Doesn't matter. Orlando had shitloads of big leads all series and couldn't close. Closing is part of being a basketball team.
We were the first team that had a chance to clinch. And we didn't do that (clinch) at all. This is fact.
What does the year have to do with this? I'm talking about this series.
If they got ousted in 5 and had no chance whatsoever, then I'd join everyone else in the 'be grateful for our season' serenade of s***. But we had a chance in game 6 to end it, and we let up in the understanding that we could just go home and win in game 7. I know nobody wants to acknowledge the psychological factor in sports, but Orlando had been given new life, and new energy with it, and seized control on borrowed time. Because of our complacency, Orlando won a series that we had the first chance at sealing. If you're the Celtics, that's unacceptable.