The Boston Celtics Are Going To The NBA Finals...

[@calvinsomers1197]

The “Mickey mouse ring” “fraudulent ring” etc. troll did so much damage to nba discourse. Everyone’s gut instinct is to discredit somebody-somehow, some way.

[@Shiyaku93]

Yep. Every ring has an asterisk*. Champs are champs. There's no room for hypotheticals

[@scopezzbro2458]

If the Mavs or Wolves win I promise you there will be no asterisk.

[@Weavileiscool]

@@scopezzbro2458wolves? Yeah. But mavs? Idk “clippers trash” “thunder too young” “wolves just proved why Denver’s ring was a fraud” “celtics can’t win anyway they got no dawg”

[@landonwalker665]

I guarantee if Jimmy won that year there would be no discourse about the "asterisks" on that ring. People just love hating on greatness, and that turns into hating lebron more often than not

[@SmallWRLDS]

@@landonwalker665fax

[@samparker5488]

crazy that the pacers are like 5 total shots from being up 3-1

[@silenthero2795]

That's like every other team, especially OKC and Wolves.

[@jjcooler6961]

W Harold

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

If an aunt had wheels she would be a bicycle

[@samparker5488]

@@silenthero2795don’t make it less crazy. just shows the value of experience in these big moments, celtics made it happen down the stretch.

[@Frank-nz1wr]

Same with the lakers fr

[@rome8180]

Jayson Tatum averaged 30/10/6 in this series and everyone still acts like he's not playing well.

[@slightexag]

bro. his shot selection is like Luka's but if Luka shot 3s at Shaq's efficiency. his offense is a huge reason why these games have been so arduous. he gives away possession after possession with his terrible bullshit 3s. he shoots like 60% inside the arc but decides he wants to launch 3s at 25% efficiency.

[@thehybrid26]

@@slightexag hating for no reason.

[@jackryan7357]

@@slightexag hes a 38% 3 point shooter casual

[@lizardwithabranch]

That's my Michael Jordan of Tobias Harris's! 💚 /s

[@TakaG11]

@@slightexag And despite his rough shooting, HE STILL AVERAGED 30/10/6, what more do you want? And no his offense wasn't a huge reason they've been stressful, if you actually watched, the Pacers throughout stretches of the games made literally whatever they wanted despite excellent contests. You not see how many buzzer beater lucky bounces had? They only started collapsing in the last minutes of the 4th quarters. His shooting is off, yes, but I can count how many times how many shots he back rimmed or had layups simply roll off with like 4 hands, that means he's slightly overshooting. Those are timing issues that can be easily fixed. It's not like he's airballing or completely missing the rim

[@keith7261]

This nba finals is about to bring out the most toxic nba twitter discourse known to man😭

[@RIPJimmyA7X]

No that's just the Celtics in general, no team is hated by casuals for no reason more than the Celtics

[@nvm8824]

​@@RIPJimmyA7X no one likes a racist state

[@noobyoverlord]

​@@RIPJimmyA7X To be fair, Celtics fans are definitely one of the most toxic fanbases.

[@LB-eh7sr]

@@RIPJimmyA7Xyou’re absolutely right. I’m a victim to this myself, I just can’t for the life of me bring myself to root for the Celtics. I don’t even hate any of the players or anything but just can’t do it 😂. I always find myself rooting against them

[@AndrewH9999]

​@@RIPJimmyA7X almost like they have the worst fan base in the nba

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

When talking about the Celtics injury luck and potential finals matchup, too many people just seem to forget the fact that they've been missing Kristaps Porzingis for the last two series! KP was the one who made them so ridiculously dominant in the regular season. Without him they're still a great team sure, but they're basically the '23 Celtics just with Jrue Holiday instead of Marcus Smart and Malcolm Brogdon. KP coming back for the finals changes the entire scenario.

