The Philadelphia 76ers are the 4th team in tbe 21st century to beat the 2nd seed in the playoffs as a 7th seed
Warriors (2024-25, 1988-89 & 1990-91)
Lakers (2022-23)
Spurs (2009-10)
Knicks (1997-98)
Sonics (1986-87)
This hurts the Celtics chances of advancing to the second round
I thought there would be a game 8 on Mon?
Celtics in 9
What’re you talking about. Theyre an ecf lock.
They’re the biggest threat to OKC bro whatchu mean
Big if true
C stands for Choke
What if it was just a fluke? Should we replay it?
Lol #FUCK BOSTON
I said this in another thread but I hope to god NYC and Philly start chanting during their games “We want Boston” just to fuck with the Celtics fans hearts more FUCK BOSTON LETS GO
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I don’t think they care about the 2010 NHL playoffs, mainly since they won it all in 2011.
Huge moment for Lakers fans before they get swept
Losing in Round 2 as underdogs >>> Losing in Round 1 as favorites
Bro we won Round 1 despite the overwhelming odds, now since Boston’s choked I’m satisfied with our season - anything extra is just a sweet bonus
Same lmao, all I cared about was not blowing the 3-0 lead and now that the nugs and Boston are kicked out of the 1st round, I’m satisfied
Beating the thunder would be beautiful
Without Luka it’s simply not happening. Even with Luka it’s a slim chance
Overwhelming odds is crazy, we are way too ass for that to be true 😭
Overwhelming odds when talking about the Rockets might be the funniest thing ever written
Let’s not pretend anyone here nor on nba media expected Hospital Lakers to win a playoff series against a rockets team that just came off a 9-1 winning streak.
Here’s a thread on how the discourse was before the series: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/TrmTT8G7kF
The overwhelming odds…of a trash fucking team lmaooo
Pathetic attempt to troll, Unflaired Trash
Ahhhh you think an internet cosmetic means anything in real life that’s real cute man enjoy your night thanks for responding and distracting me, flaired friend
Lakers support rape btw just saying
Lmao 3-1 lead as the 2nd seed
Watching the refs hand you the game on a silver platter and you guys still not being able to run a play besides a brick 3 was pretty fun ngl.
How you gonna hate from outside the club lmao
This is rich from yall the refs are the only reason yall be in that okc series (the lakers support rape btw)
You haven’t commented on anything in the last 13 days except for the last hour of pure salt lmao.
Enjoy your series against okc, yall always have Boston rent free in your head its all good
boston blew a 3-1 lead LMAOOOOOOOOOO
It is pretty funny lol Edit: honestly needed a laugh for perspective so thank you for that.
We weren’t massive favorites for our series though like you guys were
U guys the 2nd seed and had 3-1 lead though lollerskates
Bill Simmons recording a 4-hour emergency podcast titled “Is this worse than the 2004 Yankees? (With my dad).”
Celtics and Jokic both going out in the 1st round is his 9⁄11
Will be a glorious hatelisten in his next pod
Already wondering in his last pod who he was going to root for with Curry not in the playoffs, Jokic out, and Celtics on the brink of elimination lol
I forgot that the Lakers closed out the series as well since the last pod.
This is literally all his agendas crumbling in front of him.
I feel like Cartman licking Scott Tenorman’s tears saying how delicious they are just thinking about the Bill Pod tomorrow!
And he’s licking his lips knowing he’ll make a fuck ton of money from all the hating bozos tuning in. Just don’t listen to his stupid takes
Can’t wait. I’m still irked at him for that dumb comment about the Fiesta t-shirts for Spurs-Blazers G1. I’ve been asking the Sixers to make Bill Simmons cry this whole series.
