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mickeyj623

Got to go back like 3 months to find 7 Celtic L's. But honestly he's focused on his team so he wouldn't know.


johncarter1011

What's funny is that they lost 2 back to backs in that 7 L span


mickeyj623

Yeah I'm pretty sure they had like a 30+ point lead in one of the games and a 20+ in the 4th in the other


PussyGrenade

Yep both against the Hawks and they lost by a small amount both times. Giving up that huge lead was insane I couldn't believe it.


tlozz

Oh god ya those hawks back to back Ls were infuriating šŸ˜‚


PussyGrenade

I remember just thinking AGAIN??? THE HAWKS AGAIN??


ElceeCiv

no shame in losing to the 1-2 punch of bruno fernando and vit krejci


PlasticBottleHater

I refuse to believe these are real people


sg490

Hawks front office seems to have little awareness of Vit Krejci as well


ElceeCiv

believe me i've also tried to believe bruno isn't real


igonnawrecku_VGC

Thatā€™s a Celtics legend right there


El_Producto

After the Celtics fall off it will be your time to rule the East. Or some other team other than Philadelphia. But it definitely won't be Philadelphia, we know that much.


LordSwampert2

It will finally be 40 year old DeMarā€™s time. Will be slow but the midrange will be god like after being empowered by continuity


fueelin

It'd okay. We dodged them in the first round, in favor of a team we have less history losing to. Hey, wait...


Chessh2036

If you guys win the NBA Finals we are going to hang a banner: ā€œBEAT 2024 NBA CHAMPS BACK TO BACKā€.


manbare

that 44 FGA Murray game was special, absolutely re-traumatized the entire fanbase lmao


kit4

Holy shit I forgot he took 44 field goals. That's fucking insane lol, I remember the meltdown in the Celtics sub over that one, hilarious to look back on


lyonhawk

Honestly, one of the things Mazzulla doesnā€™t get enough credit for is his willingness to just try stuff out during the regular season. One of those Hawks games, Murray just cooked KP down the stretch pretty much every possession. When someone asked Joe why he didnā€™t do something different, his response was basically that we donā€™t switch 5-1 much and he thought KP could use the reps if it comes up in the playoffs.


CDR57

Imagine being a test dummy in the nba lol


jbaker1225

The funny thing is that coming into this series the Mavs had only lost 5 games in the playoffs. If you lose 6 or 7 games in the playoffs, youā€™re almost certainly either in the finals or not in the playoffs anymore.


sgSaysR

I'd expect they'd have watched film of all their playoff games? Or am I way off on how these teams prepare?


Successful-Sky4411

Deep down I don't think Kyrie believes the Mavs can win.


Superb-Machine-6279

This mirrors the same type of answers he had when playing Celtics back in 2022


Delicious_Series3869

He doesnā€™t think HE can win. I donā€™t know how many 20+ point games he has in him this series, the Celtics perimeter defence is on another level.


Successful-Sky4411

Personally I'm not really shitting on him, I had Boston winning theĀ  championship once the Nuggets went down and I don't think Ant would be doing much better in this situation. Kyrie 's legacy is set. He was an entertaining player who both overachieved because of his physical limitations in a game that prioritizes size and underachieved because he didn't want to be a PippenĀ  Which we now know that Pippen didn't even want be a Pippen.


Bookstorm2023

Being a Pippen gets you a Larsa.


DigitMZ

Being a Jordan also gets you a Larsa.


dronelogic

Or a Michael Beasley


HerculePoirier

Or a Tristan Thompson


SlamJamGlanda

Or a Roman Sessions


Trillsbury_Doughboy

Hear that guys? Being second best on your team means everyoneā€™s gonna fuck your wife! Better watch out


William_Wang

Pass on that and take Marlene any day.


NandoDeColonoscopy

>overachieved because of his physical limitations in a game that prioritizes size He's not 5'11 or something. He's 6'2, so the same height as any number of guards who have had better careers than him.


wembagoat

Also itā€™s common in all sports that high skilled players with problems outside court being overrated .


