Did The Celtics Have The Easiest Finals Run In NBA History?
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Do these Celtics look like they have dynasty potential?
Boston gonna have the problem with money. Brown got his supermax, and tutem will be next, thats alot of money in 2 players.
@@sujjishanand3019they would have the same seed, same record whether they are in a different conference or not, they still play western teams. They might have a different playoff record, but not regular season, they would still be 1 seed
@@sujjishanand3019 they have the most wins in the entire nba are you slow 😭
It depends on how they will manage the salary cap and the luxury tax.
Nobody Cares About The Celtics
Some people forget the 21-22 path to the finals, Nets, Bucks, Heat. And this year team is better, there is a very high chance that could reach the finals with or without opposing teams infjuries.
yes but reaching finals would be more challenging tho
Not gonna bring up an injured Porzingis? 😂
Not only that, but Butler played during regular season and Heat lost all the games.
@@landobetsusing regular season logic with the heat after these last few years is crazy
His like 3rd or 4th best player on the team. Maybe even 5th 😂
This is what I thought he averages the same ppg as Butler and Hali...
Let’s see “boring team” is super subjective. The Celtics move the ball and the scoring can come from anywhere, and they all play great defense… if that’s boring than I like boring basketball. You want to bring up other teams wins statistics but don’t bring up the Celtics record… they did their work in the regular season for great seeding. You bring up those opponents not having their star players but fail to mention them not having Kristops Porzingus. This is a terribly biased video.
No way you’re that dense though. I’m not saying the Celtics wouldn’t have made the finals if these players did play all games, because I do think the C’s were making the finals no matter what. The heat had their best player ( jimmy) out for the entire series. Cabs had their best player (d mitch) miss some time, which I believe was 2 games if I’m not wrong. Then the pacers had their best player also miss two games (hali). Those players all have a much greater impact on their teams success than tingus does on the Celtics, and even that statement wasn’t true, then it would just add to the “Celtics super team” narrative (I don’t agree with it but I’m stating the facts)
@@cooperhodgson7008 I mean if u think they make it either way, I'd argue that is a very important point and something that goes against this video's entire point and it is not even highlighted. Even now after they won it all, I think that point does still stand which cannot be said for many other champs.
They earned there path by winning 64 games in the regular season! Nobody mentions that they were also missing their All-Star Center.
Losing your 3rd option on an all star studded roster is not comparable to losing your 1st option on a shitty team. Celtics fans can't understand the simple fact that losing your 3rd option is nothing compared to losing your 1st.
Celtics without KP is still the number 1 seed in the East.
64 wins doesn’t equal a path, look at the 2022 64 win Suns
@@user-cx6gb6ku1j They weren't just playing East teams though; they have a 23-7 record against the West… including a series sweep of the Mavs.
But when it comes to the Celtics, regular season record apparently only matters when pointing out the under-50 record of their opponents… their 64 wins get dismissed for the sake of the narrative.
Nobody is saying they didn't earn their record or that they are a bad team but the playoff matchups were just ridiculously easy due to all the injuries. They likely beat those teams anyway, no doubt, but you can't argue that all those injuries to key players all but cleared the path.
@user-cx6gb6ku1j no team in the west has 64 wins this season normal the top team in the east have the same amount of wins to the 4 or 5 top team in the west not 64
If this conversation will be taken seriously...then we should go back to every champoin team's run and that would be an endless argument if all of those teams had the Larry trophy 🏆 because they had an easy opponent
not really u can still take this conversation seriously if u just focus from the 80s to now
Uh...no
Jimmyhighroller made a good video comparing a lot of finals runs on the difficulty scale, defo should check it out
Maybe that's because they are really good.
Hard series are made of teams with similar strength levels.
What are the Cs supposed to do? Not play at full strength?
I'm not a Celtics fan, but this discussion is ridiculous.
