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Originally Posted by feedthabeast
And they lose to the mother ****ing Bobcats.
All I can say is:
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Originally Posted by BobboFitos
It's the Jeff Green virus. He's infected the team, he's in the bloodstream
Sigh.
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Originally Posted by Turn Prophet
Problem is that they're relying on the 2nd unit to shoulder a big burden (Krstic, Davis, and Green are all rightfully 2nd unit players), but at the same time, they're not getting nearly enough rest for the Big 3 with the playoffs coming up! I can't say I fully get it with what Doc is running right now.
The bigger problem is 2 guys we counted on (Shaq and JON) have been no shows for half+ of the season. I understand saving the big guys for the playoffs, but #cmonson... This has cost us the #1 seed!
Also, it doesn't help they keep playing Green as a PF. What gives?
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Hopefully the reemergence of Shaq (next week, maybe?) will re-energize the team a little bit. They just look tired, run down, and awful right now.
Pregame show tonight said he is supposed to be back April 1st, but who knows at this point.
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If they can pull off victories vs. Chicago and Miami in the home stretch, that will give us some playoff momentum, but it will be a long road if Boston falls to the 3rd seed, which is incredibly possible right now. They are the most experienced team and more likely to win on the road than the other elite teams, but it's still a tough journey, and losing a lot of these games will make it very likely that they will not have home court in the Finals, either.
I SHUDDER at the notion of going @MIA, @CHI, and then @LAL or @SAS. Because if we're the 3 seed, that's the reality.
Good news is we have a game in the loss column AND the tiebreak vs Miami, but we really ****ed everything for ourselves.
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It's a tough road, but if any team can do it, it's Boston. No other team (other than maybe LA *shudder*) could get this kind of benefit of the doubt. Even having to face the Heat in Miami, I have to consider Boston the favorites, especially if they have Shaq even on limited minutes.
I don't think we're the favorites, but it's coin-flipping. Basically, as a 3 seed, we probably have to win 3 coinflips in a row. As a 1 seed, we increase our championship expectation bigtime