Tomorrow's Celtic / Pacer game cancelled, will not be rescheduled.

[niko]

Per various.

[ProfessorMurder]

Who's various and why's he telling me things?


Is this the only time a team has played 81 games?

[jzek]

So... any playoff implications?

[InspiredLebowski]

So... any playoff implications?not for Indy, not sure about Boston

[ProfessorMurder]

not for Indy, not sure about Boston

Nah they're stuck at the 7 seed.

[(e)]

Won't change anything in the East either way, so that's not too surprising considering the circumstances.

[flipogb]

why not play somewhere else ? this is not fair to other teams

[bagelred]

This is BS. Celtics and Pacers get extra rest now? The Knicks probable first 2 round opponents? :rant

I personally find it disgusting that they would exploit the tragedy for their own gain. I am appalled. Pathetic.

The entire East playoffs are now tainted.

[InspiredLebowski]

why not play somewhere else ? this is not fair to other teamsthere's like a week left in the season, not much time to reschedule

[ThatsGame]

This is BS. Celtics and Pacers get extra rest now? The Knicks probable first 2 round opponents? :rant

I personally find it disgusting that they would exploit the tragedy for their own gain. I am appalled. Pathetic.


STFU Troll.

[jimmy77x]

why not play somewhere else ? this is not fair to other teams

Yeah dont need boston getting any extra rest, but what can you do? an unexpected event happened just today so its too short notice i guess.

[flipogb]

there's like a week left in the season, not much time to reschedule

not gonna happen but I wish they would just play in their practice facility or something with no crowd just to follow the schedule

[WilliamsCollege]

This is BS. Celtics and Pacers get extra rest now? The Knicks probable first 2 round opponents? :rant

I personally find it disgusting that they would exploit the tragedy for their own gain. I am appalled. Pathetic.

The entire East playoffs are now tainted.

:facepalm You know, if you want the Knicks to rest, you can always ask them to play their scrubs in the final game...

[InspiredLebowski]

not gonna happen but I wish they would just play in their practice facility or something with no crowd just to follow the schedulewas thinking maybe they'd just play in Indy but there might be too many travel restrictions

[flipogb]

was thinking maybe they'd just play in Indy but there might be too many travel restrictions
who knows maybe the stadium there already has something scheduled.
It make sense but at the same time I don't think Boston gonna be any safer in 1 week than it will be tomorrow so why not just continue and not let it affect daily lives and cause fear.

[SyRyanYang]

Could anyone please fill me in? Why is it cancelled:confusedshrug:

[Fox]

I personally find it disgusting that they would exploit the tragedy for their own gain. I am appalled. Pathetic.Exploit it? You're an idiot.

[flipogb]

Could anyone please fill me in? Why is it cancelled:confusedshrug:
explosion at Boston marathon

[devin112]

Bagel has a whole new crop of noobs to troll.

[Patrick Chewing]

No reason to play this game. I'm sure both teams will appreciate the rest.

[bagelred]

Bagel has a whole new crop of noobs to troll.

:D

[FreezingTsmoove]

The terrorists have won. Slowly but surely changing everything in our daily lives. A meaningless basketball game should be played and nothing will change my opinion

jk boston ;(

[Leftimage]

Not disputing the call but I'm very surprised by this.

I remember on September 13th 2001 WWF held a special live broadcast of SmackDown in Houston dedicated to the victims of 9/11. Sure, Houston is far from NYC, but 9/11 was a disaster on a much larger scale than today's events.

I think adding a moment of silence / tribute would have provided a more fitting solution. As others have mentioned, this could make the US seem fragile to enemies.

[fpliii]

Damn...

[OldSkoolball#52]

Not disputing the call but I'm very surprised by this.

I remember on September 13th 2001 WWF held a special live broadcast of SmackDown in Houston dedicated to the victims of 9/11. Sure, Houston is far from NYC, but 9/11 was a disaster on a much larger scale than today's events.

