“Giannis is BY FAR the best and Celtics don’t stand a chance of winning one game”: Charles Barkley lives to regret his bold take just minutes after saying it on Inside the NBA

Akash Murty | 04/05/2022
"Giannis is BY FAR the best and Celtics don’t stand a chance of winning one game": Charles Barkley lives to regret his bold take just minutes after saying it on Inside the NBA

Charles Barkley says Giannis Antetokounmpo is the best player in the world by far and predicts the Celtics aren’t going to win a single game against the Bucks.

After giving us the best performance in the First Round of the 2022 Playoffs, Boston Celtics might give us the best series in the Conference Semi-finals. It will be a better series because it promises to go Game 6 or 7 unlike the Nets one, who just got swept.

The Milwaukee Bucks though are built differently. Every bit of weakness of the Nets, like the team’s playmaking abilities and defense as a unit, is the strength of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Co.

And so Sir Charles Barkley thought the Celtics do not have any chance of winning the series against the Bucks. He even went as far as to say C’s wouldn’t win a game before Game 2.

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Charles Barkley had a hot take on the Celtics that backfired immediately

Barkley might be spot on in calling Giannis the best player in the world and by far, but his second take on Inside the NBA before Tip-off proved to be totally absurd. Even after consistently being interrupted by Kenny the Jet Smith who twice asked him, “Not a game?” Chuck stayed put on his take and kept saying the Celtics don’t stand a chance against the reigning champions.

And sure enough, within minutes, as soon as Game 2 started inside TD Garden, the Celtics showed what advantages they have and how equally capable are they to take down their opponents.

In both the starting quarters, they scored 32 and 33 points and stopped the Bucks at 21 and 19 points. Coming in with a 25-point deficit, Milwaukee tried coming back in the third, scoring 26 to Celtics’ 18, but that comeback didn’t live for long.

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Jaylen Brown (30 pts), Jayson Tatum (29 pts), and Grant Williams (21 pts) did enough on the offense to back their squad’s tremendous defense in getting a 109-86 victory.

This dominant display wouldn’t just shut Barkley like doubters down, but also make Bucks doubt that can they go past a team that is formidable on both ends of the court for 3 more games.

 

 

Post Edited By: Akash Murty
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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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