I think the episodes with his dad are really sweet
Ok, it’s not that bad, but this might hurt more than “One Giant Loss”
PG and Embiid getting that damn respeck
Bizarro world where KD and Jokic getting playoff slander while PG, Embiid and Gobert getting their flowers
KD gets slandered in the playoffs alot lol
The universe is balanced
Did we underestimate them heading into these playoffs? They were never fully healthy all year and we know Embiid has a questionable playoff history. But if they’re healthy, this Sixers team feels different. They can absolutely make the NBA Finals.
Their starting 5 can play with anyone in the east. And in the playoffs their lack of depth can be covered a bit with the shortened rotations.
Paul George gets meme’d a fuck-ton, but he’s absolutely a significant upgrade over Tobias Harris. It’s night and day.
Its hard to undersell how much of our Embiid era playoff failures were down to how much of our cap Harris was eating. Nothing against him personally but just a consistently passive and useless player when it mattered. Probably the worst fully healthy max contract ever.
Without a doubt. The dude sucked ass
To this day I don’t understand how he was a worse Tatum/brown defender than Oubre or VJ.
A saw in another thread that Tobias Harris will get you an “ invisible 16⁄8” to contribute to the losses 😂
Embiid likely got his knee tweaked during the last couple of minutes by Maxey. Hopefully it’s nothing - he wasn’t limping after the post game interview so I’m hopeful.
I think (hope) he was just gassed
It comes down to Embiid’s health but the starting 5 now with VJ being a legit two player is elite. Scoring and defence all over the floor.
I don’t trust any of the other teams in the east. I can totally see it.
We say every year, “if Embiid’s healthy” and it just never happens. Well for a little bit there it just happened. I do think this team is better than the record says.
The other part though is I think the C’s were overrated. In the past 5 years it’s been teams like the Jazz and Cavs that were these regular season juggernauts that just folded in the postseason. I think the 25-26 Celtics were closer to that mold than a contender. Don’t get me wrong, what they did in what was supposed to be a gap year was amazing. Hats off to them. But replacing Holiday, Porzingis, and Horford with Pritchard, Queta, and Hauser was bound to be trouble in the playoffs. I don’t think this team had much of a chance getting past round 2 without Tatum at full strength. Their success the past decade just made it harder to see that this wasn’t like the other years for them.
These playoffs seem to be favoring the unexpected. Hate to say it, but at this point I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Timberwolves-Sixers CF.
They struggled in the regular season because of injuries and lack of depth but their top 4 guys is one of the strongest top 4s in the whole league. Oubre, Grimes and Drummond are also good rotational pieces too and that’s really all you need in the playoffs if your main guys are healthy.
Despite refs best efforts in game 7, The sixers deserve to win this game and series
This being the year Embiid finally makes the ECF is funny af
Let’s slow our roll there we’re still on planet earth
Lol ppl were saying his career was over before the season started. Imagine he makes a finals run lmaoo.
Philly sports radio was convinced he was washed and we should trade him for to build around Maxey
If they make the ecf i think they make the finals
He’s definitely getting packed up by the Knicks
WHERE U AT BILL SIMMONS
I love the Sixers! Has nothing to do as to who they beat.
Genuinely though, I’m glad they exorcised their demons.
I hate both of these teams. Drain all the energy for round two.
Can’t wait for them to lose in the second round
It’ll be must-hear TV with the volume turned up, that’s for sure.
Flair up bitch boy
Look at the last sentence of my cheesey bio and take a guess 😊
Love to see it.
2023 heat run?
8th.
Maybe Philadelphia makes a run to the finals as a patsy for OKC
Gotta be the first to do it from a 3-1 deficit I would think
We want Boston!!
A lot of people had nuggets Celtics finals and they both got first rounded
So many teams have been exposed already in the playoffs.
Shout out to the perpetual underdog warriors damn
Forgive me I’m no guru but how is this legal?
Didn’t he literally take three or four steps while carrying the ball?
Probably carried it (as per rulebook) but you can see one bounce is blocked by his body if you look closely
I think I do now see that one bounce you’re talking about. Good looking
Delete this and start over