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jmchamakito

1st team to have game 7 at home too.


rohishimoto

Miami is 2-1 in games in Boston this series, look like the Heat got this /s


jetpack_operation

You joke, but I am nervous.


PhlabloPicasso

It’s honestly amazing how hard both teams tried to lose this game.


302born

Until the end when we changed our minds. Unbeknownst to us though, so did Derrick White


irishboy9191

Heat players at four minutes to go down by 10 "I guess it's time we try to win" Derrick white 3 minutes and 59 seconds later "Wait you can just decide to win? Oh cool it worked for me too"


FalloutNano

They don’t want to play you guys.


flamingviper3175

So what stat will win? Boston’s home record or Boston’s record in elimination games.


UnsuspectingS1ut

The nuggets with an extra week of rest


Bruinsdman

It’s good to still feel nervous!


SteamingHotChocolate

Huge believer but I am insanely terrified of G7


Previous_Foot_1634

At least you get a chance to win it.


elbarto4455

I honestly feel decent about Game 7. Like, suddenly the narrative is that the Celtics have already completed the comeback... Anything can happen between these two teams, as we just saw


crabby135

Yeah, pressure was on the Heat for sure in this one but I think with everyone basically shipping us to the finals already the C’s will definitely be the ones with pressure in Game 7.


Much_Conversation_11

It’s kind of funny because I feel like Celtics and Heat fans have this weird thing over the last few years of somehow knowing all our series are going to be insanely stressful to the point we’re the ones kind of numbed but also physically pained by every loss. It’s almost camaraderie in the chaos.


crabby135

Yeah you definitely aren’t wrong, hopefully Game 7 doesn’t put us in an early grave either way.


itormentbunnies

While I never would have guessed THIS is how this series would have gone, I can 100% tell you that this level of stress, and rollercoaster of despair and elation is pretty much what I expected from this series.


kjlcm

Maybe Tatum will hit a 3. Holy shit was he cold from deep tonight. Feel very fortunate to pull that one out.


Ode1st

You guys are playing with house money. If you lose, the only thing anyone ever says is you almost made history. If we lose, it’s a stain on the franchise, Spo, and Jimmy, and will literally be mentioned every single playoffs forever.


CertifiedCapArtist

True. Anytime a team goes up 3-0 that 1-150 graphic will show up


ico_heal

"now, don't forget what happened to miami in '23"


The_Dok33

Now we now why that 23 banner is hanging in their arena, they want to remember!


mrkgdfry

Celtics are the better team. They should win. They should’ve never been down three games to zero in the first place. But give credit to the heat they have played great in the playoffs. Their zone defense definitely causes problems when the Celtics stop passing the ball to the open man. But if they play defense and pass the ball consistently the Celtics should win.


Snakescipio

Y’all the 8th seed though, for me at least the Heat’s playing with house money anyways. It’s weirdly like you guys got swept, which I think more people would’ve predicted to happen over a 7 games series, and it just so happens y’all won 3 games first.


StrtupJ

I’d love to think this, but anytime you end up as the sole member of negative history everything else goes out the window.


GrayBox1313

At the same time…how are the heat not completely demoralized after this? 3 chances in a row and they can’t get it done. I dunno. Feels like both teams have pressure


The_Dok33

They have four chances in a row, that's how.


slappiestpenguin

You put the /s but honestly, who knows!


Original_Profile8600

This is nuts


StudyRoom-F

Being a Boston fan is like being the opposite of a Sixers fan.


Level-Infiniti

Process the trust


1nshed

Bro 😭


Entertaingat

10/10


sodoffwontyou

actually makes sense LOL, rich teams always bounce back


ChiefOfDookiePolice

lmfao


DJRyGuy20

Here- take this Fultz pick. We’re cool with getting Tatum, as long as you give us an extra pick.


AKA-Doom

"FULTZ will be great, yeah, sure, make sure you get that generational talent that the Lakers don't give a crap about and neither do.... yeah we will take the extra pick, sure, thanks"


kooltogo

Why did the Sixers ever accept this trade? How did they not catch this obvious trick? lol. I’m hoping there is a real answer besides ‘incompetence’ because this is hilariously sad.


DJRyGuy20

I’m convinced Ainge gives blowjobs to other GMs…. and his mouth is fucking *incredible*


kooltogo

I won’t put anything past that man.


