GRADING the Celtics' postseason SO FAR 👀 'HAVE TO BE PREPARED for the WEST!' - Perk | NBA Today

People forget in 2017 when they made it to the ECF in the IT era, Brown was coming off the bench & not even their 3rd scoring option. They lost to Cavs in 5. Nobody in the East was seeing them. In 2018 they got there with a Rookie Tatum without their 2 best scorers Kyrie & Hayward & still went to 7 against a Prime Lebron. In 2020 they made it while plagued with injuries & Hayward missing multiple games but lost to a superior Heat team. 22 they went against a gauntlet of teams Bucks, Nets & Heat but fell short against the DYNASTY Warriors, last year they went on another amazing run & came back from 0-3 but lost in 7 because Tatum sprained his ankle. You have to make sure you add context to all these.

Celtics are missing a 20 point starter as well and no one mentioned it

Why are they just ignoring the Celtics missing their starting center?

So why doesn’t anyone mention the Celtics are missing KP??

When Celtics win they praise the supporting role or the other players like White or Horford or Porzingis, even though Tatum played great. But when they lose they are quick to blame it all on Tatum!

Kinda crazy to rate their post-season a B+ just because their opponents had injuries (not the Celtics' fault) and they got two gentleman sweeps instead of sweeps 🤦🏽‍♂

When the warriors were rolling throw the west I never heard any of this talk .

Is that the Celtics fault that other teams are banged up they can't control the matchup on who they face

If the Celtics had won the Finals in 2022, nobody would be saying anything. They are battle tested over the past 6 seasons, they are hungry. They went out and got Holiday (upgrade over Smart) and Porzingis (Upgrade over Rob Williams). Even if Porzingis doesn’t play, they almost won the Finals with Smart at PG. Holiday alone puts them over the top. Tatum can drop a 50 piece in the playoffs, he’s done it before. My GAWD, they are 8-2 in the playoffs! Two gentleman sweeps.

All year: “Kristaps Porzingis is pivotal for their success” KP gets hurt Now: “…other teams are hurt idk who KP is”

Didn't the Celtics sweep the heat during the regular season when they were healthy

I truly believe the only team that can beat the Celtics is the Celtics themselves

Celtics are 8-2 in the playoffs. Tatum is doing what he needs to do.

Celtics are jumping every hurdle. They cant win the chip before the actual finals . chill the f out.

F** it , I like the Celtics over the Nuggets. What about it ??!?!! See me

Celtics won their games without Porzingis but no one says anything. Mitchell is out and now its like the celtics win doesnt count. Mitchell was out for several games in the regular season and Cavs still manage to win a lot of their games. Their players are quite good its not only Mitchell who carries the team! And most of the time when the teams star is out, the rest of the team elevate their game!

Boston isn’t the first team to play against injured teams and they won’t be the last … Boston will win the chip because they ain’t gonna wanna feel the pain of losing again …

Perk wrong. It’s Mitchell vs garland Both can’t play together, both need the ball Stop tryna put the coaches against the players

The coach saying they had to nut up had me rolling laughing

How is it the Celtics fault if people on other teams keep on getting injured?