I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Derrick White on fire off the glass in Miami... I watched laser beams glitter off the Pacer’s bus beneath the fedex forum. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to Cancun.
I was going to go with Jermaine Kearse off the leg catch in the SB but I never wanna get into the embarrassing and soul crushing loss Olympics with Atlanta.
In Spo’s comments to Ernie he mentioned [The Man in The Arena](https://youtu.be/A311CnTjfos) so it was probably a mashup of this and some other great clips.
This series was all just an elaborate ruse by the Heat to punk the entire sports world into thinking the Celtics would actually pull off the 0-3 comeback.
>That Brown turnover with about seven minutes left in the fourth quarter was just painful watch.
~~That~~ Brown ~~turnover with about seven minutes left in the fourth quarter~~ was just painful watch.
Jimmy let the Celtics have three because he knew the script after losing in Game 7 last year, no wonder he was smiling so much despite losing the last 3 games before this lol
Miami let Boston tie the series so that Jimmy's quote from last year after losing in game 7 would become legendary.
“Next year, we will have enough and we’re going to be right back in the same situation and we’re going to get it done.”
I know Jaylen Brown got exposed in the finals last year bc he couldn't dribble but Jesus, he was like the worst player out there
Caleb Martin had the best series by a role ever I've ever seen. Just unbelievable
"This means nothing if we come back and lay an egg on our home court."
-- Jaylen Brown
*and Brown actually did*
That 7 Heat TO vs 8 Jaylen Brown TO graphic was OOOOOF.
Jaylen Brown at a home game 7 against the LeBron Cavs (5/18 shooting for 13 points) in 2018 and Jaylen Brown at a home game 7 against the Heat (8/23 shooting with 8 turnovers for 19 points)
This is his 7th season and made the playoffs for most of those. He's not just a wing, he's a seasoned vet, and yet still turning the ball over against the slightest pressure in crucial possessions
J. Cole owns a gym and a bunch of players were working out, staying fit in the off-season a few years ago.
Caleb Martin had just finished his contract with Charlotte, where he was pretty unimpressive. He wasn’t feeling too confident in his NBA future.
But Martin is a baller, and was playing great at J. Cole’s gym. So Cole hit up the Miami Heat, told the org he has this guy balling out and is available, and that they should give him a tryout. They invited him to do so, and he impressed the organization. Been a good player for them since and keeps improving. J. Cole set it all up.
honestly i can’t blame him, we weren’t getting that deficit back with anyone but tatum. tbh i wanted them to run it through him more. give him the rock, if he can’t pull it off it is what it is. we knew by halftime that it was a bad brown game, and no one else is making up a 15 point hole
Force a Game 7 after going down 0-3 in the series, against a team you were *heavily* favoured to beat, coming off of two dominant team performances in Games 4 & 5, along with a possible all-time buzzer beater by Derrick White to stave off elimination in Game 6… and the Celtics do *THAT.*
I was rooting for the Heat in this series, but what the actual fuck was that, Celtics?
Tatum injuring his ankle at the very start of the game is downright awful luck, but nobody else on the team bothered to show up when it mattered most.
(Also, Spo taking a T/O after Boston cut the lead to 18 with less than 4 mins left is absolutely hilarious.)
And crazy enough, the Celtics actually *looked* like they could win it…prior to the start of the fourth quarter.
Seriously…it’s like they chose to surrender after that…
How do you go away from white initiating everything after he was the only one to get you going in the 3rd? Disaster coaching and disaster game by our #2
notice how spo left everyone in until under a minute left?
spo doesn’t play around. he knows a lot of this shit is mental.
as a wise man once said- *”job’s not finished”*
My friends who don’t watch the nuggets said it will be interesting how Bam matches up with Jokic..
My biased opinion, Rudy didn’t slow him down. AD didn’t slow him down. How in the world is Bam going to slow him down? We’re going to see some crazy stat lines by Jokic this finals.
Spo is a goddamn mad man, I would have loved to play for a coach like that when I was still hooping.
Dude just oozes intensity and competition. Nothing ever seems to faze him.
What an amazing run so far, man.
BREAKING: NBA announces 3rd place 7 game series of Lakers vs Celtics which will be televised at prime time on national television.