[@Jeremy-ot6pb]

but there's a difference between random injuries to #1 options like jimmy butler, donovan mitchell, tyrese haliburton, dame, giannis, and jalen brunson who are pretty healthy vs relying on a third option who is physically unable to stay healthy like porzingis. nobody gave the clippers or sixers any slack for kawhi and embiid being injured because they're so injury prone so it's viewed as you take that with having a player like that. (you can make arguments for jimmy and tyrese haliburton as being injury prone but still not to the same degree as kp)

[@rome8180]

Yeah, and missing KP has really been showing up in their pick and roll defense. I love Horford, but he's old as the hills. There's a reason every guard they've faces since the KP injury has lit them up. His absence matters.

[@tristanp5605]

well kristaps is like the 5th most important player on the celtics

[@hachiuram]

already got your finals excuse for losing

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

@@hachiuram Lol KP will be back for the finals so it's more like an excuse for winning

[@bedstuy4_l895]

Literally everybody expected the Celtics to beat all these same teams at full health but when those teams get injured and the expected outcome happens in a less interesting way then there’s a problem with it

[@amitkumar77172]

Exactly

[@tdawgsports]

They really thought healthy Heat and Cavs were taking them out 😂

[@lesternomo6578]

I mean you can at least agree it's boring as hell right? Nobody wants to see this

[@bedstuy4_l895]

@@lesternomo6578 yeah I damn sure wish it was more competitive, don’t blame the Celtics though. Or anybody else for that matter. Maybe blame Jimmy’s trainer or Hali’s trainer or something like that.

[@lesternomo6578]

@@bedstuy4_l895 Yeah it's not really the celtics fault, but I can't blame fans for getting restless while every ECF game is the celtics barely beating a bad team and celtics fans are out here demanding everyone to gas them up

[@_ripVanWinkle_]

this set up goated

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

If I was him all the space behind me would have me paranoid lol

[@AndersonNorden]

@@Enlightened_SpursFanhow? And why

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

@@AndersonNorden because id be buggin about something being behind me in all that empty space that I cant see. that kinda stuff just makes me a little uneasy even if its not realistic most of the time lol

[@iggysantos4739]

As a Cs fan, after the last few years of going against KD, Embiid, Jimmy, and Giannis multiple times, I'm happy for the "easy" path lol

[@zstrikerlol]

Fax, I wasn’t hearing no sympathy for our hard runs. People acting like we haven’t been battle tested are clowns

[@tylergary5953]

@@zstrikerlolI keep saying this. Look at 2019 Celtics. 2020. 2022. Tough finals paths. They’ve earned this as well as being the fucking 1 SEED 😂😂😂

[@TheAdidasKnifer]

As a Pacers fan gg celtics yall put up a hell of fight we had so many chances to go up in the series but wasn't enough. I'm proud of my team we wasn't supposed to be here to begin with. So good luck celtics fans yall showed why yall are beasts of the east for a reason

[@tyreek_art_4841]

Thank you, it was the battle test we needed ,yall did so darn well even without Haliburton props yoooo

[@TheDarkEcho6]

Y'all fought like hell. Deserved to be there. Will be seeing you make runs the next few years too.

[@dietbeer52]

Thank you it was a tough series

[@campfit_]

Celts fan here, nothing but respect for the Pacers and their fans. Yall have the talent to be contenders for years to come 🤝🏽

[@Amm17ar]

3 of the games genuinely could have gone either way. Great run by Indiana. Such a fun team to watch. Rebuilt the right way, stole Hali off of the Kings. Happy to see Myles actually getting to play some meaningful basketball as well, glad they didn't trade him the past couple years. Young team that should learn from this and be better next year. Great series even though it was a sweep. Boston just had the experience and cool to finish the games. My Celtics finally seem like they took their opponents serious from the get go for once. Hopefully Boston can cap it off. Banner number 18, here we come.

