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Quote from: Russlenat on June 04, 2022, 08:25:38 AM

I think everyone is riding with the Warriors again, but I also believe that some people might be tempted to put an ML bet on the Boston Celtics because they beat the Warriors in game 1 and it's possible that they could do it again.

That's what I thought too until ESPN said Boston Celtics has the higher chance of winning the Finals this year against the Warriors. People became skeptical about it at first until the result of the game 1. Some people will now turn to root for the Celtics after game 1, but for me the Warriors still has a higher chances to win the title, though I've loved to see Tatum and Brown and especially for Horford to win their first ring.
But who knows, If the Celtics win again in game 2, then that would be very difficult situation for the Warriors and the Celtics will most likely to win the title this year.

Game 2 is very crucial for the Warriors, they can't afford to allow the Celtics to dominate them again, because even with just one quarter, anything can change and it will favor the Celtics. 2nd game of defending their home court, I'm expecting a blowout win here.

I definitely don’t think the fourth quarter heroics we saw from Boston will be the norm. I would agree that the Warriors are going to come out and slap them around tonight, but if they did lose here they’d be facing a few games in Boston while being behind in the series. That would be cause for concern. I’m sticking with the warriors for tonight. I think they’ll get their vengeance for last game.

They wouldnt be allowing for it to happen but the question is, would they able to do it again? For sure they wont and thats why i do also see Warriors would be getting this game 2.

Quote from: Viscore on June 05, 2022, 05:53:48 PM

We are seeing a lot of momentum from Celtics this season but things changed when in the finals. Especially that they are competing with the battle tested GSW, i guess the next games will be tougher than ever. The Game 1 was definitely very entertaining, both of the teams are well competitive. I just hope that there will be less serious injuries this time as it could trigger the performance of their star players, which will affect the whole team as well.

We are all hoping for no injuries to happen on the series so that we would able to see a very interesting games throughout to the end without having those handicaps or
disadvantage just because one of their core players had suffered injuries and thats not entertaining at all. Cool

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Quote from: sunsilk on June 03, 2022, 05:33:52 PM

Finals so it's gotta be Celtics or Warriors.

Game 2 soon and the game 1 was full of excitement and hype. This was the first time again more than years ago when I've watched Celtics at the finals.

The rookie in the finals have made their very first momentum and hopefully, they'll make it again but this is GSW. They're known as one of the kings of the finals.

We are seeing a lot of momentum from Celtics this season but things changed when in the finals. Especially that they are competing with the battle tested GSW, i guess the next games will be tougher than ever. The Game 1 was definitely very entertaining, both of the teams are well competitive. I just hope that there will be less serious injuries this time as it could trigger the performance of their star players, which will affect the whole team as well.

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Quote from: Russlenat on June 04, 2022, 05:39:03 PM

Quote from: Russlenat on June 04, 2022, 08:25:38 AM

I think everyone is riding with the Warriors again, but I also believe that some people might be tempted to put an ML bet on the Boston Celtics because they beat the Warriors in game 1 and it's possible that they could do it again.

That's what I thought too until ESPN said Boston Celtics has the higher chance of winning the Finals this year against the Warriors. People became skeptical about it at first until the result of the game 1. Some people will now turn to root for the Celtics after game 1, but for me the Warriors still has a higher chances to win the title, though I've loved to see Tatum and Brown and especially for Horford to win their first ring.
But who knows, If the Celtics win again in game 2, then that would be very difficult situation for the Warriors and the Celtics will most likely to win the title this year.

Game 2 is very crucial for the Warriors, they can't afford to allow the Celtics to dominate them again, because even with just one quarter, anything can change and it will favor the Celtics. 2nd game of defending their home court, I'm expecting a blowout win here.

I definitely don’t think the fourth quarter heroics we saw from Boston will be the norm. I would agree that the Warriors are going to come out and slap them around tonight, but if they did lose here they’d be facing a few games in Boston while being behind in the series. That would be cause for concern. I’m sticking with the warriors for tonight. I think they’ll get their vengeance for last game.

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Quote from: agustina2 on June 03, 2022, 07:24:21 PM

They do need on having balance in terms of defense yet they cant just box out Tatum or isolate but also in Horford as well. I dont have any doubts that Warriors would be getting the next win of this championship.

