Anyone with a working brain could’ve foretold Celtics in 5 or 6 unless Luka and Kyrie averaged 80 on 66% TS a game. It was by far the easiest possible western matchup the Celtics could possibly get especially given the frontcourt discrepancy and the Celtics washing Dallas in both regular season games. Still puzzling people who get paid to talk about sports on TV thought they’d lose
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Most fans only said that because they wanted the Celtics to lose, not because they thought the Mavs would win. Anyone with a functioning brain knew the Celtics were going to run through them with ease.