I think adding a moment of silence / tribute would have provided a more fitting solution. As others have mentioned, this could make the US seem fragile to enemies.

If the game were scheduled for Indy Im sure thed play. Staging an nba game requires a lot of arena staff and personnel. You dont know how many employees have been immediately affected by this. Heck, even if you let affected employees call out, then you start a whole new risk of compromised safety at the facility.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

This is BS. Celtics and Pacers get extra rest now? The Knicks probable first 2 round opponents? :rant

I personally find it disgusting that they would exploit the tragedy for their own gain. I am appalled. Pathetic.

The entire East playoffs are now tainted.

No white text? :biggums:

[Andrew Wiggins]

Bagel has a whole new crop of noobs to troll.

trolling? more like a perverted psychopath who thinks it's humorous to try to get a rise out of strangers on a basketball message board due to a tragedy where innocent people were killed for no reason.

[InspiredLebowski]

If the game were scheduled for Indy Im sure thed play. Staging an nba game requires a lot of arena staff and personnel. You dont know how many employees have been immediately affected by this. Heck, even if you let affected employees call out, then you start a whole new risk of compromised safety at the facility.plus Boston's going to pretty much be on lockdown for awhile, no point in using law enforcement officers to protect a freakin basketball game

[ProfessorMurder]

plus Boston's going to pretty much be on lockdown for awhile, no point in using law enforcement officers to protect a freakin basketball game

Yep, I'm sure it has something to do with that. All the security needed for the game is probably on call, interviewing witnesses, following leads, etc. since most are not paid by the teams for security.

But remember, the NBA cancelled the game, not the Celtics organization.

[fsvr54]

So will Hawks/Raptors get the TNT treatment?

[Levity]

sucks for anyone in fantasy playoffs that have either celtics or philly players.

[Derka]

They have to reschedule it. Don't they?

[InspiredLebowski]

They have to reschedule it. Don't they?No. It's literally a meaningless game. It's too late in the year to reschedule, it would have no effect on playoff standings, I don't know about Boston but it doesn't matter as far as Indy's draft position. Boston law enforcement obviously has bigger things to worry about.

[jdm_dc_fan]

Large crowds in boston right now isn't a good idea. Just asking for trouble. I know this is a basketball forum but sports is not a priority.

[unknowns8]

This is BS. Celtics and Pacers get extra rest now? The Knicks probable first 2 round opponents? :rant

I personally find it disgusting that they would exploit the tragedy for their own gain. I am appalled. Pathetic.

The entire East playoffs are now tainted.


:biggums:

u poor misguided fool ... people lost lives and limbs today man ... show some respect and grow the f*ck up

[unknowns8]

Large crowds in boston right now isn't a good idea. Just asking for trouble. I know this is a basketball forum but sports is not a priority.

:applause:

this!

[Crafty]

So... any playoff implications?
No, they both stucked in 3rd and 7th

[kaiteng]

As long as all this game ticket buyers got refunded, I have no objection.

[Legends66NBA7]

Considering the circumstances and the fact that both teams have locked up their seedings, I see no problem with this.

[SIRI1]

Large crowds in boston right now isn't a good idea. Just asking for trouble. I know this is a basketball forum but sports is not a priority.
This.

[Clutch]

No need for the game to be played. Both Indiana and Boston are locked in to their respective playoff positions.

Not only that a basketball game requires a lot of personnel but it's also hard for the Celtics players. Not only that tragedy happened in their city but also they have to worry about their friends and family. Even though most of the Celtics aren't originally from Boston they surely have friends and/or family in the city.

If the game really needs to be played just to have both teams at 82 games then just play it in some basketball facility without any fans or at Indy on Wednesday.

[DuMa]

This benefits the old legs of Celtics better than it does Indy.

[Qwertyazerty]

I really don't understand how people are focusing on who's taking profit of this situation...

