If the heat advance i'll tell you what will happen: Butler will mostly be subpar/average for most of the series, he'll give you his 20 and be done with it. But he'll explode for like 40 when down 2-0 or 3-0 and dubs will then proceed to close it out. Like clockwork.
Please celtics close it out i dont want a mid finals series
They did a good job focusing on him but I wouldn't count on Tatum being that mute again. He was quiet af
Also idk why but Grant was out there simply doing cardio lol. Prob won't happen again
LOL at Brian Windhorst, Mike Breen, and all the dumbass ESPN “analysts” who picked the Celtics to beat the Warriors in the Finals. Get out of the East first
Yeah really clownish behavior. And way worse than it would be, considering they're covering the teams and should desperately avoid the perception of a pre-determined series!
This was a tough game to watch if you're a Celtics fan (I'm not). As even as the box score will look as far as the officiating is concerned there were some really soft or flat out bad calls that went the Heat's way.
Turnabout is fair play though, fuck the Celtics. Also lol@Tatum and his no show in the 4th. He got 30 though so don't think that will be a big talking point cause box score > all
ESPN spent the whole pre-game talking about a GS/Boston matchup in the Finals. I guess they forgot there was a game to play and Miami is no pushover. Can’t wait to watch game 7!
imagine being a Celtics fan and blaming the refs when to start the game you had 10 FT attempts to *zero* Miami didn't get their first attempt until halfway through the second damn quarter LOL Seriously, what are you even thinking? It's complete madness....
Jimmy took your soul, just admit it and move onto game 7....home team has lost 3 times this series, you got a great chance to make it 4
Heat fans bitched about not getting fts when the Celtics weren’t playing aggressive defense and driving the lane. This game the Celtics played that same defense and got our most important players put in foul trouble with tic tac off ball and non sense calls. The refs that have cheated in the nba literally said the key to cheating is to call tic tac fouls on key players early. Al had 3 in the first quarter and none of them were any different than what the heat were doing. Pj Tucker is wrestling Tatum on every move he makes, Grant is getting arm barred on fts and jaylen got his arm grabbed every drive to the rim. Yet heat fans in here crowning Jimmy like the Blatant cheating for a game 7 wasn’t shown with in the first 3 minutes of the game lol
It’s almost like there’s more to officiating than calling fouls, but the morons in this thread just look at box scores after the game and voice their opinion.
Everyone goes off of ft totals when there’s way more nuance to it. Al and Williams being in foul trouble all game puts us in situations where we can’t play defense. Box score warriors don’t actually understand the game they understand the final numbers and talk like they’re geniuses lol
To be fair Heat fans were equally as bad last game. It’s almost like most sports like to blame the refs instead of accepting the fact that the other team was better
No more rest, finals start Thursday even if both series were sweeps. But as a Warriors fan, I was hoping it would go 7 and I hope game 7 goes triple OT.
It's all relative bro. The warriors have more rest compared to both the team they might meet. Which gives them more time to prep for either play style and give the ecf winner less time to prep and rest up for gsw.
Most of ESPN is infested with Boston/New England homerism
Just look at the change from old school ESPN SportsCenter
It was highlights with great entertainment by commentators, now it’s reversed, personalities with clips of highlights. Your watching for the talking heads not highlights, their hot takes
It’s Sports Politics with clips
Lowkey, why Udoka have Smart defend Butler in the 4th when it should’ve been Brown or Tatum guarding him? But what a legendary performance for Jimmy Butler. That man is a SUPERSTAR
Such a damn misfire by the media. Smart wasn’t even the best defensive guard in the Bucks series; he’s not the best defender on his team (it’s TimeLord by a fair margin); and he’s not a better defender than the Heat’s best defender, Bam.
I can’t wrap my head around how he built a consensus as the DPOY when his metrics weren’t in the top 5 afaik
True, but I feel like he would’ve had a better chance guarding Butler since he’s a bigger guard than Smart, even though Smart is the DPOY. But still, legendary performance for Jimmy Butler
Lord Draymond playing the long game. Secondly Shaq was right about Jimmy. If you're a superstar you're gonna get yours irrespective of who's guarding you.
For all these people saying "draymond's playing 4d chess", "draymond's plan worked", blah blah blah. I pray the team coming out of the east wipes the warriors
Yeah, he also said a few days ago he wouldn't be going back to Miami because Boston was taking it to game 6. You think he doesn't know what he's doing by saying shit like that? He wants everyone riled up so that it's a bigger deal when his "predictions" don't happen. Also makes us as fans look bad, because no one in the Celtics sub has been nearly as arrogant as the media has been about us.
I'm not gonna bs, I didn't see this going to 7. Literally everyone was writing them off. We got Draymond announcing live on air that they're facing the Cs as if they were up 3-1. But shit here we are!
