I’m starting to get legit embarrassed from all of these fans freaking out after losing one game after going up 3-0. Absolute crazyville.
Interesting-Head-841
Can I be real for a sec here? What’s with all the coping posts. We don’t need to go back 24 years for historical citation in order to win on Monday. Maybe we win that, maybe we don’t, but the team itself knows what’s at stake and they’re prepared. They are.
Maybe what we should be referencing is when was the last finals sweep. There’s been 3 this millennium and the winning team was either historically dominant or it was just a huge mismatch.
LFG Celtics, let’s stop with these baby posts. Mavs are a good team with two great players, it’s a series.
Eisenhorn76
And also to MJ’s Bulls and the KD Warriors:
In close-out games:
– The 1996 Bulls lost by 21 with a 3-0 lead; – The 2017 Warriors lost by 21 with a 3-0 lead; and – The 2000 Lakers lost by 33 with a 3-1 lead.
Close-out games are HARD.
Full-Flight-5211
If we go back in time and said we would take 1 of 2 in Dallas, everyone would take that.
fffate
That’s why I avoided this sub yesterday to avoid seeing those kind of posts. Imagine panicking up 3 fucking 0 and looking the more superior team except for one game.
Vandelar28
I think kind of on both sides of this its a bit of a hard thing to get around.
On one side, yes history says this is fine. There are other occasions this has happened, there are no 0-3 comebacks in a 7 game series, and the celtics havent lost 4 in a row in forever.
However, that doesn’t mean anything. History doesn’t have anything to do with Game 5. No team had lost to a 16 seed in the NCAA tourney as a 1 seed, yet Virginia did (and then Purdue did)
However, on the other side, no we aren’t like in a horrible mess. Obviously this is why having both home court advantage, and being the best team in the NBA all year, and having went up 3-0 and holding onto leads in two close games was important.
So no, we aren’t doomed, but we also cant just look at history to cope. Our players know (or at least should) that this is insanely serious.
jpaxlux
Win Monday and there’s no problem. We can look back on Game 4 and laugh because winning a series in 5 games with a negative point differential is probably the most Celtics thing ever. Lose Game 5 and *then* you can start being worried a little bit.
Oceanbreeze871
Heat lost game 3 of the 2013 finals 77-113. Role players we can’t remember had an insane career game.
Heat still won the title.
“San Antonio bounced back in Game 3, setting the Finals record for most three-pointers in a game (16), and giving the Heat their worst loss in franchise playoff history. The Spurs ensured the game was a blowout by outscoring Miami 35–14 in the fourth quarter after leading 78–63 at the end of the third. Gary Neal had one of the best games of his career, making 6-of-10 three-point shot attempts and finishing with 24 points, and Danny Green led all Spurs players with 27 points while hitting 7-of-9 from behind the arc. “
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I’m starting to get legit embarrassed from all of these fans freaking out after losing one game after going up 3-0. Absolute crazyville.
Can I be real for a sec here? What’s with all the coping posts. We don’t need to go back 24 years for historical citation in order to win on Monday. Maybe we win that, maybe we don’t, but the team itself knows what’s at stake and they’re prepared. They are.
Maybe what we should be referencing is when was the last finals sweep. There’s been 3 this millennium and the winning team was either historically dominant or it was just a huge mismatch.
LFG Celtics, let’s stop with these baby posts. Mavs are a good team with two great players, it’s a series.
And also to MJ’s Bulls and the KD Warriors:
In close-out games:
– The 1996 Bulls lost by 21 with a 3-0 lead;
– The 2017 Warriors lost by 21 with a 3-0 lead; and
– The 2000 Lakers lost by 33 with a 3-1 lead.
Close-out games are HARD.
If we go back in time and said we would take 1 of 2 in Dallas, everyone would take that.
That’s why I avoided this sub yesterday to avoid seeing those kind of posts. Imagine panicking up 3 fucking 0 and looking the more superior team except for one game.
I think kind of on both sides of this its a bit of a hard thing to get around.
On one side, yes history says this is fine. There are other occasions this has happened, there are no 0-3 comebacks in a 7 game series, and the celtics havent lost 4 in a row in forever.
However, that doesn’t mean anything. History doesn’t have anything to do with Game 5. No team had lost to a 16 seed in the NCAA tourney as a 1 seed, yet Virginia did (and then Purdue did)
However, on the other side, no we aren’t like in a horrible mess. Obviously this is why having both home court advantage, and being the best team in the NBA all year, and having went up 3-0 and holding onto leads in two close games was important.
So no, we aren’t doomed, but we also cant just look at history to cope. Our players know (or at least should) that this is insanely serious.
Win Monday and there’s no problem. We can look back on Game 4 and laugh because winning a series in 5 games with a negative point differential is probably the most Celtics thing ever. Lose Game 5 and *then* you can start being worried a little bit.
Heat lost game 3 of the 2013 finals 77-113. Role players we can’t remember had an insane career game.
Heat still won the title.
“San Antonio bounced back in Game 3, setting the Finals record for most three-pointers in a game (16), and giving the Heat their worst loss in franchise playoff history. The Spurs ensured the game was a blowout by outscoring Miami 35–14 in the fourth quarter after leading 78–63 at the end of the third. Gary Neal had one of the best games of his career, making 6-of-10 three-point shot attempts and finishing with 24 points, and Danny Green led all Spurs players with 27 points while hitting 7-of-9 from behind the arc. “
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_NBA_Finals
Oilers are now routing the Panthers to avoid their own sweep.
Florida panthers are getting crushed 5-1 early in the second period tonight and I’m sure they aren’t worried about closing it out