Carmelo Anthony scored 42 and had 17 rebounds but the Knicks lost to the Celtics in game 2 of the NBA playoffs. After game 1 he gave a quote saying how the Celtics didn't play great so he wasn't scared. Then after he lost game 2 in his press conference he said:
"The Celtics didn't do anything special. They won two games on their home court. Now it's our turn to go to our home court and try to do the same thing."Are you kidding me Carmelo? Yea, the Celtics haven't played very good in either game but they won both. Shouldn't that scare you more than if the Celtics played their absolute best but beat you? Yes, yes it should. They played almost as bad as they could the past 2 games and are still up 2-0 on you. Your team also hasn't won a playoff game in 3,640 days so there's that.
There were so many quotes in this press conference that prove just how delusional he is but I'll stick with these:
"I think we played fantastic, man. Defensively we did. Offensively, I kinda had it going tonight. I made other guys better. They felt confident out there when they got the ball to make something happen. We played great tonight. We can't hang our head over something like this. We gotta take this and build on it going back home."Alright Carmelo, if you say so. Everyone knows that one guy dominating wins playoff games. We also know that saying you made all of your shitty teammates better because you were on the court will help. Don't fret though, because the Knicks "played great tonight". Maybe if you play to the exact same level of greatness next game you can lose again and be down 3-0 in the series.
Does he realize it's the playoffs? To be fair, the Knicks are busy building on this loss heading back to Madison Square Garden and maybe if they figure out how to close a game between now and then the might be able to figure things out in the next 82 games and be ready for a playoff run.
Don't hate on Carmelo too hard though, he's won 16 playoff games in 7 years. 10 of those wins came in 2009 when they were a 2 seed and beat a 7 seed then 6 seed to advance to the Western Conference Finals but couldn't close. Outside of that year Carmelo has won 6 playoff games in 6 years. That's pathetic. Winners win and losers lose.