Well any potential competitor got injured. They got the easiest Matchup of any team they could have gotten, the star player got injured, AND 2 of those games went down to the wire. Not saying they wouldn’t have won, but let’s not act like they are better then they are
I also noticed the video doesn't even mention C's losing Porzingis 2 games into the playoffs…
@@opbotslol3581how you gonna say they aren’t better than they are because other teams got hurt. Y’all logic be so retarded
I’ve always said Dirks one ring is more impressive then all of lebrons
and 2 of KD's. He just got those rings because of Curry
Easily. The only note worthy ring of Bron is 2016 and honestly even that feels carried by the hype and narrative tbh.
@@sammydray5919 yup, the Cavs could have a 3 peat if KD didn't ride the GSW bus
@@denzelminimo1883 I dunno about a 3 peat but it definitely would have been a more solid rivalry between Cavs and GSW and hey Durants OKC almost beat GSW in the playoffs so who knows those 3-4 years could have been REALLY interesting. But KD sold his soul to the basketball devil and shut that possibility down.
And honestly.... Maybe its kind of a karma that when bron tried his heat superteam to get the cheap rings, he got stomped by Dirk at the start and his win streak was ended by Duncan and spurs.
Then KD shut down Brons aspirations for more rings with cavs but after leaving warriors that man is basically cursed lmao. No matter where he goes just can't seem to win it all the way no matter how well he plays
Life is peculiar like that 🤣
@@sammydray5919 that makes sense
Was it effortless to be the number 1 seed?
It’s a lot easier to achieve when you are in a weak conference. You play the strong teams a lot less and the weak teams a lot more.
@@awesomereviews1561if the good players wanted to play in east like LebRon did and kd etc they could’ve gave them competition but no everyone wants to play in west for some reason
@@awesomereviews1561they are still a 1 seed in the west let’s be realistic here
@@awesomereviews1561winning record in the west too. You don’t get to the number one seed in the LEAGUE, not beating west teams 😒
@@awesomereviews1561maybe the east looks weak because the C's were so dominant?
It's really doesn't matter. The playoffs us affected by health and other factors. It's not their fault teams weren't healthy. Wasn't easy, you could say that.
The kristaps trade was just as devastating as Durant to gsw and nobody noticed.
"what if I told you the Celtics had the easiest journey to the finals?"
"I would say cope harder" 🍀
Damn the showtime Lakers had some easy paths to the Finals
Celtics deserves some credit tehy were 1st seed and still beat teams in regular season. Just watch as they swept the Mavs and win their 18th
Why dies it matter how difficult the Celtic's run is? If they win, they win. It's not like the celtics can pick out their opponents or magically heal injured opponents. Cmon man.
We want to see a good game, not a boring game
If they win agaisnt the mavs they will have some credit to their run, if not this season was just a statement to how bad the east is
Ranking The 10 Easiest Finals Paths In NBA History
1. 1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers (65-17)
2. 1983-84 Los Angeles Lakers (54-28)
3. 2022-23 Denver Nuggets (53-29)
4. 1984-85 Los Angeles Lakers (62-20)
5. 1983-84 Boston Celtics (62-20)
6. 2012-13 Miami Heat (66-16)
7. 1985-86 Boston Celtics (67-15)
8. 2019-20 Los Angeles Lakers (52-19)
9. 1998-99 San Antonio Spurs (37-13)
10.2007-08 Boston Celtics (66-16)
Winning an NBA championship is always the top prize in the Association.
However, that doesn’t mean all championships are made the same, as some teams have extremely difficult paths to winning titles.
For example, the 1995 Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, had to face opponents with a combined winning percentage of 72.6 percent - without homecourt advantage in a single series - on their way to winning statistically the toughest championship in NBA history.
Nuggets how?
@@aarushshah2007Why the Nuggets? They had a single All Star level player/All NBA.
Replace '23 Nuggets with the '17 Warriors
Wrong you forget the 2022 GSW.
