It's a team game, but have a night, Al!!! How fucking sick was that out-of-bounds blast?!
After starting the series like 0-39 from behind the arc, the math was mathing (I hate myself for using that phrase---and a million other reasons!) as Horford hit six threes, grabbed 15 boards, AND blocked three shots----IN HIS 17th SEASON.
I'll tell ya how I'm feeling, loyal DOL Reader (my baaaaad for not blogging for two weeks).
Regarding our Boston Celtics, I'm feeling confident. I don't love the two home losses, but we're hitting this from a positive angle. Miami & Cleveland shot the lights out in their Game 2s, and more importantly, the 2008 Celtics went seven in the first two rounds in identical fashion: 4-0 at home, 0-3 on the road. These 2023-24 Celtics have followed suit: Win game 1, lose 2, win 3 & 4 on the road, come back home, and close it out in five. It's easy to be like, "Wtf, C's...the Cavs were playing with like 7.5 guys, and you didn't look that great," but your opponents are pros, too. They'll give you all the cliches you could ever want about playing with their backs against the wall. That being said, Max Strus is a fucking bitch, and his trolling is weaker than Phil Rivers' pull-out game. Have a nice summer.
In the postgame, Draymond Green was talking shit about how nobody cares about the C's making it to the conference finals again...that they need to win a ring. While I don't disagree, this is the Celtics year and stfu guy. We don't need that energy. We do need Porzingis back, but this team has some serious '76 Raiders to them in the sense that they dominated for nearly a decade but had no championship to show for it..until '76.
Here's a little history for ya: The OAKLAND Raiders went to Super Bowl II while they were still in the AFL, then lost SIX AFL/AFC Championship Games in eight seasons. The C's are 1-4 in the ECF (even though the first two should not be held against them) during this run, but Tatum is 26, and Jaylen is 27. They're still not even in their prime.
This team needs to win a championship to get the respect they deserve, but we've gotta enjoy the ride!!! As someone who's won a dozen championships, I cannot stress that enough. You gotta enjoy the ride. We're gonna all be dead forever some day. Fascism is here. Enjoy this. The C's are 8-2 in the playoffs and very much alive for the Larry OB. I watched 80% of the game on my phone while at the gym (#everydaydoz), and it's tough to remember all the specifics, but what a fucking night for Mr. Alfred Joel Horford. He was the MVP of Game 5. I fucking love Al and can't wait to fit back into his shirsey I bought at the 2018 ECF.
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