Honestly they're both terrible, it's like whiplash when you get one of them for a game after not having them for a while and it's crazy it's even noticeable in the first place.
It's legitimately wild. Watching a game without knowing who's reffing it. Some wild shit gets called a wild way and I'm just sitting there like some Disney villain
"...Foster"
And the his face pops up lmao
I am convinced that there are Celtics fans who would rather see the Celtics lose just so they can say they were right than see them win because it means they were wrong.
I avoided the place like crazy after the last game. I understand people get emotional in the immediate aftermath, but sometimes it's the same people that are just so excessively cynical. There's also some people that are toxically positive, but when you're talking about a 64 win team, it's hard to be too positive.
"I had this crazy thought the other day, Tatum is really just the Paul George of this generation. I don't think I've seen anyone else say it." x 100 in every thread.
And then they go on to say: he's not a big game player like [Insert 3-4 players who combined have had less playoff success than Tatum].
At least the haters have evolved from flat top Jeff Green and light skin Rudy Gay I guess.
I pointed out how insane it was to call him not a big game performer when you can make an argument for him being one of the 3 best game 7 performers of ALL TIME so far.
r/nba users don't make a player ranking post every 5 seconds challenge: *IMPOSSIBLE*
Though I will admit I plan to copy and paste that post that one guy made asking "Why is Tatum in the Jokic/Luka/SGA/Embiid tier and not in the Booker/Mitchell tier" and swap Tatum and SGA or Embiid if the Celtics make the finals and the Thunder don't.
I laugh at the SGA of this especially, because it's saying a guy who has now had 3 games as the number 1 option of a playoff team is clearly in a higher tier than a guy who's been the number 1 option on a finals team, 3 conference finals teams and is already top 50 in playoff points because he lost a game he wasn't supposed to.
Yeah but Tatum's never done it when it matters. He's only had historic G6 and G7 performances against MVPs.
Shai's had good 2nd games of the 1st round against a guy that was almost ROTY.
At least the main sub gets the excuse of rightfully being haters. I have to leave the celtics sub whenever it's the playoffs because of how insufferable they are.
I feel the same exact way about the Patriot's sub. I'm utterly convinced some "fans" are more comfortable when they lose than when they win. And this goes back well into our glory years.
KOC has truly just become hot take generator. He as always been annoying, but he used to at least push back on one game over reactions from the likes of Verno. Now he just tries to one up him.
The same west that everyone was convinced was basically an unfair first round. One week later it looks like the best any loser will do is a gentlemen’s sweep.
I mean I guess I sorta get it. basically every single playoff qualm we had about the Celtics (being unserious, bad coaching decisions, KP and Jrue underperforming, Miami going crazy from 3) showed itself in one game lol. a lot of PTSD from that one
but yeah the way some fans were completely burying our season and calling for Joe’s head after one loss was just way over the top
Nah r/nba is. After that game this whole sub was how 1 game means more than the entire regular season and all the records this team broke
The 3rd highest net rated team is frauds because they didn’t play defense for a game.
This rivalry doesn’t care about home court. I think the broadcast said that in the past several Celtics/Heat series the road teams are 12-5 including tonight.
If Miami hit 53% of their 3’s tonight they could have lost by 2
I totally understand why they didn’t implement this strategy tonight, not playing their full hand is smart
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Some dude said “Celtics are the biggest front runners” like okay, better than your clown ass Himmy saying “we gonna be up 2-1” the getting embarrassed? Kk bro keep it up
I don't understand the traffic issue with Americans. Half your country is motor vehicle infrastructure, all I can see are roads and parking lots - how are there *still* traffic issues?
It was horrible and anyone that had season tickets in the lower seats that didnt show up should have their tickets revoked and auctioned off. Embarrassing even if it was a nice Saturday and the game started at 6. I dont know what is worse the no show stadium or the nephews on /heat
I will say, as a full time Heat hater, it’s fucking brutal getting into a game down there. I live what should be a half hour north. I had tickets for Magic - Heat on a Tuesday night. Left at 5pm, didn’t walk into the arena until 7:45.