@@denzelminimo1883 Being the best team is different from a easy run 2017 definitely wasn't easy now 2022 their run was probably the easiest ever.
People said the same thing about the warriors.
Isn't this the goal? To build a good team that makes it easy to win?
Team game
Y'all don't play good teams though 😂😂😂😂
@@QueenMeraa If healthy Mavericks weren't good enough, why West havent' sent any better?
They had/have the easiest schedule. But that how it goes, injuries happen, boston just got extremely extremely lucky. All everybody will remember, is boston got their 18 championship.
more like the MAVERICKS SECOND CHIP BABY
@@EditorBall_Brother tell me how?
@@carlramos9445 mavs have lost many game 1s against their matchups let them COOK
@@carlramos9445with that Luka magic. Keep doubting Mavs, we beat OKC clippers and wolves. Boston had the easiest run of all time.
@@HonestAbe doesn't matter who they beat. you can't win a chip on your own. if luka doesn't play well, they have kyrie. if tatum doesn't play well, they have brown, porzingis, white, and holiday. a great offense paired with stellar defense, the only way the mavs could win is if they outscore the celtics, that is if they get through that tough defense. did you see what the celtics did on game 1? they didn't even double luka, took away his playmaking, made him play 1 v 5. even if kyrie does play well, its still 2 v 5.
Yeah this 2024 had it easy till the Finals. But despite being the clear favorite to win the East since day 1 of the season, they're not responsible for the other teams injuries or the West being more stacked than the East.
Their is no easy path to the finals. Even when a team has injuries they still can compete like a winning team any given night. The regular season wins aren’t always a true staple of what those teams could do.
Denver definitely had an easy path last year. They played 2 #8 seeds do u ppl know how rare that is? That ring deserves an asterisk if the 2020 has an asterisk
@@BigA678 the lakers and heat played good teams to get to where they were and played nothing like what their record showed. A team can improve a lot when it comes to the biggest moments.
@@BigA678I mean not really though? Not Denver's fault that the top teams in the east that there decided to flaunt their elite choking skills last year. Just like how this year it ain't the Celtic's fault that their opponent's weren't healthy. Even with healthy competition they would have still most likely made it into the finals anyways because they are the current best team and the east is a joke compared to west for a WHILE now.
Stop hating on the Celtics. And you dont even mention that porzingis was hurt! Don’t be a delusional Celtics hater
this dude is on a generational celtics hater run rn lmao
Are you seriously calling facts "hating" now? What's next, we can't have an opinion without having to back it up with facts, even though an opinion is supposed to be the opposite? 😂
Stats don’t lie…
How envious must one fan be to go this deep into why the celtics are literally goated. KEEP CRYING!
This belongs to Denver... they played an 8, 4, 7, and 8 seeds.. that will never be repeated in NBA history
I'd agree if there weren't so many injuries this year, this could easily be a completely different finals, but the Cletics have always been a consistently above average team, and the fact that almost no one on their team has been injured this playoffs says something about them as well. Porzingis is like their ace in their sleeve also.
The only thing that stops them is themselves.
Not going to factor in Porzingis being injured for the majority of the first round, then both the semi, and conference finals or that fact that the Celtics swept Miami during the regular season with Jimmy Butler?
Also the bucks,76ers,knicks being injured gave boston a easy matchup even if haliburton was healthy
IF JASON TATUM STARTS SHOOTING MID RANGE JUMPERS HE WOULD BE UNSTOPPABLE!!!
And go to the rim,i mean he's massive, instead of shooting dumb threes...
This is lazy work including Mathurin in this when the pacers got to the ECF w/o him mind you the pacers also went through teams with injuries.
Also did you average those last two series wins missing Mitchell and Hali when the Celtics were still up in the series when they played?
