TRUE SPORTS FAN: Regarding the 2008 NBA Champions Celtics....?

Question

Which main factor helped the celtics win the NBA Title and why?

a.) Team Chemistry

b.) Coaching Staff

c.) The Big Three

d.) Defense

Answer 1

You for got the refs, and of course the big three without KG, OR Ray allen they wouldnt have won, they wouldnt have even made it to th efinals

Answer 2

it has to be defense how do you think they came from 24 point down to win the game

Answer 3

d

Answer 4

team chemistry.

the chemistry is what made the defense better, they relied on each other on the defensive end, therefore were able to pressure players in the perimeter.  they played good help defense, theyre not a great man to man defensive team, but theyre help defense lets the perimeter defenders really go at the offensive players.  chemistry also helps theyre offensive because they also relied on each other and shared the ball on the offensive end.

Answer 5

e.) Refs

Answer 6

Defense. it was the entire team contributing, with Posey, brown, cassell, etc. i would say bench and big three

Answer 7

E. They were playing against Kobe Bryant.  The first four were important, but the fact that Kobe is a chump without Shaquille O'Neal is what made the difference.  If another team had won the West, the Celts would not have dominated the Finals (yeah, it was six games, but the Lakers didn't play well in any of them), and might not have won.

Answer 8

d)defense ..for sure

Answer 9

Defense. The Lakers didn't play any. And in game 6 the Celtics played lock down D. The other factors werent that big.

Team Chemistry, the Lakers have chemistry too.

Coaching staff, I don't think its that good...

The big three, if the Lakers played defense the big three would be nothing

Answer 10

defense: they shut down the lakers and then they could jus score at will

Answer 11

the pistons would of beat them but they have no star players so stern and the refs were on the cs side just like with last years cavs siers and the heat one two years ago  

Answer 12

Defense wins championships. They had to keep kobe under control, not very many teams can stop the best player in the NBA. Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom are other very good players they had to keep their eye on also.  If im allowed to pick another factor it would be the chemisty because the remake of the Boston Celtics was all in one season, and to  gel together and play well like those guys did is amazing.

Answer 13

I'd say in order:

C - you need good players in a players league (thanks Danny!)

D - Doc did a great job of selling this (and it's ALWAYS harder)

A - These guys got along great all season

B - Doc understood these guys and they respected him

I'd say that given all of these components are in place NOW, we should look forward to another good season coming up...

Answer 14

e.) Both c & d

Why c? cuz I think nobody can disregard the important combination of 3 big superstars in one team. 3 big players that each has his special skills can be a great blessing for any team. And u saw this impact specially in playoffs that they encountered some talented teams. Those teams had either one or at most two star players and this star players superiority helped the Celtics conquer all of them (remember Celtics vs. Cavs, Celtics vs. Pistons & also Celtics vs. Lakers and so you can find it out).

Why d? cuz as u know defense plays an important role in basketball these days, maybe the most important role. Solid defense can give u more opportunities in offense in addition to increasing your team's and decreasing your opponent's confidence and much more. U saw how good defense, specially because of KG, vividly helped the Celtics go deep in Playoffs and finally make it.

Of course a.) Team chemistry is an important factor, but I think just a few players had high chemistry in Celts.  

Answer 15

O man thats a tough one they were so dead on with all of those!! I'd say the chemistry helped them in the regular season........The big three and the coaching staff helped in the playoffs, and for sure it was their defense that made them demolish the Lakers in the Finals

Answer 16

f.) Red Auerbach