Wizards vs Celtics Game 7 thoughts..

Celtics should have taken care of business tonight and missed their opportunity but they didn't and it might come back to haunt them(they dressed in all black for nothing..), or..... it might not. history has shown that teams are hard to beat at home in game 7s...

Before game 6 began, i predicted the Wizards to take care of game 6 at home and win by 7(closer than i imagined but i knew it was going to be within single digits) BUT the twist in this series going through my head i believed was that the Wizards will finally be the team in this series to crack the home team dominance with a win on the road and thus moving on to face the Cavs.

Now after watching the Wizards performance in game 6 i am not as sure. it makes me feel a little hesitant about the Wizards going into game 7. the Wizards got lucky, extremely lucky to live to see another day and i don't see how they can win game 7 if they play like that again also they cannot play like they did in games 1, 2 or 5 again at the TD Garden. Will they have enough in the tank in them to beat the Celtics on the road in game 7 after an emotional game 6 win?

i still believe it's anybody's game in game 7 and have my reasons why i like the Wizards to move on to the next round but i just need to shake off this performance i saw from the Wizards tonight. it wasn't pretty at all but is that what they want the masses to think? maybe they got the intended effect that they wanted you to see so you can slam the Celtics the next game? if Wizards had beat the Celtics by 20 pts again tonight you could then imagine the Wizards getting complacent again and thus losing the series. so maybe its a good thing game 6 was close. whatever happens in game 7 expect another nailbiter for sure. all i know is that everyone is going to be on Boston in game 7, and i mean everyone. spread and ML. 

who do you got

ON THE ROAD ... IN A PLACE WHERE THE HOME ADVANTAGE IS HUGE

BOSTON STILL DID NOT WIN BUT THEY WERE SO CLOSE...

JOHN WALL HAD HIS CHAMPIONSHIP (GAME 6)

NOW BOSTON GOES HOME AND WINS 

Pretty much this.  And I saw some compelling arguments for why the league wants a Celtics/Cavs ECF this year.  So far it looks like it's gonna happen.  IT scores 40+ on Monday and gets the W for his sister.  

sup roy, sure the home field is huge in situations like these no question. however don't forget this is the young Celtics core' and Brad Steven's first true game #7 of their playoff career. also they have not win a playoff series collectively until they beated the Bulls last round. not saying C's will choke, IT has proven he can shine in clutch moments. Bradley has been money from 3 in these playoffs and C's as a whole have been just as phenomenal from downtown. 

i think it really all comes down to experience. i think the Wiz are the more veteran team and have a bit more success than the Celtics in the playoffs and been in these big game situations before(although usually on the losing end in tough nailbiters). they have won 3 playoff series compared to 1 for the C's. The only thing eluding the Wizards is an ECF appearance while the C's had nothing but three straight one and done's in the first round until they beated the Bulls. also worth noting that it is also John Wall and co's first game 7 in the playoffs as well. alot of first for both teams for the right to go meet Lebron in the next round. i think this game will be a toss-up in my opinion. i'm leaning the points here

Washington shot 2-19 from 3 point range going into the 4th quarter and still almost won. If you look at Boston's wins the series their are red flags next to all of them - Game 1 Morris injury - Game 2 lucky comeback Thomas scores 50 plus - Game 5 Bradley and Horford barely miss a shot - Game 6 near the game is a toss up with Washington shooting 12% from 3 point line.

Washington will take momentum and confidence into game 7 and the 2 days off are huge for Washington with that garbage bench which once again gave up a big lead in the first half. Washington is the better team - as long as Washington shoots normally or better and no one on Boston has a career day Washington should win.

i think it was also a strategic decision on the Cavs part. they know they can beat Boston anytime anywhere so homecourt wasnt really much of a priority to them but if they assumed #1 they would have to play a pesky Bulls team(which would have been probably a 5 game series or 6 if Rondo was healthy), then a Wizards or Hawks team that have played the Cavs competitively at times during the season, that is another possible 6 game series right there. and what do they do to relinquesh the homecourt? they are 8-0 in the playoffs and beat a Pacers and Raptors team that they knew they had no problem in handling during regular season and get all that time im between to rest and heal up. they knew Boston would have their hands full with two playoff experienced teams in Bulls and Wizards. LBJ is a thinking man's player, got to give the man credit. 

went from 4 to 4.5 already.

im sure it'll go up to and stay at the same line it always has been in this series: 5, 5.5...

C's backers better get them now. 

This is exactly why Boston will go through. The league wants a Cavs/GS three-peat, and if Washington makes the ECF they are a chance, slim maybe, but a chance to upset that Cavs/GS combo from occurring. 'The public' can lose by Washington covering ATS, they don't need to win SU to deliver the books the desired result. But it makes sense for 'the public' to win this game, they'd then believe in Boston come the ECF. Cavs lay big numbers at home, that Boston love results in the squares lining up to take big spreads (like they did with Toronto), then the Cavs bury them & Boston in the first game or 2.

Washington will not win G7 SU.

This is hysterical.  The league will "fix" game 7 because if Washington wins, then Washington could win the East. 

So in other words, the league can "fix" G7 but it can't "fix" the ECF to guarantee Cleveland wins.