[@benendez450]

I was at this game that Derrick white shot was crazy. Going to portillos for the first time tomorrow gonna have to hit up Dmills

[@kubamarzec7234]

I heard this fact when watching game 4, the Celtics won 3 straight games despite the pacers having a 50% or better shooting percentage which is the first time in playoff history that has happened. So it’s not like the pacers played bad, they know how to fight and in my opinion they where the toughest team we’ve gone up against. They just couldn’t get points or stops when it mattered the most.

[@sdadsada6429]

Im really happy for Jaylen that he finally got some recognition. Love his game and that he is top competitor in the game

[@danielwright3837]

yall gotta find a way to get the cameras to look like this on the show

[@averyshaw2142]

fr I need kb pod episode here lol

[@itswilbur52]

you definitely can’t, it’s the lighting and since it’s just kenny it can focus just on him.

[@bpdmf2798]

That would be difficult with a full cast.

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

Im not a huge fan of the Celtics, But I love Jaylen Brown, hes been huge in this run. Great Defense, Electric dunks, reliable mid-range and paint scoring but still draining 3’s, and playmaking occasionally as well as being a leader. Your ECFMP!🎉

[@thomashayes3073]

Why does nobody ever acknowledge the fact that they are missing Kristaps acting like they aren't way better with a 7'3" rim running floor spacing shot blocker?

[@f3dnjenec]

tingus pingus

[@randombiasedrevert]

Doesn’t really compare to who the other guys are missing. JT still playing some of those other guys missing they #1.

[@alexescutia4805]

@@randombiasedrevertthey all missed their number one at least 2 games. Mitchell missed multiple, hali multiple, Jimmy all series

[@WembysCastle]

RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATS, EASILY ARGUABLY TOP 10 BIG MAN OF ALL TIME, BILL WALTON 🙏

[@stashisahorse]

Easily and arguably next to each other?

[@Boss-cj6zn]

@@stashisahorse Lol that’s funny. Guess he’s not easily top 10, but you can argue for it and nobody would fight you 😂😂

[@AHilton21]

Winning close games is what shows how good a team really is, anyone can win when all the shots are falling, it’s the teams that win when things don’t go right that are truly impressive.

[@rome8180]

The Celtics went 12-2 in the first three rounds. And last I checked they have the 3rd best playoff net rating of all time. The two teams above them are the 2017 Warriors and the 2001 Lakers. That's pretty good company. I get that they played some injured teams. But overall, they destroyed those teams. What else are they supposed to do?

[@alexescutia4805]

“Some injured teams” bro

[@michaelwasserman2154]

I personally would argue miamis defensive scheme for Tatum will be more difficult for him than anything the mavs roll out

[@dmulumba26]

With all of the series Miami and Boston have played in the last 5 years, I don’t know how much that would surprise me

[@mr.slimplistic2079]

@@dmulumba26imo Bam is the best defender in the NBA and he guarded Tatum, plus I thought the Cavs defense without Jarret Allen held up well

[@nrbmemes2414]

​@@mr.slimplistic2079Mobley naturally plays defense better as a 5. Imo build around Mitchell Mobley or Mitchell Allen. Can't do both.

[@nrbmemes2414]

Luka will probably be gaurding Jrue so Tatum Jrue pick and rolls will probably happen a lot.

[@michaelwasserman2154]

@@nrbmemes2414 Luka the better player, but jb did kinda cook him last time they played, won’t be surprised if the Jays take turns putting Luka in action on both

[@Amaling]

THANK YOU for bringing up how a lot of the teams in the East are on the upswing, I am expecting good things from the conference within ~3 years from now

[@Weavileiscool]

The East was the better conference in 21-22 and 22-23. This year there were injuries plus the dismantling of the Nets last season. I can see the East being the better conference again by next year.

[@tangerinedream106]

The East is gonna be amazing next year, not just 3 years from now. Healthy Embiid, full offseason for the Bucks to gel, Knicks getting fully healthy plus a full season with OG, Cavs are coming in healthy, Miami is coming in healthy, and the Pacers and Magic are on the come up. Injuries really watered down the East this year.

