Concerned Celtics have not been tested after 12-2 postseason record going into NBA Finals? | SPEAK

[@SpeakOnFS1]

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[@phd0830]

Celtics will smoke mavs….celtics won 3-0 during the regular season

[@Buckinghammocks]

Someone's getting fired...

[@Caddyyyy]

TESTEDDDDDD Tatum and brown have been tested every year they've been in the playoffs.

[@tommyhooks6478]

And failed every time

[@deoncausey9301]

Tatum never show up

[@Caddyyyy]

@@tommyhooks6478 other than the gsw and lebron alot of NBA players have failed

[@youngmindelevation1176]

@@tommyhooks6478I’m coming back after they win

[@spankmunky316]

@@tommyhooks6478 Thats not the point and that's not the question. The question is, are the Celtics been tested. Nobody asked if they won. THEY ARE TESTED.

[@spl1x]

Celtics are doing this WITHOUT the cheat code Kristaps Porzingis. Now he'll be back for the finals, maybe rusty, but he's the key to the Celts finishing this thing.

[@zion6603]

Calling porzingis a cheat code lmfaoo, horford better than bro 😭

[@augustmoon0004]

@@zion6603 Tell us you haven't watched one Celtics game this year without telling us!

[@SDesWriter]

20ppg & 7 rebounds is "The cheat code"?

[@spl1x]

@@SDesWriter Do you understand basketball? Like, at all? Loser. Celts will show you all about 5 out hoops, and nailing pick and pops. Good lord.

[@SuperDunk1000]

@@zion6603 you still think Porzingis isn’t a cheat code? Lmaooooo

[@Blackbolt-411]

I’ve never seen the media try and divide two teammates to this extent out side of Shaq and Kobe . They’ve had success together and all the media wants to do is say “ who ya more valuable “

[@ziggazow1290]

Lebron and Kyrie

[@redwolf_28hdgaming59]

The goal post gets moved so much for the Celtics no matter what they do!!

[@օիըգղլշ]

The hate is real

[@nonanimeprofilepic]

its cus boston is a racist city and the media doesnt like white people

[@officialiamjord]

Extremely real. They say they haven’t been down in a series so it’s a concern. Imagine if the went down 0-1 in a series. 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@cloudytrichomes]

@@օիըգղլշ It's not even hate because they are the Celtics. It's hate because it's Boston and they still can't get over the 20 years filled with championships across all Boston sports teams.

[@carnellbell1866]

For real huh

[@tristingarcia5718]

Yo the Tatum disrespect is wild. Tatum has technically won more than Luka (I know neither have won the chip but Tatum has been in more high leverage games)

[@AngelValdez-mr3fq]

And lost them all.

[@redneckreactions6153]

Part of it comes from lack of real competition. Like they’ve played the pacers in the ECF, who should’ve never been there lol now in the regular season they simply play in the weaker conference. He’d get more respect if they actually win the finals

[@dannyjudah1448]

And had better team and been in the league longer luka is just better

[@cyrico2955]

​@@redneckreactions6153Pacers had #1 offense in the NBA this year. Let that sink in for a moment.

[@henrymago2710]

Done more… he holds the record for most turnovers in a playoff run ever 😂😭😭

[@nicholaseaster58]

Celtics are 76-20 this season, and have dominated the NBA all season long. The Celtics have the talent advantage, home court and swept the season series easily. Porzingis being back is just a bonus. I'll take the Celtics. Luka is a generational talent though so you can't count him out.

[@robertseda4137]

Mavs in 6

[@CoryJones-mj9on]

I'd say they're 71-12 instead of 64-18

[@CoryJones-mj9on]

@@robertseda4137 lmao they choked 🤣☝

[@AmySloan-yb6qk]

Well what has Luka done better than Tatum or even Anthony Edwards that was getting glazed. I mean Jaylen Brown has been better than some of these Younger players in my opinion

[@SuperDunk1000]

Luka is generationally bad on defense 😂

[@JasenMinus]

Also, so we KNOW Luka will show up? What finals has he been in in the NBA?

