reeks of jealously but I'll reserve judgement. All you Anti=Boston fans can kiss my ass...why exactly do yo hate Boston fans as compared to local fans who observed thier team winnning the trophy? Boston fans are not so different or is there something I am missing??
Oh no you don't!
I want concrete evidence why Boston fans are different from 49er fans when they were on a roll or Cowboy fans wehn they were doing it or Laker fans when they dominated in Shaq/Kobe erea. What exactly are Boston fans doing different ly othe than rooting for their home team? Not that it really matters but why are they so depised for rooting thier hometeams in an unlikely era when all are kicking ass? Seldom do I go to a website or go to a breakfast restaurant outside NE and spot a Masshole deliberately irritating people to promote the virtues of their local favs.
Dsethi, your remarks toward the recent NBA finals are laughable they are os biased!!! Are you shitting me??!!!?!?!?! WOW 0 Do you really think you offer an even opinoin? You are so blinded by your hatred that your opinion is not valid! You are just silly, flat out --- period... who whould take your opinion seriously being that yo uare clearly blinded by your hatred???
Celtics Vs Atlanta series.
Atlanta had a chance but lost 99-65 in game seven. Atlanta scored 26 points in the first half while Boston scored 27 in the first quarter. The score at the end of the 3rd quarter was 79-44 Boston. The 4th quarter much like tonight's 4th quarter was purely academic. The Hawks won game six at home 103-100 and lost the series and game seven on the road by 34 points.
The truth is Atlanta improved it's record for the 4th straight year and played very well at home. Proven by their opening night performance by knocking off Western Conference power Dallas, 101-94, in their first season opener at Philips Arena since 2000, and the team’s first Opening Night win since strike-shortened 1999. Five nights later at Philips they knocked off Phoenix, 105-96, pulling down 56 rebounds, 39 on the defensive end (both season-highs).
Those wins were a harbinger, as Atlanta would also knock off the Western Conference regular season champion Lakers, Utah, Denver, Cleveland, and Orlando. Philips Arena would be scratched off the list of fun places for opposing teams to visit in Atlanta, as 25 of Atlanta's 37 wins came at Philips, then they were 3-for-3 in the Playoffs.
“Hawks-teria” reached unprecedented heights in Game Six against Boston, when a franchise-playoff-record 20,425 fans squeezed into Philips.
"I didn't know we had this much support," said center Zaza Pachulia with a laugh about the deafening crowd. "It definitely felt good. This is a young, emotional team and we definitely feed off the fans. That definitely helped us to win those three games. We got major, major help from our fans."
In their four loses at Boston the Hawks lost by a grand total of 101 points.
Ya, Atlanta had a real good shot of winning that series.
The Celtics did dominate The Pistons and Lakers.
Take The Michael Jordan led Chicago Bulls of the 1990s. You would think no one ever pushed them given the team they had.
The 1992 NY Knicks took the Bulls to 7 games in the Eastern semis.
Those same Knicks won 4-3 in games over the Bulls in the 94 Semis.
The Orlando Magic beat the Bulls in 6 in 1995 in the Eastern semis.
The 1996 Bulls lost back to back blowouts to the Seattle Sonics before winning the series in six. The year they won 72 games during the regular season.
Atlanta won game two at Chicago in 1997
Utah won two games and lost game 6 by only 4 points that same year in the finals.
Indiana took the Bulls to 7 games in the 1998 Eastern final, losing by 5 at the United Center in game 7.
Utah one two games in the finals that year and lost game six and the title by 1 point 87-86 after winning game five in Chicago 83-81.
My point is not many teams go 16-0 in the playoffs (none that I know of). The object win anyway you can.
When the Seattle Sonics won their only title in franchise history they defeated Phoenix 4-3 in the Western Conferference finals. Winning game 7 in Seattle 114-110, after winning game six 106-105.
Honzie even warned everyone with his first sentence:
He is a poster with a right to an opinion, just like everyone else. Being a Celtic fan and predicting a newly crowed champion will be very tough to dethrone until the season after next (2010) is not exactly sticking ones neck out if you ask me. The Celtics have as good a chance as any to defend their title in 2009.