Jayson Tatum was well-defended plus the fact that he is not at his best on that night. The problem is the Golden State Warriors just feel relaxed. Try to watch the replay and see how the Warriors are just giving up some Celtics shots with no proper defense. They already assumed that the Celtics won't come from behind.

When Celtics are now narrowing down the lead, it's too late for them now to match the Celtics' momentum that's already at the peak while the Warriors have to start again at the scratch. I know they want to win the championship at the Chase Center but too much relaxation can result in a bitter loss.

Being too confident could really mess up everything but pretty sure that they had raised up their guard on next game yet they had lost that game 1. Celtics should made out some changes too considering that their

playstyle was already known and adjustments would be made on countering that, on whom should be focused to be defended with and whose gonna play on that role.

If they would continue on such behavior then they would really just still repeat on the same outcome of Game 1.

I guess they were not that confident enough because they quite know that this is the finals, they just didn't expect that the Celtics would chase them down and make a serious clutch in the 4th quarter which they haven't also scored for almost 5 minutes while the Celtics were busy shooting deep threes outside. Celtics will really eat them and dominate them if they won't make some true changes in Game 2.

You had precisely said on what happened on that Game
Here's some stats on 3 point succession in between two teams.
GSW - 42.2%
Celtics - 51.2%

It might be small on different percentage but this turns out to be a bad night for Warriors or simply
the defense is just too tight?

The defense of the Celtics in the 4th quarter was good but at the same time, they were also lucky with their 3 point shots.
Here's the 3 point shooting of the top 3 point performances from the Celtics.

Horford 6-8
White 5-8
Smart 4-7

Great numbers right?

And I'll add to that, the Boston Celtics have an 88.6% field-goal percentage in the fourth quarter. Wink

Yes, they got a good defensive strategy and they exactly outsmarted the play of the Warriors, surely none of them expected that they could be defeated after having a good run and owning 3 quarters. The Celtics on the other hand just owned the 4th quarter but that single quarter was the game-changer.

Just the three players with the highest 3-point performance almost covered half of the Warriors total score.

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Quote from: Russlenat on June 04, 2022, 08:25:38 AM

I think everyone is riding with the Warriors again, but I also believe that some people might be tempted to put an ML bet on the Boston Celtics because they beat the Warriors in game 1 and it's possible that they could do it again.

That's what I thought too until ESPN said Boston Celtics has the higher chance of winning the Finals this year against the Warriors. People became skeptical about it at first until the result of the game 1. Some people will now turn to root for the Celtics after game 1, but for me the Warriors still has a higher chances to win the title, though I've loved to see Tatum and Brown and especially for Horford to win their first ring.
But who knows, If the Celtics win again in game 2, then that would be very difficult situation for the Warriors and the Celtics will most likely to win the title this year.

Game 2 is very crucial for the Warriors, they can't afford to allow the Celtics to dominate them again, because even with just one quarter, anything can change and it will favor the Celtics. 2nd game of defending their home court, I'm expecting a blowout win here.

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^^ Yes, those outside 3's really did the job for the Celtics. I mean of all the opponents of the Warriors this playoff, no one shots better than the Celtics in last game. So they could be lucky or just the Warriors gives them that opportunity to shot and fortunately, almost all of the shots went it. So the adjustments are now on the side of the Warriors. And the Celtics 'hoping' to have that kind of shooting again. Actually they gave the Mavs this kind of open look, but they were not able to convert it, if I'm not mistaken.

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Quote from: Lanatsa on June 04, 2022, 03:48:25 PM

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Quote from: freedomgo on June 04, 2022, 03:22:59 PM

They do need on having balance in terms of defense yet they cant just box out Tatum or isolate but also in Horford as well. I dont have any doubts that Warriors would be getting the next win of this championship.

Jayson Tatum was well-defended plus the fact that he is not at his best on that night. The problem is the Golden State Warriors just feel relaxed. Try to watch the replay and see how the Warriors are just giving up some Celtics shots with no proper defense. They already assumed that the Celtics won't come from behind.

When Celtics are now narrowing down the lead, it's too late for them now to match the Celtics' momentum that's already at the peak while the Warriors have to start again at the scratch. I know they want to win the championship at the Chase Center but too much relaxation can result in a bitter loss.

