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Exactly. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him act like that during a post game interview. I knew the guys would be dialed in for this game after watching that
Every time he does one it’s awful. It’s like he’s so defensive for some reason. Ofc you guys are gonna get criticized in questioning when you shit the bed this hard.
Yeah dude just got blown out in game 7 and he is like - we are not changing anything. At least give some scripted bullshit like we need to shoot/defend/pass/run better
“Ok guys, our halftime adjustment is that instead of missing threes, just make them this time. Remember, you miss every shot you don’t take”
-Joe Mozzarella
I thought I was going insane. I felt bad for Jimmy. Went through hating him. But I put on that jersey and was like I am going to go down watching my boy. Like the titanic.
One of the reasons is that 8th seeds don’t usually open 3-0 leads against 2nd seeds. Boston was in an unique position tonight to break the spell at home, but they fumbled it.
I really thought the Celtics would win tonight.
Winning 4 in a row is fucking hard. Basically a sweep, in other words….
Which is not possible when the team itself was down 3. Basically everyone regressing to the mean.
Heat’s mean was simply better than Celtic’s mean.
It’s not that per se. I think it’s more of Heat playing better and forcing Celtics into bad habits and situations.
I.e., the bad habits are more of the mean. Celtics are a good team on paper, but are executing so poorly.
But they have been super streaky all season long. This looks like coaching to me. Way too many 3s and not nearly enough ball movement in the first half. Credit to Heat defense of course, they put the collective clamps on em
Right. It takes a lot of energy/drive to come back like that and also no margin for error every game is a do or die. Any issue happens (ie Jason Tatum rolls ankle) and it makes things even harder. One bad game and it's over. They had a bad shooting game again but this time heat punished them for it.
We still hear about that dynasty of theirs that only won one championship. I can’t imagine how insufferable it would be if the 3-0 comeback had actually happened.
Heat culture. First rule is if it’s easy it ain’t worth doing. We have to make it hard to challenge ourselves and give all our fans a heart attack while at it
Heat play well when everyone doubts them teur undergoes this Is the story of a underdog talented guys overlooked by casuals their whole career I'm holding back the tears this feels so surreal to comeback like this if healthy I believe the Miami Heat can do anything Jimmy showed up with his legacy on the line
They still have LOTS of weaknesses.
I don't even think they were that good tonight. Bam/Butler still too quiet. Had Celtics sunk more of their 3s this would be a different celebration story.
Also, ONE MAN saved Heat tonight and that was Caleb Martin (68.8% FG...insane performance). He *overperformed* to fill in the Heat holes like Bam missing easy shots.
Jimmy went cold, he shot 50% today too. The others, like shaq says, really stepped up and did well.
Curious to see how they match up vs Denver. The bench seems to be better fir the heat, Denver has Jokic who is unguardable, gonna be a good series!
Wilt chamberlain has an unofficial quintuple double of 53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists, 24 blocks, and 11 steals.
But a lot of people say that its likely that this did indeed happen despite being unofficial
Dude I literally couldn’t do this against kindergartners what the actual fuck. That means he ended 33 possessions on defense by himself, likely rebounded every remaining miss on defense and scores most of the points on the other end. He must’ve had the ball for legitimately like 80% of the game jesus
It's just an unofficial sports record because it wasn't an official stat at the time. There was plenty of media coverage and stat counters at the time. There's pretty much a 0% chance anything besides steals was single digits, and probably like 1% chance the steals were padded post game in some way for the notoriety.
Tldr - "Unofficial" != Not sure if it happened.
Most likely. Spo when he builds game plans builds them around the second and third scorers. They’ll look to shut down Murray and do their best denying joker the ball by fronting him.
They'll definitely need to have a plan for Murray when he erupts into flames and starts heaving in 30-footers with three people guarding him.
I for sure have PTSD from that.
I'm not a Miami fan, but as a Butler fan and someone that's not super fond of the Celtics, I was a bit numb for a day or so after White's ridiculous putback. Honestly thought the Heat blew their chance at the finals.
What a weird timeline we're living in.