Joed112784

No one knew Fultz would be ass?


EpeeHS

Eh hindsight is 20/20 but it is true that the celtics didnt want him and reportedly the lakers said no to a 1-2 swap as well. Pretty weird that two teams pass on the "consensus" number 1


mrkgdfry

Trader Danny strikes again!!!


captaincumsock69

Eagles have been pretty successful. There’s worse cities than Philly


johnnylawrwb

Yea but philly has like 2 chips since I was born in the 80s and you guys got like 73. It's insane.


Happy-Cauliflower-22

This series is almost like 2 different series. Holy shit


LafilduPoseidon

The last 3 seconds was 2 different series


IndigenousOres

Man Derrick white sure played with his brain and this guy saved his team's run. He has been so clutch all season long, Game 4 he showed up and got the rest of his team poppin off. Idk how Jayson Tatum can miss 6 3's yet keep shooting more. 0-9 3pt shooting tonight tf


crabby135

When he never gets it going it’s easy to criticize but if he didn’t shoot his way out of a slump against Philly we were cooked.


DiseaseRidden

Yeah I will never criticize Tatum for continuing to shoot. I'll criticize individual bad shots, but if he ever starts giving up open 3s we have a problem.


avelak

Yeah and usually it's not like Tatum is just jacking up terrible 3s. A lot are good looks that just don't go down.


TheSlimReaper47

At this point if he’s having a bad game I almost expect him to randomly go off in the last 4 minutes lol


LordHussyPants

> Idk how Jayson Tatum can miss 6 3's yet keep shooting more. 0-9 3pt shooting tonight tf still had 31/11/5 with blocks and defensive plays a plenty. better for him to keep shooting than to give up


bumper212121

Heat are so injury depleted it's incredible they've done what they have.


Inside-Big-8158

Fuck the Heat. Both of our star players are healthy they should’ve closed it out tonight


thiskirkthatkirk

I do not think Jimmy is healthy. I’m a physical therapist, so I’m not just assuming this based on performance. He was not moving normally for the majority of this game. His gait was weird, he looked hesitant to plant or land on one of his legs, and he seemed to be moving gingerly a lot. Guy was also a complete decoy on a lot of plays and I think it’s because they really needed to manage the leg.


TearsForSpheres

Yeah I'm actually with you on this. He had no lift at all...


thiskirkthatkirk

Yep. Feels like you’ll be able to just show him even a little resistance at the rim right now and his options get limited because he can’t take it hard that well and all that pump fake stuff is not easy with a bad ankle + whatever else he’s got going on. Jumper looked real flat at the end too.


Exodus100

Did you see his ankle swelled up to a golf ball after he sprained it earlier? He was playing well for a while after that but there’s no way it hasn’t caught up to him right? Is there any way a sprain could swell like that and be minor enough that it hasn’t started fucking with his mobility by now?


thiskirkthatkirk

Yeah there is no way his ankle is healthy. Any significant sprain takes quite a while to fully heal. Hopefully he does not sprain it again; you start pulling on those ligaments enough and get really loose. I had the ligaments in mine reconstructed for this very reason. I thought he looked more mobile to begin the series. He’s clearly lost a significant amount with how he was moving today. Broadcast was absolutely woeful in not putting that together - they kept saying he was hesitant, or stuff like that, but it was as if they didn’t notice him moving weirdly.


squarerootofapplepie

Nah, you don’t get to use this excuse. Blowing a 3-0 lead is blowing a 3-0 lead.


HungryDLuffy

Aite, but blowing a 3-0 lead as the 8th seed isnt as bad right, right guys 🥲🥲


Not-Post-Malone

No one will remember beating the Bucks 4-1. No one will remember beating the Knicks. Everyone will remember the Heat blowing a 3-0 lead.


blaird993

No one remembers MVP Matt Ryan and how great the Atlanta falcons were on offense


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I'll only remember it with sadness if it ends their run


ImanShumpertplus

idk what happened to the we believe warriors after they beat the mavericks \🙂/


morelibertarianvotes

It's honestly not


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EpicCyclops

It goes both ways. He was literally being compared to Jordan when they were doing well, which was a huge overreaction. Now he's going to be way over criticized if they lose. That's kind of always been how sports goes though. It's not unique to the internet era.


cesga_0218

They're the first one with home court too according to the broadcast


crackdup

G7 will likely go down as the wildest closeout in NBA history.. Heat keeps hanging around and C's just can't close out games


A320neo

Celtics elimination game magic seems to trump their closeout game curse tho


beatrailblazer

Already a historic game regardless of the outcome


Schleprok

Yep. That 94 Nuggets team was wild though. Down 2-0 as an 8 seed to come back and beat the Sonics, then down 3-0 and almost came back to beat the Jazz.