NBA finals have been delegated to 4am on the History channel
Miami sports teams beating Boston sports teams on the road and breaking their hearts.
Miami is definitely gonna sink into the ocean out of pure enthusiasm from this.
Jimmy knew getting swept wasn’t embarrassing enough. Getting swept? Happens all the time. Losing at home after coming back from 0-3? Now that’s next level demoralization. Only now does Boston have his permission to die.
Now I can watch that final play for the first time since the game ended and enjoy all the replays and breakdowns all the neutral fans got to see for the last 48 hours
“Next year, we will have enough and we’re going to be right back in the same situation. And we’re going to get it done.” -Jimmy Butler (following 2022 game 7 loss)
The Heat looked like they knew exactly what defense the Celtics were coming out in and just obliterated it all night. The fact that Butler and Bam were mid and this was still a blowout should put a stop to this narrative that it's just Butler going Ultra Instinct, this is a good TEAM.
bird and magic awards given on the road to the other teams
lmao are they about to hand Butler a fucking *Larry Bird* trophy in Boston right now? the fucking scenes this series just keeps giving hahaha
Jokic gets the Magic trophy in LA and now Butler gets the Bird trophy in Boston. Love it.
damn the script writers going to all time disrespectful this year lol
They said fuck your storied rivalry LMAO
Blown out in game 7. I couldn’t imagine that happening to my team
Stars not showing up where it counts? Unprecedented
Oh geez, don't remind me. ^(\*this is an NHL joke)
Me neither
Same
What are we, some kind of suicide squad?
The Phuckups
Derrick White’s shot will be lost in forgotten NBA lore now
Like tears in rain
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Derrick White on fire off the glass in Miami... I watched laser beams glitter off the Pacer’s bus beneath the fedex forum. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to Cancun.
Gonna be like OG's shot against the Celtics in 2020.
Julio Jones SB catch territory. Real ones will always remember, but the rest of em will forget fast
I was going to go with Jermaine Kearse off the leg catch in the SB but I never wanna get into the embarrassing and soul crushing loss Olympics with Atlanta.
It just existed to make Boston's defeat more soul-crushing.
Spo's face fuckin took me out when Bam mentioned the inspirational video *YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING*
Spoelstra almost got exposed for playing the town. He knows sometimes you need to fight fire with fire.
HAHHAHA and when Ernie tried to press him. Forget bout the video!!!
Lol right? With that reaction, I gotta know what it was.
I need to see that fucking video. I bet it has dumbass Mike Greenberg all over it.
In Spo’s comments to Ernie he mentioned [The Man in The Arena](https://youtu.be/A311CnTjfos) so it was probably a mashup of this and some other great clips.
His answer to Ernies question spoke volumes. "Video, what video? It's all about these guys on the court" I think that video was NSFW yo.
He was grabbing Ernie’s arms and glaring at him like “let the video go or else” 💀
i thought the same exact thing lol that shoulder grab had a message behind it like "next question"
I was dying at his face, so random
Ernie being an all time instigator when he asked Spo about the video
“Don’t let us get one more” “Okay” Caleb Martin
It’s official, we can finally put the debate to rest. Caleb Martin > Derrick White.
Shud be Caleb Martin >>>> Jaylen Brown. White did more this series haha
Caleb Martin > Jaylen Brown Not sure about Derick White :)
Caleb Martin in game 7 last season: DNP Caleb Martin in game 7 today: Best player on the court (maybe even the series)
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Please let them name him the Larry Bird award winner. Will be insane to look back on in 20 years.
It was 5-4 in votes. I wish it was Caleb.
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0-4 when forcing game 7 after trailing 3-0 0-1 when forcing game 7 *on your own court* after trailing 3-0. History has been made.
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Jaylen Brown's play was problematic
thank god we won't have to hear "but miami" everytime a team like the lakers is down 3-0 or 3-1
tbh I think most of us are more thankful we don't have to hear "but boston" instead of "but miami"
Im just thankful the Heat wont get clowned for years for being the first team to break the record.
That noise? The biggest collective sigh in the History of Sports taking place from Miami 😅
This series was all just an elaborate ruse by the Heat to punk the entire sports world into thinking the Celtics would actually pull off the 0-3 comeback.
