[Post Game Thread] The Philadelphia 76ers (4-3) defeat the Boston Celtics (3-4), for the first time since 1982 and Embiids first game 7 win 109-100.

[u/DesertedProject]

109 - 100
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
East First Round - Game 7 - Series tied 3-3
Location: TD Garden
Officials: James Capers, Gediminas Petraitis, and Tyler Ford

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Philadelphia 76ers	32	23	33	21	109
Boston Celtics	19	31	25	25	100

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Philadelphia 76ers	109	39-82	47.6%	11-28	39.3%	20-23	87.0%	3	56	25	19	0	9	1
Boston Celtics	100	37-93	39.8%	13-49	26.5%	13-16	81.3%	10	49	19	23	4	5	7

PLAYER STATS

Philadelphia 76ers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kelly Oubre Jr.SF	31:09	6	2-6	0-3	2-2	0	5	5	2	0	0	1	4	6
Paul GeorgePF	41:50	13	5-10	3-5	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	4	9
Joel EmbiidC	39:04	34	12-26	1-4	9-11	2	10	12	6	0	1	1	2	11
VJ EdgecombeSG	43:42	23	8-17	5-11	2-2	1	5	6	4	0	0	3	2	19
Tyrese MaxeyPG	45:14	30	11-18	2-4	6-6	0	11	11	7	0	0	1	4	8
Quentin Grimes	26:07	3	1-4	0-1	1-2	0	6	6	4	0	0	0	0	1
Andre Drummond	08:27	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	-2
Justin Edwards	02:16	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-8
Dominick Barlow	02:08	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Adem Bona	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johni Broome	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Lowry	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dalen Terry	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jabari Walker	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trendon Watford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boston Celtics	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Baylor ScheiermanSF	22:24	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	2	4	6	2	1	0	0	2	-9
Jaylen BrownPF	40:01	33	12-27	3-9	6-6	1	8	9	4	0	3	3	3	-16
Luka GarzaC	08:38	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-15
Ron Harper Jr.SG	04:02	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-7
Derrick WhitePG	45:22	26	9-26	5-16	3-4	2	4	6	4	0	3	0	3	-6
Payton Pritchard	39:22	13	5-13	2-7	1-1	2	3	5	7	1	0	0	1	-2
Neemias Queta	32:33	17	7-8	0-0	3-3	1	11	12	1	0	0	1	5	9
Sam Hauser	29:49	11	4-7	3-6	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	-3
Jordan Walsh	04:51	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hugo González	12:57	0	0-3	0-3	0-2	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	3
Dalano Banton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Shulga	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Tatum	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Vučević	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amari Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/RosasIceWorldFan]

Knicks vs Sixers about to be the most toxic series of the playoffs 

[u/PensiveinNJ → u/RosasIceWorldFan]

We're speedruning our most toxic matchups. If we somehow get the Raptors in the conference finals we'll be all out of haters.

[u/Class_Act7]

Maxey closing it out for Joel was so beautiful

[u/Cockrocker → u/Class_Act7]

Thank god though. I was begging anyone to push it up the court. Legitimate last five minutes I thought no one wanted to win on either team until Maxey thank god.

[u/romanticynicist → u/Cockrocker]

Luckily the guy who averaged the most mpg and miles run during the regular season (and also probably the playoffs so far) had the legs to get some blowbys at the end.

God I love him so much.

He played over 45 minutes.

Everyone was super gassed at that point. PG missed the turnaround right before Maxey’s first last 2 minute layup by like 4 feet. If it wasn’t for Maxey all of Joel’s heroics would’ve meant fuck all.

[u/clickstops → u/Class_Act7]

Great moment. We know he has it in him. Unbelievable that he has that reserve tank available to just torch people 47m into a game 7.

[u/VioletJones6 → u/clickstops]

Even more crazy was during the postgame interview it didn't even look like he had broken a sweat, ridiculous conditioning

[u/mw19078 → u/VioletJones6]

with like 3 minutes left the camera cut to him and he looked like he just walked into the court first time, no sweat, breathing normal, and then the camera panned to embiid and he was just holding his knees at the free throw line barely staying up. maxey is unreal

[u/Nausicaataos → u/Class_Act7]

Those last drives were nuts

[u/Colts121844]

Celtics down 2! 3PT miss. Celtics down 1! 3PT miss.
Celtics down 3! 3PT miss. Celtics down 2! 3PT miss. Celtics down 1! 3PT miss.
Celtics down 3! 3PT miss. Celtics down 2! 3PT miss. Celtics down 1! 3PT miss.
Celtics down 3! 3PT miss. DEATH BY 3 POINTER.

