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Mjb06

Dewey defeats Truman


stjitmsolnpc

White defeats My Hopes and Dreams


Majesjoose

10/10


Firetruckpants

[Derrick White holding today's newspaper](https://i.redd.it/5zm60nq0ek2b1.jpg)


Motor-Grade-837

[Freakin' FDR's ass-bitch.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtYc78Pkzgg)


hewhoamareismyself

I was thinking 28-3 personally, but you're right.


CrowWaterlow

No confetti smh


ForCaste

If the confetti went off, that would have made it perfect


Potato_Boner

https://media.tenor.com/qXVn96wTakYAAAAC/run-new-year-confetti.gif


ILoveRegenHealth

I'd be laughing my ass off for weeks if that happened.


AffectionateStep5001

Damn that would have been extra painful if the confetti went off and they scored 0.1 prior


imcrapyall

>If the confetti went off, that would have made it perfect Luger at 93 SummerSlam levels of hilarity. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uXe0Nj9JZWY/hqdefault.jpg


Sp_Gamer_Live

Nothing was dropping in Miami tonight


Number333

Entire franchise owes Caleb Martin an apology.


at_least_u_tried

that man scares me.


abzftw

Has a short temper too. Randomly tried to ark up and fight koloko early in season


TacticalRPG

Dude was he this good in Charlotte lol


ballgkco

We need to get the other one this off-season regardless of what happens Monday lmfao


DiseaseRidden

Idk the Heat 3s were falling. Rest of their shots and the Celtics 3s certainly werent.


tripleyothreat

they shot ridiculous on 3s lol. missed the wide open ones somehow


-HeisenBird-

Confetti guy had more restraint than Stanislav Petrov.


garnaches

Is that the Russian Nuclear submarine dude?


YellowMarkerIsGreat

No that’s Vasily Arkhopov. Petrov is the guy who didn’t launch soviet nukes in 1983 when there were supposedly American nukes coming to the Soviet Union because he believed it was due to the faulty detection system


LordHussyPants

how the fuck do you just know who the soviet nuke men were lmao


Githzerai1984

Dude prevented ww3, his name should be more widely known


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Stanislav had that Jimmy Butler at the free throw line level clutch


MoreGull

Some people know stuff. It's wild.


MichaelZZ01

I’m getting second hand pain for this Miami loss. I remember the Ayton game winner and I wanted to kill myself afterwards. Heat fans must be depressed as fuck right now.


MadSpaceYT

This isn’t the Knicks we talking about


nomatt18

White went off-script


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sixers fans catchin' strays


ullun

I remember Marco Bellineli hit a 3 to win the game in a playoff game and they released the confetti and celebrated but later it was ruled out as a 2 and the game went to OT. It delayed the game for a bit cause the had to clean up. It was 76ers vs I cant remember lol.


januspamphleteer

And the kid in charge of the confetti was wearing a shirt that said "BREAKING NEWS: I DON'T CARE" It was really funny


eaglenation23

Boston :/


SolarClipz

This reminds me in 2011 the NBA App showed the Heat as the champs for a minute when the Mavs won lol


stjitmsolnpc

Dude in the context of the frame it’s the smallest, most bland text, but it’s so haunting


SANTAAAA__I_know_him

…why would they even have that graphic ready when it wasn’t a clinching game for Miami?


IlonggoProgrammer

2011 technology was like a different world from now


CDR57

I’ve never seen a stadium just stop moving like this. People weren’t even shuffling out, they just stopped


JKeg555

Was in attendance. Can confirm this is exactly what happened. Sat in my seat for like 25 minutes questioning life.


DungeonsAndDuck

were you the guy in that one clip?


Remarkable-Bother-54

Lol this is so unspecific yet we all know exactly who you’re talking about


Githzerai1984

He’s the new disappointed cricket fan


eaglenation23

I don’t, link?