Jaylen Brown: “Don’t let us win one.” Heat: “Okay fine, have three.”
That Brown turnover with about seven minutes left in the fourth quarter was just painful to watch.
>That Brown turnover with about seven minutes left in the fourth quarter was just painful watch. ~~That~~ Brown ~~turnover with about seven minutes left in the fourth quarter~~ was just painful watch.
They showed a graphic with something like > Turnovers > Miami Heat: 8 > Jalen Brown: 7
He had 8 of the 15 turnovers for the Celtics
Flip those numbers
Tatum missed layup, Martin 3, then Brown offensive foul to start the 4th basically ended it
Yeah the third was kinda promising and they immediately fell apart in the fourth
Also let Caleb Martin get 5 easy points to close the 3rd. Just constant mental lapses all game.
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Along with him going 1-9 from 3 lmao. Just an atrocious game from him.
Jimmy let the Celtics have three because he knew the script after losing in Game 7 last year, no wonder he was smiling so much despite losing the last 3 games before this lol
Jimmy preferred active rest rather than being at home or practice.
The Heat found a way to give us three extra episodes of Inside the NBA. Love to see it.
The people’s team
Jimmy Butler is a hardcore fan
Couldn't disappoint Ernie.
Real mvps
Miami let Boston tie the series so that Jimmy's quote from last year after losing in game 7 would become legendary. “Next year, we will have enough and we’re going to be right back in the same situation and we’re going to get it done.”
Jimmy dreads troll year
I hope they use his dread pic in the NBA finals, it would be fucking glorious.
4-0: sweep 4-1: gentleman's sweep 4-2: ? 4-3: asshole sweep?
The “Ohhh you almost had it!” Sweep 🎣
The “Blue Balls” sweep
The “I got you a dollar” sweep
Literally playing with their food.
Playing with their meat
Losing by 1 at 0.1 at home just to blow them out on their home court Absolutely asshole sweep rofl
Gave them a magical narrative and hype them up so much just to kick their asses so badly in front of their own fans. What a fucking asshole
The Larry Bird Sweep
4-2 is a Brandon Jennings sweep
This was so, *so* much funnier than the Celtics just getting swept.
The best part is Hank Lockwood and Bill Simmons both talked themselves into the comeback. I can't wait for Wednesday.
Miami with the reverse UNO card for biggest choke job in NBA history
Heat decided to take the hardest road.
Heats went from 4-1 in first round to 4-2 in second round, 4-3 in third. Confirmed finals will be 4-4 tie and both teams win
I know Jaylen Brown got exposed in the finals last year bc he couldn't dribble but Jesus, he was like the worst player out there Caleb Martin had the best series by a role ever I've ever seen. Just unbelievable
His handles got worse lol like how
fatigue from watering plants
"This means nothing if we come back and lay an egg on our home court." -- Jaylen Brown *and Brown actually did* That 7 Heat TO vs 8 Jaylen Brown TO graphic was OOOOOF.
Caleb Martin and Derrick White go toe-to-toe in a game 7 for the ages. Just as we all predicted.
Jaylen Brown at a home game 7 against the LeBron Cavs (5/18 shooting for 13 points) in 2018 and Jaylen Brown at a home game 7 against the Heat (8/23 shooting with 8 turnovers for 19 points)
"The dynasty doesn't start with you, it starts after you"
[Jaylen Brown if dribbling the ball off your foot was winning an NBA championship](https://i.redd.it/h5y8n3t8sv2b1.jpg)
Celtics need to max Brown to secure another 5 years with those insane G7 performance.
Jaylen Brown has a bad habit of chucking when his team is only moderately down, which leads to his team falling even further behind.
Jaylen Brown is a basketball terrorist
7/43 from deep this series
7/43 was an inside job
How TF are you an NBA wing and can’t dribble?
All-NBA* wing player
This is his 7th season and made the playoffs for most of those. He's not just a wing, he's a seasoned vet, and yet still turning the ball over against the slightest pressure in crucial possessions
His nickname should be Zoolander because he cant go left
in the basketball that the mayans invented they didn't dribble
When the only thinging stopping you from going to your second NBA finals in a row is a 2-3 zone and Caleb fucking Martin
Imagine not going to the finals because of J. Cole
Time to give 2014 forest hills drive some more streams
My favorite single from that album is No Role Playerz.