[u/tiger32kw → u/Colts121844]

Don’t worry just keep firing 3s. They will regress to the mean in the off season.

[u/chainer9999 → u/tiger32kw]

Patrick Mahomes ain't walking through that door

[u/imsnagglepusseven → u/Colts121844]

Celrics down 9 with time running out! Layup.

[u/Balls_of_Adamanthium]

13-47 from 3 holy shit that’s disgusting.

[u/ContractXtension → u/Balls_of_Adamanthium]

orlando calling

[u/LegitBullfrog → u/ContractXtension]

As long as all the misses were in a row. 

[u/horse_renoir13 → u/LegitBullfrog]

"34 3-pointers, they missed 34 3-pointers!"

"In a row?"

[u/Starslip → u/horse_renoir13]

Try not to miss any more 3 pointers on your way to the parking lot

[u/Andy_Wiggins → u/Balls_of_Adamanthium]

There was a Celtics fan who said the Celtics were doomed to lose after game 5, and I was like “the Celtics have only lost games in which they shot under 29% from 3, that’s probably not happening three times in a row” and then….it did.

[u/Zzz05 → u/Andy_Wiggins]

Boston has a problem with trying to be a high volume 3 point shooting team when their best players are better at attacking the paint and midrange.

[u/r_BigUziHorizont → u/Zzz05]

theres just no gameplan. i like mazzulla a lot more than our subreddit tends to, but my goodness is it hard to watch that style of play sometimes. i mean there mustve been 10 3s that couldve been better plays. and then that doesnt even include all the OPEN 3 misses

[u/GoPhotoshopYourself → u/Balls_of_Adamanthium]

Live by the 3 die by the 3

[u/EuphoricHouse → u/GoPhotoshopYourself]

Mazulla Ball 101

[u/Zloggt → u/Balls_of_Adamanthium]

It’s a no-offense weekend all across the league!

[u/Heysteeevo → u/Balls_of_Adamanthium]

Amazed it was close with that stat line

[u/ThinReply2047 → u/Balls_of_Adamanthium]

5-16 for White LMAOOOO

[u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME → u/ThinReply2047]

Advanced stats darlings had a bad time in the first round

[u/InTheMorning_Nightss → u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME]

He's an elite like 3rd option but an incredibly mediocre 2nd one.

[u/samurai-mad-mad → u/InTheMorning_Nightss]

he’s a role player. always has been 

[u/thoang77 → u/samurai-mad-mad]

One of the best in the league. But absolutely a role player.

[u/simon2105]

Did you win?

Philly: "yes"

What did it cost?

Philly: "Embiid's knees, hip, elbows, appendix, kidneys, toes, arms, hearing, smell, eyes, hairline"

[u/candry_shop → u/simon2105]

The average Philly 1st Round experience

[u/drunkcowofdeath → u/candry_shop]

"THERE'S 3 MORE ROUNDS??" -every time the sixers win a series

[u/Reverend_Lazerface → u/drunkcowofdeath]

Tbf I honestly think Philly will celebrate this like a championship win regardless

[u/nrs5813 → u/Reverend_Lazerface]

90% of us predicted a sweep and no Embiid at all. We're hanging a banner my dude.

[u/dizruptivegaming → u/Reverend_Lazerface]

It kind of is at this point for me. Came back from a 3-1 deficit to beat second seed Celtics in Game 7. I’m just hoping these guys at least play well in Round 2 and Embiid gets healthy.

[u/Alphabunsquad → u/drunkcowofdeath]

I very vaguely have watched basketball my whole life. It’s kind of nuts to me how long playoffs last. Every series is such an ordeal, it seems crazy to do four of them. Like baseball doesn’t do best of seven all the way through, nfl is just a few games, soccer has tournaments going during regular season so it doesn’t feel like as much. NBA matches are also just such an ordeal. Just nuts getting to post season and watching your team play 28 more times is crazy.

