Goals of an NBA Cup in Boston had been eradicated on Tuesday evening, because the Celtics had been eradicated from the competitors.
Heading into the evening, the Cs wanted both an Orlando Magic win or a 37-point New York Knicks win paired with a snug win by the Detroit Pistons or Milwaukee Bucks. It was fairly clear {that a} Magic victory was off the desk proper from the beginning.
Quite the opposite, a 37-blowout was very doable for nearly the complete evening.
New York even led by 37 at one level late within the third quarter.
It was all downhill from there.
Rapidly, the Knicks stopped rebounding, threw errant passes, and performed an extremely sloppy fourth quarter… or was it a COWARDLY one???
I contend that the mere considered matching up with the Celtics within the NBA Cup quarterfinals was sufficient to take New York’s foot proper off of the gasoline. Their 31-point lead heading into the fourth quarter was minimize to only 15 by the ultimate buzzer, and Boston’s hopes of Banner 18.5 had been minimize to nothing.
“Why ought to I care, Sam? I hate the NBA Cup and it’s silly and too complicated!”
Nicely, all Cup video games (in addition to the ultimate) depend towards the regular-season file. So, had the Celtics superior, their quarter and semifinal video games would’ve accounted for video games 81 and 82.
Now, the Cs should wait to seek out out when, the place, and who these video games will probably be performed in opposition to.
We do know that there will probably be a sport on December twelfth or thirteenth, then one other on the fifteenth or sixteenth. Past that, the remaining is all hypothesis (as of 10:45 p.m. ET Tuesday).
Celtics will now have two video games added to their schedule.
December 12 or 13…doubtless in BostonAnd December 15 or 16…doubtless a street sport.
9 different East groups within the pool…
Cleveland, Miami, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Toronto, Washington, Detroit, Indiana, Chicago
— Sean Grande (@SeanGrandePBP) December 4, 2024
Our very personal Bobby Manning did some digging and concluded that it’s most certainly that the Celtics will see the Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards in these matchups, but it surely’s not set in stone.
We’ll doubtless be taught extra in regards to the pair of video games within the coming hours/days. For now, we all know that the Cs will host (our) Detroit Pistons Wednesday evening at TD Backyard.