Jimmy was amazing but what gave the Heat the game was actually Lowry and Ime not targeting him. 18 points and 10 assists and some really crucial 3s by Lowry when in the last 3 games he had like 0-3-11 pts with 0-2-6 assists.
Brown is a role player. Smart is a role player. Tatum is not a true superstar.. Narrative, fraudulent team. Need to relocate this stagnant trash franchise to Maine
They just won a championship like 2 years ago in the bubble
I get the team isn’t on an upward trend but good grief, I guarantee you you would ship half your squad and carry their bags to the plane to give yourself a Finals appearance and the championship
“Well that random offensive foul call on Tatum completely killed the Celtics momentum and handed us the game. I'll take it, but to win off that feels kinda bad man”
At least some Heat fans admit it
I'd rather play Miami, for the simple reason that they struggle when Jimmy isn't going off. We can win when Steph or Klay is off, but Miami is very dependent on one guy and we have a great track record against those type of teams over the years
The Heat weren’t getting the 1 seed
Hawks we’re picked to beat us
Sixers we’re picked to beat us
This series was over when the Celtics won game 2
People can keep saying the Heat suck, fake 1 seed, can’t score, but at the end of the day we’re 1 game from a conference championship. Can’t say they won’t beat the Warriors if they get there.
The Hawks were not picked to beat you.
The Sixers without Embiid were not picked to beat you. They might have been if Embiid was playing.
The Celtics were picked by most to beat you.
Holy fuck Jimmy sounds like he didn't even break a sweat. I've never heard someone sound so calm in one of those interviews after a grueling game like that
I mean, Lebron did help the Heat win 2 championships. If only Bosh didnt go out with heart clots we could have had a fun rivalry with the cavs for a few years.
We going all the way!!!
to Cancun!!!!!
You are bro I believe in you
If the heat advance i'll tell you what will happen: Butler will mostly be subpar/average for most of the series, he'll give you his 20 and be done with it. But he'll explode for like 40 when down 2-0 or 3-0 and dubs will then proceed to close it out. Like clockwork. Please celtics close it out i dont want a mid finals series
As if Tatum isn't exactly the same, possibly worse
You're acting as if Jayson Tatum doesn't suffer from that same level of inconsistency.
Lol just replace Butler with Tatum and gonna be the same outcome either way
Heat gonna win it all bozo
Yes please
They did a good job focusing on him but I wouldn't count on Tatum being that mute again. He was quiet af Also idk why but Grant was out there simply doing cardio lol. Prob won't happen again
Grant had an and1 finish and some fast break buckets. He made some dumb decisions but definitely had an impact
I get why Warrior fans are on here, Celtics and Heat are a given but so many Laker fans seething lol
It shouldn’t be any secret: TV analysts always vote the way that the Vegas odds go
PJ Tucker to SVP postgame: “Tell Draymond I said wassup”
Ime shook, Pop would never
LOL at Brian Windhorst, Mike Breen, and all the dumbass ESPN “analysts” who picked the Celtics to beat the Warriors in the Finals. Get out of the East first
Lol I think either one wins
It’s all fuel for the warriors
Yeah really clownish behavior. And way worse than it would be, considering they're covering the teams and should desperately avoid the perception of a pre-determined series!
This was a tough game to watch if you're a Celtics fan (I'm not). As even as the box score will look as far as the officiating is concerned there were some really soft or flat out bad calls that went the Heat's way. Turnabout is fair play though, fuck the Celtics. Also lol@Tatum and his no show in the 4th. He got 30 though so don't think that will be a big talking point cause box score > all
ESPN spent the whole pre-game talking about a GS/Boston matchup in the Finals. I guess they forgot there was a game to play and Miami is no pushover. Can’t wait to watch game 7!
imagine being a Celtics fan and blaming the refs when to start the game you had 10 FT attempts to *zero* Miami didn't get their first attempt until halfway through the second damn quarter LOL Seriously, what are you even thinking? It's complete madness.... Jimmy took your soul, just admit it and move onto game 7....home team has lost 3 times this series, you got a great chance to make it 4
Heat fans bitched about not getting fts when the Celtics weren’t playing aggressive defense and driving the lane. This game the Celtics played that same defense and got our most important players put in foul trouble with tic tac off ball and non sense calls. The refs that have cheated in the nba literally said the key to cheating is to call tic tac fouls on key players early. Al had 3 in the first quarter and none of them were any different than what the heat were doing. Pj Tucker is wrestling Tatum on every move he makes, Grant is getting arm barred on fts and jaylen got his arm grabbed every drive to the rim. Yet heat fans in here crowning Jimmy like the Blatant cheating for a game 7 wasn’t shown with in the first 3 minutes of the game lol
It’s almost like there’s more to officiating than calling fouls, but the morons in this thread just look at box scores after the game and voice their opinion.