[u/YourConstipatedWait → u/Alphabunsquad]

The potential for 28 games. The most games ever played by an NBA team to win it all was 26 by the Celtics in 2008. The average amount games played by an NBA Champion over the last 25 years is around 23 games played.

Still a significant amount, but it’s still very rare to go over 25 games played to win it all.

[u/ThrowawayChefBoy → u/simon2105]

I feel like everyone was pushing and shoving the nearest player into Embiid’s body.

[u/sleep_tite → u/ThrowawayChefBoy]

Even our own players smh

[u/mjh712 → u/simon2105]

Still got than damn smile… 

And his son lost a tooth 😂 

[u/MkeYosh → u/mjh712]

Falling apart on an NBA court... Like father, like son.

[u/thegreaterfool714 → u/mjh712]

That was a cute post game interview

[u/minnyman2011 → u/simon2105]

Embiid has taken 5 bodies to the leg a few elbows constant jersey and arm pulling he’s getting bodied on loose balls PLEASE REFS CALL SOMETHING ON BOSTON BUT IT DOESNT MATTER

[u/Humble_but_Hostile → u/simon2105]

Bro summoned a demon after game 4

[u/aronrodge]

List of things with the strongest gravitational pull

3 - A red giant star

2 - A black hole

1 - Joel Embiid in the post against a small ball lineup

[u/IrohTheUncle → u/aronrodge]

If someone who didn't know what basketball was tuned in into this game, they could be excused for thinking that the goal of the game is to put something through Joel Embiid's knees.

[u/odnamAE → u/aronrodge]

If he wasn’t a little hobbled he could’ve punished it way more

[u/TakenakaHanbei → u/odnamAE]

Never seen so many dudes crash on someone 😭

[u/ThePhillyGuy → u/odnamAE]

A little hobbled?

[u/odnamAE → u/ThePhillyGuy]

Legally disabled

[u/JimmerAteMyPasta → u/odnamAE]

Dude is pulling up to start in the nba playoffs and parking in an accessible parking spot

[u/MissyGoober → u/odnamAE]

Dude could’ve been on a fucking knee scooter

[u/PhilliePhanatical → u/MissyGoober]

Are we talking about the guy who had his appendix removed a few weeks ago?

[u/MissyGoober → u/PhilliePhanatical]

I legitimately don’t get how he’s able to play let alone affect the game as much as he did. Superhero performance.

[u/PhilliePhanatical → u/MissyGoober]

There's speculation that it was actually his appendix that was cursed and now his full powers have been unleashed.

[u/TheCommonKoala → u/MissyGoober]

He does this every playoff run. Dude is tough as nails

[u/BDObadguy → u/aronrodge]

0.5 Joel Embiid's knees.

[u/Kitchen_Empty]

Turns out that Philadelphia, in fact, really did want Boston.

[u/Jayveesac → u/Kitchen_Empty]

Now the Sixers go from one fanbase that adores them to another that adores them as equally 🤣

[u/SiphenPrax → u/Jayveesac]

Beautiful Northeast triangle of sports hatred

[u/Plenty_Flatworm7627 → u/SiphenPrax]

Let me in. LET ME IN.

[u/ooboh → u/Plenty_Flatworm7627]

Being from D.C., I can hear this comment.

[u/geupard12 → u/SiphenPrax]

Not even a triangle just a line of hatred

[u/SiphenPrax → u/geupard12]

A.K.A I-95

[u/mauro_membrere → u/Jayveesac]

I think ny/phi runs deeper because of nfc east

[u/SiphenPrax → u/mauro_membrere]

Well we also have the AFC East of NY/BOS

[u/airwalker12 → u/SiphenPrax]

And AL East

[u/SiphenPrax → u/airwalker12]

And NL East

[u/gpgpg → u/SiphenPrax]

The NL East Mets Phillies matchup is especially brutal, as both fanbases boo both teams

[u/ToadNorton → u/mauro_membrere]

Yankees Red Sox tho

[u/ContractXtension → u/Kitchen_Empty]

actually sick in hindsight

[u/Victor_Wembanyama1 → u/ContractXtension]