[@henrystreet6152]

Better question is when has Luka not shown up in a playoff series? It being the Finals won’t change his approach

[@jonpetter8921]

Luka has already been in two two finals before he came to the NBA. And he won both finals: Euro League and European championship. And believe me the pressure from away fans in those Euro League games are another level compared to NBA.

[@kheok2841]

well 1 player has been to one and didn't show up and one is known for winning the second greatest championship in basketball and is known for his playoff performances. soooo

[@giffondhall9214]

Who cares?

[@paulburns2008]

I guess we're about to find out, won't we?

[@Tugerson357]

These guys forget that Celtics beat a Brooklyn nets team with Kyrie swept them in the playoffs…. Undefeated against the Mavs with the same team….they always discredit Celtics after Celtics win 🏆 i want to hear they say then…

Keven Durants toe was on the line

[@devaughnvirgil2238]

Man I'm trying to remember the last time a Kyrie team beat the Celtics 🤔

[@Tyy2valid]

Buddy that was against the bucks, watch basketball

[@Bubblebotbop]

Wrong series ..

[@looseseal8027]

@@devaughnvirgil2238the Celtics are on a 10 game win streak vs Kyrie

[@kingpin22s]

The Celtics have been the best team in the LEAGUE this year. But suddenly they haven't been "tested".... c'mon.

[@JC-xx2vu]

Tatum literally took bron to game 7 at 19 Stop the cap 😂

[@godsoracle1212]

All these years later and nothing

[@justhere6507]

@@godsoracle1212all these years later and doncic NOTHING all these years later and Shai NOTHING cahoots call it both ways and hop off dikkks

[@EaglesGonnaFly]

@@godsoracle1212😂😂 what young player has done more then JT don’t say Luka

[@dab0mb1]

And would have beat the Cavs in 6 games if he passed the ball to Brown, Terry and Smart all 3 shot way better than Tatum. Tatum was horrible in game 6.

[@kalvinbaber5484]

​@@EaglesGonnaFlyAnthony Edwards

[@DevinFenwick-f1l]

James Jones saying JB is #5 should tell you everything you need to know about his basketball knowledge lol

[@j_c_d_b]

💀

[@mikediao15]

didn't Celtic swept Dallas in regular season

[@gamingeagle19]

well it was two games but yeah. They also haven't played the Mavs since March and the Mavs have GREATLY improved since then.

[@Dallaschamps]

Just like clippers okc and Minnesota are 3-1 against Dallas and all of them are going to Cancun

[@franknatti5367]

@@DallaschampsAll them you named can’t beat Celtics either. Lmao Luka might get swept

[@giffondhall9214]

WHo cares?

[@Dallaschamps]

@@franknatti5367 you’re missing the point

[@hakimbrown1577]

There argument is flawed because they are forgetting that the Celtics are not playing at 100% Porzingis been out since the 1st round if I’m not mistaken

[@ryanr20091]

your comparison is flawed Porzingis is not their best player so the comparison is not the same as the heat losing jimmy butler

[@ethanfay6091]

@@ryanr20091unfortunately porzingis means a lot more to this championship contender team winning a championship than those players did for their teams to even compete for a chance at winning the east. No one is beating a healthy Celtics.

[@ryanr20091]

@@ethanfay6091how do you know that? there is no evidence to support your claim of how valuable Porzingis is . lol he just got there and hasn't proven anything with them in the playoffs yet. my point still stands the Celtics had it easy not facing teams without their best players . the mavs with kyrie and luka will be too much for the celtics

[@steveraymond982]

​@@ryanr20091did you make that same argument last year when Tatum was hurt? Mavs are 0-2 vs the C's this season lol

[@THEJAESTER718]

That part 🤦🏽‍♂️😂 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🏆

[@umsygamingTT]

From all this bs media I've seen on the Celtics, Joy Taylor has probably had one of the best takes out there. Everybody acting as if the C's coming up against prime Jordan and Lebron in the same team tf.