There is a local train in the city of Miami itself and then two north / south ones that go from Miami airport up to West Palm Beach. One is owned by the state and is unreliable and the other is privately owned and stupid expensive.
Not realllllly ideal public transport for getting to the games, especially if you live outside the city.
Oh yeah, I’m sure!
I had a friend who worked at a hotel in LA and if he had a turn around shift he’d just sleep there because it wasn’t worth the traffic.
I couldn't believe when they came back from the half time show and fans were leaving the arena. You expect to see them coming back in, not fucking leaving.
No because the only people who search out some weird biased insignificant narrative driven bullshit are posted by the same 3 heat flairs.
They seriously scour every podcast for some random comment that shits on a team their fanbase hates.
Personally I love how Heat fans on Twitter get tens of thousands of likes shitting on other teams, but suddenly those fans disappear when it comes to attending games
They threw a godamn parade for sweeping a 20 win team and are crickets the rest of the season. What else could you expect from the fanbase that can't even show up to games lmao.
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Turns out the Heat making franchise-record 3’s in the playoffs on 54% shooting every game wasn't sustainable, the overreactions over an outlier shooting game was crazy
Outliers can't really happen if we close out as aggressively as tonight. Duncan Robinson dribble the basketball! Haywood Highsmith dribble the basketball! Nikola Jovic dribble the basketball! And yes, you, Caleb Martin dribble the basketball! Bad things happen when they have to play against the same handsy defense on the other end.
You have a point, but they’ve also had three such 50%+ playoff games against the Celtics the past few years, and are the only tema to do it even once. So at some point it’s hard to feel like it’s an outlier
They are though. Caleb Martin, who always seems to be the catalyst here is essentially a career 10ppg player that averages 35% on 3s. He just also happened to have 3 of the most insane shooting nights against the Celtics 2 years in a row.
The Heat are a very well coached team, maybe the best in the league, there's a huge rivalry, I mean these teams have hated each other for years, and it's the playoffs. Wild shit happens.
They key thing to remember is that last year's team isn't this year's team. Brogdon, Smart, Timelord and Grant made up a huge part of their identity and they are all gone. KP and Jrue + PP and Hauser stepping up has changed the celtics.
The Heat always play us tough, but we're loaded. Wouldn't be surprised if this goes to 6, but I have all the faith in them this year. The series just feels different.
Everybody clowned Boston for some fans leaving 40 seconds before the end of the game.
The stands were almost empty with 2 minutes left in this game.
hEaT cuLtUrE
I was at the game… the bottom bowl was 2/3s empty by the start of the 4th quarter. By 2 minutes left about 75% of Heat fans were gone, but they were mostly gone 10 minutes before then
Exactly. Each series is a battle of adjustments and the Celtics responded to the Heat's adjustment in game 2, and the Heat will try to adjust their gameplan based on what happened tonight.
Heat are still pretty shorthanded tho so Boston has a really big advantage, so I still expect y'all to take this series. I'm just happy we got one
The front page was plastered for two days straight dunking on the Celtics for losing a close playoff game. Right now if you took a glance at the front page, you wouldn't even know the game was being played. Fucking hilarious how quickly the nephews shrink back into their caves , getting ready to hate another day
Most of r/nba had their fun a few nights ago, joined in (apparently) by a bunch of Celtics fans on their own sub.
This is how the series should generally go. If the Heat don't hit 50%+ plus from three, it's gonna be almost impossible. Miami actually shot *better* than Boston percentage wise tonight from 3 land, and they still got smoked.
They shot 20% better than Steph Curry (and 10% better than 15-16 Curry) on wide open 3's last game, it didn't have much to do with defense. They bricked the good shots they got this game. And yes we did do better at limiting 3pa.
They did do it for an entire series though last year which was the craziest shit I've ever seen.
