People on the internet amuse me.
Before last night: “Yeah, the Celtics can blow teams out, but can they win close games?”
After last night: “Yeah, they won a close game, but they should have blown Cleveland out.”
Yes, the Celtics are a much better team than the Cavaliers. Yes, Donovan Mitchell was out. Yes, it probably should have been more lopsided. But hey, the Celtics won Game 4, 109-102, to take a commanding 3-1 lead. That’s what matters most.
“I think the whole world sees the best player out, thinks it’s an easy game,” Derrick White told NBC Sports Boston’s Abby Chin.