[@kevinhagberg1648]

This Celtics team has been built and battle tested for this exact moment. This is how you draft and develop a team into a Champion!

[@Shirley-lx5sz]

This is such a normal logical Heat amongst all the hating trolls in the comments lol

[@ryanr20091]

why havent they won a championship by now?

[@drechillin2154]

@@ryanr20091 Brown and Tatum were and still are young

[@ryanr20091]

@@drechillin2154 so will that be the excuse when they inevitably lose against the mavs?

[@trevorD1156]

I feel a massive choke coming,

[@michaelwilson939]

Dallas aint seen nothing like them either....truth be told

[@giffondhall9214]

Cap

[@KiLlACaMrOn94]

@@giffondhall9214nah, it’s facts.

[@HumbleNProud]

True story dallas deff aint ready to be battle tested

[@justhere6507]

@@giffondhall9214clown

[@Theantisocialsocialite1982]

Facts

[@beazy3364]

Mavs havent played a team on the Cs level either, the media keeps skipping over that part.

[@AngelValdez-mr3fq]

Mavs faced 3 50 win teams.

[@Shoqtheropy334]

So you're saying the Timberwolves isn't on the Celtics' level? The same team that knocked off the defending Champions the Nuggets? They also beat the Clippers. Don't say they were missing Kawhi either cause the Clippers won 2 of those games without him plus that Clippers team has the better roster

[@giffondhall9214]

You bugging 😆😆

[@HockeyDudeJames2]

Dude come on

[@beazy3364]

@Shoqtheropy334 No they're not. The Celtics won 64 games, have not one but two top 15 players and the best defensive backcourt in the league. Not to mention KP who is a 20 and 10 big man that defends the post.

[@pravmcharesh7092]

Why do none of these media outlets include the fact that Krista's Porzingus has been out since round 1? A starter and 20ppg scorer yet no coverage on that fact just cos the Celtics had a good regular season? Cmon man.

[@jacobtomasulo9717]

I can’t take this serious when James jones is calling Jaylen brown number 5 with confidence

[@j_c_d_b]

This why football players needa stick to talking football

[@jq8913]

Luka is 23-20 in the playoffs....Tatum is 64-44...don't be surprised when Celtics win in 4 or 5.

[@AngelValdez-mr3fq]

Same amount of rings.

[@godsoracle1212]

Luka actually has another real baller with him now. I got the MAVS in 6 because of home cooking. They’ll always give one to Boston at home.

[@ericfleming2449]

They haven’t beat Boston yet this year in the regular season Kyrie hasn’t beat Boston since he stepped on the logo when he was with the nets got swept by the Celtics when was with the nets I do believe

[@WLJ1287]

@@godsoracle1212lol because of home cooking…a built in excuse I see. You’re a man who is on the fence who likely lacks the confidence to go all in with multiple different things.

[@PhatLayCes7825]

thank you for this comment.

[@79jgibbs]

So let me get this straight: The Celtics haven't been tested with most of these playoff games between the Heat and Pacers going down to the last 3 mins of the game and of course they havent played 50 win teams because neither on of those teams WON 50 games LMAO ...Media is a joke.. You right James Jones.. Stick to Football talk

[@ryanr20091]

no tyler no chance

[@cloudytrichomes]

He can barely talk football neither.

[@tayeld7171]

Talk about Tatum being bad at time well tell me when Luka has played defense lol. Yea Luka is a lil bit better but Tatum close that gap with his defense and can still score and get rebounds at the same level and tbh Tatum passing the ball a lot better now as well. These finals will tell us who is truly the better player is. Win or lose we will know exactly who the better player is.

[@nightspeed2386]

#5? JB is #7.... 🙄🙄🤦🤦

[@coleen687]

#5 is KG!! How do u believe this clown’s take??