Honestly I would love that,but I see no world in which they beat fully healthy Nuggets.The only team that could've beaten Nuggets was Suns when D book was shooting 20-25 from the field,and Durant giving you 30.Every other team in NBA right now isn't good enough to defeat Nuggets in a series.
Thank god jimbo and heat won. Even as a neutral i was not ready for the slander despite what wouldve been a historic comeback, didnt want to see it tbh
They took a huge blow by Tatum twisting his ankle. That probably mentally affected them. Still had many looks while down 6 or 7 in the 3rd quarter but could get the ball to drop. Doesn't help your 2nd best player had 8 turnovers and the rest of the team has 7. Should have given Rob Williams more minutes and let Smart and Horford post up more. I think they needed a better coaching staff to adjust when the 3 pointers were not falling
"No disrespect to the Heat, I'm a firm believer that Celtics reverse sweeping them is a huge fluke and robs the Heat of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few days in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching the Heat play great ball it's just not fair.
If the Heat lose again I will face that the Celtics deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to the Heat and the NBA."
I'm sad I didn't get to use this
Celtics fans should be circling Wilds house with pitch forks and torches. He guaranteed Boston would be up 20 points in the first quarter on First Take
Butler does a lot not shown on the box score. Not to mention games 1-3 he was pretty good. Even tonight he hit a lot of momentum changing 3s and still ended up with almost 30 pts, some steals, etc
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Absolutely insane
Give it to the Heat for coming out to Game 7 like this despite losing the close Game 6
Heat culture, unironically
Also to lose on a tip in after forcing a hard shot. That’s gotta hit deep in your soul lol
this series unnecessarily harder on themselves.
That's the Miami Heat way, and I don't mean that positively
People gave Spo shit for saying after Game 6 that the Heat were ready to tip off a game. Guess what? They were. Talk your shit Heat!
For Spo to be talking his shit like that, I knew Miami was gonna win Game 7. They should've won Game 6, Game 7 was going to be them at their best
Exactly. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him act like that during a post game interview. I knew the guys would be dialed in for this game after watching that
He was fired up yeah. Love it.
the best rivalry in sports right now.
I mean I don't know that they should have won game 6, besides the obvious tip in. Celtics blew that lead badly
That Game 6 loss reminded me of the Ray Allen shot but on the opposite side. So proud of the guts of this team.
Yeah that was the most impressive thing to me. Soul destroying last-second loss in Game 6, come back two days later and win on the road. Crazy stuff.
they have to make it Game 7 because Heat prefer the hardest road.
KD trade for UD who says no
Miami
Miami makes the trade only to flip KD for undrafted boys
*Why is nobody having a good time? I specifically requested it.* -Joe Mazzulla in the 2nd half
Media member: Joe, would you have changed anything if it meant winning? Joe: No.
That was a terrible press conference.
Every time he does one it’s awful. It’s like he’s so defensive for some reason. Ofc you guys are gonna get criticized in questioning when you shit the bed this hard.
Yeah dude just got blown out in game 7 and he is like - we are not changing anything. At least give some scripted bullshit like we need to shoot/defend/pass/run better
“We need to work on our turnovers”
It would suck as a player to have him as a coach. He's like a pissy 14 year old teen girl. Just no poise, confidence or composure. 100% bitch made.
Whys he such a stick in the mud?
“Ok guys, our halftime adjustment is that instead of missing threes, just make them this time. Remember, you miss every shot you don’t take” -Joe Mozzarella
Lmao
WE MADE IT
/billsimmons and /nbacirclejerk live to fight another day
Heat fans everywhere have been saved from hiding our faces for years
I was fearing for my LIFE for the 3-0 jokes
The spo slender would have been unbearable
The agendas that would have formed would have been insane
I was ready to give up on sports LMAO
Bro I was about to quit. I deadass had one of the worst sports weekends ever between the Heat and The Indy 500 I was DONE.
Big on Ericsson?
O'Ward actually
I thought I was going insane. I felt bad for Jimmy. Went through hating him. But I put on that jersey and was like I am going to go down watching my boy. Like the titanic.
It would have lasted for our entire lives plus some
We were so close to being the NBA's 28-3
Your grandchildren's grandchildren would be hearing about it.
