David_Ortiz

The Celtics clinched so early that they lost a bit of their rhythm towards the end of the season, and they needed a while to regain it. Plus you have to take into consideration that absolutely no one gave the Hawks any kind of shot in that series, so you kind of expected Atlanta to have something to say about that against a Celtics team that was still trying to regain their rhythm in the 1st round.

I say we take the Hawks series as a late wake-up call, and eliminate Cleveland in 5 games, maybe 6.

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Avalanche

I really cant see cleveland being as much of a problem as ATL was

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TheATLien

It would make me feel better if you swept every series from here on out.

Avalanche

would make me feel pretty good too... lol

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BlazerFan22

Oh well f*** Boston anyway

ehmunro

The same thing is true of teams that swept their first round series. In fact, the only two finals participants to sweep their opening round since the format switch are the 2006 Mavs and the 2007 Cavs. You Laker fans might want to be worried too.

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