[@dab0mb1]

The disrespect 😂

[@fat_snakkzz]

Everyone keeps saying Boston has the easiest way, but in 2017 on Golden State literally swept everybody besides Cleveland in a gentlemen suite nobody said nothing. It’s crazy.😂

[@byranttaylor1535]

Since everyone was injured and porzingis is injured, it's not our fault our team built differently to sustain an injury cudos to our organization

[@macmillysoanti4357]

Joy I feel ya. Hearing ppl talk about the Celtics is outrageous

[@zefear7696]

Nobody gives celtics the credit they deserve no matter what. It doesn't matter to Boston whether they've been tested or what. The goal is the championship and that's where their focus are. Cause no matter what they do,media and ppl will always say they haven't tested in anyway they wanted.

[@ryanr20091]

they play in the jv conference its not tough like the west

[@zefear7696]

@@ryanr20091 it's not their fault the teams in the east sux

[@ryanr20091]

@@zefear7696 not their fault their conference sucks but they cant beat a top west team so don't expect me to look at Celtics as the best team they cant be

[@zefear7696]

@@ryanr20091 who told you they can't beat teams in west? Stop dreaming bruh. U wake up from date $htty dream u havin

[@ryanr20091]

@@zefear7696 proof is they haven't won the title . you have to beat a top west team in order to win the championship kid

[@Watch.Ur_Step]

Marcus Smarts most dangerous attribute was that he thought is Basketball I.Q. was a lot higher than it was. Defensively great by an offensive liability.

[@Kennyjustdoit]

Lmao they was tested the Pacers series, they was down all 4 games and came back to win! Did y’all watch the series?

[@jeanjacques7874]

Son, the Pacers weren’t all that with Tylerburton. Then he goes down in game 2. Yeah they props for winning, but tested? Nah

[@adriankendrick4281]

Yep they were down even in Game 2 before pulling away in the second half

[@devilmaycry3566]

as UD said they weren't tested by the best of the best, they were tested by the best of the rest

[@Kennyjustdoit]

@@jeanjacques7874 basketball is series of plays they were definitely battle tested that series and especially the last game. If JT didn’t hit that clutch 3 they would’ve lost! Battle tested doesn’t have to be down 0-2 in a series! Being down in a game and coming back is also being battle tested!

[@Kennyjustdoit]

@@devilmaycry3566 lmaoooooo being tested is being tested! Doesn’t matter who does it!

[@killz954]

Acho is the worst 😂 he has to purposely display the most basic takes just to stir up the argument.

[@GD1_3]

Hate really needs to stop! Aint there fault! They play whos in front of them!! Oh and they're 27-3 vs the west

[@jaysmooth4998]

Nah Shady, 64 wins is not a regular thing.

[@JDigg99]

Denver didn't face a 50 win team in their run last year. Ijs...🙄

[@officialiamjord]

Shady hasn’t watched that much Celtics basketball to see the difference between last year and this year.

[@df6148]

Tested? They lost to GSW in the finals 2 years ago. They’ve been thinking about that everyday *SINCE* and if they face the Mavs they will know that this test will be even harder. Because they lost to an aged version of the Splash Bros. Now possibly have to deal with Kyrie and Luka. Unless the Wolves pull a miracle. Last season they were down 0-3 and forced a game 7 that they lost to the Heat. It would’ve been 3 straight Finals appearances. This team is HUNGRY. Well c how hungry.

[@BlockchainBreakthru]

Mavs haven't beat Cs since 2022. They blew the Mavs out post trade deadline

[@The_McD]

They’re mentally tougher but they can’t overrely on the 3 when it’s not dropping. If they rotate the ball and get into the paint they can prevail. The style of play needs to adjust against a better mavs team than regular season.

[@anthonymelendez333]

@@The_McDthis right here your comment shows you haven’t watched them all season They still shoot the three until it falls but Tatum and brown are going to the rim now when cold it’s how they swept the pacers in a shooting slump bruh

[@wuggyshuggy]

Even if it was an aged version of the splash bros . Curry went off in that series. He was shooting from the bench and swishing it.

