3.07.2010

The C's Tanked Game 7 against Orlando

It remains the belief here that - dime store psychiatrist alert - the Celts squandered Game 7 against Orlando last year because they believed they would get embarrassed by Cleveland.

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I've been saying a variation of this since last spring. I'm not sure they would have been embarrassed, but the Celtics would have potentially given Cleveland a psychological edge were the teams to meet up again in the playoffs, say, this year. No less important, they would have given the Cavs the satisfaction of beating them in a title game.

You don't do that if you don't have a realistic chance to win.

I'm still pissed the C's killed themselves in the 1987 ECFs, just to serve themselves up on a platter to the Lakers in the Finals.

2 comments:

Ryan said...

Could this be a sign of what we've been waiting for from Ron since the lakers signed him?

http://twitpic.com/1746pw

Lex said...

Yikes!

Now that's ugly.