I dont understand the incompetence of Celtics fans. They are saying how KP was injured, but he was your 3rd basically 4th scoring option and your 4th all-star caliber player on your roster. The entire C's starting lineup can average 20 points per game. Thats better than the 2017 warriors who only had 3 players to do that. The C's are unbelievably stacked and the fact they arent getting the superteam treatment is bizarre. Cause they are a superteam. Now i could see them being overlooked as a super team because JT is the most overrated player in the league and is JB's sidekick, but you still got 4 guys who have made all-star games and a guy who many considered to get snubbed this year. C's fans arrogance is unbearable, this is why no one outside of boston fans like the C's. They are a team full of pathetic team stacking losers
Biggest counter to ur argument is that everyone picked the Celtics to lose. People don’t bet money against “unbelievably stacked super teams” versus a 5th seed.
@cwjalexx Yeah they do, because people hate the Celtics. People bet on underdogs all the time, especially if it is against the team they don't like.
@@ryanholsapple6809 I'm actually inclined to agree that boston IS a super team, but they certainly aren't viewed that way and I think it's because we are lacking a tier 1 player that almost all super teams in the past have had. People want to put JT in that tier 1 category but i really don't think hes there, but he's at the very top of the next tier and the reason the C's are so good is because 1 through 5 is filled with players just outside that top tier. Defensively we also have an extremely high floor and a high ceiling. Our worst defender in the starting 5 is a good defender and everyone knows what a beast Jrue is on D.
there is a tendency for people to overestimate the gap between the tier 1 super stars and the rest of the league. The media glorifies the superstars and treats everyone else like they are scrubs which is part of the reason I think that the celtics strength kind of went under the radar...and even despite destroying dallas they aren't getting the super team treatment.
@cwjalexx Couldn't agree more. Like you said they are a superteam, just not viewed as one. Depth mixed with star power is what makes a superteam. Like the 2017 warriors with their 3 headed monster trio followed by some of the best role players. The 2024 Celtics have that as well. I agree Tatum is not in the tier 1 of players, I would argue that Brown is better, but this C's team would destroy the 2012 Miami heat. And the 2012 Miami heat are considered a superteam. The C's were definitely a superteam this year and I'm glad I've finally met a level headed C's fan
Let’s not forget the league was 3x as physical than the nba today.
Easiest ? Do you have a nba ring? Easiest?
Dumb convo..alltime great team. Would give 2017 warriors problems
Patty Mills and Payton Pritchard discussing how theyd both be considered tall in normal circles lol
they are just too good, give the credit
what I know is Porzingis have the easiest final appearance 😅
Are Celtics the best team this season? Yes.
Did the Celtics have the easiest route to the finals? Also yes.
I don't know why its so hard for people to see that BOTH statements are true 😅
every team they beat their best player were injured. buttler, mitchel, haliburton. of course its the easiest.
Same thing for Curry’s 2022 Championships. But the teams the Warriors faced were even worse. The 2022 championship was a cakewalk compared to all others
12:11 sorry we’re trying to win not make highlights. The goal is to win… isn’t it
Not to mention that they have the strongest starting line up in the league currently.
2015 warriors:
-Zaza PURPOSELY takes out Kawhi
-Kyrie AND Love injured in the finals
Nuff said
Zaza injured Kawhi in 2017 not 2015.
Zaza a bitch for that and I’m a warriors fan
But kawhi got his get back when he went against injured kd and klay
Sometimes it's like voting. Just because you win, doesnt mean you're necessarily the best. Just the least bad.
No, the 1987 Lakers did.
They beat:
The 37-45 Nuggets in 3
The 42-40 Warriors in 5
And the 39-43 (LOL) Sonics in 5.
This was, without question, the easiest cakewalk I remember.
They played the defending champion Celtics that were all beat up going through MJ's Bulls and 2-50 win teams in the Bucks and Pistons.
They never got grief for plowing through a weak conference and winning the title, so I don't want to hear Jack now.