[@Mizzy-h1d]

2022 warriors were miles better than this mavs team

[@aidenpadros4632]

Luka had 37 12 11, but still lost by 28 to Celtics, I don't think they really need to "gameplan" for Luka if his stats don't affect the game

[@Itzdakiing242]

Why do they even ask Joi anything? All she ever does is agree with anything Shady says. JOI MCCOY

[@tylerf.6741]

Man being a Celtics fan is hating ESPN the Celtics hate is wild

[@SSJRome]

I think the pacers tested them pretty well

[@giffondhall9214]

Stop it 😆😆😆

[@KiLlACaMrOn94]

@@giffondhall9214The Pacers have a WAY better offense than the Mavs 💯

[@justhere6507]

@@giffondhall9214you probably didn’t even watch the series how many games did you watch this year I’m actually curious?🧐 you definitely a casual if you really think pacers are as bad as everyone else says they’d of done the same thing to mavs and Timberwolves number one offenses and pace these dudes shot like 60% whole series

[@CoryJones-mj9on]

@@KiLlACaMrOn94 an beat all the teams Dallas haved faced.

[@reidyamane736]

What the Speak team forgot to mention is that both teams faced off against each other twice this season. The Celtics are 2-0 against the Mavs. Doncic and Irving played together in both games....

[@hakimbrown1577]

Tatum is just as good as Luka if not better the disrespect has to stop Tatum is one of them

[@HockeyDudeJames2]

I like Tatum man. But it's hard to make an argument that he's even equal with Luka at this point. Numbers on a lesser team have to matter at some point.

[@hakimbrown1577]

@@HockeyDudeJames2 who are you referring to as a lesser team ?

[@EaglesGonnaFly]

@@hakimbrown1577He talking bout Luka but this argument has to stop JT ain’t pick his team bruh he just plays basketball really look at his game he making the same passes Luka makes now so this gap they keep trying to put there is no longer there JT can’t shoot like Luka be he can score with him easily doe

[@SuperDunk1000]

@@HockeyDudeJames2Luka’s defense is nonexistent

[@augustmoon0004]

Luca takes way more shots and his defense is way worse!

[@jctslice]

Yeah, I'm very concerned about that. I've been concerned all playoffs about that. I'm a big proponent in iron sharpening iron. Celtics haven't faced iron yet, so it's a little harder to gage how dominant they really are

[@KiLlACaMrOn94]

76-20 is dominant 64-18 is dominant

[@devaughnvirgil2238]

Lolll are you saying you just started following the Cs? Cuz for the past 3 seasons been preparing for this moment

[@devaughnvirgil2238]

Nobody saying the Mavs ain face a team like Boston yet tho...shows the disrespect for the league's best team

[@ryanr20091]

@@devaughnvirgil2238 Timberwolves have the vest defense in the league kid and are about to be sent home by yours truly lol

[@devaughnvirgil2238]

@@ryanr20091 Timberwolves ain the Celtics kid

[@zefear7696]

Guess what. Porzingis injured too for a long time 😅

[@TheOnlyDTM]

Acho that dude at the party who constantly tryna “educate” and “lemme put you on game real quick” when absolutely no one asked him to

[@mamadousy9632]

agreed they haven't been tested but its not their fault you can only play what's in front of you

[@johnarrigo5050]

Bills Parcells said "Your record tells you who you are " Celt8cs beat lower seed teams, Jimmy Butler, Haliburton or Mitchell would make no difference

[@brodybijeau2682]

I love how everyone talks about how the Celtics have played teams without their key players yet nobody says anything about Porzingis….. like we missing a key player too!!!!

[@ryanr20091]

Porzingis is not their best player thats why

[@Bigpanda0721]

@@ryanr20091stop being a casual , everyone knows KP in the line up turn the Celtics to a diff beast , he unlock that offense to diff level , jt and Jb turn into monster when KP on the court because of everything he can do , he forces the other teams big to come out and guard , which makes the game 10x easier for jt and brown same reason why they only lost 15 games this year .

[@ryanr20091]

@@Bigpanda0721 playoffs are a different animal you are just making assumptions with no evidence

[@Bigpanda0721]

@@ryanr20091 and they just ran thru the playoffs without their X factor again you proving my point that you’re a casual lol.