[@ctgcement4585]

Thank you Kenny for being a voice of reason. There are no asterisks on the finals trophy unless you cheat or do something of that sort. If the Celtics get it done, they will be remembered as a historically dominant team the likes of which the leauge has not seen since the 2016 GSW. 🍀 🍀 🍀

[@rome8180]

The Celtics can't win in the eyes of the media. We've heard all year about how terrible they are in the clutch. They win three clutch playoff games in a single series and everyone is like "They should have won by more."

[@rome8180]

And by the way, the narrative that they aren't clutch isn't even true. Their record in the clutch was great this year.

[@matheusferreira5203]

Most of the media are lakers fans or biased, what would you expect, they let the rivalry go out in ther takes.

[@lasoota555]

But they should have won by more though...I don't hate the Celtics but seeing them spam contested mid ranges and threes all game just for them to get serious the last 5 min shows how mentally fragile this team can be at times...not always...but against a team like the Mavericks, they can't afford to switch off

[@alexescutia4805]

Celtics been getting their pp sucked by the media all year lol even had them tryna get white in the all star game

[@tonirivers12345]

Yeah playing a fraudulent 6th seed without their best player and needing heroics to win those games lol.

[@timothyhollister5729]

Wish Jaylen browns play through out the series was touched up on more

[@LASAGNA_LARRY]

Brown’s defense was amazing.

[@tyypa]

he averaged 30 on 50% shooting

[@KidGOAT.]

It was the same kind of sweep when the Celtics swept the Nets

[@felipeb.9321]

with that BIG 3 that never launched.. lmmfao

[@vincentttttttttttttttttttttt]

Nah Cs had KD in jail that time. This series was won because of experience

[@beamerball666]

The last time The Celtics were in the finals, Tatum had a separated shoulder, Smart was exhausted from all of the general injuries he sustained, Rob was working his way back from an MCL injury and Brown had a badly damaged quad. It's a cop out to be sure, but that team was held together with duct tape and wishes

[@clarasundqvist6013]

didn't JT have a fractured wrist too?

[@yusufagha4379]

The difference between a great team and a good team A great team finds a way to win

[@justanobody0]

So would you say last year's Celtics were just a good team, while the Heat were a great team? because the Heat "found a way to win"

[@yusufagha4379]

@@justanobody0 they won didn’t they

[@jaredmcternan6821]

Jaylen Brown post game presser was great

[@Theycalldexter]

When the Celtics win hope yall keep that same energy 😭☘️☘️☘️

[@camcramer22]

Why does no one mention Porzingis being out all playoffs lol

[@jethrojacinto2798]

Because it doesn't fit the clown haters' narrative 🤷🏻‍♂

[@lirojanckens3010]

@@jethrojacinto2798because there super team 🤷

[@scopezzbro2458]

It is pretty wack but in all fairness, the other teams were missing their star players. If JT was out it would be talked about.

[@Timduo]

Because missing kp is not as bad as missing butler, Mitchell, or Halliburton, who’s team scoring is dependent on them most of the time

[@shadowofthenamelessking]

@@TimduoAll those teams healthy still lose to the Celtics.

[@slightexag]

derrick white with 5 steals and 3 blocks in this game is the real headline

[@JRodrigues8014]

Pacers have so much depth id hope we make a move for another solid wing

[@gothbossbaby]

pacers are almost as young as okc as a team and have so many pieces to make a move

[@Mr.Johnson007]

Call it a cake walk, but 12-2 in the playoffs is impressive. You play who is in front of you, Mavs will be a challenge however the Celtics have a better team. Celtics in 6 ☘️

[@blankaffinity]

cake walk against not 100% teams and they still struggled and almost choked games away hahahaha

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

Celtics 12-2 and Mavs 11-4, maybe 12-4 two very impressive records

[@lordpepsi7021]

12-2 is not impressive vs completely injury riddled teams. butler out for the series, spida gets injured, haliburton misses game 3 and 4. cant wait for the celtics to be humbled by luka doncic kyrie irving and the mavs

[@KaySwiss420]

@@lordpepsi7021 Go to bed Junior, you drank too much coke

[@xvegeta13]

You can only play who's in front of you. That said it is alarming the pacers were even close in these games.