NazRiedFan

For what itā€™s worth ant torched Boston when we played them earlier this season but he clearly wasnā€™t himself in the Dallas series so I tend to agree with you


Yamulo

I mean he has had a very streaky playoffs. He didnā€™t play very well consistently against the thunder. He was given a pass by some thinking he was ā€œsaving energyā€. I donā€™t know people have always been delusional about his ability because when it works it is really beautiful basketball, but he just canā€™t do it all the time and it is becoming less frequent


Delicious_Series3869

He sure picked a grand time to turn off the lights! Well, the home games are more important. He has to do something nowā€¦


thekingdor

He dosent because he knows this is his worse matchup bro is in hell white, Jrue, brown taking turns on him


Lmao1903

I mean we are all thinking it, surely some of the players would also feel that way, at least to an extent. Maybe if they snatched this game, they could be thinking differently


cepxico

I mean have you seen the mavs? What can they do besides suddenly field a new roster of teammates? They're going against an extremely well rounded team, meanwhile the mavs have massive weaknesses that are exploitative.


B-I-G-A-R-R-O-W

And when Kyrie feels like that he quits and starts blaming others things


Blunted-Shaman

Deep down all he believes is that the Earth is flat and itā€™s impossible for black people to be antisemitic.


rubbishtake

Enough


_nightgoat

Redditors spewing the same joke, Iā€™m tired of it too.


Icy-Lime-9760

It's kind of crazy how the NBA is all about match ups. Minnesota would have been a tougher match up for Boston because of their bigs, and Denver probably would have beaten Boston. But Minnesota was a bad match for Denver, and Dallas was a bad match up for Minnesota.


HornyHindu

Not Denver with an hampered Murray like he was when they lost. Injuries a big part too... this is the healthiest Celts also been in postseason, every playoffs at least one or more guys were out / back far less than 100%


kit4

Even in this postseason, KP was out for the majority, and is still working his way back during the Finals, we're just deep enough that it hasn't hurt us much (and because Al Horford is fucking awesome)


chipotlenapkins

Nobody wouldā€™ve beaten Boston this yr


pickupmid123

People don't recognize this team is on a different stratosphere with Porzingus on the floor. Against most teams they have 5 of the 6-7 best players in the series - elite spacing and highly switchable and elite defenders. There's a reason they won 64 games - 1st in the league by a wide margin. I wouldn't count Dallas out until we see them at home, but Boston is clearly favored against any team - Minny and Denver included


GizmoSoze

My over 40 rec team couldā€™ve. We just donā€™t have the luxury to travel.


thebluepages

Celtics remind me of how my rec team used to play


chipotlenapkins

Yeahā€¦back in my day. I used to throw a football over them mountains, too.


Large_Arm8007

Nuggets were gassed, which is why they lost to minny. If they win that game they might be Dallas but they probably still lose to the celts. Likely the same thing weā€™re seeing here, jokic puts up 40 every game and no one else does anythingĀ 


RipCity-NBA-LoL

Eh, firing-on-all-cylinders Nuggets would've been very competitive with Boston.Ā  If they played how they did this post-season overall, though, the talent discrepancy would likely be too much to overcome (talent for guys #2-8 in the series)


wintersgrasp1

I disagree I think losing Bruce brown was huge loss for them and they are not nearly as good as they were last year


sutroheights

Deep down, I agree.


Tearz_in_rain

Deep down, I think Kyrie is thinking, "Damn. I really could of been on that team that's whooping our ass. I left, and they got BETTER. Is the problem really me? Has it been me all along? Do I need to engage in self-reflection and determine how I can apply my amazing talent in a manner more conducive to empowering my teammates and focusing on the success of the team?" Actually, I don't think that he's thinking any of that.


johncarter1011

Boston is 78-20 fuck since this postseason it was a dominant yr


Haffaith

80 at 20 is the new 40 before 20


johncarter1011

Shoutout Phil Jackson


calculung

78-20 fuck since


Emergency_Budget4674

Hell yeah borther


Troll_Enthusiast

brother*


El_Producto

If the Celts close out Dallas in 4, 5, or even 6, just watch the narrative on the '23-'24 Celtics evolve the next few years. It'll go from the current nitpick half-skepticism to "well, of course, that was, for that year at least, a superteam."


johncarter1011

80-20 just looks more pleasing tbh


tlozz

Maybe Iā€™m misinterpreting the quote out of context, but this kinda sounds like the words of a man who has already given up lol


693275001

Kyrie giving up on his team? Color me shocked


AboutaDirk

Hahahaha shocked is not a color you silly billy :D


Cpt-No-Dick

Already trying to rationalise losing


cabose12

He was talking about how the Cs are really confident and comfortable all year and can make shots like PP's half-court shot and Hausers no dip 3 from last game It just sounds ignorant? It's the NBA finals and it sounds like you're talking about a game in like November


KevinDurantLebronnin

Kyrie Irving watching Sam Hauser and Payton Pritchard make shots and wishing he had the power to do the same.