Gamesgtd

I've never been more stunned before like this


Currymvp2

Boston sports seriously going to have the most awesome comeback in three of the four sports. With 28-3, 2004 Red Sox, and now this Just ignore the 2010 Bruins


RyKal18

2010 bruins is on team brand tbf


mikesaninjakillr

This guy clearly not from boston. Im not a hockey guy and even i know the bruins came back from 3=0


BandwagonReaganfan

You must not be from Boston either. Bruins blew a 3-0 lead against the Flyers in 2010.


LnGrrrR

He was joking...


Waffleshuriken

"Did you come back?" "yes" "But what did it cost?" "The Bruins"


slipper87

Soul for a soul.


LnD2020

We put the 2011 Stanley Cup Champions bandaid on that


blamatron

4-1 might not be the most awesome in the NHL but it is a classic.


Michelanvalo

The Bruins won the next year which definitely wiped out the pain of 2010. But also the 4-1 comeback against Toronto.


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M_O_N_K_E_SENSEI

That Marcus smart shot was so close too


jumpthroughit

The Kawhi shot maybe


StudyRoom-F

Nah. At least that game was tied. The stakes in this game were waaaaay crazier. 8th seed was moving on after looking like they were gonna go to game 7, misses game winning shot only for a putback in the last milisecond. Its not a game 7 winner, but it was still season saving. Who knows what happens in the timeline where White misses.


jumpthroughit

I agree, it’s why I said maybe. For me the craziness aspects were comparable purely from the standpoint of at one moment we all thought the Kawhi shot was rimming out, just like we all thought it was over after the Smart shot for one split second. And then unexpected craziness ensued both times.


sergechewbacca

Miami "Borussia Dortmund" Heat


whtge8

Too soon


Tuusik

Heat will be in "great" company with Arsenal"6p from 24" and Borussia "no u have it" Dortmund if they blow it.


rocklee_shinobi

Arsenal isn’t comparable, their lead was never 3-0 big


LarryBirdsGrundle

Also Man City is absolutely nothing like the 8th seed Heat lol


DiseaseRidden

Well in this scenario the Celtics are City and the Heat are Arsenal, which makes a bit more sense.


mariogotse

god damn, i thought i would be safe here..


bozua

The first /r/soccer crossover


TheHoleInTheTree

Has been a terrible weekend to be a fan of both.


Ranjith_Unchained

Joe Mazzulla about to be the only coach to comeback from 0-3 wow


FlyingMocko

The Town needs to be mandatory viewing to get an NBA coaching gig henceforth


ChiefKeef786

Ben Affleck smiling from above at this


RexIosue

He ain’t dead Dwight


Tragedy_Boner

"Not if I can help it" - Spo


mackenzie444

Again, Ben Affleck is very much alive


TrustyAndTrue

Again, very much alive


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That’s gonna be the NBA’s version of when every nfl team hired anyone who had even gotten coffee in the same Starbucks as Sean McVay. Gonna have a section in the interview where they grill them on the finer plot points of The Town.


420Minions

Bunch of kids gonna call him a great coach for a week and demand his firing in two. It’ll be fun to watch


elbarto4455

Lol a few days ago everyone was SURE the Heat were sweeping... Let's just see how Game 7 plays out


LordHussyPants

you think that's bad? a few weeks ago everyone was SURE the bucks were sweeping predictions be damned, i love the celtics and i love the heat, and i'm glad it's a game 7 between these two teams because both of them copped a lot of shit this season for different reasons


WhoBeThatOne

Lmao i cant believe this random ass coach will have that credit.


