Atlantic Division Rival: Boston (getting it easy)

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Master Shake)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

I think we all tend to forget, the schedule was made before the draft (if I'm not mistaken), so regardless, the Celtics would of had the same schedule. It is just getting pointed out as easy because they are winning over 90% of their games. In retrospect, the Celtics are winning games they should win against bad teams. They lost to good teams like the Cavs and Magic, but that is a different story.</p>

The Raptors, while they do have a tough schedule, they need to win those games to make the next jump to becoming an elite team. I see you Raptor fans (not bad talking you guys, just saying) complaining about the Celtics. Well, look at it this way. The Celtics play easy teams, like all of you have said, so really they get no match up against a really good team, or a team that can male the playoffs and go far, as of yet.</p>

The Raptors on the other hand, have a very tough December, which will show us how good we really are. To win a championship, we need to beat these teams. So while you all look at this in a bad way, I don't. I look at it and think "Good for the Celtics, they are beating teams they should beat. But wait...the Raptors beat some western conference teams, wow, they are really showing they can run with the best of them."</p>

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Yeah I agree with you, but I just get annoyed seeing their team on the nba page everyday as one of the 1st popups. Like Boston beat this team, or beat that team. They get all the hype for beating easy teams. If raps played the knicks they wouldn't get any hype cuz knicks are garbage, but when Boston plays any team, its on the front page or something. Then if that's not bad enough, teams that they should beat by far, whenever they don't, Ray Allen hits a 3 to win, then they get all the hype all over again when they should've been 10 points over. It's just non-stop.</p>

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What it is, is that now Boston is good again. After being crap for so long, the basketball world was waiting for this. And to top that, they have 3 hall of famers on one team, so that is even more hype. I think the best way to look at it is, we are under the radar, so less pressure on us. If Boston loses, then everyone is shocked and so on.</p>

I say let Boston take all the hype, have the easy sched. All we need to worry about is how the Raptors are going to do, and I think we all know that answer.</p>