[@ryanr20091]

@@Bigpanda0721means nothing because you don't know if he will be an ''x factor'''' in the big games . He could play terribly for them . evidence is what you don't have kid so nice try!!!!

[@shmid420]

"i've seen Tatum MISSING" but they still win...

[@kennyheard4419]

Y’all sound dumb Luka is not better then Tatum

[@4Bashment]

The Celts handled the Mavs this year Jan , and April by an average of 15 points soooo yeah The Celts will beat them.

[@336BOSTON]

Kyrie had 16 points in an elimination game last night🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alokobaju8288]

So. he's 15-1

[@JCDSPC]

Joy's the only one that's not getting emotional right now. According to most of these guys's takes, we're about to see KD and LBJ vs Kirk Hinrich and Wally Sczerbiak. "Boston hasn't faced a 50 wins team" Oh I'm sorry, has Dallas faced a 64 wins team? For crying out loud people, the media is digging Dallas's grave if they keep feeding this much anger to the C's.

[@ryanr20091]

celtics can't beat a top west team

[@JCDSPC]

@@ryanr20091 Thank god then, that they'll only be playing a 5th seed.

[@ryanr20091]

@@JCDSPC mavs have been elite seeding is irrelevant with how welll the Mavs have been playing recently . its not how you start but how you finish

[@JCDSPC]

@@ryanr20091 So let it play out.

[@afpicks9314]

Joy Always hating on Luka magic stop it

[@rhysagrey]

The other 3 always hating on the celtics.

​@@rhysagreyCeltics deserve it

[@ashburnett1586]

It didn't sound like hating 2 me....sounded like she made since...Luka good, but Kyrie more of the threat, especially in the finals

[@rhysagrey]

Why?

[@UnconventionalReasoning]

An NFL team plays each team in the other conference once every four years. An NBA team plays each team in the other conference twice a year. His superbowl opponents had seen him zero, one, or two times. The Celtics, meanwhile, have played against Luka about a dozen games. They have more of a physical sense of who they will be facing.

[@rahmelg]

2022 Championship Run: Nets with KD, Kyrie ; Championship Bucks with Giannis & Tatum dropped 50; And Prime Playoff Miami Heat & got 2 wins against the best shooter backcourt ever. Stop

[@rahmelg]

Thank you Acho. 1st analyst I’ve heard finally bring this up

KD, Kyrie, and a Fat James Harden played 15 games together

[@kimblingstinga4835]

Lets go Boston Celtics 💪 🎉

[@cashoutAbu]

It’s crazy how nobody mentioned kp his gonna be a big factor 💯 Dallas doesn’t have a answer for him ☘️❗️

[@richardwooldridge895]

Top 5 best spots, talk shows, and crew ever. Great job !💯

[@carriejacqueson7004]

Literally joy is the most educated person on this show cause nobody else is healed accountable

[@JasenMinus]

So because they haven't been down, 0-2, they haven't been tested? Have the Mavs? Oh cause the Celtics took care of business to NOT be down... Smh

[@jeanjacques7874]

No because Dallas hasn’t been playing teams down their main star. I don’t get what’s so hard to understand about that?

[@MikkiChavez]

​@@jeanjacques7874dude took one sentence from James Jones & ran with it lmao

[@metalpharaoh3025]

@@jeanjacques7874I hate when people act dumb on purpose. Well maybe it isn’t an act💀

[@suiken3149]

@@jeanjacques7874 Yeah because the Clippers have Kawhi playing.. oh, wait

[@jeanjacques7874]

@@suiken3149 Bro they still had PG, and James Harden. Stop son. Comparing a team that lost a star, to team that lost their main and only star is totally different.

[@rchavis710]

When your a #1 seed aren't you SUPPOSED to get the easier route to the Finals?? Struggling as the #1 seed beating teams is where it would be a problem. 12-2 in the playoffs and you get criticized for not beating teams by 50 a game. I mean these are the playoffs every team gonna play hard. And they have done pretty good against Dallas already with Luka/Kyrie playing.