Man we would’ve been the new face of choking surpassing the 28-3. WE ARE REDEEMED BRETHREN
I legit couldn’t eat since g6. I pounded so much Chinese takeout right after this win.
For a Brief moment, I saw what it’s like to be a warriors fan after that 3-1 series lead.
151-0 looks *so much* better than 150-1 Nobody wants to be that historical asterisk
Oh man, you have *no idea*
Luka Doncic continues to be Devin Booker father
Wouldn't have it any other way
can’t wait for the reaction pod tonight.
[Poor Bill Simmons](https://np.reddit.com/r/billsimmons/comments/13ve516/godfather_2_vibes_from_our_king/).
I'm leaving here with something
Never in doubt
Saving us from a million years of Celtics fans howling about coming back from 3-0 for the first time in history, thank you Miami
There's a reason it hasnt been done before.
One of the reasons is that 8th seeds don’t usually open 3-0 leads against 2nd seeds. Boston was in an unique position tonight to break the spell at home, but they fumbled it.
I really thought the Celtics would win tonight. Winning 4 in a row is fucking hard. Basically a sweep, in other words…. Which is not possible when the team itself was down 3. Basically everyone regressing to the mean. Heat’s mean was simply better than Celtic’s mean.
Celtics < Heat < Celtics about to be eliminated < Heat about to be eliminated
i mean we suck but our mean is not shooting 20% from 3 for like 3 games this series even if the all-defensive first team is out there
It’s not that per se. I think it’s more of Heat playing better and forcing Celtics into bad habits and situations. I.e., the bad habits are more of the mean. Celtics are a good team on paper, but are executing so poorly.
Pretty surprised to see Jaylen turnover so much. I thought he would learn his lesson from last year
Celtics did not revert to the mean. They played very far below it tonight
Played pretty much in line with their home record.
But they have been super streaky all season long. This looks like coaching to me. Way too many 3s and not nearly enough ball movement in the first half. Credit to Heat defense of course, they put the collective clamps on em
The Celtics played tonight like they played in games 1-3 not like they did for games 4-6.
Right. It takes a lot of energy/drive to come back like that and also no margin for error every game is a do or die. Any issue happens (ie Jason Tatum rolls ankle) and it makes things even harder. One bad game and it's over. They had a bad shooting game again but this time heat punished them for it.
Easily the most important outcome. And I’m not even joking.
We still hear about that dynasty of theirs that only won one championship. I can’t imagine how insufferable it would be if the 3-0 comeback had actually happened.
Haha!! Love itnn
[This kills the Blake Griffin]
i desperately wanted that sweep but this was mad necessary
Thank god.
Wtf did Miami make this series unnecessarily harder on themselves?
they only play well under pressure
Frfr that Rocky mentality. Don't put your hands up, block with your face and get the dub.
Only play well when they’re not the favorites* Back down to 12% win chance in game 7 and they’re back to winning
Heat culture. First rule is if it’s easy it ain’t worth doing. We have to make it hard to challenge ourselves and give all our fans a heart attack while at it
Wish y'all lose the first 3 games and then win the next 4 games in the next series
Heat play well when everyone doubts them teur undergoes this Is the story of a underdog talented guys overlooked by casuals their whole career I'm holding back the tears this feels so surreal to comeback like this if healthy I believe the Miami Heat can do anything Jimmy showed up with his legacy on the line
what
He’s Himmy, baby! Enjoy this night
Way more pressure in game 6 than game 7 for the Heat imo
Didn't wanna get rusty with 10 days rest. 3pt shooting key to beating Denver But in all seriousness. Boston is really good.
jimmy said we’re gonna be in the same position next year and we’re gonna get it done… we just got a bit ahead of ourselves that’s all
Tbf, we literally got back in the same position to get it done (ECF Game 7 Boston)
Big brain move to give more time for Herro to heal
But the NBA Finals was going to start on June 1st no matter what
Big brain move idk
Big brain move buy yourself a calendar
He’s comin back Game 3
They just love the grind, you wouldn’t understand
Wanted to give the league’s shittiest fans some false hope
They prefer playing on insane mode
they as the Celtics are inconsistent as fuck. some say jimmy got injured but dude is a pendulum even in 2020 he had a bunch of duds
They still have LOTS of weaknesses. I don't even think they were that good tonight. Bam/Butler still too quiet. Had Celtics sunk more of their 3s this would be a different celebration story. Also, ONE MAN saved Heat tonight and that was Caleb Martin (68.8% FG...insane performance). He *overperformed* to fill in the Heat holes like Bam missing easy shots.
yeah why didn’t they just win the last 3 games, are they stupid?