People seems to forget all the times Lebron took cavs to finals,talk about easy path to finals,the east is lot better now than it was bavk then,every year Lebron would sweep Toronto,Boston,the hawks,or even sometimes the pistons & hornets.that was o from 2014-2018 and ever yr he had a cakewalk
Playing in the leastern conference had always been a point of criticism people use towards Bron till this day to devalue his finals appearances. Don't know what you were trying to cook here but it doesn't really matter in this conversation 😅
Same thing happen to your amazing warriors ya ain’t talking about that
If Boston would have losed would anyone have said oh Boston was down a key player (Porzingis) and The Narrative would have been JT and JB could not do it they need to split them up
All these ppl, especially Stephen A worshippers, just wanted the Knicks to win it all. That's it
It was a sad ending for Knicks 😢
@@thisaintart it's because of Classic Thibs
This is the NBA. Winning is never “easy.”
Celtics may have an "easy" road to the NBA finals, however after that regular season and the look of the teams in the east you can easily admit that they would have made the finals anyways. Don't even try to argue that a healthy Bucks team is beating a healthy Celtics team, cause Dame this season was just disappointing.
Does it matter if they beat the mavs?
the difference is Celtics played 47 on avg teams without their star players
2011 Dallas had the most difficult run in NBA History no question about it.
Wrong 1994 1995 Houston Rockets Had a Difficult Run Look it up
I can think of a lot of other teams that are more boring than the Boston Celtics and I'm tired of them talking about how they had an easy schedule no they didn't because they led the NBA all season they got the best record in the playoffs they beat the Dallas Mavericks 3 * twice in the regular season once in the finals inter well on their way unless there's a total collapse which I doubt of winning their 19th inter well on their way unless there's a total collapse which I doubt of winning their 19th championship or inter well on their way unless there's a total collapse which I doubt of winning their 18th championship and the last time I checked they've done it with injuries without their Star center so their shoots that theory down the freaking drain about how teams were missing their star players so were the Celtics they just have a better bench so far are you sell Decatur's out there kiss my but
in fact nobody was seriously excited for celtics to coming back to finals again 😂
Boston Celtics were a better conditioned and tested team during the entire season. Best all the way to the Championship. Porzingas was out most of the playoffs. No one talks about that.
Boston Celtics dismantled the mavs. Easy path? Yeah it was easy destroying the team all the "experts" expected to win. 18🏆
What do you have to say about JxmyHighRoller's video (Using Numbers To Find The Most Difficult NBA Championship Ever Won) 3 years ago that LeBron's 2020 Championship run was the easiest run?
Does anyone like the laugh you put in the video? You make great videos but I’ve genuinely clicked off your videos before because of you using that too much. Not trying to be mean just constructive criticism I’m sure it was a hit when you first did it but at some point it’s overused, overplayed and loses its funniness to the point it’s annoying for me atleast.
also on the other side the mavs i think had a rough ride to the finals. should make a video covering that
WTF is it with the eastern conference that its been so bad for like 15 years? There's been like 1 or 2 good teams and a bunch of teams that only make the playoffs because theres 6 more seeds to fill. Makes me actually want that hypothetical format where the Top 16 best records make it regardless of conference. Round 3 and the Finals would be must watch TV.
When most of your competition has their star players injured, it sure could be an easy run.
Good perspective but not entirely fair. Need to account for towards end of season trade for all-star caliber players that contributes significantly to winning but not reflected on regular season record
i'm forever gonna be a generational celtics hater but i still think the injuries excuse is absolutely lame. fuck the celtics forever and always but you can't just blame injuries for an easy path.
Drops a single indicator, flaunts it as irreproachable, then spends half the video talking about the exact opposite of whats advertized. Not only is this biased af, its just amature statistics and plain unprofessional. Kinda sad ngl for any fan of the league to watch this
U forgot to add the number of superstars and the number of superstars on other teams
It's called cherry picking to support a narrative. You know, like, " 98% safe and effective."
