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The Boston Celtics’ NBA Finals loss to the Golden State Warriors in six games this past postseason has understandably weighed heavily on the minds of fans and players since it happened. However, Celtics forward Grant Williams took things to another level when he said he thought Boston was still the better team.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Heat guard Duncan Robinson’s podcast, \u201cThe Long Shot with Duncan Robinson and Davis Reid,\u201d Williams said, \u201cWhen I’ve reflected and looked back to those games, I still would say confidently \u2014 confidently \u2014 to this day they weren’ t the better team. … I would say they were the more disciplined team. I would say that without a doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Here’s Grant’s full response reflecting on Finals. Notes Warriors were screaming after stealing Game 4. And compares it to Boston vs. Miami in Bubble ECF. pic.twitter.com\/yC8gYAgv1g<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) July 20, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The forward, who averaged 4.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and an assist during his 17 minutes per game that series, pointed to \u201cthe movie\u201d where the Celtics had \u201ccommanding\u201d leads, opportunities and runs during games. Ultimately, turnovers and forced shots \u2014 which aren’t exactly hallmarks of a superior team \u2014 would stop all of that, and then the Warriors would take advantage.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe discipline of just making the right play over and over and over again, we didn’t play with,\u201d Williams continued.<\/p>\n

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The Celtics player did give credit to Steph Curry, whom he called \u201cthe best point guard ever,\u201d but then went back to citing self-inflicted errors as the cause of the Finals loss such as \u201coverconfidence.\u201d<\/p>\n


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This would be an eyeroll-worthy soundbite on its own, but it’s even more confounding when you consider that this is, according to Williams himself, the second year something like this has happened. Williams told Robinson that a similar scenario played out in the Orlando bubble playoffs, when the Celtics played the Heat and \u201cdidn’t take y’all serious as we should’ve because we were so ‘loaded’ talent-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n