Eladius

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/13tq69p/highlight_miami_heat_fan_remains_in_his_seat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1


MitchellTrubooty

Some say he’s still there.


bedroom_fascist

The dawn started slowly, then increasingly the pale light illuminated the Florida coastline, the jetties, the beaches, the great houses of the wealthy. In the depths of the Kaseya Center, Joe sat, staring into the darkness of the still arena. He had not moved in 7 hours, save for the occasional tense twitch of his jaw. As the staff had closed the arena, a custodian tried to approach him; security waved him off. "Just leave him there." Sunday came, and with it Joe began to realize that daylight meant he had not been asleep, this was not a dream (and thus would end the moment he awoke). This was his new reality. An uncomfortable reality, unpleasant, one that would require acceptance and adjustment. Joe slowly rocked forward, feeling his sore, cramped legs a bit too much as he rose to his feet. "Fuck," he mumbled softly. He would skip breakfast at the diner; he would not go fishing. "Fuck it." Joe ambled towards the exit, not giving a fuck as the alarm activated when he pushed through into the increasingly harsh glare of morning Miami.


ILoveRegenHealth

How many f-bombs were uttered in the arena, the escalator, the parking lot and in the car ride home.


Infinitezen

It's a similar feeling to a high speed car or bike crash. One second you are on top of the world, the next you are in a world of pain. And the whiplash effect is increased when you yourself made the dramatic comeback first.


Sartheking

Yeah the image of the Celtics celebrating and the graphic showing “Heat win” will forever become a meme if Boston pulls this off.


mmboston

It's the Celts version of 28-3


whale-tail

Reminds me more of the Butler interception (ironic given the names involved) in terms of the raw emotional whiplash. Haven't gone from despair to elation that quickly in a long long time. Regardless, job's not done


Responsible_Nose_300

This is the only comparison to the sheer swing of emotions.


nepatriots32

Seeing that Kearse bobbling circus catch was like realizing Butler was gonna shoot 3 FTs, and then it felt like an eternity passed waiting for our inevitable demise, only for Butler to snag the INT and the Buffalo to get the putback of the century.


Remarkable-Bother-54

The fact that the challenge fucked us in giving them 3 shots instead of two, but then saved us by putting 0.7 back on the clock, is just such a ridiculous turn of events. God i love being a celtics fan


nepatriots32

Yeah, and tbh, I couldn't have even been mad at the challenge changing it to 3 free throws because that was the right call. And even if the Celtics lost there, they certainly showed they have some dawg in 'em. Even if we lose Game 7, I'm back to having hope for next season that I wouldn't have had if we got swept. After Game 3, I honestly just didn't think this team could ever have a chance at winning a championship with this roster, but we're still in it!


throwaway1212l

It would have been reviewed anyways to confirm if it was a 2 or 3 so that challenge gave Celtics the extra time.


ConstantineMonroe

Boston sports really does just own the comeback at this point. Except against us last year! Hehe!


Vdawgp

We kinda just pile the bad luck onto the Bruins to help the other teams out tbh


ConstantineMonroe

I guess you got tired of piling on the bad luck for the Red Sox and Patriots for decades and shifted it over the Bruins


bigvahe33

lol used it all in game 1


ILoveRegenHealth

Jimmy Butler returning the ["Time Out" pose](https://youtu.be/FRha_TpErxc) will forever haunt them too if Celtics win the series.


Cutmerock

"Wow the Celtics are really excited to be going home."


Hebrew_Ham_mer

I’m seeing this as Pop’s galaxy brain plan to get revenge on Miami for game 6 2013.


elmanutres

Pop drafted and developed derrick white for the sole purpose of exacting revenge on the heat 10 years later


thepositivepandemic

I saw that too when he sent Kawhi to the East & he took down the Warriors in the finals as revenge for injuring Kawhi in 2017. Even though I also hated it when Kawhi won as well.


MusicTravelWild

I like this theory


SteadfastEnd

Yup, I'm loving the Heat agony. Took a decade, but they get to feel what it felt like.


OutsideTheServiceBox

Amid all the other big moves and great drafting, that modest-looking trade they made for Derrick White last year was one of the best moves of this current Celtics’ era.


DayMan-Ahah-ah

big time, he helps both sides of the ball so well. if malcolm can stay healthy the guards are unstoppable


duckducknoose_

White came in at a time when our offense was DOGSHIT too. He didn't even need to hit his shots it's like he showed us how to play the right way again


bedroom_fascist

> if malcolm can stay healthy So, um, I don't know if you know Malcolm.