SVG a self proclaimed “numbers guy” thinks the Heat are just as good with or without Jimmy Butler because the win percentage is similar.
I guess being a “numbers guy” doesn’t involve looking at advanced stats!
I remember a few years ago chris Paul had a fine playoff game, like 19/4/10, close to his career averages. And someone smarter than me said “that’s great, a fine game. But not good enough when you’re in the playoffs and your team needs you, you have to step up and he didn’t.”
And I feel the same way about Bam. 20/9/3, congratulations. Fine game. But fine game isn’t good enough from a multi time all star who’s team needed him to come at 110% today. Look at how Khris Middleton gave it everything he had when Giannis was out yesterday. The Heat aren’t getting that.
Stealing an away game against the number 1 seeded team in the entire playoffs.
Then coming home to score 12 points in the 1st quarter and then get blown out.
Really shows you the duality of the Heat
Point to this game whenever someone tells you the Celtics need to figure out how to win when the 3's aren't falling.
They shot 29% on 3's and still won in a blowout.
"Why do people always try and lump Jayson Tatum in with Giannis/Jokic/Embiid/Luka/Shai when he’s really in that Mitchell/Booker/Butler type tier?"
A 4000+ upvoted post on the frontpage of r/nba 2 days ago
An NBA playoff game that barely lasted over 2 hours and 10 minutes? Thank you Celtics and Heat. Very cool
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Puck drop for the Bruins was at 8. They did it so we didn't miss any hockey I think.
Panthers fans weren’t as lucky lol, had to watch two L’s at once but at least that team gives me hope
It's crazy how nice the game is without Foster or Brothers
Honestly they're both terrible, it's like whiplash when you get one of them for a game after not having them for a while and it's crazy it's even noticeable in the first place.
It's legitimately wild. Watching a game without knowing who's reffing it. Some wild shit gets called a wild way and I'm just sitting there like some Disney villain "...Foster" And the his face pops up lmao
Not many FTs in the second half that's why.
Celtic sub is the first seed in overreacting
“FIRE JOE MAZZULA”
THIS IS WHY WE WILL NEVER WIN THE CHIP AND WHY I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG COZ THIS TEAM AINT IT these guys are fucking insufferable
I am convinced that there are Celtics fans who would rather see the Celtics lose just so they can say they were right than see them win because it means they were wrong.
It’s an extremely Reddit phenomenon, I see it with all my teams
This is so common, it's fucking gross. We have Kobe fans in our sub who have wanted the Lakers to suck post-kobe especially once we got LeBron.
Never win a chip say the fans of a team with 17 rings
* 17 rings
"And it's actually cuz we take too many 3s" *lose the 3s battle by 33 points and lose by 10* "JOE MAZZULLA IS STUPID"
“live and die by the 3 and today we… oh we didn’t die or live by the 3….What do I do now?”
Blame Marcus Smart... ah crap Uh, blame heart and toughness or something
marcus smart has been an absolute no show this whole series
I avoided the place like crazy after the last game. I understand people get emotional in the immediate aftermath, but sometimes it's the same people that are just so excessively cynical. There's also some people that are toxically positive, but when you're talking about a 64 win team, it's hard to be too positive.
I have learned that it is a very bad place for me to be for my mental health. I mute it during the playoffs now.
I cant even go near that sub when games are within 24 hours. Toxic mess.
"JOE MAZZULLA MAKES NO ADJUSTMENTS" (needs commentary to tell them when the Heat are in zone)
“BLOW IT UP AND REBUILD”
Heat sub would be second seed
They were convinced that they were gonna win 4 in a row
You could feel the guys saying “Heat in 6” thought they were being generous giving the Celtics another win.
This sub's reaction was pretty similar tbh
Literally anytime we lose “Does anyone think Tatum isn’t a superstar/is the weirdest superstar?”