Atlanta had a chance but lost 99-65 in game seven. Atlanta scored 26 points in the first half while Boston scored 27 in the first quarter. The score at the end of the 3rd quarter was 79-44 Boston. The 4th quarter much like tonight's 4th quarter was purely academic. The Hawks won game six at home 103-100 and lost the series and game seven on the road by 34 points.
The truth is Atlanta improved it's record for the 4th straight year and played very well at home. Proven by their opening night performance by knocking off Western Conference power Dallas, 101-94, in their first season opener at Philips Arena since 2000, and the team’s first Opening Night win since strike-shortened 1999. Five nights later at Philips they knocked off Phoenix, 105-96, pulling down 56 rebounds, 39 on the defensive end (both season-highs).
Those wins were a harbinger, as Atlanta would also knock off the Western Conference regular season champion Lakers, Utah, Denver, Cleveland, and Orlando. Philips Arena would be scratched off the list of fun places for opposing teams to visit in Atlanta, as 25 of Atlanta's 37 wins came at Philips, then they were 3-for-3 in the Playoffs.
“Hawks-teria” reached unprecedented heights in Game Six against Boston, when a franchise-playoff-record 20,425 fans squeezed into Philips.
"I didn't know we had this much support," said center Zaza Pachulia with a laugh about the deafening crowd. "It definitely felt good. This is a young, emotional team and we definitely feed off the fans. That definitely helped us to win those three games. We got major, major help from our fans."
In their four loses at Boston the Hawks lost by a grand total of 101 points.
Ya, Atlanta had a real good shot of winning that series.
The Celtics did dominate The Pistons and Lakers.
Take The Michael Jordan led Chicago Bulls of the 1990s. You would think no one ever pushed them given the team they had.
The 1992 NY Knicks took the Bulls to 7 games in the Eastern semis.
Those same Knicks won 4-3 in games over the Bulls in the 94 Semis.
The Orlando Magic beat the Bulls in 6 in 1995 in the Eastern semis.
The 1996 Bulls lost back to back blowouts to the Seattle Sonics before winning the series in six. The year they won 72 games during the regular season.
Atlanta won game two at Chicago in 1997
Utah won two games and lost game 6 by only 4 points that same year in the finals.
Indiana took the Bulls to 7 games in the 1998 Eastern final, losing by 5 at the United Center in game 7.
Utah one two games in the finals that year and lost game six and the title by 1 point 87-86 after winning game five in Chicago 83-81.
My point is not many teams go 16-0 in the playoffs (none that I know of). The object win anyway you can.
When the Seattle Sonics won their only title in franchise history they defeated Phoenix 4-3 in the Western Conferference finals. Winning game 7 in Seattle 114-110, after winning game six 106-105.
Honzie even warned everyone with his first sentence:
He is a poster with a right to an opinion, just like everyone else. Being a Celtic fan and predicting a newly crowed champion will be very tough to dethrone until the season after next (2010) is not exactly sticking ones neck out if you ask me. The Celtics have as good a chance as any to defend their title in 2009.
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i was most def a huge BB supporter...i hope he runs in the travers and rebounds from the belmont effort...
not to get into a pissing contest bc im not a huge celtics fan...i do believe they are the clear cut favs to win it all next year and i think your being naive if you think otherwise (disclaimer INJURIES can play a huge role in the NBA and my statement is contingent on the big3 staying healthy)...
maybe they will not have the same desire they did this year and get upset i dont know but KG/Allen/PP are still at or near the top of their game (i mean PP was insane during the playoffs) and the bench which was bashed all year here has shown they are young and have talent and numerous guys had huge games in the playoffs...they are only gonna get better and more experienced...just my 2cents...
not to get into a pissing contest bc im not a huge celtics fan...i do believe they are the clear cut favs to win it all next year and i think your being naive if you think otherwise (disclaimer INJURIES can play a huge role in the NBA and my statement is contingent on the big3 staying healthy)...
maybe they will not have the same desire they did this year and get upset i dont know but KG/Allen/PP are still at or near the top of their game (i mean PP was insane during the playoffs) and the bench which was bashed all year here has shown they are young and have talent and numerous guys had huge games in the playoffs...they are only gonna get better and more experienced...just my 2cents...
