Quick thoughts and then I'm out on talking about this stuff for a while:
I don't want to hear your "house money" takes. You never know how many times you're going to get a Game 7 on your homecourt for a chance at the Finals. The Celts are still waiting for that signature win against LeBron in the years since 2010.
This was a golden opportunity and they came up short. In heartbreaking fashion, I might add. They fell apart in the last few minutes of Game 7. Reminded me a little bit of Game 7 in 2010 in LA.
I am legitimately sad that they lost. Tomorrow I'll wake up and I'll remember how young they are and how Tatum is great and all the draft picks and Kyrie and Hayward coming back, etc. I'll remember LeBron will be another year older and he might change teams. But tonight, I'm sad. I was really looking forward to being excited about the Celts winning Game 7 against a very flawed, very beatable Cavs team. It didn't happen, and not only that, but the Celts lost because they couldn't steady themselves enough to make shots when it mattered late in the game. It's going to be difficult carrying that around all summer.
LeBron is the greatest basketball player of all time. Talk to me all you want about MJ, LeBron is at least 1B. He's just too good.
Sometimes basketball is a stupid, overly simple sport. One team has LeBron and the other doesn't.
The Celts missed shots tonight that they made all season. That's really hard to swallow, but it's how it goes.
I'm happy for Jeff Green.
This was a fun season but I'm sick over how it ended. I really believed they were good enough to beat the Cavs, and I didn't think they would go out like that -- losing their composure, missing shot after shot while LeBron held steady.
But again, sometimes basketball is stupid. The Cavaliers had LeBron tonight. That was enough.