[@EwanMcG67]

celtics won 3 of these games from being down in the last few minutes. the not clutch narritives gotta stop man

[@Bigrie4115]

When they do it against an actually team then we can talk. Until then they still not clutch

[@cerealissoup84]

​@@Bigrie4115 maybe you didn't watch the pacers play, definitely shower inexperience, but they played really well and rose to the occasion

[@kalyankonduru5831]

@@Bigrie4115 the pacers are an actual team even w/o hali the fight they put up could beat every NBA team in a game

[@justhere6507]

@@kalyankonduru5831facts these people really don’t watch games if they think any west team is just gonna sweep the pacers the pacers would win a game or two against multiple west teams

[@robbybos7512]

@@kalyankonduru5831 These idiots dont see a big star name on the team and think their scrubs. Pacer literally were the number 1 offense in the league for a reason.

[@JayL3wis]

The Finals is going to be a banger this year!

[@chunliishotfortnite]

Look if there is one man to stop a team who went 64-18 in the regular season it would be luka doncic. He did do it once in 2022 against the suns and if there is an offensive backcourt that can breakdown any defense its kai and luka

[@alejandrovazquez1070]

this comment will probably get lost but kenny going from watching you grow from 30k subs doing basketball quizzes and rebuilds to an ESPN show has been crazy. Goat of basketball yt fr

[@nekrobone]

CELTICS BAK TO THE FINALS RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@T2K4114]

Camera Quality looks so much better than usual in that studio? Did they get a new camera or setup or am I tripping?

[@RyanHoulberg]

a lot of it can be from lighting

[@LASAGNA_LARRY]

The lighting is better.

[@6ixbad]

Kenny dropped a game 4 reaction, a Podcast episode, a pacers rebuild and a KennyToo video all in one day

[@KobeBryant-im4gj]

The hard path is the winner,its always in every competition

[@toogud7918]

Camera looks so crisp, please upload videos like this, it looks great

[@jay-von8367]

r.i.p bill walton🙏🏾

[@nuclearbomb3142]

When the mavs win it will be cool to see 2 stars both drafted in 2018 goin at it in the finals. 2018 is one of my favorite drafts so this is pretty cool to me

[@ejp507]

4:27 This is actually the 1st season they was the 1 seed in the JB JT era.

[@LTRUTH334]

We are winning the championship Celtics in 5

[@LysergiCoyotl]

Easiest road to the Finals of all time? Every one of their series was over before it started. Dem boys better get ready for their first real test for the ring...

[@RobertJandrue]

Since you mentioned it its funny how people really thought the bucks could compete with this celtics team. No perimeter defense at all and a declining core.

[@timms4616]

The walk to the finals was also, in part so easy b/c the team was soooo good, and mostly w/o Tingus Pingus

[@galiojusticejustice3191]

If the Celtics win this ring, full credit to them, Tatum was not great early in the playoffs and now he looks like a true 1A superstar. I'm personally not convinced by them, especially with how close they were to being down 2-1, but if they win, they had fo beat the winner of the stacked Western conference and that's enough to give legitimacy to any run.

[@celticsin4]

You my friend, knows ball

[@julianwilson1200]

I have to see how they perform against the Mavs. Heat- no Jimmy, Cavs- Dmitch missed games and no Jarret Allen, Pacers- T. Hali missed games and no Ben Matherien

[@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956]

Did you even get watch the playoffs?

[@lordkilll1]

Kenny fresh air for basketball media !

