The 2008 Celtics only won the championship because they had home court advantage
I just think about that 2008 season. Us having home court advantage actually was the key reason why we, the number one reason why we won the NBA championship. It was the number one reason because we knew once we got you back to the garden, we was gonna spike that ass.
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I think [the critics] are wrong. I think Jayson Tatum just gets picked on. He's had nothing but success in his NBA career. He hasn't won a championship, but he's still had an extremely successful beginning of his career.
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Prediction for Saturday night: Win by 33. I guess a little, you know, you got an extra one. 101 [total series point differential].
The Celtics will sweep the rest of the playoffs through the Eastern Conference Finals
We're the Boston Celtics. We're gonna beat the fuck out of 'em the next game. Beat the fuck out of 'em again. Beat the fuck out of 'em again. And then the Pacers and Knicks are both gonna be dead by the time they come to us. That's a clean sweep, clean sweep.
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I said the T-Wolves got them crying like babies. The Denver Nuggets are doing all that damn crying. What the babies gonna do if you gonna do all that damn crying? They had Michael Malone whining to the referees. They had Jamal Murray crying to the referees. They had them uncomfortable.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander should have won the 2023-24 NBA MVP over Nikola Jokic
I voted for SGA. I voted for Shai because Shai last year Oklahoma didn't even make the playoffs. This year they're the number one seed in the Western conference. He's first in the league in steals, shooting 54% from the field as a shooting guard... He has the best record in the tough Western Conference.