My reasons for this are numerous - who has that kind of time? who cares about either of these teams? have you seen the weather recently? etc.
2018 EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS SERIES
We have all seen what LeBron is capable of when his back is to the wall in the postseason.Let me make a bold admission first: I have not watched one single second of the ongoing Eastern Conference Final series involving the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers entered the series as heavy favorites over the Celtics, so it would be unwise to count LeBron James and Co. Fewer still thought they'd take the first two games. They will have to be nearly perfect in this series to take down the mighty Warriors, but after winning the season series, 2-1, the Rockets have already proven that they can beat the Warriors.Īmazingly, despite playing without Irving and Gordon Hayward, their two best players, the Celtics have jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. After Cleveland steamrolled the Toronto Raptors in the previous round, 4-0, few people gave Boston a fighting chance in this series. No one said it was going to be easy, but after cruising to an NBA-best 65-17 record this season, the Rockets are not going to simply roll over. That sort of performance won't beat a team as talented as Golden State. If you take the likely league MVP out of the equation, Houston shot just 40.9 percent from the field and a dismal 28.6 percent from the three-point line in the opening game. Golden State took the first game of the Western Conference Finals, 119-106, due in large part to the lack of production from Harden's supporting cast. The conference finals we've all been waiting for. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's been nearly a year in the making, but after a long and tumultuous season, we are finally here. While acquiring a franchise point guard is obviously part of Boston's long-term plan as well, Ainge's more immediate concern was about finding a way to beat the Cavaliers this season. Similar to his counterpart in Houston, Celtics GM Danny Ainge made the trade for Irving in an attempt to get a competitive advantage over the Cavaliers, who had made the NBA Finals in each of the previous three seasons. After winning 53 games last season and earning the Eastern Conference's top seed in the playoffs, the Celtics were wildly disappointed when they fell to Cleveland in the conference finals, 4-1. It's clear that Boston has slowly been improving each year since the 2013-14 season that saw them finish with a mere 25 wins. Just a couple of months after Cleveland defeated Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals, the two teams agreed to a deal that would send All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving to Boston. Later in the summer, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics made a trade that completely shocked the sports world. So it should surprise no one that both were brought to Houston for this exact moment - to match up against all of the Warriors' offensive firepower.
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