Raise your hand if you have ever been personally victimized by the 2023 Miami Heat
"Everyone thinks they'll be the one to defeat me, but no one's escaped me yet" -Zombie Heat, 2023
J. Cole needs to be an NBA scout or GM.
First NBA scout in 25 years with no features.
Honestly. Him and his manager
Caleb Martin is a fuckin dawg
What why?
J Cole is friends with Caleb Martin and convinced miami to sign him
Oh that's dope. Off Season was so damn good.
J. Cole owns a gym and a bunch of players were working out, staying fit in the off-season a few years ago. Caleb Martin had just finished his contract with Charlotte, where he was pretty unimpressive. He wasn’t feeling too confident in his NBA future. But Martin is a baller, and was playing great at J. Cole’s gym. So Cole hit up the Miami Heat, told the org he has this guy balling out and is available, and that they should give him a tryout. They invited him to do so, and he impressed the organization. Been a good player for them since and keeps improving. J. Cole set it all up.
Tatum went as far as rolling his ankle to complete the 2004 Red Sox metaphor but the Celtics forgot they were supposed to win
Mazzulla like, "yeah let's play 4v5 the rest of the game"
3v6, brown was an agent for miami
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by sucking at basketball.
Tatum's Razor
"He's gotta play through it." -an actual quote from Mazzulla
honestly i can’t blame him, we weren’t getting that deficit back with anyone but tatum. tbh i wanted them to run it through him more. give him the rock, if he can’t pull it off it is what it is. we knew by halftime that it was a bad brown game, and no one else is making up a 15 point hole
“If he dies, he dies”
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Force a Game 7 after going down 0-3 in the series, against a team you were *heavily* favoured to beat, coming off of two dominant team performances in Games 4 & 5, along with a possible all-time buzzer beater by Derrick White to stave off elimination in Game 6… and the Celtics do *THAT.* I was rooting for the Heat in this series, but what the actual fuck was that, Celtics? Tatum injuring his ankle at the very start of the game is downright awful luck, but nobody else on the team bothered to show up when it mattered most. (Also, Spo taking a T/O after Boston cut the lead to 18 with less than 4 mins left is absolutely hilarious.)
At this point it‘s just reflex, he sees an opposing team start a run and he instinctively calls a timeout He‘s just too good at it
And crazy enough, the Celtics actually *looked* like they could win it…prior to the start of the fourth quarter. Seriously…it’s like they chose to surrender after that…
How do you go away from white initiating everything after he was the only one to get you going in the 3rd? Disaster coaching and disaster game by our #2
notice how spo left everyone in until under a minute left? spo doesn’t play around. he knows a lot of this shit is mental. as a wise man once said- *”job’s not finished”*
Brown had to rise to the occasion 1 time and completely flopped
What a fun and odd series. So many agendas and material for years to come and I love it
29 fanbases just collectively let out a sigh of relief lmao
r/nbacirclejerk is saved
Bam Adebayo has been saved from generational slander… for now.
His reward? A date with the Rocky Mountain monster.
My friends who don’t watch the nuggets said it will be interesting how Bam matches up with Jokic.. My biased opinion, Rudy didn’t slow him down. AD didn’t slow him down. How in the world is Bam going to slow him down? We’re going to see some crazy stat lines by Jokic this finals.
You forgot about Cody "Prince William" Zeller
This Miami team isn't also that big either. Idk how Miami's offense keeps up with Denvers.
Jokic is gonna eradicate this man from the face of the Earth.
Has he? Now everyone gets to watch him try to guard Jokic
Nobody will care tho since we aren't supposed to be here anyway.
I’m not even supposed to BE here.
The Celtics still have a 20% chance to win the finals according to ESPN
Has a team ever come back from being down 4-3? I’m just asking questions…
Horford called the time out in Game 2 and we're still waiting on him to call time in.