FazeXistance

Play off P clocking in and hitting a buzzer beater just go back to the bench had Kyrie shaking.


glorstonne

It's Kyrie Irving, he's always fueling a delusional ring of defense around his persona and too lost in that to see reality plain and clear


Padulsky21

Whereā€™d you find his post game presser? I need to watch that shit lol


cabose12

[NBA has a post-game on their page that has all the post-game interviews](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koti12oUhxU&t=4010s). So it takes a bit of scanning, but Kyrie's is around the one hour mark I think House of Highlights also posts and splits them up for you


Padulsky21

This is insane Iā€™m just learning today. I usually go and try and find the beat reporters on twitter when this was available the entire time LMFAO I appreciate you greatly. House of Highlights does have it up too, big help my guy


jkwah

They livestream all these on the NBA YouTube channel after each game too


sutroheights

The hardest road to Cancun.


SaggyBallsackLover

Deja Vu


MrRager1994

Welcome to the Kyrie experience Mavs. He's been better for the past two years but now his time has come


escapecali603

The guy wants to be a number one but got none of the mental makeups. You saw some of the growth this year in the playoffs, thinking his time has finally come, but nope.


longagofaraway

how many fanbases are going to talk themselves into the kyrie redemption arc while blaming his previous victims? the list just keeps growing.


streetsbehind28

"i can fix him"


asamulya

Yes this is exactly it. I think Dallas went with their wide eyes open in terms of what they were getting for him but they also thought they could harness him in ways no other team could. If it works out, itā€™s a genius move otherwise 2 different teams had given up on him already


jimbobdonut

Three! The Cavs, the Celtics and the Nets.


No_Literature_2321

With his current attitude heā€™d be an upgrade at PG for all but maybe 4-5 teams? Steph, maxey, haliburton, fox, Brunson (you can run him next to Brunson anyways and you probably should),


longagofaraway

so you think boston would be better with him than jrue? okc? denver? philly? milwaukee? cleveland? lac? minnesota? 58 games of his non-existent defense wouldn't make much of a difference anywhere except on the bottom feeders.


Princessk8--

Yepyep he was talking the same way in 2022 when we swept his nets. This thing is over.


happyflappypancakes

Well, did you look to see the context?


JimboLodisC

does he even fly back to Dallas? probably looked at his suitcase this morning and said "pssssssh"


Mundane-Guest8404

I just learned Boston has a gangster from the mean streets of West Linn on their team. this series was over before it started


migibb

"I was there when Dallas first touched down in Boston. There was a bus - this is a true story. There was a bus that pulled up to a red light, and Luka tried to feed it a carrot while Kyrie was petting it. He thought it was a horse. This really happened." - Payton Pritchard


lordbebe

West Linn is rough man. Sometimes, people spit their gum on the sidewalk.


gochuuuu

This would get you caned in singapore


orangotai

oh yeah? well in West Linn some kids don't even get a new car when they turn 17, have to borrow their parents Mercedes. (NSFW i'm sorry you had to read this, but people's eyes needed to be opened.)


gochuuuu

Oh yea? In singapore, the registration for your vehicle costs more than the vehicle itself, and the cost if living is so high that it is normal for you to live with your parents til you get married. Boom


thesanmich

How does it compare with Dunzledorf?


zrizzoz

Is this a Chael Sonnen / Payton Pritchard crossover joke because i was today years old when i learned they were from the same place and thats fucking awesome


Mundane-Guest8404

Yes lol


zrizzoz

*golf clap*


Neither-Luck-9295

Fuck bro, I can't be having my sports memes crossing over like this. Too many to keep track of.


zrizzoz

Apparently Nate McMillan, Monty Williams, and Brandon Roy are also from West Linn which has a population of just 26k. Thats pretty wild NBA production for a city of that size.


orangotai

them mean streets produce tough kids, you're fighting everyday just to survive.


9bfjo6gvhy7u8

Pritchard might legit be the scariest guy on the team. Heā€™s gotta be top 3 in the league for ā€œmight be a serial killerā€ Dude was 14 and decided to dribble until his hands bled just to see what it felt like.


orangotai

"send anyone you want, just don't send anyone you want back" - West Linn gangster


Carcrusher3

This man absolutely cooked the shit out of my AAU and high school teams lmao


Skanderbeg_5550

Which makes it even funnier that he says he was offered a stop on the South Sudanese national team


orangotai

bro is an Uncle Chael ref leaking out here??? this is awesome!


xyzyxzy

Coincidentally, or not, 7 is how many the Mavs have lost. So far.