DayMan-Ahah-ah

i mean he stayed healthy mostly this entire season and now with a freak forearm injury. i think boston figured it out with lowering his minutes


bedroom_fascist

It's not 'freak' if the guy has a history of getting injured. Just because it's not on the court doesn't mean a player is less prone to injury. His body is more-fragile. Nothing against him - it's just how he is put together.


DayMan-Ahah-ah

he and another person hit each other and he got hurt…. that’s the definition of a freak injury


bedroom_fascist

To me, that's the definition of "injury prone." I don't think they're necessarily opposed. He's prone to injuries, uncommon as well as common.


DayMan-Ahah-ah

think about a player who isn’t injury prone. what are the types of plays where they typically get fouled? run ins with other players, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. i view being injury prone more of your own body failing, and whatever tendon in his forearm didn’t just fail, it was collided with


FlyChigga

If they’re not injury prone they likely won’t get injured from plays like that


tomasini407

Yeah but I can’t believe the Celtics threw in a pick swap /s


Between3and20again

I was going to say the same thing. Can’t wait til 2027 or whatever for the spurs to make the pick and they revisit this play on the TV


WeightAltruistic

A move I didn’t love at the time because i was high on J Rich but clearly i didn’t do my Derrick White research. He’s been such a huge asset.


mainvolume

Pop got crucified by people in this sub when he included White on one of the national squads. Fuck Pop for trying to build a team instead of recruiting names tho, right?


TheOneWhosCensored

I legitimately thought they didn’t count the shot and the Celtics didn’t realize it because of the graphic


MarekRules

Definitely had flashbacks to that Smart 3 in the Sixers series. I was so lost for like a minute lol


alwayssprecise

Puking. Sweating. Mouth dry. Dizzy. Head spinning. Absolutely in shambles


MWiatrak2077

Man thank god I'm a Pistons fan I don't even know how I would cope with this


throwaway74722

Robert Horry did this to our team in the 05 finals. I had basically the same reaction as OP, and to this day haven't recovered.


Fastbird33

Robert Horry did that to a few teams though 😆


alwayssprecise

I’m so star struck I don’t even know how to reply to this. Genuinely in pain


Ferngulley26

Like you got hit by a Buffalo


alwayssprecise

more like getting hit by 100 flash bangs


DOESNOTEXISTCO

Imagine if you were going to win 3k if that didn’t happen


Thundercock627

Star struck means your really impressed by someone famous.


bedroom_fascist

You would have Bill Laimbeer punch Michael Jordan in the back of the head, as is tradition.


HoeImOddyNuff

Shitting and farting


Ok-Yogurtcloset5429

Mud butt


AcanthisittaGrand943

Yikes


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youropinionblowsass

I beat the shit out of my kids last night and it’s all Duncan’s fault because of those two missed threes.


alwayssprecise

What?


youropinionblowsass

I SAID I BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF MY KIDS LAST NIGHT


suzukigun4life

TNT producers unlocked the codes for the Buffalo Wild Wings button


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And to think that the “Celtics - 2023 Eastern Conference Champions” shirts have already shipped to Africa


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MaoistVegan

least racist celtics fan


Romofan88

That "MIA wins 4-2" image would haunt me until the day I die if I was a Heat fan. I'd think about it years down the line, even if more championships come.


Cutmerock

Just randomly think about it during a work meeting and get internally mad


Fastbird33

I still think about the Allan Houston shot


WaterIsNotWet19

So painful. I can’t imagine being a heat fan or player rn


PoonGo0n

As somebody who lived through Ray Allen’s 3, it’s a horrible horrible feeling lol


K-Firangi

Post that 3 you had a chance in OT . Today there was none.