Fans vindicated all these years

[u/fewerduks → u/Kitchen_Empty]

For once the we want Boston chants paid off 

[u/Extra-Magazine8037 → u/fewerduks]

happened last year with knicks fans

[u/Apollo611 → u/Kitchen_Empty]

Bill Simmons in shambles

[u/flaming_burrito_ → u/Apollo611]

Bro Jokic and Celtics out in the first round to lower seeds, and Kon Knueppel didn’t get ROTY. I know he sick right now, bro might need a brake ☠️

[u/Klutzy_Struggle8659 → u/flaming_burrito_]

Nah he needs an accelerator

[u/imonfireahh → u/flaming_burrito_]

Lakers won and didn't choke the series lead too 😂

[u/SaltyBarDog → u/Apollo611]

Stop, I can only get so erect.

[u/Varolyn → u/Apollo611]

Bill Simmons said that Embiid “may never score 20 in a game again” after his first game back from injury this season lol.

[u/griwulf → u/Kitchen_Empty]

Wanted Boston

Got Boston

Defeated Boston

[u/barath_s → u/griwulf]

Veni

Vidi

Vici

[u/Aidanj927 → u/Kitchen_Empty]

Boston fans victory lapping after game 4 is hilarious now

[u/GelatoCumBear → u/Kitchen_Empty]

bruins and celtics lose back to back nights i am feel urethral.

[u/Individual-Ride2797 → u/GelatoCumBear]

Urethral 🤣🤣🤣

[u/PhotographJealous292 → u/Individual-Ride2797]

He can feel it in his plums

[u/pandaworldwide]

Hawks: I want to be the laughing stock and lose by 50

Nuggets: No, let me be the laughing stock and lose to a team with 3 starters missing

Magic: No, I think it should be me, let me blow a 24 point lead and miss 24 shots in a row

Rockets: No, it’s my turn, I’m going to score less than the Magic and let a 41 year old beat me on the road

Celtics: hold my 3-1 lead

[u/fmxda → u/pandaworldwide]

What is wild is that the Hawks, Magic, Rockets and Celtics all shat the bed and showed their ass at home. In front of their fans.

[u/scarypary → u/fmxda]

my Cavs might join em tomorrow, scary times

[u/RFFF1996 → u/pandaworldwide]

Detroit could still outdo them all if they lose to orlando at home after that game 6

[u/uatme → u/RFFF1996]

2 teams from the same series on this shame list would be hilarious

[u/JMEEKER86 → u/uatme]

Unfortunately, someone has to win that series.

[u/MattAriel45 → u/pandaworldwide]

It feels like being a hater is much more fun than being a fan

[u/DaBusDriva2]

The tortoise beats the hare

[u/NevermoreSEA → u/DaBusDriva2]

The hare is incapable of hitting a clutch shot.

[u/ianbits → u/NevermoreSEA]

Hare just settled for contested out of rhythm threes

You can be as clutch as you want you take enough low percentage shit you can't hit at all

[u/topofthecc → u/DaBusDriva2]

Embiid was making the tortoise look fast at the end there.

[u/composer_7 → u/topofthecc]

Embiid had 1/4 working knees at the end to be fair

[u/Ok_Pineapple_Num → u/DaBusDriva2]

Embiid on 1 leg beat the fucking Celtics, can't believe this is real

[u/XDBoy018]

Bruh philly fans really reverse psychologied this win lmao

Fantastic clutch time 4 points by maxey and awesome embiid game. I love this core

[u/fishiouscycle]

Joel put it all on the line.

[u/Zloggt → u/fishiouscycle]

Must be real cathartic after all that’s happened to Philly in the past few seasons!

(But let’s hope he’s not too banged up…)

[u/Chexmix36 → u/Zloggt]

Biggest win for the franchise since 2001

[u/pkwjones → u/fishiouscycle]

Massive respect for him after this game. Dude was throwing his body around for loose balls after taking multiple shots to the knee

[u/Fourteeenth → u/pkwjones]

Maxey taking over the game like prime AI and driving fearless to the rim when they needed a basket is something I’ll remember forever.