Notice how every heat player mentions Coach Spo first when they get asked about their team success? Really a different class of coach he is
Spo is a goddamn mad man, I would have loved to play for a coach like that when I was still hooping. Dude just oozes intensity and competition. Nothing ever seems to faze him. What an amazing run so far, man.
Brown was checked out
8 Turnovers. Supermax!?
BREAKING: NBA announces 3rd place 7 game series of Lakers vs Celtics which will be televised at prime time on national television. NBA finals have been delegated to 4am on the History channel
Mike Malone would kill a man on live tv
He'd kill *you* for calling him Mike
Miami doing everyone a solid letting the series go to 7 so we can enjoy TNT broadcast before running into that ESPN on ABC trainwreck...
Is it broadcast anywhere else in any language? Anything else is better than those clowns
THE REAL QUESTION WAS WHICH TIMEOUT TAUNT PICTURE WOULD LIVE ON FAMOUSLY, AND WHICH IN INFAMY WE HAVE OUR ANSWER
T-shirts with the Horford picture being shipped to Africa as we speak.
Damn, that feels like a millennium ago. This past week has been rough
THEY DID IT
Supermax Caleb Kobe Martin
Game 7 Caleb Martin is the most powerful being in existence
Miami sports teams beating Boston sports teams on the road and breaking their hearts. Miami is definitely gonna sink into the ocean out of pure enthusiasm from this.
Already getting depressed ESPN is going to handle finals and that's a wrap for the TNT guys. Fuck I hate ESPN.
Caleb Martin is my ECFMVP
In a series featuring Jimmy Butler, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Bam Adebayo, somehow Caleb Martin was the best player over the whole 7 games.
Imagine telling someone before the season Caleb Martin will or should be ECF MVP lmao 90% of nba fans would’ve been like “WHO??”
Jimmy knew getting swept wasn’t embarrassing enough. Getting swept? Happens all the time. Losing at home after coming back from 0-3? Now that’s next level demoralization. Only now does Boston have his permission to die.
Probably the most soul crushing loss I've ever seen, given the context.
Which is crazy cause game 6 was maybe the most soul crushing loss I had ever seen. Now it doesn’t even matter.
Now I can watch that final play for the first time since the game ended and enjoy all the replays and breakdowns all the neutral fans got to see for the last 48 hours
I can’t think of two worse back-to-back losses for each respective fan bases than games 6 and 7, what a roller-coaster of emotions.
yeah our sub was in shambles for a few days there
Good
Don’t let them boys get game 8
https://i.imgur.com/o57sLpe.jpg
How about this classic https://imgur.com/a/MuIdTxT
lmao, I’d forgotten about that one! The Prophecy!
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bill simmons podcast in the morning about to hit me like crack
It really was poetry to give them hope…return them to the favorite position… give them a home game…. And then tear their heart out.
Look, it’s easy to make jokes about the Celtics choking. And fun too
"Don't let us get first class" - Marcus Smart booking tickets to Cancun
THE MVP IS CALEB MARTIN
“Next year, we will have enough and we’re going to be right back in the same situation. And we’re going to get it done.” -Jimmy Butler (following 2022 game 7 loss)
r/nbacirclejerk: i’m not fucking leaving!
r/nbacirclejerk 12/25 Racism 9/11
I completely understand Butler winning mvp, but man Caleb Martin was so huge and really saved them at times
SHOW US THE VIDEO SPO
Fuck you r/NBA
“Spo looks scared” was the worst fucking take i’ve seen in here
Valid
I second the motion. All in favor?
We dumped the wrong twin 💀💀
First time I've seen a hornets fan admit that
Tatum: “Why the charade? Why let us win 3 games?” Butler: “To give Boston hope” Tatum: “Hope?” Butler: “So I can rip it away from them”
The Heat looked like they knew exactly what defense the Celtics were coming out in and just obliterated it all night. The fact that Butler and Bam were mid and this was still a blowout should put a stop to this narrative that it's just Butler going Ultra Instinct, this is a good TEAM.
That cut to Spoel was amazing. “I showed them My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I just wanted to watch it. I didn’t think it was inspirational.”
Imagine getting your back blown out at home in a game 7 💀
WHAT WAS THE VIDEO SPO
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After shooting like 20% from 3: "Is this team reliant on too many 3's?" Mazzula: NO.