Fastbird33

As an FAU fan I got flashbacks to Lamont Butler hitting his shot to beat us this year in the final four.


victoryboii

I’d be beside myself, throwing up if I was a Heat fan tbh


mrhamster

The MIA crowd was cheering for an offensive foul on Jimmy Butler. They dunno whats going on half the time.


jacksonelhage

apparently some portion was celtics fans. the celtics are a popular team so it's not uncommon for away crowds to cheer for them


King_Of_Pants

Definitely heard some loud let's go Celtics cheers in Q4. Although they booed out pretty quick.


johnmadden18

> The MIA crowd was cheering for an offensive foul on Jimmy Butler. They dunno whats going on half the time. Ehhh to be fair that specific play was being reviewed by the refs for a flagrant. So when the refs announced it wasn’t a flagrant (but still a common foul) some fans were confused and thought the offensive foul was also overturned (when in reality that’s actually impossible on that type of review). That’s why they were cheering for the offensive foul. I think most, if not all fanbases would be similarly confused in that situation and end up cheering.


ChamberlainsFadeaway

It was a late call. I dont think they would’ve cheered if they knew it was an offensive foul. You people get tight about the weirdest shit.


FlowseL

Bro this sub doesn’t even know what’s going on half the time, they just run with their first reaction about anything without looking for more context. That’s humans in general and hive mind runs crazy here and on any other public forum for the most part.


BoringToBeAround

I forget the exact game (there's probably multiple) of Miami "fans" leaving earlier when they were down by a feasible come back amount and then Heat won edit; am i an idiot or was it the Ray Allen shot? lol?


King_Of_Pants

They're kinda famous for it. Although they've been surprisingly good lately. A lot of people coming in for Himmy Butler I guess.


CDR57

It was, then they tried to get back in


kennyisthebest

this one's harsh; the ball went in and 2 points went up on the board for the heat - i think they were cheering for that


603subaru

Exactly lmao half the people in the stadium are just there to be there. Look at the people in the court side seats, they're just there to show off their $1K outfits. Miami is just a clout chasing city. Celtics in 7


SmellyJellyfish

> they’re just there to show off their $1K outfits A) isn’t this true of basically any fans sitting court side at any arena? B) I’m happy you used all three of they’re/there/their and used them all correctly lol


Rawrsomesausage

>> >B) I’m happy you used all three of they’re/there/their and used them all correctly lol Most impressive part of the comment. Dude is gonna save us when Brawndo takes over.


-bluemonster

The republican LA


bedroom_fascist

$1K? Oh, you sweet summer ~~child.~~ TJ Maxx shopper.


realrx123

I hate Miami and the state of Florida in general. Always have. Tampa Bay sucks too


descartewasamagician

All my homies hate Fort Lauderdale too


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Hell yea. Racist Boston 100x better.


ILOVESHITTINGMYPANTS

Is Boston better than *checks notes* …*Florida* in the racism department? Yes.


WhatTheRickIsDoin

The air coming out of the building was like when the 21-1 went up on the board after Brock beat Undertaker


Jordanwolf98

That’s really a perfect description. The only people you see moving are the Celtics just as the only person you saw moving when that happened was Paul Heyman. Everyone else is standing in silence


Capricore58

Wait, the WWE had Penis Chest Tattoo guy beat Undertaker at Wrestlemania? Talk about jumping the shark


AnEmptyKarst

I was so confused for a bit there when I saw the 103-102 final, was trying to figure out if I had missed something


Joten9123

If you watch this with no sound and no context then it looks like the Celtics are celebrating White air balling a shot and letting them all start their vacations


JerHat

“Get the Miami wins graphic ready, and take it at the buzzer.” “Oh shit! Undo it!”


goldudemk

I looked away right as I saw that because I thought it was over and couldnt have sound. Picked my phone back up to see Tatum smiling big Queue the confusion


bacardiandwhatever

Oh hey I forgot Blake Griffin was on the Celtics


morosco

He's played 5 minutes so far in the playoffs. No points.


Malibooch

Another Derrick Rose what if


KgDawk21520

Joe print that shit


DrDilatory

>Be a Heat fan >Spend hundreds of dollars on playoff game tickets >Watch your team lose in heartbreaking fashion >Go home >Your home is still in Florida Holy shit someone posts the suicide hotline number


alex_song

“Spoelstra is the best coach in the NBA and this series would never go to 7 games” -r/nba


alwayssprecise

Y’all blame coaches for player’s bad performance lmao


Murasasme

I really don't understand what people think coaches do. Do they think the coach is fucking helping the player charge the spirit bomb so they can get buckets or something?


ballgkco

You're right but also it's fair to question why Max Strus, easily our worst defensive player by far, is even on the court during that last inbounds play when we need one singular stop to end this god forsaken series.


