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Celtics Basketball => Celtics Talk => Topic started by: CelticConcourse on March 31, 2013, 10:12:34 PM
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Which one? Both are slightly scary, but neither is clearly better than us.
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the Heat. Let's just get to the main point, we have to beat them sooner or later
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I think Pacers are much better for Cs right now. Knicks are great shoting team and I see very hard this CS team to pass Knicks
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Knicks. They won't always be that hot. Pacers big men will probably wear us down over a 7 game series, especially without Rondo penetrating and making things tough on Hibbert.
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The Pacers.
The Celtics are a help defense team, and the Pacers aren't a great jump shooting squad. The Knicks are streaky and are already confident against the Celtics. I really think that the Pacers are a better matchup.
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I'd take the streaky Knicks. I don't see them hitting all their threes for four-out-of-seven games, especially after their forgettable January, February, and early March.
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If KG ain't back healthy it won't matter but knicks.
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They both cause problems for this team. But, I say the Knicks might be slightly easier.
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Right now, I wouldn't want to see us play the Maine Red Claws.
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Right now, I wouldn't want to see us play the Maine Red Claws.
Lol oh stop.
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does it really matter?
we can ez beat either one
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Either will kick our butts. Season is over. Out 1st rd. Those wanting the Heat are still waiting for the Tooth Fairy. Celtic fans wanted this. One Championship and now a decade of reality lies ahead. Mediocrity. All wagons are moving South and West.
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I would rather see the Pacers than the Knicks, Melo scares me more than Paul George. And I'd rather deal with the Pacers bigs where Hibbert will most likely disappear in the playoff then deal with the Knicks 3pt shooting.
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Knicks. Easy choice. They live and die by the three and have had some cohesion/synergy problems, which could potentially crop up again during before the playoffs as they try to reintegrate A'mare and Chandler again.
Its not that I think the Pacers are much more of a threat to the Celtics, but their size and depth of big men is a bit daunting given how thin our front court is. I still think the Celtics would be competitive in a series with them, but I just worry about what it would take out of us in terms of energy. Even if we won we would most likely be coming out the other side with KG on his last legs from having to deal with Hibbert for a lengthy series and at least one or two other guys banged up.
For those people who want the Heat: I think we are better off getting a first round match up that actually has a decent chance of us getting to the second round. I get that it makes a bit of sense that we would want to face the Heat when we are at full strength before the playoffs get into full swing, but given the slim chances we already have at beating them in 7 we are better off meeting them as late in the process as possible and hoping that either someone else has managed to pull off a miracle, one of their big three goes down with an injury or that we manage to escape in 5 games against a team like the Knicks who could struggle even at home if their shots aren't dropping and the Heat go 7 tough ones and come into the series against us a little gassed at the start.
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Either team will send us home in 5 games, so it doesn't much matter.
But I'd pick the Pacers just because the Celtics seem to play them better for some reason.
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The Knicks for me. They can't shoot 50% from three every game. The Pacers have a better defense and have much younger legs. Melo always seems to shoot poorly against us and if we find a way to contain JR off the bench I think they are an easier match for us. The Pacers have length at every position that makes it tough for us to guard them.
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doesn't matter. to me the relevant questions are:
1. will everyone be back and healthy for the playoffs (excluding those that are out for the year naturally)
2. will everyone show up to play hard every game. if they do, we could beat either of these teams and give Miami/Chicago a good run for the money. if not, we're not beating anyone.
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Right now, I wouldn't want to see us play the Maine Red Claws.
lol
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Knicks.
Mostly because I want the Pacers to somehow play the Heat before the Celtics do. Not a chance of it happening.
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Pacers, they lack scoring and are prone to the droughts that plagued the C's in the past. Against a team like that we can steal an away game when their shots aren't falling
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Pacers. A team that is already prone to long scoring droughts, a problem that could be exasperated by our defense (with a healthy KG).
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Either one. If KG is healthy I feel we beat either one in 6 games or less. With the preperation between games and the rest, the Celtics are a team built for the playoffs.
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Streaky Knicks
if shots aren't falling they tend to go for Melo-ball
and what a better way to start playoffs with a Honey Nut Cheerios :D
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New York. I don't care how well they're playing lately, they're still the Knicks. Live by the 3, die by the 3.
The three teams I love to beat are Lakers, Heat, Knicks in that order. It would be great to knock them out of the playoffs again.
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Knicks.
Pacers will be a tough out mainly because they like playing defense. i hope pacers knock out the heat actually.