Quote Originally Posted by andarmac99:
Whether Cleveland comes back to win this series or Boston wraps it up, I must give up props on the Celtics. It was a very good series wager and you nailed almost all aspects of the series. I was pretty much dead wrong except Game 3 and got a lucky cover in Game 1.
Well done.


thanks man! we can't all agree before the games, but i would we can all agree at this point that public perception about this series was off on both ends... Cavs not as good as everyone thought... Celts not as old and weary as everyone thought...
i might still lose money on the series if i don't hedge out the original bet in game 6... that would have been the original strategy, but i think i am just throwing money away...
my prediction for game 6... Cavs start off with a lot of energy, Lebron comes out guns a blazin'... Cavs get out to an 8 or 10 point lead by end of 1st or early 2nd quarter...
then Allen or Pierce or someone will hit a big 3, and maybe a turnover... something very innocent, seemingly, will suddenly get Boston back to a tie game, and the crowd will be rocking... and once that happens, all of the negative thoughts and negative pressure hovering over this team will start to bury them...
Lebron will be wondering where he will be next year... Mike Brown will be wondering what kind of job he will have next year... Shaq will be wondering if he should retire... role players will be wondering about next year...
all of that shit is already being talked about too much on ESPN and in the Cleveland media... they can say they aren't thinking about it... but it's just like game 4 in Atlanta... they were fighting hard, things were going ok... then once things start to go bad, you are facing a team that just wants to put the nail in your coffin, and knows how to do it...
there is not going to be any point in the first half of this game where Boston doesn't believe they can and will come back and win the game... but unless Cleveland gets a 20 point lead... they will not be comfortable...
it's a bad psychological situation for Cleveland, and those comparing this one to game 3 are very sadly mistaken... totally different situation this time...
Boston blew homecourt advantage once... i will be totally shocked if they blow it again...
