Jaylen Brown: "Comes in the game, ain't been in the game and just drains one from half court. That dude is a... he's a f***ing legend, man. Shoutout to Payton Pritchard"
My NBA Finals prediction:
Celtics in 5.
This isn't really as much about the Mavs and not believing in them. This is how confident I am in Boston. But for some reasoning:
-I think the four stars will all show up. I trust the Celtics "other guys" more than I trust the Mavericks "other guys" to show up too.
-Both teams are going to score. It'll be about which team can buckle down and get stops on occasion, and I think Boston can do that better than Dallas.
-There are more attack points on the Mavs defense than the Celtics defense.
-Boston may shoot themselves out of a game, or maybe even two. But you have to win a math problem four times in seven to beat the Celtics, and no one has solved that equation all year.
-For all of the "Boston hasn't played anyone! They've had an easy path!" stuff (which is all somewhat true!), Dallas hasn't seen a team like the Celtics either. Boston is better than anyone the Mavs have played, because they do it on both ends of the floor.
-Finally: The Celtics are 76-20. They went 64-18 in the regular season. They've been dominant all year long. That's carried over to the playoffs. It's a different team than the ones from years past.
I fully own Luka and/or Kyrie could win a game, maybe two, by themselves and I'll look dumb. I could very well be wrong that it's over in 5. But I am extremely confident in these Celtics, as I have been all season long. Everything has built to this. This is the best team of this Celtics era by a wide margin. It's time for Banner 18.
they tried to say the wolves were dawgs & the celtics were frauds๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Players with 38+ Points, 9+ rebounds, 10+ assists while shooting 70% in a game;
Wilt Chamberlain
Clyde Drexler
Larry Bird
Giannis Antetokounmpo
And now Payton Prichard.
Payton Pritchard is set to play in all 82 games this year, something he's very proud of:
"Last year, they were times I didnโt play at all - how frustrating that is, and how much that hurt at times. It just fueled me to keep working."
Brad Stevens has turned Kemba Walker, Moses Brown, Josh Richardson, Aaron Nesmith, Marcus Smart, and Robert Williamsโฆ
โฆInto Al Horford, Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White, Jrue Holiday, 4 first round picks, and 4 second round picks.
Absolutely genius.