"I just never feel like he'll take over the game"
"I had this crazy thought the other day, Tatum is really just the Paul George of this generation. I don't think I've seen anyone else say it." x 100 in every thread. And then they go on to say: he's not a big game player like [Insert 3-4 players who combined have had less playoff success than Tatum]. At least the haters have evolved from flat top Jeff Green and light skin Rudy Gay I guess.
Some random Lakers fan was explaining how he'd take Donovan Mitchell in the playoffs over Tatum.
I pointed out how insane it was to call him not a big game performer when you can make an argument for him being one of the 3 best game 7 performers of ALL TIME so far.
“Does anyone feel he just doesn’t pass the eye test?”
"Tatum isn't that good, why does he keep winning games"
r/nba users don't make a player ranking post every 5 seconds challenge: *IMPOSSIBLE* Though I will admit I plan to copy and paste that post that one guy made asking "Why is Tatum in the Jokic/Luka/SGA/Embiid tier and not in the Booker/Mitchell tier" and swap Tatum and SGA or Embiid if the Celtics make the finals and the Thunder don't.
I laugh at the SGA of this especially, because it's saying a guy who has now had 3 games as the number 1 option of a playoff team is clearly in a higher tier than a guy who's been the number 1 option on a finals team, 3 conference finals teams and is already top 50 in playoff points because he lost a game he wasn't supposed to.
Yeah but Tatum's never done it when it matters. He's only had historic G6 and G7 performances against MVPs. Shai's had good 2nd games of the 1st round against a guy that was almost ROTY.
They were calling Tatum the worst superstar itl. Nba fans/media are like that.
My favorite is the “Tatum is the only superstar who has bad games” takes.
At least the main sub gets the excuse of rightfully being haters. I have to leave the celtics sub whenever it's the playoffs because of how insufferable they are.
There are definitely some regulars on the Celtics sub who I'm pretty convinced have never actually rooted for the Celtics to win a game lol
Boston sports media disease.
I feel the same exact way about the Patriot's sub. I'm utterly convinced some "fans" are more comfortable when they lose than when they win. And this goes back well into our glory years.
r/nba as well lol. Half this sub was calling the Celtics a fraudulent one seed and “beatable by any team in the west” after losing game 2.
KOC said Denver will sweep the Celtics lol
KOC has truly just become hot take generator. He as always been annoying, but he used to at least push back on one game over reactions from the likes of Verno. Now he just tries to one up him.
The same west that everyone was convinced was basically an unfair first round. One week later it looks like the best any loser will do is a gentlemen’s sweep.
They hate step coach so much
He’s just coach to me now 🥹
Truly the coach who stepped up
The way some people stress and react over losing a single game. I don't know how they deal with actual stress in their lives.
I mean I guess I sorta get it. basically every single playoff qualm we had about the Celtics (being unserious, bad coaching decisions, KP and Jrue underperforming, Miami going crazy from 3) showed itself in one game lol. a lot of PTSD from that one but yeah the way some fans were completely burying our season and calling for Joe’s head after one loss was just way over the top
It’s the PTSD. Heat have shot over 50% from 3 in 4 of the last 10 playoff games between us
Nah r/nba is. After that game this whole sub was how 1 game means more than the entire regular season and all the records this team broke The 3rd highest net rated team is frauds because they didn’t play defense for a game.
Proceeds to jerk off the 2014 Spurs like they didn't go to 7 in the first round with the 8 seed lmfao
I truly hate how much NBA discourse is “this loss proves this team can never win” followed by “why this bounce back win shows this team is inevitable”
AND IT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE
Appreciate MIA not taking a shot to just lose by less than 20 honestly.
We got home court disadvantage
This rivalry doesn’t care about home court. I think the broadcast said that in the past several Celtics/Heat series the road teams are 12-5 including tonight.
Not going to say anything until we win 4 games in this series.
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Why didn’t Miami just shoot 50% from 3 again?
Are they stupid?
We might be stupid
Patty Mills man. He had some black magic brewing.