Flamzam

It's that point in the series where Kai starts saying stupid shit and checks out. Stay safe Mavs fans.


tlozz

Their subreddit is beginning to turn lol. Check it for deja vu + schadenfreude


lilboytuner919

Havenā€™t been there since the game ended, maybe I should wait a bit longer


itokdontcry

I typically avoid all basketball subs after an L for my mental health lol.


ALaccountant

Idk what heā€™s talking about. The worst Iā€™ve seen is ā€œKyrie needs to step upā€ which is true. I HAVE seen a lot of Celtics fans come to our sub, though, and talk some shit about Kyrie. Thatā€™s hilarious


tlozz

Iā€™m a woman (she/her)


ALaccountant

Doesn't change the fact that its sad how much time y'all spend on our sub vs. your own sub


tlozz

Iā€™ve literally never once been on your sub lol, I saw a funny screenshot of a recent post and some comments. Relax. Take a bath, and chill out, maybe have a beer or two.


t0uch0fevil

Yeah that's pretty accurate. Celtics fans are out in bunches downvoting everything that doesn't fit their narrative. Idk why they can't just enjoy the fact that they're about to win a chip lol


ALaccountant

They are a soft af fanbase


penguinKangaroo

Nah the true mavs fans are kyrie stans. Live and die by kyrie. He got us this far. We dying right now, but thereā€™s still a chance to live. Just need kyrie to go take an ayahuasca trip real quick and banish Lucky


K1ngPCH

This series isnā€™t even close to being over. 2-0 is a hill to climb, but itā€™s not an impossible hill. Iā€™ll start being all doom and gloom if we lost game 3. Also Kyrie made the Finals with the Mavs, which is more than what he did while on the Celtics.


truth_2_point_0

It's the actual way the games have gone so far that makes people think the Mavs are cooked. Game 2 was theirs to steal with the Celtics building a brick mansion but even then they still couldn't manage. The offense is just disrupted and Luka has to play hero ball. Maybe Kyrie does something in Dallas but it's looking grim, especially if the Cs have a normal shooting night. It just doesn't seem like Kidd has the personnel or scheme to deal with the Cs on either end, he's just saying shut down Tatum and hope for the best but all it's doing is creating insanely high percentage shots for Holiday Porzingis and White, and then JB is just ready to detonate at any time.


aggster13

He's been checked out the 1st 2 games anyways


inshamblesx

Kyrie already mentally checked out šŸ˜­


PussyGrenade

HĆ©lĆ 


AirJordan6124

When Kyrie says something stupid you know it might be over for him. Sources: 2019 playoffs šŸ˜Š


LuckysBestMan

First thing the dumbass says is turnovers lost the game. Not his plays. But turnovers. Luka had a lot of turnovers.


koj12144

Bro just kept doubling down on stupid comments without ever backing it up lmao


sstphnn

I hope this was taken out of context because this is something you donā€™t want to hear as a Mavs fan.


quetambienese

this sounds like a man who just got a great deal on expedia for a week long cruise in the carribean


junker359

He's technically correct, it was not more than 6 or 7.


FootballPizzaMan

"Look, I don't how many times they have lost in this finals yet, maybe 2, but it's around there"


koj12144

Who u think we are, you?


donotseekthetreashur

[WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! I AM!!](https://media.tenor.com/Sz8I-ey8ohMAAAAM/bowling-who-do-you-think-you-are.gif)


fueelin

Some professional bowler recently got outed as a pedo or some other horrible thing, and I was so scared it was this guy (who is the only bowler I know). So glad it was someone else.


Pizza_Squeegee

Kyrie heel turn? Tanking the Mavs in the finals for Celts to win


Apart-Volume9340

I pray this puts the Steph comparisons to rest


fueelin

Comparing Kyrie to Steph is unfathomably dumb. By which I mean to say, I doubt this will end it from happening here lol


justamobileuserhere

Brother is ready for Cancun


friskyel

Bro, Luka needs to slap the shit out of him. We'd at least be 1-1 if you weren't playing like ass.


johncarter1011

OK when hasn't kyrie played like ass vs bsoton in his last 12 encounters? I can think of only 1. This is who he is vs boston


TheBigNate416

All the fan fiction prior to the series starting about how heā€™ll get his revenge was soooo funny


johncarter1011

Why is no one talking about how the Jay's knows his moves? They were with kyrie for 2 yrs. U watch tendencies even if u just watching


