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Of course they were. 3 of 'em were suicide drives into the front of the rim by Bryant. He'd waited for the 4th to do that. He snatched the life right of 'em.
Just like that.
Success.
Of course they were. 3 of 'em were suicide drives into the front of the rim by Bryant. He'd waited for the 4th to do that. He snatched the life right of 'em.
Just like that.
20 extra free throws in a Quarter where the Lakers were shooting under 30% for the game
IMO, 2nd worst fixing job I've seen in my years of an NBA fan
That's just sour grapes from a Lakers hater.
Shame, shame, everybody knows yer name.
Kobe got benched in the 4th Quarter. Guy was having a career meltdown on national television.
Celtics were powerless to the bull that was occurring
This guy almost makes me want to root for Miami in the next round.
Success. They never choked. They had injuries and lost to better teams. They maxed out IMO.
that's a stretch
Success. If they hadn't had those injuries to key players we could have made this thread about the Lakers.
Considering that we absolutely sucked for roughly 15 years... I'd say that anyone that thinks that is an idiot.
They should have two les. A certain Perkins injury and his subsequent trade just gutted that team. KG's injury in 09 may have gotten them a third, but that's total conjecture compared to what we all saw in last year's Finals. A success, but not the kind they were hoping for, and it's due thanks to depending on aging, cagey star vets in the hunt for a ring. Now they slip back into mediocrity for some more years.
Forget injuries and other gray area-type stuff.
2007, Boston snags Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett to team with Paul Pierce. Once that happened, how many les did you expect Boston to win? Did they achieve that number? Remember, these three were doing TV interviews with Bill Russell about living up to the great Celtic teams of years past.
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I never thought they were going to win it all the first year, also I didn't think it was a sure thing for them to ever win a championship like I do now with the Heat.
What were they supposed to say? "Well, we'll just be happy to ring once. That's all we're going for."
The key question to ask is, how many les did Bostonfan think they would win?
And the answer is that we had no clue. We were hoping they'd win at least one, but we didn't think it was a guarantee. The three meshed better than we could have expected, and we won a great series over the Lakers, and we were compe ive enough to lose to the Lakers two years later.
There were some amazing playoff series along the way (against the Bulls, Cavs multiple years, the devastating loss to Orlando in 09, the game where Wade singlehandedly prevented a sweep, etc etc).
Is any Boston fan truly disappointed by that? Only the dumb ones.
Pierce knew he had to ring at least once to be mentioned with the all-time Celtics. He did that. Missions accomplished.
Although after winning that one the very first year after making those moves, I would figure expectations of Boston fans changed.
it got them out of 20 years of irrelevance..so success.
True champions repeat. They didn't, so it was a failure. Cool with me though.
Fail trolling :pTrue champions repeat. They didn't, so it was a failure. Cool with me though.
True champions octopeat. Therefore, there has only been one champion in the NBA.
Sure, but they're tempered by reality. In 09 KG's injury bit us. In 2010 we got to Game 7 of the Finals, and lost due to poor rebounding with Perkins out. And this year, they made that stupid trade, and got beat by a team with two of the top 5 players in the league.
Nature of the beast. It's not like they went out getting swept, losing by 36, and throwing cheap shots.
To me, the most disappointing loss was the 09 one, since we were on our home court and I really expected us to win.
No, but, make no mistake, you got yer ass handed to ya last night. And you were made to like it.
zing
fascinating how the douchiest team in the L (sorry Lng) got thoroughly out- d by the Lakers
Success. Championships are hard to come by. They were a major force coming out of the East within the past three years.
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