[@JLloyd715]

Thank you kenny, the cake walk argument is always frustrating to hear for any team

[@CxpalotSZN]

its to that point now where people online say that really good teams get a cakewalk to the finals just because they're good and better.. they did all of this without porzingis too.. imagine what the playoffs brackets would look like if porzingis actually played those games.. celtics would sweep their way to the finals against injured or healthy teams by the way put this celtics team in the 90s they would still dominate, with jrue and dwhite's defensive abilities, browns finishing, tatum's all around scoring and kp's height and length they would absolutely annihilate anyone standing in their way and they would be known as the greatest constructed team of all time. they would win at least 74 games and sweep their way to the finals. everyone in the nba now is great somewhat and everyone on their respective team has their own strength different to others. take this era's bulls for example: Lonzo Ball has his elite playmaking as his strength, zach for his finishing, demar for his midrange, pwill for his defensive abilities and vooch's rebounding what im basically trying to say is that everyone on their own team has a role and is needed on their team, everyone is better at something than someone else on their team and everyone is good. Celtics shouldn't be known or seen as frauds just because they played injured teams.. when Haliburton was injured.. who stepped up? Andrew Nembhard did.. when Jarrett Allen was out who stepped up? Marcus Morris Sr had that rare 20 point game we haven't seen in god knows how long.. when Jimmy was injured who stepped up? Jaime Jaquez Jr did his thing and played to the best of his abilities The Boston Celtics shouldn't be seen as frauds or a fake championship team or whatever you call them.. they still went up against some tough opponents

[@Levi24Helvey]

These have been some of the most competitive sweeps I've ever seen.

[@Warmcomet]

it is hilarious the lack of acknowledgement some people have when it comes to the celtics and their run. its okay to admit that their route to the finals was unbelievably easy and their roster is stacked. i dont get why people try to act as if it is not lmfao. it's embarrassing

[@amitkumar77172]

100%. Both things can absolutely be true. Celtics are a really good team but they also had a cake walk because of all the injured teams they played against lol.

[@tjborning]

as a Cs fan rn i'm so excited. unless ant pulls off something that has NEVER happened before- we have the best chance to win the title we will have in YEARS to come. the NBA is such a good league and the dallas mavs were our easiest matchup out of the final 4 western conference teams (debatable with the thunder but i think mavs take it). obviously they have a chance to beat us bc the celtics haven't faced true comp in this run, and luka and kyrie are playing g outrageous rn, but this is our best shot to win by far. every comment i have left as a skeptical celtics fan about us walking into a trap in the finals with the wolves and nuggets. idk if the mavs are a trap series. i think we are just simply better and should win

[@uncreativename1636]

It’s crazy how KB looks complete different with glasses on. He’s got the Superman effect on lock

[@JayL3wis]

I honestly don't know who will win the Finals, but I hope it goes 7 games!

[@redd1498]

Even though the Bucks, Knicks, Sixers, Pacers, Heat, Cavs were fully healthy, Boston would've still beat them 😂

[@shinnokcentaur7551]

I don't get the whole "you do well in the regular season to have an easy path take" when it's not like they're getting easy teams because they're the 1 seed they're getting easy teams because the other team's star player is getting hurt. Nuggets last year is an example of being rewarded for having the 1st seed Celtics this year are just getting blessed by with luck lol

[@tyypa]

but in the playoffs, the 1 seed always has the “easiest” path in theory. it’s a reward for being the best team. it just happens that some players get injured which helps them win the series.

[@shinnokcentaur7551]

@@tyypa there are “some players” and there’s the other team’s best player in every series missing multiple games.

[@tyypa]

@@shinnokcentaur7551 celtics would’ve won every series even if the best player wasn’t injured

[@MihoyMinoy-si8fb]

I’m not a fan of the Celtics or Mavs but I just don’t see the Dallas beating Boston in a 7 game series, just no way. Especially if Porzingis is coming back which is looking likely.

