[ToTheLeft]

0-5 on the road in the playoffs and they got destroyed in 4 of them. they can win all the road games they want to in the regular season, but the fact of the matter is that they suck on the road right now in the playoffs when it matters most. if you dont think they suck on the road right now then you obviously haven't been paying any attention at all to the celtics 100% lack of ability to play well on the road in the playoffs.

You're right... the best regular season road record was a total fluke... you're clueless.

The issue is they can't play FROM BEHIND, not that they can't play ON THE ROAD. They get behind, and just don't have the firepower to score their way back to a lead, however, when they have a lead they can use their consistency and good defense to hold down the win.

[thepostman]

exactly TTL...i mean they have struggled more on the road during the playoffs then in the regular season, but so has every other team...the Cavs will win that series and it will prove what i have said all along, the Celtics are way over rated and Garnett is a terrible post season performer and not the "great" player the media loves to portray him as....

[RagingTireFire]

If your team can't play from behind, that's not the players at fault. That's coaching, pure and simple. I rarely, if ever, agree with Bill Simmons about anything but he's got Doc Rivers nailed.

[TDDance234]

They are really struggling without a playmaker on offense. Garnett rarely gets a shot on his own, Allen is not much more than a spot-and-shoot guy anymore and Pierce is scared to death.

They need an upgrade at point--Rondo is a solid number two guy but isn't making plays. Cleveland is doing the smart thing and doubling with Rondo's man and daring him to shoot. If the C's are going to win, they desperately need Sam Cassell to step up and make some shots.

[thepostman]

oh yeah, i agree doc rivers is far from a good coach...just watch the magic back when he coached there, nobody ever got better and it was just terrible...

[flamesbball84]

0-5 on the road in the playoffs and they got destroyed in 4 of them. they can win all the road games they want to in the regular season, but the fact of the matter is that they suck on the road right now in the playoffs when it matters most. if you dont think they suck on the road right now then you obviously haven't been paying any attention at all to the celtics 100% lack of ability to play well on the road in the playoffs.

You're right... the best regular season road record was a total fluke... you're clueless.

The issue is they can't play FROM BEHIND, not that they can't play ON THE ROAD. They get behind, and just don't have the firepower to score their way back to a lead, however, when they have a lead they can use their consistency and good defense to hold down the win.

up until the last game, they have been having to play from behind on the road becuase their defense has been atrocious on the road, especially in atlanta...