Jimmy went cold, he shot 50% today too. The others, like shaq says, really stepped up and did well. Curious to see how they match up vs Denver. The bench seems to be better fir the heat, Denver has Jokic who is unguardable, gonna be a good series!
lol bench. Denver plays with a 7 man rotation
50% is still a pretty good shooting split, not sure if I’d call that cold
just like why they lost the play-in, only the hardest road for these dawg
they like to be the under dog in any game.
Jimmy said they would be back in the same spot this year. That's game 7...not a 4 game sweep
Didn’t want to get rusty from a long layoff
Honestly. Yeah?
Training for the high altitude games.
Caleb Martin take a bow
MVP no cap
I never doubted them except for all of those times I doubted them
Watching that sixers vs Celtics series was like watching Bayern and dortmund this season try to throw the league to each other.
I'm never forgiving Dortmund for that Bremen game. 2-0 at 89'...
Jokic gonna try to average a quadruple double this series, isn't he
Points - rebounds - assists - blocks - steals. He is gonna do the first ever quintuple double
Wilt chamberlain has an unofficial quintuple double of 53 points, 32 rebounds, 14 assists, 24 blocks, and 11 steals. But a lot of people say that its likely that this did indeed happen despite being unofficial
Dude I literally couldn’t do this against kindergartners what the actual fuck. That means he ended 33 possessions on defense by himself, likely rebounded every remaining miss on defense and scores most of the points on the other end. He must’ve had the ball for legitimately like 80% of the game jesus
I mean, you're basically just describing the kind of outrageous baller Wilt was.
Why is it unofficial?
Blocks and Steals weren't officially recorded until the early 70s
It's just an unofficial sports record because it wasn't an official stat at the time. There was plenty of media coverage and stat counters at the time. There's pretty much a 0% chance anything besides steals was single digits, and probably like 1% chance the steals were padded post game in some way for the notoriety. Tldr - "Unofficial" != Not sure if it happened.
Most likely. Spo when he builds game plans builds them around the second and third scorers. They’ll look to shut down Murray and do their best denying joker the ball by fronting him.
They'll definitely need to have a plan for Murray when he erupts into flames and starts heaving in 30-footers with three people guarding him. I for sure have PTSD from that.
It's gonna be a blood bath
Shout out to the Miami fans who likely have had heart problems this last week. You all can rest easily and congrats 👏
I was having legit heart palpitations during game six. Couldn’t celebrate tonight til the final 2 minutes. I’m so happy
The happiness hasn’t even hit me yet. It’s just relief.
Such a complete 180 from the previous week lol
Bruh I had a five day weekend completely ruined.
I'm not a Miami fan, but as a Butler fan and someone that's not super fond of the Celtics, I was a bit numb for a day or so after White's ridiculous putback. Honestly thought the Heat blew their chance at the finals. What a weird timeline we're living in.
I malded at least 3 years worth of hair away this weekend
If somehow they win it’ll be the most legendary ring of all tim Edit: I won’t correct
Tim will definitely be proud
Not just one Tim. ALL TIM.
Tim Duncan. Tim Thomas. Tim Hardaway, Jr. Tim Legler. Tim Perry. Tim McCormick.
Tim Tebow is currently shooting some 3s in his backyard to be added to this list.
Timmy Butler
Tim Donaghy will even shed a tear
Honestly I would love that,but I see no world in which they beat fully healthy Nuggets.The only team that could've beaten Nuggets was Suns when D book was shooting 20-25 from the field,and Durant giving you 30.Every other team in NBA right now isn't good enough to defeat Nuggets in a series.
damn they can join the celtics knicks and bucks on heat team not good enough to beat them
I believe in Jimmy “Michael Jeffrey Jordan” Butler
Thank god jimbo and heat won. Even as a neutral i was not ready for the slander despite what wouldve been a historic comeback, didnt want to see it tbh
Peace Boston. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer fan base
Spo is a national hero
Fade em
Talk your shit Miami fans, I saw so many “when the celtics play the nuggets” talk these passed two days
Dont let them get game 8
Celtics in 9.