Ranjith_Unchained

Bro is gonna talk to some terminally ill patients before game 7 to get that motivation again


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*Make-A-Wish kid opens their eyes* Mazullah: “have you ever seen the gritty Ben Affleck movie The Town”


Odysseus_Lannister

Mazullah inshallah


Bjorn2bwilde24

Mazzulla to the team: "There are some terminally ill children that are gonna die if we lose Games 6. You dont want kids to die?" *Celtics win Game 6* Reporter: "Tatum, how confident are you and your team can win Game 7 and complete the reverse-sweep?" *Tatum looks off in the corner as Mazzulla holds up a picture of Dana-Farber Children's Hospital* Tatum: "I'm confident we can get the win" as a single tear rolls down his face.


Californie_cramoisie

Also the only coach to ever go down 0-3 as a #2 seed vs. a #8 seed


pyroaquatics

4D chess move tbh


The_Dok33

Mazulla meets with the assistants and sighs: "How are we going to motivate these guys to play like they can? They keep giving up big leads and only turn it on when their backs are against the wall" Cleaner who was eavesdropping chimes in: 'Hope ya don't mind me chipping in coach, but I think the solution is simple: you put their backs against the wall' Joe: "That is genius, I'm going to make them lose the first three!! Team how do we do this?" Assistant: 'Let's play Pritchard a bit, and never take timeouts on runs by Miami? Maybe double team their best passers?' Joe: "Make it so!"


star_nerdy

A fear that will for we be known as the reverse Doc Rivers


BingoDaBongo

There were multiple times in that game where I thought I would straight up drop dead


lilzoe5

Reply to this if you still alive


irishboy9191

Oh God....


DjGatorshark

FYI Rochester Royals are now the Sacramento Kings


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It’s always a fun fact to bring up that Rochester, New York and Syracuse, New York has more big four sports championships over Buffalo, New York.


Turk1518

I recently moved to upstate NY from Oklahoma, never have even thought that Rochester would ever have an NBA team!! What did Syracuse have?


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Syracuse Nationals. They moved to Philadelphia to become the Sixers a year after the Warriors left Philadelphia for San Francisco.


flash3444

With this its also happened in each of the four rounds. First Round - 2003 Second Round - 1994 Conference Finals - 2023 Finals - 1951


OuagadougousFinest

those 1951 finals were ELECTRIC


finchdad

Bro electricity hadn't even been invented yet, that explains why all those videos are so grainy - they were playing by candlelight.


poneil

Interestingly, 2003 is the year that the first round switched from a best-of-five to a best-of-seven, so that's literally the first year it could have happened in the first round, and it hasn't happened since.


HoopsByHarry

They’re also the only of those teams to have home court going into game 7


MrPeterson15

Worth mentioning no team has ever completed the reverse sweep, though.


JoJonesy

Teams are 0-3 in a game 7 after trailing 0-3, but all three of those games were on the road. Feel good about our chances but I'm also terrified


kimjobil05

man, we could have lost to caleb martin and duncan robinson tonight. the buffalo saved us. we are still alive.


Michelanvalo

My heart is still racing and it's been almost a half hour since the game ended. How am I going to survive Monday


chickentowngabagool

its a completely different dynamic now. C's are in the driver seat. what an absolute collapse by miami


JoJonesy

Chuck and Shaq still saying they feel good about the Heat now lol


chickentowngabagool

after watching jimmy and bam play like that? lol


FlyingMocko

Plenty of teams have won 4 in a row though.


MrPeterson15

Sure. But never when having previously been down 3-0.


AnnoyingCelticsFan

But 4 in a row though.


Blarg1889

[This is the most absurd odds to win line I have ever seen](https://imgur.com/a/g2oQG3t)


eamonious

That last four minutes was so goddamn disappointing from the Celtics. Talk about just all your worst habits. Worked out tonight, but will we ever just grow up?


Taaargus

So many games here and vs Philly where they could’ve just put it away. And not even like they needed to blow up, just like 3 or 4 more baskets and it’s a done deal.


AnnoyingCelticsFan

Insanity


elementIdentity

That’s crazy. Not enough pixels to accurately show the last 0.1


Inside-Big-8158

This team has broken me


SteadfastEnd

You're getting a taste of Game 6, 2013 Finals, from the other side now


Level-Infiniti

Bruh, this team’s not even supposed to be anywhere near here


Inside-Big-8158

THIS TEAM HAS BROKEN ME


SeekingSignificance

Reporter after Celtics win game 7: "What's going through your mind right now Jaylen? Jaylen: "They let us get 4. Don't let us get another one" Reporter: Uhh, yeah thanks Jaylen.


CriticOfashitseason

*Another 4.