Woulda been easy without the injuries too, east is trash
d1 Curry glazer
Celtics fans can't understand the simple fact that losing KP (3rd option) is not the same as losing your 1st option (Butler/Mitchell/Haliburton) 😂
It is
These are the kind of click bait videos you make when you've run out of ideas but need to maintain views and income revenue.
yo do your top 15 all time list please pin
It's close but it has to be last year's Nuggets as they faced no one who won over 45 games.
Why DO so many people seem to hate the celtics though? Like even if they had healthy competition they would have still made finals most likely albeit with a more struggle and wear and tear. Like its the east, unlike the west its always mostly disappointing lol (but atleast the nicks were fun to watch)
Exactly Curry’s single Finals MVP in 2022 was a much easier cakewalk
You know what they say, the best ability is availability.
They struggled against the Pacers, that says a lot.
The Mavs got this.
Nooooot Celtics 2024'NBA Champions 🏆
Sure, they swept the Pacers... but they **barely** won three of those games. If the Pacers had a micro dose more experience, that would have been a completely different series. No cake walk.
That assertion makes no sense. Experience has been, and always will be a factor. Many times it’s the determining factor if the teams are even, or even if the other team is better.
If Dallas had a micro-dose more experience, they’d be 1-1 or up 2-0.
If Boston had a micro-dose more experienced in 2022, they’d have beaten the Warriors.
Bad argument.
64 wins team steam-rolling injured teams in the East... Celtics are stacked! If my Mavs win this, they will be the new toughest road to a championship in NBA history!
64 wins team steam-rolling West as well, including sweeping Mavericks in regular season. But I guess you already know how this all ended.
So basically they beat the Hawks 3x going to the finals... impressive
The 2017 cavs had a much easier path
Ngl the east has been weak since Lebron Era, and now it's mainly Celtics, Bucks and Miami the past 5 yrs. It's always been easier compared to the West. And this year is no different, but that's not the Celtics fault in anyway.
Yes
Doesn’t matter your boy Luka is getting swept 😂
The easiest ? I dont know. But they were very lucky that all the franchise player of the teams they faced had a injury.
The 2017 Warriors had the easiest run. 15 straight wins
We did not have porzingis for all but 2 games this post season
Bird is the best Magic had a top 5 & a weak West.
Mavs 11 had injured Kobe so that’s one series with a question.
Kobe wasn’t injured, he choked and got Swept 🧹. Stop coping and making excuses. Kobe choked in 2011 just like he did in 2004, and 2013
@@tylerclayton6081 He broke bones in 2009, 2010 & rolled his ankle vs Hornets 1st round why you lying troll.
Dallas vs Goliath
What about this year's Mavs?
That would’ve had been the Lakers during bubble Covid year.
If Jimmy was not injured, we all know what happens.
Still celtics in 5 lmao _possibly_ 6, people just hate on them but they are a very good team
Nope, the Heat doesn't have last year bench.
@@MorlockTheLegendyeah they all cleared out 😭
What about this Mavs them I wanted to know there playoff run
They say the Celtics had it easy and the west is so much better. Now what is the narrative since the Celtics are up 2 against the great west. And with a blowout game. When will they start to say that the Celtics are just good.
Their team looks too athletic and well conditioned
Not once did u mention that Kp got injured. Does that mean nothing?? Bias goes crazy
They just made it look easy crushing your loser teams
If the celtics win it all this ring might be as bad as the bubble ring
Nothing is as bad as the bubble championship haha
yes
How about Porzingis out for alot of The season and How about us beating a young Healthy Hot Mavericks Team who knocked off Number 1 Number 3 and Number 4 Seeds and The Media Critics who also said The Mavericks were gonna beat Boston Alaa Nick Wright Mavs in 5 yeah how that go .
Lol whoever is on the making of this videos just hate Celtics lol
7:48 jokic 😂