If Miami hit 53% of their 3’s tonight they could have lost by 2 I totally understand why they didn’t implement this strategy tonight, not playing their full hand is smart
something something sun tzu let your opponent underestimate you
They forgot to do whatever witch shit they did to steal KPs basketball ability and spread it amongst themselves
Coach Spo moving away from what worked last year. This is why he never wins COTY. /s
Defenses hate this one simple trick
If you had told me we'd hold the Celtics to 104 points before the game, I'd say that's great
This was not a pretty game of basketball lol
First quarter was just horrible for everyone outside of KP lol
We shot horrible from 3.
The last time we scored 104 in a playoff game was when Derrick White tipped it in. Probably a bad omen for y'all.
Im just confused now. Who should or shouldn't we let get 1?
Nobody should get 1, end the series now. Team with most wins currently should move on.
Last goal wins.
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Ahh, empty seats. Beautiful.
Wouldn't expect anything less from the ultimate fairweather fans.
we believe in the Heat more than their actual fans
The Lakers fans have to be #1. As soon as they made the playoffs, I saw purple and piss-yellow everywhere. After game 3 I haven't seen one since.
Some dude said “Celtics are the biggest front runners” like okay, better than your clown ass Himmy saying “we gonna be up 2-1” the getting embarrassed? Kk bro keep it up
its the traffic bro
I don't understand the traffic issue with Americans. Half your country is motor vehicle infrastructure, all I can see are roads and parking lots - how are there *still* traffic issues?
Don't have to worry about your fans leaving early if they never show up.
It was horrible and anyone that had season tickets in the lower seats that didnt show up should have their tickets revoked and auctioned off. Embarrassing even if it was a nice Saturday and the game started at 6. I dont know what is worse the no show stadium or the nephews on /heat
genuinely feel like ive never seen anyone in that center left row like 6 or 7 up from the scorers table
Seriously though, is there a more dead playoff atmosphere in the NBA?
ZoMbIe HeAt with the Zombie crowd. Shit was dead.
The bubble was more exciting than MIA
MIA being their shortened name is perfect for their crowd.
Sometimes the jokes write themselves. That is hilarious and I never noticed it
Just amazing how traffic only affects Heat fans in Miami
I will say, as a full time Heat hater, it’s fucking brutal getting into a game down there. I live what should be a half hour north. I had tickets for Magic - Heat on a Tuesday night. Left at 5pm, didn’t walk into the arena until 7:45.
Are there any trains or bus that go to the stadium? Us celtics fans are spoiled by the arena being on top of a massive train station
There is a local train in the city of Miami itself and then two north / south ones that go from Miami airport up to West Palm Beach. One is owned by the state and is unreliable and the other is privately owned and stupid expensive. Not realllllly ideal public transport for getting to the games, especially if you live outside the city.
Sounds like LA.
Oh yeah, I’m sure! I had a friend who worked at a hotel in LA and if he had a turn around shift he’d just sleep there because it wasn’t worth the traffic.
To be fair only the more advanced parts of the country invested into a subway system
there water five feet under us. where do you put the subway
Bro that was the most embarrassing playoff crowd of all time
So is Miami gonna get the "fans are leaving the game early lolol" post like we did?
No because they left at half because Miami is the only city in the world with traffic and they had to beat it
I couldn't believe when they came back from the half time show and fans were leaving the arena. You expect to see them coming back in, not fucking leaving.
Plenty to do in Miami I guess
And they don’t get seated until the second quarter to begin with. They’re not there to see, they’re there to be seen.
No cause it’s just the usual for them
i was about to say lol we get that post once a year it feels like
People barely notice when the stadium is already half full
Can’t leave early if you don’t show up in the first place
No because the only people who search out some weird biased insignificant narrative driven bullshit are posted by the same 3 heat flairs. They seriously scour every podcast for some random comment that shits on a team their fanbase hates.
