LeBron constantly talks about good game plans. 9-1 in playoff series, including one title. Tyronn Lue, as an NBA head coach: 128-77 (.624) in regular season, 37-13 (.740) in playoffs. Long strange trip to get there though.ĭennis Monoloff highlighted some of Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue’s accomplishments: Keith Smith admitted that the conference finals matchups were quite predictable, but the teams didn’t exactly take the path most imagined:Īfter everything for all the teams involved, it is Celtics/Cavaliers and Warriors/Rockets which was what a lot of people predicted before the season. Take a day off and take a deep breath." /SNpWCax1VM The most important thing our team can do tomorrow is go outside. #Celticsīen Golliver posted a clip of Celtics head coach Brad Stevens discussing how his squad will prepare for LeBron and the Cavs:Ĭeltics' Brad Stevens on preparing for Cavaliers: "LeBron is on just a ridiculous run of play. But, I mean, I think you knew that by now. bINf70ZREFĪdam Kaufman tweeted confirmation that Hayward isn’t going to return for this series:ĭon't imagine you're actually wondering, but Danny Ainge - again - confirmed on "there's no chance" Gordon Hayward will return to face the #Cavaliers. It’s worth noting that the last squad to keep James from reaching the Finals was Boston, led by the Big Three of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, which knocked out the Cavs in the East semis and prompted LeBron to take his talents to the Miami Heat in the offseason.Ģ018 NBA Eastern Conference Finals TweetsĮSPN dug up a tweet from six years ago in which Celtics rookie Jayson Tatum asks LeBron to follow him back:Ħ years ago, just wanted a follow from he'll be seeing him in the Eastern Conference finals. Only four players-Bill Russell (10), Tommy Heinsohn (9), Sam Jones (9) and Frank Ramsey (8), all former Celtics-have accomplished that feat in the history of the NBA. No one in the East has been able to stop the 33-year-old superstar from navigating through the East portion of the playoff bracket in quite some time, as James has gone to seven straight Finals and would join an elite club if he can make it eight in a row this year. LeBron James will obviously be the key to the series, as the Cavs will need him to shoulder the load in what will likely be their toughest test of the postseason yet and the Celtics will need to limit his damage to have a chance of advancing.
2 seed thanks to a 55-win regular season, forcing the fourth-seeded Cavs to start on the road. Boston has homecourt advantage after earning the No. It’s setting up to be a great series, even if the C’s are lacking their two top players in Kyrie Irving-who would be playing against his former team if healthy-and Gordon Hayward. That means bettors would have to risk $2.85 to return $1 if Cleveland advances to a fourth-consecutive NBA Finals, while Boston backers can net $2.35 for every $1 wagered if the +235 underdog Celtics make their first Finals run since 2010. Oddsmakers are expecting the Cavs to win this series, opening them up as a -285 favorite.
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