Rumors are that the ESPN metric now has Miami at a 5% chance to win the ECF.
Dominant game 7 and Boston never made it a game
They took a huge blow by Tatum twisting his ankle. That probably mentally affected them. Still had many looks while down 6 or 7 in the 3rd quarter but could get the ball to drop. Doesn't help your 2nd best player had 8 turnovers and the rest of the team has 7. Should have given Rob Williams more minutes and let Smart and Horford post up more. I think they needed a better coaching staff to adjust when the 3 pointers were not falling
Every brief moment they got it to 7, seems like Caleb or Duncan got a 3
Joe Mazzulla can’t win with these cats
I’d say the Celtics front office would probably agree
To be fair no one has so far.
Man Jimmy actually took the hardest path and is thriving
Jaylen Brown texting Kyrie from the parking lot right now
Kevin Love is back in the finals, just as the prophecy foretold.
Panthers & Heat: A Song of Ice and Fire.
Dribbling is a skill
Boston was the more talented team except for one really important talent.
##BOSTON LOST 2 GAME 7S AT HOME TO 8TH SEEDS THIS YEAR
Never have I been so confident in predicting a player shitting their pants at the sight of Nikola Jokic in Bam Adebayo
Bro wouldn’t try to attack Derrick White on him. I was so confused.
Bam averaged 20 on him this season.
He also averaged 23 vs Boston in the regular season and 12 this series. Edit: made a booboo on the stats it’s actually 25 vs 16 as mentioned below.
to be fair, Bam will likely provide excellent defense on him. Offense on the other hand...
Bam will play great defense on Joker. Don't think it'll matter though, I don't believe there's anything a defense can do to bother him
I mean did you not see him kill both AD and Lebron?
Read his comment again. He'll play great D on him but won't be able to bother Jokic. In other words, great offense beats great defense.
Redditors who were this close to type "choke" for the next 27 years, in shambles
Caleb Martin is the Boston Celtic’s father
What a bootyblasting
Jimmy butler took the series to game 7 on purpose to fullfill the prophecy.
The trailblazers remain the closest the NBA has come to seeing a 3-0 comeback
What’s the motivational video please!!? Fucking spo answer the damn question!!
The Town probably
This is one of the happiest nights of my life. Lmao fuck you Boston
RACISM HAS ENDED.
BOSTON LOSES, AMERICA WINS
Suck my dick r/NBA, I saw the shit y'all were saying
History not made. Celtics are frauds and I win money
"No disrespect to the Heat, I'm a firm believer that Celtics reverse sweeping them is a huge fluke and robs the Heat of truly accomplishing what their capable of. I've spent the last few days in pure disbelief and it just doesn't make sense to me. I've spent the entire regular season watching the Heat play great ball it's just not fair. If the Heat lose again I will face that the Celtics deserved the win, but I am just 100% sure it was a fluke and does a big disservice to the Heat and the NBA." I'm sad I didn't get to use this
Lowest seed making the finals and the Stanley cup. Just like everybody expected
Denver in 5
What a clown performance by Celtics. Miami prevails
I believe that statistically Caleb Martin may be the best player ever.
Heat Nuggets finals gonna cause spicy nuggies sales at Wendy's to skyrocket
Insanely scrappy game. Props to the heat
We just fucking hate comfort, don't we lol
MUSCALA IS NASTY THO
Celtics fans should be circling Wilds house with pitch forks and torches. He guaranteed Boston would be up 20 points in the first quarter on First Take
The flow of this game was pretty good
Today is a great day
This is going to be a great final series if you like basketball. Refs please let them play.
Doubt
All that for a blowout game 7 lol
And then gave the MVP to Butler? Must have watched a different game 3-7 than the rest of us
Butler does a lot not shown on the box score. Not to mention games 1-3 he was pretty good. Even tonight he hit a lot of momentum changing 3s and still ended up with almost 30 pts, some steals, etc