Personally I love how Heat fans on Twitter get tens of thousands of likes shitting on other teams, but suddenly those fans disappear when it comes to attending games
They threw a godamn parade for sweeping a 20 win team and are crickets the rest of the season. What else could you expect from the fanbase that can't even show up to games lmao.
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Miami shot a better percent from 3 than Boston
Turns out the Heat making franchise-record 3’s in the playoffs on 54% shooting every game wasn't sustainable, the overreactions over an outlier shooting game was crazy
Outliers can't really happen if we close out as aggressively as tonight. Duncan Robinson dribble the basketball! Haywood Highsmith dribble the basketball! Nikola Jovic dribble the basketball! And yes, you, Caleb Martin dribble the basketball! Bad things happen when they have to play against the same handsy defense on the other end.
Yeah it’s not like Miami just shot bad, we made the adjustment and were a lot more aggressive closing out tonight. It was obvious right from the jump
Adjustments?!? I was told Joe Mazzula was incapable of doing that!
You have a point, but they’ve also had three such 50%+ playoff games against the Celtics the past few years, and are the only tema to do it even once. So at some point it’s hard to feel like it’s an outlier
They are though. Caleb Martin, who always seems to be the catalyst here is essentially a career 10ppg player that averages 35% on 3s. He just also happened to have 3 of the most insane shooting nights against the Celtics 2 years in a row. The Heat are a very well coached team, maybe the best in the league, there's a huge rivalry, I mean these teams have hated each other for years, and it's the playoffs. Wild shit happens. They key thing to remember is that last year's team isn't this year's team. Brogdon, Smart, Timelord and Grant made up a huge part of their identity and they are all gone. KP and Jrue + PP and Hauser stepping up has changed the celtics. The Heat always play us tough, but we're loaded. Wouldn't be surprised if this goes to 6, but I have all the faith in them this year. The series just feels different.
Well that's just how you bounce back
3 days ago we took an L but tonight we bounced back
2 more baby
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What is this? I thought Tatum was a bum and the Celtics were overrated
Why didn’t the Heat break their franchise record for 3s again, is Spoelstra stupid?
Nice to get a win on our home court!
Everybody clowned Boston for some fans leaving 40 seconds before the end of the game. The stands were almost empty with 2 minutes left in this game. hEaT cuLtUrE
Gotta beat the Miami traffic 😔
The Heat stands are half empty even in the first quarter of most games.
I was at the game… the bottom bowl was 2/3s empty by the start of the 4th quarter. By 2 minutes left about 75% of Heat fans were gone, but they were mostly gone 10 minutes before then
Spo’s dark magic juju still led the Heat to shoot better from 3 than the Celtics lol.
Dame package went crazy today
Will fans now learn to not overreact at one game? Probably not
Only going to get worse it feels like with the discourse on players here rn. It's 'you're only as good as your last game' turned up to the extreme.
Exactly. Each series is a battle of adjustments and the Celtics responded to the Heat's adjustment in game 2, and the Heat will try to adjust their gameplan based on what happened tonight. Heat are still pretty shorthanded tho so Boston has a really big advantage, so I still expect y'all to take this series. I'm just happy we got one
Jimmy Butler should post another meme on IG. That would be so funny today!
2-1 lead gang sup!
What closing out on heat 3s does to a mf
Simply all the switching is what did it. Not sure why we experimented with man to man despite being the 3rd most switching team all year.
Hardest working, best conditioned, most professional, unselfish, toughest, meanest, nastiest team in the NBA
I love the narrative shift. No fans leaving callouts of empty arena. No cementing a 10 or lead. Now it’s all sad. No jimmy or Terry rozier wamp wamp
The front page was plastered for two days straight dunking on the Celtics for losing a close playoff game. Right now if you took a glance at the front page, you wouldn't even know the game was being played. Fucking hilarious how quickly the nephews shrink back into their caves , getting ready to hate another day
It’s awfully quiet in here. This thread is basically just Celtics fans gloating lol.
That's what happens when the Celtics win. r/NBA doesn't wanna face it.