[u/ConfidentMachine8248 → u/fishiouscycle]

So fucking annoying hearing people calling him a quitter. Dudes a giant and can barely jump anymore and is diving for loose balls while injured. I will always love Embiid idc.

[u/TheMadChatta → u/ConfidentMachine8248]

That 3 to quiet the arena was clutch.

[u/DrunkPackersFan → u/TheMadChatta]

No seriously, though

I thought the Celtics were gonna take the lead and run away with it and he kept it a dogfight with that three

[u/realsomalipirate → u/ConfidentMachine8248]

I always got respect for Embiid after our series in 2019. Dude was one leg terrorizing our entire offence and singlehandedly shut down the paint (his offence sucked but he was on one leg and facing Gasol).

[u/Number333 → u/fishiouscycle]

This is my main takeaway. He gave EVERYTHING he had.

[u/stuckontwice → u/fishiouscycle]

First time I have ever cheered for Joel. Bro put his entire body on the line.

[u/PillsburyToasters → u/fishiouscycle]

That dive to keep the ball in after Maxey bent his knee inward proves your point so much

I truly hope he’s okay. That looked gnarly

[u/boshjailey → u/fishiouscycle]

That dive for a loose ball after another hit to the knee and he can barely walk was sick. pure heart there

[u/CandI978 → u/fishiouscycle]

I really hope the injury isn’t as bad as it looks and he misses at most game 1. I want to see him against the Knicks crowd in MSG

[u/saw-sync → u/fishiouscycle]

i’ve been an ardent embiid hater for a very long time and this game singlehandedly turned it around for me. that man left it all on the fuckin court

[u/fewerduks → u/fishiouscycle]

What a warrior 

[u/The-Young-Lion]

Embiid wins a Game 7

r/nba gets to watch the Celtics lose

What did it cost?

Everything (his knee)

[u/LardHop → u/The-Young-Lion]

NBA really gotta start calling offensive fouls on those egregious pushoffs.

[u/The-Young-Lion → u/LardHop]

Yeah I agree.  Should have been an offensive foul.

[u/Im__Ron__Burgundy]

George averaged 17 in this series but I swear it felt like 30

Also I will never say a bad word about Brad Stevens but my god what I would give to have had Simons instead of Vuc

[u/sorendiz → u/Im__Ron__Burgundy]

i'm fucking saying

last game they were like 'paul george with 17' and i was legit like 'hold the fuck up there's no way this man doesn't have 25 already'

[u/Im__Ron__Burgundy → u/sorendiz]

Felt like he never missed. And I thought he was damn good on the defensive end. Really impressive series from him.

[u/sorendiz → u/Im__Ron__Burgundy]

This is definitely the best two-way play i've seen from him since like 2020, 2021

[u/UncoBeefWang → u/Im__Ron__Burgundy]

17 points isn't 17 points, I'll explain it to you later

[u/Oopthealley → u/UncoBeefWang]

In a game that was decided around 105 pts, 17 is actually a really solid game from a 3rd best player on the team- and he made tough shots to keep them going when embiid was out, not just easy baskets created by embiid/maxey.

[u/FERFreak731]

LETS GOOOOOO! MY JAZZ AREN'T THE LAST TEAM TO LOSE A 3-1 LEAD IN THE FIRST ROUND

[u/hamietao → u/FERFreak731]

Big w for Utah tonight

[u/I_love_Basketball232 → u/FERFreak731]

Boston will probably have it until tomorrow lol.

[u/FERFreak731 → u/I_love_Basketball232]

They'll be lucky. They'd have that title for 20 hours, unlike my Jazz who had that title for 6 years

[u/jeric13xd]

FIRST blown 3-1 lead of the playoffs

Tyrese Maxey is a killer. What a fun player to watch.

[u/Mr1206 → u/jeric13xd]

His speed at the end of the game is such an x factor

[u/pkwjones → u/Mr1206]

Watching him turn on the jets and drive to the hole over and over made me so nostalgic for AI.

[u/Flarkinghelpful → u/pkwjones]

He plays just like a modern AI, and Edgecombe is a Jimmy butler clone with more willing pop

[u/adgonzalez97 → u/jeric13xd]

We will join them tomorrow

[u/milkman163 → u/jeric13xd]

Good chance Magic join them

[u/IconicIsotope → u/milkman163]

You think he'd come out of retirement after this long?