[@carsontometich8330]

Ion see nobody talkin bout the NUMBERS ON THE BOARD SHOW premiers at 2pm ET on Espn2 im HYYYYYYPED. Lets GOOOOO KENNY. This is your Bill Russell moment.

[@dumbdaryl]

Kenny Beecham knows ball👏🏻

[@namtrof01]

I feel we do this a lot. We see less star talent and immediately jump to, that’s an easier team. Understandable. But you plan for Tyrese, ight he’s not there. Now you gotta change that gameplan to not only what tj McConnell does and niemhard does . But really you gotta adjust the whole gameplan. And it sounds cliche but a team with nothing to lose is dangerous. How many times we see a star player go out and the team actually play better? More often than is brought up

[@robinrondo]

Preach Kenny 👏👏👏

[@isakibrahim8316]

Happy for Jaylen he deserved the ECF MVP for sure but Tatum putting up 30/10/6 (third player in ECF history to do it btw) and not win just shows how hated he is by the media. Anyways 4 more wins to go Celtics nation 🍀🍀

[@LASAGNA_LARRY]

I think it’s just because Brown got that 40 burger.

[@slightexag]

brown was way more important to this series than tatum.

[@KingJerbear]

Both players were extremely important to the result, JB had some of the most pivotal individual plays in the entire series which gives him the edge in my eyes. Huge steal to prevent Pacers from dribbling out the clock, clutch 3pt to force overtime, 40pt game where he dominated when Tatum wasn't shooting well to start. The game is not only about stats, it's about doing what it takes to end victorious when the buzzer goes off

[@zod548]

Celtics are as battle tested as anyone, they’ve been building this for almost a decade , battles with the Heat, Philly, the Bucks, the KD Nets, and the Warriors, along with an NBA champion in Jrue. People act like they’ve never faced adversity like this is their first year running and the Mavericks dominate them in all the intangibles. Even the way they won this Pacers series is something to at least acknowledge for their late game heroics.

[@ninety_ldn]

Celtics are front runners. When it gets tough for Tatum he shys away and Brown has to do the heavy lifting. It will be interesting to see how they respond to being in a much more difficult series.

[@ldking5132]

Nope. They play as a team. Ain't nobody doing none of that bs. We play as a team. Keep desperately trying to separate us though. That's your only ammo apparently 😂. Get the excuses ready for when they win btw. Something more entertaining than "it was the easiest path the finals!"

[@Drueber]

love the content so much, thank you for this class entertainment and keep going Kenny. we love you

[@bigbabyjosh]

If we being real it was a battle of coaches and as a Celtics fan Rick blew at least 2 maybe 3 games so I appreciate that !

[@XIN3OHd]

Congrats to the Cs, they’ve beat down everyone in front of them, but good lord is this not easily the least difficult path to the finals in NBA history? I don’t think there’s a single finals team since the merger that wouldn’t have made the finals against this competition. Makes me jealous. The Bucks in 2021 (my team) had injury help absolutely, but they also had their best player get hurt and had to go through a healthy Jimmy, Durant, and Trae before the finals. This team had 2-3 games of Mitchell as its only superstar opponent. Again not saying the Cs don’t deserve this, they do, just jealous for teams across NBA history for whom this chance would mean so much more.

[@bryanm9723]

Bucks had by far an easier and less impressive run. The heat were not as good of a team back then as they are now. The nets had both kyrie and harden injured and still managed to push the bucks to 7. The hawks were a joke of a team with Trae but then he got hurt and they really could do nothing. The Bucks also managed to stay almost completely healthy except for Giannis missing 2 games meanwhile the Celtics have been missing their 3rd best player for 12/14 of their games

[@zstrikerlol]

C’s had no pingus for most of their run. Also, let’s not forget the 1984 Lakers or 2013 Heat

[@DjFocus777]

Respect Kenny 🙌🏽

[@JmssBraendle]

I don’t love the celtics but we gotta remember that this whole thing has been without KP (who I honestly think is the 2nd most important player due to the spacing) and they still only lost 2

[@Jaysolate]

Let's go Celtics!!!