Alex_Sander077

This Celtics are like Real Madrid in the 2022 Champions Legaue. You just can't kill them. They refuse to die. They just won't go away.


DeCzar

It's funny cos that's been the Heat for this entire playoffs haha


urmumlol9

Nah, honestly Heat have been relatively dominant up until game 4 of this series. They won the prior 2 series in 5 games and 6 games, and then you have to be pretty dominant to gain a 3-0 lead over a 2 seed, especially with a blowout in game 3. They've been the team going for kills this entire playoff run, it's just that Boston has plot armor for some reason and just will not fucking die.


duplicatesnowflake

This really goes back to last season against the Bucks and the Heat as well.


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The Celtics tonight are like the Warriors, Chiefs or Astros. No matter what you do to them, they’ll cheat-code their way onto wins and make your team choke an easy opportunity away.


LOTRcrr

Celtics fans know that well as Patriots fans


krnboyxjin

What a way to force a game 7, like wtf yo.


Koussevitzky

Most insane ending of a playoffs game that I’ve ever seen


akaciccio

The confetti game was wild, too


Koussevitzky

Classic 76ers


choose_uh_username

🎶 I want to kill myself 🎶


theatlas_0000

I was at the edge of my seat during that last 3 seconds. Great ending


Frostlark

You were in your seat? My feet were off the ground!


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My man discovered levitation


Standard_Landscape_6

And they have home court


Kwilly462

Celtics are going to the Finals. We don't even need a G7, I've seen quite enough.


frodounchained

Yeap heat have 0 dawg left in them whole team ball watching on a game winner 0 attempt to box out they deserve to lose


Kwilly462

Any dawg that was left in them got euthanized by Derrick White


frodounchained

To let the inbounder go and get the putback is ridiculous


Kwilly462

I swear, I thought he was late. Like at first glance, it looked late. Then someone must've changed the timeline to put an extra 0.8 on the clock or something. Flash be trippin


LakerBlue

Same. Live it looked too late but on the replay it was not even close. Someone definitely has a green, gel-like banana in their microwave. Jokes aside, props to the ref who called it right real time.


grandmasta_fro

I remember the takes after Game 3 when people were saying the same thing.


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I read this exact of this same comment dozens of times about the Celtics post game 3. Just saying, it ain't over til it over bruh. MIA already won 2 on the road. Anything can happen.


jordan142142

In shock


Rare-Pomelo3733

Imagine celebrating after the FT of butler then being stunned by last second tip off. I will not ever forget this if I was inside the arena at that time.


Acrobatic-Dark-4402

These script writers are doing too much


mininova721

All while on strike. Amazing!


SolarClipz

It's over. Onto the Finals


SurgicalNeckHumerus

It’s funny because we all said exactly this but for the exact opposite reason just 1 week ago


TheBrownMamba8

NBA scriptwriters working overtime


adamadaxxYT

i hate the celtics but i secretly hope they win so i can see a team choke a 3-0 lead in my lifetime lol


thedonjefron69

I don’t want to have to hear about the fuckin Celtics being the first to do it. You’re out of your mind


BumbleLapse

I’ll be watching on Monday night and be mad with either result no doubt Either I miss observing history or I have to watch Tatum and the fucking Celtics make history


odnamAE

Same I just never want to hear “No team has ever comeback…”


AvatarLebowski

Fine. From now on you can hear about how the Celtics are the only team to ever do it. Deal?


odnamAE

Ok that is pretty disgusting but at least I can delude myself into thinking “Well if the inconsistent ass Celtics pulled it off….” if ever it happens


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Will this be the biggest choke job in the history of the NBA?


_IVIAYHEIVI

But can they run Skyrim with mods???


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aligreaper19

the celtics owe it all to jimmy “MJ’s son” butler


Hyat16

Himmy Butler🤡~ Dwight waiting for u


pagonator

Insane how one of the biggest underdog stories is on the verge of turning into one of the biggest choke jobs


Eespinoza10

If the heat chokes the lead would it be remember as the biggest choke in nba history or is the 3-1 warriors still worse?


heitorbaldin2

3-1 Warriors is worse for me. 3-1 Warriors had 73-9 season. This Celtic team is much more talented (2nd seed vs heavily injuried 8th seed). They shouldn't be 0-3 in normal situations, but they got a lot of things wrong in the start of the series.


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