[@arkhamknight6371]

Mavs will obliterate the celtics

[@jamesarris6063]

No way

[@MikkiChavez]

Seriously lol in 5 most likely

[@jamargraham6707]

Celtics in 5

[@chrisgonz9963]

Celtics in 6

[@devinjenkins9964]

💀💀💀 I love the casual fans who think the Celtics gone get blown out lmaooooo

[@insertname5371]

The celtics are not held up by one star who could get injured. They have had injuries this playoffs and are still the same team. They played hard, got the seed, and were rested. They won series so they got more rest time. the constructed a deep team where people can step up and down as needed. They are fine.

[@brianvega1250]

JT and JB about to run Kyrie out the building again... Jones and Shady are lacking Basketball knowledge

[@adambrun3411]

I love this. Keep pushing this narrative. I want the Celtics to play as underdogs. Thanks media.

[@fatalcontent]

Her saying Luka and Tatum are the same is madness. Tatum is a choke artist, Luka is a different animal.

[@sportsguy25]

Yall are starting to talk yourselves into it 🍀👀

[@STTELLS]

Celtics beat these 2 backcourts twice this season

[@Theantisocialsocialite1982]

Yup

[@chengsterboi07]

The hate for the Celtics and Tatum is so script for the media. They really want luka or shai or ant to be the next face of the nba. They just really don't appreciate what Tatum had accomplished so far. The Celtics didn't make playoffs before they drafted him. He does have a better supporting cast. Even when kyrie was with the Celtics Tatum took a back road because kyrie needs the ball to be affected. Brad Stevens is a great coach too but he couldn't bring the best out of them.

[@NicKL1031]

Before the Nuggets were eliminated, the big talking point was that Denver sweep the Celtics and the regular season series but now that they are eliminated and the Mavs are likely to make it to the finals they have yet to mention how the Celtics swept them in the season series 🤣

[@snooze02]

I’m keeping this as a receipt. Catch y’all back here in 3 weeks.

[@kevinak-d1x]

Celtics have been playing injury riddled teams all playoffs. The mavs lost the season series to the clippers, thunder and wolves. And they have beaten all those teams in the playoffs so stop telling everyone that the C's are 2-0 against the mavs this year because it is irrelevant.

[@WLJ1287]

Who the Mavs have beaten is irrelevant…Bos will be a different test than all of them…more difficult than all of them.

[@WLJ1287]

You people think that who Bos has played and them being better than dal is mutually exclusive it’s not; they’re about to find out.

[@Fighting_Irish184]

I call you crazy! Tatum, Brown and White closed out the games. Jrue adds to it but do not make him be the one guy. It is a team effort and these guys are one unit.

[@GJWhite66]

2 amazingly bad arguments made here. First, right from the jump, "The Celtics haven't faced a 50 win team". Who did the Nuggets beat just last season? Not a single 50 win team. Yet the media was ready to anoint them a dynasty. And Kyrie always showing up. I'm sorry, do people forget Kyrie played for the Celtics? With Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown? And he absolutely did not show up for them in the playoffs. Matter of fact, the healthy Kyrie year was the worst playoff performance for the Celtics in the past 6-7 years. Funny how narratives can be disproven with just a little bit of fact checking. But that doesn't make for good tv

[@_echo___]

crazy how they only talking about luka and kyrie vs tatum and brown and not about kp, jrue, white, and horford.... they're overall rosters cannot compare.

[@MrKingmel]

How luka did more with less when tatum had lebron on the ropes in the east finals without kyrie and Hayward but carry on with the narrative.

[@whowantsit9820]

I love joys hand salute

[@Le_vonn]

james jones should never speak on basketball ever again, cant even get jersey numbers correct, doubt he even watches the games

[@nike9009]

This show was better with Wiley

[@igape7762]

The Mavs won exactly 50 games. The East didn’t even have another 50 game winner outside of the Knicks (who won exactly 50) that choked up 3-2. Not the Celtics fault they lost. How can the Celtics generate another 50 win team for the East? Lose more. The argument here is that the Celtics should’ve lost more in the regular season, let other teams in the conference get better records, then beat them. I mean, are we seriously standing on the 50 win team threshold as a measuring stick?