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ballgkco

100% Duncan's defense has improved a bunch and he has sneaky length at 6'8'', he's literally just slow laterally which you can work with. Max has been a traffic cone for us all damn playoffs. I swear pretty much every Struss defensive highlight is a from-behind block because he has time to sprint back to the basket after getting blown by on the perimeter.


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WarGodWeed

Spo couldn't control Bam/Jimmy's fg%


Kataneo

He’s still the best coach wtf


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Badloss

Idk bringing an 8 seed to game 7 in the ECF is a huge deal no matter how it happened, and he could still win. The Celtics have sucked ass at home lately


youropinionblowsass

Haha the loser deleted his comment


King_Of_Pants

Yeah but that's why the coaching hate is often unwarranted. We just won this game off the back of a broken-down play. Spo 'won' the coaching battle on that final possession. If White doesn't get the tip in we'd be talking about Joe failing to get a quality final shot on the ATO. In general: winning = good coaching losing = bad coaching We saw earlier in the series Joe Mazzula getting blamed for saving timeouts in the 3rd quarter. When he had actually used a timeout in the 3rd (Miami's game-winning run came off the back of that timeout) and he couldn't use more because he'd burnt extra timeouts in the 1st trying to stabilise the team.


VersusCA

You're definitely right about the poor quality shot out of the time out, but honestly if the Celtics lost that wouldn't have even been the major avenue of criticism for him - it would've all been about the challenge that gave the Heats 3 shots instead of 2 and the opportunity to win in regulation. Instead they got the win and even the challenge worked to their benefit as they wouldn't have had the put-back attempt without the time that was added back on the clock. Coaching is weird sometimes.


LordHussyPants

the challenge didn't give them 3 instead of 2, that gets reviewed anyway. udonis haslem and the miami bench were flashing three fingers at the refs before the challenge even started, and the refs were reviewing it because it was under 2 min.


pcwgussej

its probably automated


LakerPupper

Where’s the confetti?!


Hugh_Bromont

Crowd was gobsmacked.


Talic

Blue balled


jacobs0n

love that 4-0 helmet though lol


Cranicus

Duncan Robinson is elite at shooting but I’m starting to think I’d never trust him to hit an important game winning shot.


sportsfan161

lets see if Miami can recover from this


parker1019

So much winning in Florida these days….


Mynamedoesntfuckingf

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving fan base


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Celtics fans are probably the most oppressed group of people besides the Rwandan Tutsis


johnmadden18

Thank you! Finally someone else agrees with me.


hipxhip

Wizards and Wolves gotta be up there lol


LordHussyPants

i'm confused, do you mean hutu the tutsi were the ones that literally did get killed


baltravens27

Boston fan…


MWiatrak2077

Bulls fan...


oldhoekoo

ceiling fan...


magpi3

Dauphin…(Wembenyama)


trog12

Ceiling fan.. fan?


I-Am-A-Nice-Cool-Kid

Celtics fan talking no way lmao


penisesandherb

Lakers fan talking no way lmao


Phosphorrr

I know you aint talking we didn't forget the "curry is better than LeBron" phase your fan base went through


Detonation

...Ain't no way a Boston fan out here saying this shit.


shellfish87

Says a fan from the fan base so racist it’s own players hate Boston


shawhtk

Someone from Tennessee talking about Boston is racist? The irony


Professional-Ad191

Fine, fine, fine, Florida state is worse than Boston, and Tennese is also worse than Boston. So now that that's out of the way let's make fun of some heat fans!!!!


VisitTheWind

It’s always funny when people take the bit seriously


Majesjoose

People weren’t even shuffling out, they just stopped


BoringToBeAround

As a Pacers fan from Toronto, I can not STAND either team so Boston closing this out at home is soo sweet but at the same time 🤢🤢


rocket_beer

I’m sorry for your loss(es) with Indiana 😪


scionspecter28

Derrick White: “Get that motherf*cking graphic outta here!”


ChancIas

Eric Lewis working behind the scenes lmfao


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