If the Celtics tonight are not your second biggest bet of these playoffs, then you don't know ...

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jack!

So just stop betting. I have the C's losing this series, but tonight is their night. This team is highly overrated and poorly constructed (too many wings) at least to beat the Bucks. But this game has nothing to do with the current teams (and their respective abilities) and everything to do with the Celtics as a franchise and what Boston fans call, "Celtic Pride." The Celtics (as a franchise) just don't lose games like this. It would be one of the most humiliating things if they did, losing two in a row at home against a team that has not won squat or been past the second round in decades.

begginerboy · Answer

jack!

So just stop betting. I have the C's losing this series, but tonight is their night. This team is highly overrated and poorly constructed (too many wings) at least to beat the Bucks. But this game has nothing to do with the current teams (and their respective abilities) and everything to do with the Celtics as a franchise and what Boston fans call, "Celtic Pride." The Celtics (as a franchise) just don't lose games like this. It would be one of the most humiliating things if they did, losing two in a row at home against a team that has not won squat or been past the second round in decades.

jpot34 · Answer

Not so sure you make a valid point. GL though!

ActionMagnet · Answer

It was only a few years ago that a Rondo led 8th seed Bulls team went into Boston and took both games 1 &amp; 2 on their home court.

begginerboy · Answer

You are talking about when IT lost his sister just before the series. Come on, man.

jpot34 · Answer

&#xA; &#xA;This Celtics team is not one of the past. I wish you well on your bet!

justlol · Answer

w-w-well those bad bucks havent won anything before.. t-t-there&#x27;s just no way celtics lose because of things like pride and well they just dont lose games like this.

StumpTownStu · Answer

&#xA;Celtic pride is a myth. A bunch of drunken, racist irishmen who think god owes them something in the form of sports wins. Don&#x27;t get me wrong, they&#x27;re one of the best fanbases in the country, a fan base which includes my own father, but i&#x27;m not buying into your premise.

jpot34 · Answer

&#xA; &#xA;Your reply was to someone being sarcastic. Hope your reply was to the OP.

StumpTownStu · Answer

&#xA;It was. Not sure how I quoted that post. I didn&#x27;t click to quote it and it wasn&#x27;t in the body of my post when I wrote it.

Mancity · Answer

Bucks bro

swanbomb · Answer

Always enjoy your views and analyses BB, but I&#x27;m on the Bucks &#x2B;2 tonight. Good luck.

StumpTownStu · Answer

Roxbury stand up! Dorchester stand up! I see you Mattapan, you in here!&#xA;With that said, i&#x27;m on Milwaukee.

begginerboy · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by StumpTownStu]  &#xD;&#xA;Celtic pride is a myth. A bunch of drunken, racist irishmen who think god owes them something in the form of sports wins. Don&#x27;t get me wrong, they&#x27;re one of the best fanbases in the country, a fan base which includes my own father, but i&#x27;m not buying into your premise.  [/Quote]Those drunken, racist Irishmen have willed lesser Celtic teams to wins. Tonight will be no different. The Greek Freak will get the full treatment from the fans, and if he gets more than 10 FT tonight, I&#x27;ll be shocked. He&#x27;ll need at least 20 just to keep his team in it. This may not be your father&#x27;s Celtics, or your grandfather&#x27;s, but they are still Celtics. And those greats at the game tonight, and those banners hanging from the rafters, and the Celtic ghosts of yore (not to mention the drunken Irishmen) will inspire them to a dd victory.

StraightWagers · Answer

What was the biggest bet of the playoffs? I missed it. Good luck

begginerboy · Answer

You missed it because I didn&#x27;t post it. Boston game one against the Bucks should have been your biggest bet. The winning team was being gifted 7-8 points by Vegas, which was completely absurd. Now the same winning team is a slight favorite. I&#x27;m trying to make amends by posting this time.

barneybeans · Answer

The forum doesn&#x27;t do well with text: formatting text, quoting text... pretty much all things text. Hence the confusion and issues we experience with who said what to who.

BIGDTITLE · Answer

zero heart     Kyrie gone     still tons of talent but will remain a middle of the road team unless they can get AD

buddha72 · Answer

I was on the Bucks and that was a very bad play on your part. About 70% on Boston and line hangs out around a pickem all day. Or Bucks plus 1.5 is what I played.  Vegas is telling you something with the line my friend.

jflydaddy · Answer

your the one who might need to stop betting

gambleholic63 · Answer

&#xA;Isn&#x27;t it funny how the line "is telling you something" after the game is over?&#xA;Some of you guys think you are wayyyyy smarter than you actually are.

ActionMagnet · Answer

The line is telling you 5hiT. Take the better team that has better team chemistry, the MVP and best record in conference. I&#x2019;m guilty of this at times also, however, I took Boston because I expected a tough gutty effort. They flat out quit and Kyrie is a bum.

begginerboy · Answer

You can only pickem. You can&#x27;t shoot for them. This stat is unbelievable. Watching it I knew it was bad, as they missed open shot after open shot, but this is absurd:On uncontested jumpers, the Celtics were 14-for-39 overall, and they were 6-for-26 from 3-point range -- while Irving himself was 1-for-7 and 0-for-4, respectively.  Everything was their for the taking. They were being aggressive. They were diving for all the loose balls. Even the refs were on the Celtics, begging them to just make a few shots to push this series to 6:The Celtics were aggressive early in the game attacking the basket -- getting away from the steady diet of jump shots that doomed them in Game 3 and scoring 44 points in the paint after putting up just 24 in Game 3. They even managed to get both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton -- Milwaukee&#x27;s two All-Stars -- to pick up their fourth fouls midway through the third quarter, seemingly giving Boston a chance to take control of the game.But they could not make a damn shot. Never seen a Celtic team choke so bad. This sequence in the middle of the second quarter, when they had a three chances to push the lead to 11, says it all:Marcus Smart misses 24-foot three point jumper&#x9;31 - 39&#x9;5:14&#x9;&#x9;Al Horford offensive rebound&#x9;31 - 39&#x9;5:09&#x9;&#x9;Gordon Hayward misses 23-foot three point jumper&#x9;31 - 39&#x9;5:07&#x9;&#x9;Marcus Smart offensive rebound&#x9;31 - 39&#x9;5:03&#x9;&#x9;Kyrie Irving misses 26-foot three point jumper&#x9;31 - 39&#x9;5:01&#x9;&#x9;Brook Lopez defensive rebound&#x9;31 - 39&#x9;4:53&#x9;&#x9;Khris Middleton makes two point shot&#x9;33 - 39And that was the beginning of the end.