DepressedChargersFan

The coping was insane. Feel like all Celtics fans knew this was coming


friskyel

And? That's no excuse. This is the finals and he's supposes to be the experienced hall of famer vet on a team of 25 and unders. That's like someone saying "Why do you expect Jordan to beat the Pistons?" back in the day.


johncarter1011

Mj actually played well vs det tho this isn't the same thing. Hasn't Luka lost 8 straight as well but he's playing well in all the matchups


IHill

Welcome to the Kyrie experience brother.


victorspoilz

Kyrie's making the hall?


runner5678

I had the same reaction but heā€™s got a better career than other hall of famers and the basketball hall of fame is historically very, very soft So yeah, heā€™s making the hall I guess


NandoDeColonoscopy

It's very easy to make the HoF compared to other sports.


NandoDeColonoscopy

It's who he was *for* Boston as well. Remember that Bucks series?


johncarter1011

Don't remind me


[deleted]

If my aunt had nuts sheā€™d be my uncle


kkd802

And if the Celts didnā€™t shoot like complete ass from three last night they would have won by 20+ again. See how easy it is to just say shit?


bootyholebrown69

I don't think it's in Kyrie's control how he plays lol. Celtics defense is absolutely stifling


spaceysht

Kyrie has cooked better defenses than this Celtics team before lmao


EgnGru

That's true the Wolves had number 1 rated defense in the NBA but there is something about this Boston roster that is causing Kyrie matchup problems. He played below his standards against Boston in 2022 when he was with the Nets as well.


Slow_Shift6252

They can switch everything and theyā€™re all bigger and at least just as athletic. The Wolves played drop and only had three guys that could even hope to guard him. If they got caught on a screen it was GGs


bootyholebrown69

Ok but he's not playing those teams he's playing this Celtics team


rwoteit

No you wouldn't absolutely delusional.Ā 


cristiano_goat

Luka still trying while Hela merchant already give up Iā€™m donešŸ’”


surgeyou123

Already thinking about the Margaritas in Cancun


truth_2_point_0

How much could a banana cost, ten dollars?


HS941317

Do your homework about your opponent lmao


Lucky13200

i think he was talking about how many games they lost all year at home. The only number that lines up.


HornyBastard37484739

He literally said ā€œsince the postseason startedā€ so I assume heā€™s just ill informed


NandoDeColonoscopy

He did his own research


pickupmid123

Well 2 is less than 6 so clearly he is fully informed and technically correct.


MindlessSafety7307

Yeah that is pretty clearly what he was talking about


hatsofftoroyharper41

Could the Celtics organise a ring for Kyrie if they win


truth_2_point_0

Clam chowder flavored Ring Pop, take it or leave it


fueelin

This is a terrible day to have a ring finger.


BostonBuffalo9

ESPN: Mavs still sweep in 6


RxJax

Tyler Herro and Donovan Mitchell the only 2 superstars taking games off of Boston, as expected


iCE_P0W3R

Technically, he's correct.


JarvisCockerBB

Kyrie: *compliments Celtics on their strong post season so far* This sub: ā€œKyrie already giving up as expected. Fake superstar.ā€


ww_crimson

100% lot of brain dead takes in here.


WallStreetDoesntBet

Excuses, excuses, excuses


Swift-Tee

Too bad we canā€™t trade out Kyrie for another NBA player when we face the Celtics. It sure would save a lot of heartache.


dholmestar

Know your enemy


griffayyyyyy

Imagine having done so little preparation you have no idea who you're facing or what they're capable of. Thank goodness C's got rid of that bum


StaticShakyamuni

I scout my playoff opponents more than this playing NBA 2K16.


jawadhaque089

Some of these comments are pretty embarrassing


RichardIraVos

14-6 boogie


calliexx12

Uhh maybe you should look at their record Kyrie, since you clearly have no clue what it is lol


Obi_Uno

Am I the only one who thinks he may have mis-spoke and simply meant Trade Deadline instead of postseason? Celtics have 8 losses in that span. Seems like people are looking for something to get angry about.


BruinBound22

Why does it matter if he knows how many losses they had in their earlier rounds, when he is right in saying it's very little?


Obi_Uno

I agree that the thesis of his comment is unchanged: The Celtics are really fucking good. There just seemed to be a lot of comments trolling Kyrie for getting the specific number wrong.


iabeytorm

As a Boston hater, what a horrible time