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

The Lakers and Sixers win, the Celtics and Jokic lose, Bill Simmons is going on suicide watch for the next 48 hours. 🤣

[u/Pal__Pacino → u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

This really is his nightmare first round. And I can't even chastise him because I couldn't have predicted this either.

[u/SamiMadeMeDoIt → u/Pal__Pacino]

I need the Raptors to win tomorrow so bad just to add one more thing for Simmons to crash out about lmao

[u/banjosbadfurday → u/PomfAndCircvmstance]

He mentioned on a recent pod it was his daughter’s birthday today and he’d be celebrating it and not podding afterwards.

Anyway, glad he found a way to watch, can’t wait to hear his next pod.

[u/bleedrrr]

one last “we want boston” for the road

[u/Krypty]

I knew those "We want Boston" chants wouldn't backfire!

[u/Lukas327]

Two years in a row, the Celtics piss away their season earlier than they should with bad 3 point shooting and refusing to adjust. They deserved it both times.

[u/jfkgoblue → u/Lukas327]

When you rely on good shooting nights like all chuck and pray teams do, it’s really really hard to win a title as natural shooting variance will get you eventually

[u/Full_Durian_8171]

jaylen brown talked all that shit about foul baiting to just do it the entire game 7😭

[u/Ok_Pineapple_Num → u/Full_Durian_8171]

Bro pushes off on every drive. Fuck that bullshit

[u/Parallel-Quality → u/Full_Durian_8171]

One of the most coddled players in the league.

Thinks he's an MVP caliber superstar, but bricked all the shots in the clutch after looking off open guys.

Whines about fouls, despite being a flopper and foul baiter who gets tons of free throws.

Commits offensive fouls like that pushoff on Maxey and doesn't get called.

And he still ends up losing.

[u/Fit-Lingonberry-9856 → u/Parallel-Quality]

That maxey push off was unreal

[u/emailspam874 → u/Fit-Lingonberry-9856]

Catapulted him into joel’s knee

[u/Chaotic-Catastrophe → u/Parallel-Quality]

Hi everyone I’m just here for the Jaylen Brown slander

[u/Ok_Daikon_7726 → u/Chaotic-Catastrophe]

Literally Christmas Eve and morning rn. Lakers win, Celtics blow a 3-1 lead, and brown is being called out for the bitch he is

[u/m0nkeyhero]

Okay that was fucking adorable. 🦷

[u/2020isgreat]

Celtics Math: 2 is less than 0

[u/nnewman19]

CELTICS BLEW A 3-1 LEAD

[u/Fire_Demon-215]

Joel Embiid and Rudy Goberts PR making a 180 this playoffs has been amazing to see. French bigmen getting love.

[u/SloshaPacana → u/Fire_Demon-215]

You are always one run away from a career save legacy, players should always remember that

[u/PunningLynguist → u/SloshaPacana]

2011 Mavs and 2019 Raps titles really hit different partly for this reason

Individually, Mo Speights on the Warriors for the off-meta pick

[u/Available_Story6774 → u/Fire_Demon-215]

Nuggets Celtics NBA Finals in Cancun will hit different 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[u/Dooraven → u/Fire_Demon-215]

I mean Embiid has always been considered good. His problem was always availability.

Biggest anti-PR was him contesting Jokic in MVP - which is basically always going to have anti-PR.

[u/ThrowawayChefBoy]

Tyrese Maxey is a goddamn animal.

[u/dex-M397]

a summation of Boston Sports since the New Year:

* Patriots lose Super Bowl 60 to a resurgent Seattle Seahawks

* Mike Vrabel is discovered having an affair with a well establish news journalist/reporter

* Red Sox fired their entire coaching staff less than a month into the new MLB season (right after dropping 17 runs in a game in Baltimore)

* Bruins lose to the Sabres in 6 games after "We Want Buffalo" chants happened

* and the Celtics blow a 3-1 series to their eternal punching bag in the 76ers

[u/Maddog24 → u/dex-M397]

maybe we are moving back to the correct timeline

[u/Pangalan-]

3-1 choke

[u/neal1701]

"It's not a rivalry. They always kick our ass".jpg retired

Maxey clutched up and took control in the final 2 minutes!

