Boston Celtics make Charles Barkley eat his words after defeating the Golden State Warriors
Many have doubted the Boston Celtics this year despite their miraculous win streak.
Among those people is TNT analyst Charles Barkley, who made it clear during last night's broadcast that he does not think much of the team that currently holds the best record in the NBA.
"They're not going to beat the Golden State Warriors, and they are not going to hold the Golden State Warriors to 94 points. I promise you that," said Chuck during the pre-game commentary. This was before the Celtics not only defeated the reigning champs, but also only allowed them to score mere 88 points.
"They would not be favored in the Eastern Conference... I'm not sure they can beat Toronto or Washington." - Chuck on the Celtics pic.twitter.com/l7W06SrNsh— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) November 17, 2017
Other disparaging comments hurled at the Celtics by Barkley at halftime included "how in the world has this team won 13 straight games?" And "I'm not sure they can beat Toronto or Washington." Obviously Sir Charles was not paying attention when the Celtics defeated the Raptors on Sunday without Kyrie Irving, but that is another story.
After the game, Barkley was singing a different tune.
Barkley just did a 180 — admitted he was wrong about the #Celtics and said Kyrie is MVP so far. pic.twitter.com/LAg66Elp1V— Mike Dynon (@MikeDynon) November 17, 2017
"I was wrong, the Celtics played terrific, hats off to the Celtics."
Chuck went onto say that Kyrie Irving is a front runner for MVP this season, in addition to complimenting the play of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum.
However, Celtics fans haven't let him off the hook so easily.
Some reminded Charles that he proclaimed Boston's season to be over after Gordon Hayward's injury on opening night:
But wait ... I thought the #Celtics season was over What's going on ???? #InsideTheNBA pic.twitter.com/9bPWKPuHhq— MrBrandonv (@MrBrandonv) November 17, 2017
Others decided to quote Kyrie Irving:
Charles Barkley: "The Celtics are not going to beat the Golden State Warriors tonight. They're not going to hold the Warriors to 94 points. I promise you that."— Professor Pimp Freez (@pimpfreez) November 17, 2017
Kyrie Irving: pic.twitter.com/mPsHrIbfqb
Even the official Boston Celtics Twitter account decided to chime in:
We still love you, Chuck 😂 pic.twitter.com/V8yZZdW6VY— Boston Celtics (@celtics) November 17, 2017
No, most of us don't still love Chuck.
We will see if Barkley has learned his lesson, and if he decides to warm up to the Celtics on future TNT broadcasts.