[@ctgcement4585]

The Celtics EARNED the easy path to the finals through a dominant regular season in which no one was even close to them.

[@MrsToscanoHomeSchoolTeacher]

Half these dudes would play through these 'injuries' if they had a chance against the C's. They just arent risking their star players in a series theyre never going to win

[@z0zef]

I got every playoffs prediction right so far but two flukes. I picked Bucks instead of Pacers and Celtics as a ECF winner, and on the other hand picked LAC as a WCF winner instead of Dallas. Both teams had similar 1st round series and played against no healthy LAC and Bucks teams, and seems to replace my picks after 1rst round. In the end I picked LAC to win the chip, so congrats Dallas I guess? :P All jokes aside, best wishes to both contenders, let's have an interesting finals to watch.

[@mrbatman7175]

Before anything, kenny congrats on the tv spot, you and all your boys deserve it

[@Ivan-Hernandez]

Did you have this pre-recorded like a month ago? Just curious

[@DaRealVJ90]

I’m a lakers fan but honestly I’ve always been a fan of Tatum and brown. If they was able to get them one I wouldn’t even be mad

[@bpdmf2798]

Pacers are about 90 seconds away from being up 3-1.

[@Port_Malus97]

Celtics also didn’t have Porzingus. Injuries went to all participants of the eastern playoff run

[@Eveof369]

Jaylen brown mvp is insane I know this is going to start some buzz

[@SAH-n7d-e8c]

Boston Celtics 17 time NBA champions. Soon to be 18!

[@St.Twizz214]

Mavs finna smack them

[@christianbutcher5246]

and they say lebron had easy final runs

[@zacharyboydston835]

Kenny the goat bro, the game just ended and we got the video

[@evanwrenn402]

Damn, do they wait until June 6th regardless? Gonna have 8 days off lol

[@GetInVan]

If the Celtics win this year I definitely think it’ll be looked upon the same way as the bubble.

[@Bornasty4]

boston loves to be down in the 4th & just take ya soul in the final mins

[@chriticall9996]

I hate the “bubble ring” “easy run” narrative. 1. Every single year regular or post season injuries and such happen. Every. Single . Year. Using that as a reason to excuse a team winning isn’t fair to the injured team or the winning team. 2. That’s the entire point of the regular season. Everyone knows the first seed get the easiest run. Without that there’s really no point to do well in the regular season.

[@ashman2382]

excited for the school year to be done so able I can watch notb on espn

[@MD92bZ]

I feel bad for the Pacers. They're an incredible team that played with every bit of effort possible. And to be honest you're not the best offense in the regular season of Halliburton alone. He's great but he's not Doncic, SGA or Steph. The Pacers are a team of good players 1-6 or 7 that play team basketball. They have defensive deficiencies and little experience for sure but they've played all teams close all year. Heads off to them for an incredible season.

[@urbaindelva7869]

Both Boston and Indiana were in no-win situations from the moment the playoffs started. Both teams are being knocked for beating injured teams, but they would've been knocked even more for LOSING to any of those injured teams. Not to mention that neither team faced any BAD opponents, just INJURED opponents. They both faced teams who won 46‐50 games (the Knicks being the only 50-win team of that bunch), and those teams could've won more games than they did if certain things had panned out for them during the regular season. It's not like the Celtics were not expected to reach the Finals anyway, nor was it guaranteed that the Bucks would have dominated the Pacers the way many people thought.

[@davidroos935]

People saying “this Celtics team has been the favorites and 1 seed for so long.” One seed ONLY this year, and only the favorites since they were last in the literal finals

[@itsjesse___]

Idk something about a team coming back from 20 against teams they should be losing to moves me more than a supposedly dominant team doing the same

[@mob8502]

Kenny looking back in the year did lakers winning the in season tournament do more harm than good? Like imagine if Celtics or Denver or some other high tier team won.