Being too confident could really mess up everything but pretty sure that they had raised up their guard on next game yet they had lost that game 1. Celtics should made out some changes too considering that their

playstyle was already known and adjustments would be made on countering that, on whom should be focused to be defended with and whose gonna play on that role.

If they would continue on such behavior then they would really just still repeat on the same outcome of Game 1.

I guess they were not that confident enough because they quite know that this is the finals, they just didn't expect that the Celtics would chase them down and make a serious clutch in the 4th quarter which they haven't also scored for almost 5 minutes while the Celtics were busy shooting deep threes outside. Celtics will really eat them and dominate them if they won't make some true changes in Game 2.

You had precisely said on what happened on that Game
Here's some stats on 3 point succession in between two teams.
GSW - 42.2%
Celtics - 51.2%

It might be small on different percentage but this turns out to be a bad night for Warriors or simply
the defense is just too tight?

The defense of the Celtics in the 4th quarter was good but at the same time, they were also lucky with their 3 point shots.
Here's the 3 point shooting of the top 3 point performances from the Celtics.

Horford 6-8
White 5-8
Smart 4-7

Great numbers right?

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Quote from: agustina2 on June 03, 2022, 07:24:21 PM

They do need on having balance in terms of defense yet they cant just box out Tatum or isolate but also in Horford as well. I dont have any doubts that Warriors would be getting the next win of this championship.

Jayson Tatum was well-defended plus the fact that he is not at his best on that night. The problem is the Golden State Warriors just feel relaxed. Try to watch the replay and see how the Warriors are just giving up some Celtics shots with no proper defense. They already assumed that the Celtics won't come from behind.

When Celtics are now narrowing down the lead, it's too late for them now to match the Celtics' momentum that's already at the peak while the Warriors have to start again at the scratch. I know they want to win the championship at the Chase Center but too much relaxation can result in a bitter loss.

Being too confident could really mess up everything but pretty sure that they had raised up their guard on next game yet they had lost that game 1. Celtics should made out some changes too considering that their

playstyle was already known and adjustments would be made on countering that, on whom should be focused to be defended with and whose gonna play on that role.

If they would continue on such behavior then they would really just still repeat on the same outcome of Game 1.

I guess they were not that confident enough because they quite know that this is the finals, they just didn't expect that the Celtics would chase them down and make a serious clutch in the 4th quarter which they haven't also scored for almost 5 minutes while the Celtics were busy shooting deep threes outside. Celtics will really eat them and dominate them if they won't make some true changes in Game 2.

You had precisely said on what happened on that Game
Here's some stats on 3 point succession in between two teams.
GSW - 42.2%
Celtics - 51.2%

It might be small on different percentage but this turns out to be a bad night for Warriors or simply
the defense is just too tight?

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Quote from: agustina2 on June 03, 2022, 07:24:21 PM

They do need on having balance in terms of defense yet they cant just box out Tatum or isolate but also in Horford as well. I dont have any doubts that Warriors would be getting the next win of this championship.

Jayson Tatum was well-defended plus the fact that he is not at his best on that night. The problem is the Golden State Warriors just feel relaxed. Try to watch the replay and see how the Warriors are just giving up some Celtics shots with no proper defense. They already assumed that the Celtics won't come from behind.

When Celtics are now narrowing down the lead, it's too late for them now to match the Celtics' momentum that's already at the peak while the Warriors have to start again at the scratch. I know they want to win the championship at the Chase Center but too much relaxation can result in a bitter loss.

Being too confident could really mess up everything but pretty sure that they had raised up their guard on next game yet they had lost that game 1. Celtics should made out some changes too considering that their

playstyle was already known and adjustments would be made on countering that, on whom should be focused to be defended with and whose gonna play on that role.

If they would continue on such behavior then they would really just still repeat on the same outcome of Game 1.

I guess they were not that confident enough because they quite know that this is the finals, they just didn't expect that the Celtics would chase them down and make a serious clutch in the 4th quarter which they haven't also scored for almost 5 minutes while the Celtics were busy shooting deep threes outside. Celtics will really eat them and dominate them if they won't make some true changes in Game 2.

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