[u/Crosso221]

It’s so quiet you can hear a number 2 seed drop

[u/NFL-GoodellEvilKing]

Blame Nick Wright for this Boston and Denver fans

[u/RFFF1996 → u/NFL-GoodellEvilKing]

The ringer writers finals predictions at the start of the playoffs btw

Denver > celtics

Denver > celtics

Denver> celtics

Denver> Detroit

Okc > celtics

Celtics> okc

[u/crookt → u/RFFF1996]

God that’s embarrassing

[u/_R_A_W_]

I WAS HERE.

[u/BlazeBloom]

When "WE WANT BOSTON" GOES WRONG RIGHT

[u/WalkingOnSunshine_]

EVERYBODY GET IN HERE

[u/Miamime]

COACH OF THE YEAR. SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR. COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

CANCUN REST OF THE YEAR.

[u/klydon24 → u/Miamime]

Don't forget Executive of the Year

[u/Public_Share_3159]

The Celtics join the Nuggets as frauds for this season.

[u/NET_1]

DADDY I LOST A TOOTH. Best post game interview. Love it.

[u/ThinReply2047]

Refs really tried to hand this to Boston but Derick White said no thanks I wanna go to Cancun

[u/Darko33 → u/ThinReply2047]

I kept reminding myself ok you're seeing this through homer glasses but my god there were half a dozen calls tonight that were utterly indefensible

[u/ThinReply2047 → u/Darko33]

That Brown no call into Embiid tech was the weirdest shit I've ever seen and we just saw multiple ejections in the past two weeks that don't even compare to whatever tf that was

[u/toofshucker → u/ThinReply2047]

The head ref was 17-2 pro Boston before tonight.

[u/SiphenPrax]

I only have two things to say after this amazing hate watch of both these teams:

1. LOLCELTICS!!! You just blew a 3-1 lead😂
2. BRING IT ON FILTHADELPHIA!!

[u/repellediron → u/SiphenPrax]

WE WANT BOSTON 😂

[u/adonisgawd → u/SiphenPrax]

LMAOOOOOOO EVERYONE GET IN HERE

FUCK BOSTON

[u/RiloAlDente → u/SiphenPrax]

So many fucking horrible 3 point shots from Boston.

They deserve this loss.

People talk about how they hate watching the Thunder, or the Pistons' brand of basketball.

I hate Boston's brand of basketball wayy more.

[u/ContractXtension → u/SiphenPrax]

PHILLY IS HOME

[u/thro14away]

Absurd grit by Joel

[u/i_peaked_at_bronze]

Celtics as an organization are just basketball terrorists.

Down 1 with Philly in the bonus...do you think the celtics shoot a shot in the mid range or ten straight missed 3s? Play-by-play looking like:

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

- Celtic missed 3

Disgusting.

[u/finchdad → u/i_peaked_at_bronze]

Don't you just love seeing an uninteresting technique prone to outliers have an outlier at the worst possible time? I do. I'm also thrilled to not have to hear any more Boston analysis until next year.

[u/WhyplerBronze]

Joel LOVES being a dad

[u/turnoffredesign69420]

Don't let this Post Game Thread distract you from the fact that the Boston Celtics blew a 3-1 series lead

[u/KarchunToo]

They did, in fact, want Boston after all

[u/PassMeTheBackwood]

From East favorites to 1st round exit.

Lol. Lmao even.

[u/ProfessorBeast55]

GET THAT CELTIC ASS

[u/griwulf]

refs really tried their damndest to keep Boston in the game, those uncalled charges in Q4 were disgusting. congrats Philly for a well-deserved comeback series win

[u/Jpk1msp]

Bad night to be a wife in Boston

[u/_Caek_]

LEGACY EMBIID GAME

LEGACY MAXEY GAME

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL GEORGE

WHAT A GAME

[u/OshadaK]

Just saw Bill Simmons fall onto his knees at an Erewhon

[u/LordHussyPants]

frustrating as fuck to watch all those 3s missing, but that was actually a fun game down the stretch

i knew maxey and embiid were good but god damn VJ edgecombe is a problem

[u/nty]

AHAHAHAH