[@ryanr20091]

celtics dont fare welll against elite teams in the west

[@LukeFuentes-ir6bq]

All I know it’s gonna be a good series and I don’t mind either winning but I’m leaning more on kyrie just cause of his persona and what he stands for

[@ryan75carlson]

Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum played defense Luca Kyrie, no defense and Jayson Tatum went to the Eastern conference finals as a rookie. Also, I don’t know what they’re talking about. Plus, Luca had Jalen Brunson before and Kristoph

[@LaviaBLI]

Man! Tatum better be watching this 🙌🏿😂

[@konrad6894]

and these guys wont even apologize for these bad takes when they turn out to be wrong. joy made more sense than these ex pro athletes.

[@brodybijeau2682]

You go lady!!!!

[@miked5814]

Everyone forgets that Tatum twisted his ankle last year and the year before that in the finals he had a messed up wrist so you can't use those examples for what he does in the big moments.

[@temarsquacathey2885]

I seen a Shaq and Kobe Lakers sweep 3 fifty win teams and in the finals beat 76ers 4 to 1 that was domination at its finest

[@slytoe44]

2017 warriors Round 1 vs Portland: 4-0 Round 2 Utah: 4-0 WCF San Antonio, no Kawhi: 4-0 Finals: 4-1

[@marshallmartin6064]

I love you James Jones as a raider fan, but who's to say we're going to go down in the series at all. We could go up and stay up. Don't forget the first two are at home

[@STTELLS]

I started watching basketball when I was 11 yrs old, I'm about to be 48. I never heard a number one seed going to finals to have so many dumb questions asking about them. Never. Battle tested? Easy road? Credited? It's just plain dumb. Not even hate. Just dumb business. These celtics have been battle tested for the past 7 years. Tatum has won more playoff games than most superstars now. Please stop this nonsense

[@fortunbras]

You know usually the one seed gets the easier teams. And also they're a historically great team, so that means teams are contending against something that comes arund once every 5-10 years

[@samuelhonable5784]

A team that just cruising in the playoffs, Boston Celtics haven't been tested they better be prepared for Kyrie Irving and Luka that's going to be good NBA Finals between those two teams.

[@robertseda4137]

Mavs in 6

[@samuelhonable5784]

@@robertseda4137 I wouldn't put it past me anything is possible.

[@JackDiBartolo]

Cs are the most complete team I have seen in the past 10 years, both starters and bench. Mavs are hot right now against a relatively paint oriented T-wolves team after beating one of the least experienced teams in playoff history and an aging clippers team full of injuries. So if you think the Celtics wouldn’t have the same record playing the Mavs schedule you are kidding yourselves.

[@MoreKINGsLessWARRIORS]

This why you can't have NFL people talking basketball Luka carries his team cuz that's the plan Tatum don't have to ..but he has disappeared

[@gjagielom2]

They have been tested in the past years. Taking the context of how they became this team out of the equation is high level gatekeeping

[@J_Music_92]

It’s like people just started watching the Celtics this year. They’ve been tested for years! They have more playoff experience than Dallas and Minnesota. Kyrie and Luka have done less than JB and Tatum but for some reason Dallas is the team to beat. Can’t wait to see them sweep them

[@tyvp2615]

It's wild that the Wolves aren't even in the conversation. Rudy needs to give that award back, Katt needs to get tightened up, and Ant needs to focus and stop acting like he's still playing high school ball. Down 1-3 Ant ain't made enough. Mo -my opinion

[@icewadda]

Luka and Kyrie are so dynamic I'm calling it now, the C's are in trouble. They literally will not have an answer for that duo.

[@mydreaminorbit9297]

The Celtics have been battle tested for 5 years now. Not saying the Celtics are the Warriors but this is a blueprint. Draft and develop multiple talents and improve year over year. Learn, grow, and wait for your time.