[Harison]

This doesnt change anything for any team. Knicks will (or should) rest starters too, so whats with some NY fans here? :confusedshrug:

Cancellation was a sensible thing to do in these circumstances, there are more important things than a game.

[Soundwave]

Just play the game, even if its in a practice facility, as long as its an NBA size court.

I don't see why it has to be a big deal.

[zizozain]

This benefits the old legs of Celtics better than it does Indy.
shut the fcuk up .. you fcuking ass-hole

[InspiredLebowski]

Just play the game, even if its in a practice facility, as long as its an NBA size court.

I don't see why it has to be a big deal.Why? What remotely positive could come from gathering a group of high profile targets for a finite amount of time?

[Clutch]

Why? What remotely positive could come from gathering a group of high profile targets for a finite amount of time?
Then it's best to cancel all sports events. Think about it a little more.

Let me get this straight. Terrorist aren't going to attack in Boston again,at least not today,especially if the game is played in TD Garden.
They know there would be a huge amount of security.

To be honest,attack is more likely to happen in any other NBA game played today than at Celtics-Pacers.

[InspiredLebowski]

Let me get this straight. Terrorist aren't going to attack in Boston again,at least not today,especially if the game is played in TD Garden.They're not? Who do you know?

There's not more important matters for Boston law enforcement officers to attend to than protecting 18k or so people confined to an enclosed space the day after a terrorist attacK?

Seriously, how ****ing retarded are you people? Hey Boston, you just got bombed, have a significant portion of your police force guard a ****ing basketball game that means nothing. It may as well be a 7th grade girls game. It could be game 7 of the ECF and it still wouldn't matter.

This shit just reinforces how stupid the people on this website are.

[NumberSix]

Believe it or not, sometimes there are things going on of more importance than basketball.

[niko]

It's not a big deal if the game is cancelled. Any person (double for my knick fans) whining about rest or what not needs to get their head out of their ass. This reinforces my opinion the Knick fanbase on this board isn't from NY, because people in NY understand these type of things occur and need to be dealt with.

Try in life not to be so obtuse. If this somehow affects the Knicks negatively (which i think is stupid) it's not a concern anyone should have when making the decision. If you told me that for some bizarre reason this now guaranteed the Celtics win game 1 i still wouldn't complain about it.

Do people understand in Boston today there is a person at large who bombed civilians? They requested people not walk in groups. YOu want to hold a game?

[Clutch]

They're not? Who do you know?

There's not more important matters for Boston law enforcement officers to attend to than protecting 18k or so people confined to an enclosed space the day after a terrorist attacK?

Seriously, how ****ing retarded are you people? Hey Boston, you just got bombed, have a significant portion of your police force guard a ****ing basketball game that means nothing. It may as well be a 7th grade girls game. It could be game 7 of the ECF and it still wouldn't matter.

This shit just reinforces how stupid the people on this website are.
Read my post above. I said I have nothing against cancelling the game and that's probably a right thing to do.

But if it's needed to play just to have both teams play 82 games then I don't see much problem with what poster above said. Play it in some basketball facility without fans. Terrorist plan their attacks many,many days. They aren't just going to plant the bombs to some random basketball facility without any planning,especially if nobody's watching them and there's like 50 people in the building.

But like I said,I don't whine about cancelling the game. I have nothing against us. I would do the same if it was my decision to make. I'm just saying if the game really needs to be played then it's not a risk to play it in some random basketball facility in Boston.

[niko]

Read my post above. I said I have nothing against cancelling the game and that's probably a right thing to do.

But if it's needed to play just to have both teams play 82 games then I don't see much problem with what poster above said. Play it in some basketball facility without fans. Terrorist plan their attacks many,many days. They aren't just going to plant the bombs to some random basketball facility without any planning,especially if nobody's watching them and there's like 50 people in the building.

But like I said,I don't whine about cancelling the game. I have nothing against us. I would do the same if it was my decision to make. I'm just saying if the game really needs to be played then it's not a risk to play it in some random basketball facility in Boston.