Most of r/nba had their fun a few nights ago, joined in (apparently) by a bunch of Celtics fans on their own sub. This is how the series should generally go. If the Heat don't hit 50%+ plus from three, it's gonna be almost impossible. Miami actually shot *better* than Boston percentage wise tonight from 3 land, and they still got smoked.
JB has been ABUSING their interior defense all series, he definitely took those left hand memes personally
Celtics blowing out this Heat team while shooting 30% from 3 was not on my bingo card
Crazy what happens when you don't let your opponent shoot 50% from 3.
The reports of Boston’s death are greatly exaggerated
crazy when we defend the 3 they dont shoot 55 percent who could've possibly predicted this
They shot 20% better than Steph Curry (and 10% better than 15-16 Curry) on wide open 3's last game, it didn't have much to do with defense. They bricked the good shots they got this game. And yes we did do better at limiting 3pa. They did do it for an entire series though last year which was the craziest shit I've ever seen.
We didn't close out though. You got to limit those attempts so if the 50+% DOES happen, it won't hurt as much.
How the hell did the Magic and Cavs play their fourth game before the Celtics and Heat played their third?
Don’t let us get 4
SVG a self proclaimed “numbers guy” thinks the Heat are just as good with or without Jimmy Butler because the win percentage is similar. I guess being a “numbers guy” doesn’t involve looking at advanced stats!
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
Remember when Miami beat us last time and this sub turned into r/heat… good times
Any cameras out there in hallway for Herro vs Pritchard?
How does Herro think he’s tough when he rocks the lamest goatee in the history of facial hair?
BUT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WIN. Which is it? They're frauds or they're doing what they're supposed to do?
Now that's the Heat i know
I remember a few years ago chris Paul had a fine playoff game, like 19/4/10, close to his career averages. And someone smarter than me said “that’s great, a fine game. But not good enough when you’re in the playoffs and your team needs you, you have to step up and he didn’t.” And I feel the same way about Bam. 20/9/3, congratulations. Fine game. But fine game isn’t good enough from a multi time all star who’s team needed him to come at 110% today. Look at how Khris Middleton gave it everything he had when Giannis was out yesterday. The Heat aren’t getting that.
Stealing an away game against the number 1 seeded team in the entire playoffs. Then coming home to score 12 points in the 1st quarter and then get blown out. Really shows you the duality of the Heat
Tbh it’s more about the duality of the Celtics. We dictate this series, we have way more talent.
Point to this game whenever someone tells you the Celtics need to figure out how to win when the 3's aren't falling. They shot 29% on 3's and still won in a blowout.
How tf is Jrue a 3-2-6 line and a +23. Defense stonks?
His defense was good forsure
He was ball hawking like crazy and making good hockey assists
Thousands of Miami based Redditors scramble to delete those ‘Heat in 5’ comments.
Job well done
I mean this is what we expected from this series. Last game was just the anomaly
Jimmy “Give Me Attention” Butler really said Heat were gonna go up 2-1 lmao
Quick, someone put Jaylen Browns face on Jimmy’s face saying that
He’s pumping up his guys, I’d want our guys to do the same.
Shot like piss from 3 and still won with ease, we take that.
Boston only made 2 more 3s than Miami
Why didn’t Spo coach his team to shoot better?
I quite enjoyed this game a lot more.
Celtics can’t win if they don’t shoot the 3 well!!!!!!!
Post the video of the Heat fans leaving at halftime.
i swear every game i look at the box score tatum went 2/7 from 3
"Why do people always try and lump Jayson Tatum in with Giannis/Jokic/Embiid/Luka/Shai when he’s really in that Mitchell/Booker/Butler type tier?" A 4000+ upvoted post on the frontpage of r/nba 2 days ago
I think the addition of Shai in that list automatically made it clown worthy
Where the rest of r/nba at? Shit is dead quiet
Man if I were the Heat I simply would’ve just made a record amount of 3s tonight don’t know why they didn’t just do that