Wherever you play you need police presence, police who should be looking for a person who is planting bombs. They don't need to play 82 games, life sometimes imposes on other things and grown ups need to deal with it. I get you are saying IF but there is honestly no IF here, go to twitter and see posts from people in Boston. It's pretty negative around there. Cancelling the game means the Pacers don't have to travel, the Celtics don't need to travel in Boston, no police have to come out, no workers have to come out, etc.

There is nothing to argue here, the game was rightly cancelled. Real life sometimes doesn't allow you to do things.

[Clutch]

Wherever you play you need police presence, police who should be looking for a person who is planting bombs. They don't need to play 82 games, life sometimes imposes on other things and grown ups need to deal with it. I get you are saying IF but there is honestly no IF here, go to twitter and see posts from people in Boston. It's pretty negative around there. Cancelling the game means the Pacers don't have to travel, the Celtics don't need to travel in Boston, no police have to come out, no workers have to come out, etc.

There is nothing to argue here, the game was rightly cancelled. Real life sometimes doesn't allow you to do things.
Like I already said,I agree that game needs to be cancelled. Personally I don't care about who gets more rest (Knicks or Celtics) and I would never put basketball in front of such tragedy that happened yesterday.

My point was if somewhere in the rules writes that all teams need to play 82 games for season to be regular then it's possible to play the game without almost any risk. But it shouldn't be played because it doesn't mean anything,neither to the Celtics,Pacers or their fans.

[All Net]

Believe it or not, sometimes there are things going on of more importance than basketball.

Without a doubt.

[niko]

Maybe some people don't get what Boston is like? The main train hubs and the bridge from Cambridge have huge delays. It's difficult to impossible to get around in some places. If you live there, you now have a realization that if you are somewhere popular, or in a crowd, etc. that you might be a bomb target. Especially today, a lot of people will be nervous to go out. It's just normal. Your teenager takes the train by himself into the city to school, all of a sudden that becomes a bit shaky and you're not sure you want that. It's disrupted all over, not just that one place.

It's very negative. No need to make anyone get up to go play a meaningless game. I'm sure if either team needed it for the playoffs, they'd reschedule (or play in Indiana, where I'm sure the Boston fans would be having conniptions and a bit more understandably).

Although Boston's sports teams are standards of evil in our world, Boston is an awesome city and hopefully this all blows over quick.

[bagelred]

No white text? :biggums:

I didn't think white text would be necessary but.....you are right.

[Scholar]

trolling? more like a perverted psychopath who thinks it's humorous to try to get a rise out of strangers on a basketball message board due to a tragedy where innocent people were killed for no reason.

STFU, man. You've been here 2 seconds and you're letting bagel piss you off? Try not to venture into the OTC. You'd get your Internet emotions shredded to bits.

[Scholar]

Just play the game, even if its in a practice facility, as long as its an NBA size court.

I don't see why it has to be a big deal.

It's only a big deal to people like you who can't seem to understand that life comes before basketball.

Bostonians are being asked to not to walk in groups, and I'm pretty sure this request also applies to NBA players and team staff.

[madmax17]

Still it sucks that Celtic history is being tampered with, it may not seem a big deal now but in the future this will be the only season where they played 81 games while everyone else (except teh Pacers) played the full season.

[deja vu]

Why don't they just play rock-paper-scissors instead of playing the basketball game? Just to get over it and move on.

[niko]

Still it sucks that Celtic history is being tampered with, it may not seem a big deal now but in the future this will be the only season where they played 81 games while everyone else (except teh Pacers) played the full season.
Is this just a poor attempt at humor?

[DMV2]

This would have been a meaningless regular season game anyway if the Boston Marathon tragedy didn't occur. Both the C's and Pacers starters would have sat out, or played only a quarter or half of a game.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Bagel has a whole new crop of noobs to troll.
:lol

[treadster]

so the celtics and pacers will only have to play 81 games?