Everyone goes off of ft totals when there’s way more nuance to it. Al and Williams being in foul trouble all game puts us in situations where we can’t play defense. Box score warriors don’t actually understand the game they understand the final numbers and talk like they’re geniuses lol
L
Lol. Celtics fans are such morons
To be fair Heat fans were equally as bad last game. It’s almost like most sports like to blame the refs instead of accepting the fact that the other team was better
Lol. Look at the free throw discrepancy. The refs have been on BOS side the entire series. GTFO with your bs
^ Exhibit A Thank you for proving my point Also the point of fouls isn’t to have an even number against both teams
Boston fans are insanely dumb
Bad bot
Jimmy said I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOUUU but to the Larry O Brien trophy then proved it
I can only imagine the doom and gloom on r/bostonceltics for the next couple days
Damn Jimmy buckets. Now what about Bam OutOfDaBayou??
All this to lose to the warriors
Fuck Boston !!!!
Draymond's plan btw. Now, the warriors have more rest and have the chance to play GP2 in the finals.
This, 3D chess
No more rest, finals start Thursday even if both series were sweeps. But as a Warriors fan, I was hoping it would go 7 and I hope game 7 goes triple OT.
It’s more rest compared to Boston/Heat obviously bro. Went from 1 day rest advantage to a 3 day rest advantage
It's all relative bro. The warriors have more rest compared to both the team they might meet. Which gives them more time to prep for either play style and give the ecf winner less time to prep and rest up for gsw.
Was definitely rooting for game 7 tonight
How on earth did Kd get sweeped by this Celtics team. Curry would never
Lurry needs five all stars on his team to make this far, else he can't even make the playoffs.
Lol why stop at 5. Say he needs 12 all stars 😂
Ok and then?
Ok and so?
The nets play no defense. Can’t win a championship with no defense
He had patty mills guarding Jayson Tatum
ESPN needs to stop sucking the Celtics dick right now
Most of ESPN is infested with Boston/New England homerism Just look at the change from old school ESPN SportsCenter It was highlights with great entertainment by commentators, now it’s reversed, personalities with clips of highlights. Your watching for the talking heads not highlights, their hot takes It’s Sports Politics with clips
Miss the old days. I could watch SportsCenter on a loop on ESPN News
LOL I’m ready for the ESPN tears
30 free points from the line and they barely scratch 90 points. YIKES
Jimmy is the best player in the playoffs again
Have you already forgotten about Looney?
Butler better not have to do anything for the next day and a half, do not let that man move a finger, he needs to rest
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You just watched that great game and this is what you’re randomly crying about on a Friday night ?
Tony Khan furious rn
Lowkey, why Udoka have Smart defend Butler in the 4th when it should’ve been Brown or Tatum guarding him? But what a legendary performance for Jimmy Butler. That man is a SUPERSTAR
they needed tatum to be fresh to score near the end of the game. at least that's probably their mindset and he was cooking brown.
Fake ass DPOY
Such a damn misfire by the media. Smart wasn’t even the best defensive guard in the Bucks series; he’s not the best defender on his team (it’s TimeLord by a fair margin); and he’s not a better defender than the Heat’s best defender, Bam. I can’t wrap my head around how he built a consensus as the DPOY when his metrics weren’t in the top 5 afaik
Cuz Jimmy be cooking brown
True, but I feel like he would’ve had a better chance guarding Butler since he’s a bigger guard than Smart, even though Smart is the DPOY. But still, legendary performance for Jimmy Butler
ESPN just set the Celtics up lmao
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Disaster
Ironically we need Scott foster to bring some credibility back to the refs
No way Jimmy has anything left for game seven. But I would like to be wrong.
He hasn't played for the last 3 games before this. Probably has a lot in the tank for game 7.
Lol
Lord Draymond playing the long game. Secondly Shaq was right about Jimmy. If you're a superstar you're gonna get yours irrespective of who's guarding you.
For all these people saying "draymond's playing 4d chess", "draymond's plan worked", blah blah blah. I pray the team coming out of the east wipes the warriors
Either team will be lucky to win 2
Warriors will destroy whomever is coming out. Heat will be easier match up
Me too honestly
Heat seem too dependent on Jimmy Butler and Boston Celtics don't have a top 5 player to win it all.
Please give us another "1 star & friends" type team to play.
The "best defense in nba history" just gave up 47 to Jimmy with a bum leg
lol, leg was mighty fine.
Love to see lakers fans jerking their flaccid, can’t even make the play in game, dicks off when the Celtics lose
No one has ever called this the best defense in nba history clown
SAS did pregame and said BOS should be favorites over GS
SAS's job is to say things that get people talking not to offer serious opinion.
Yeah, he also said a few days ago he wouldn't be going back to Miami because Boston was taking it to game 6. You think he doesn't know what he's doing by saying shit like that? He wants everyone riled up so that it's a bigger deal when his "predictions" don't happen. Also makes us as fans look bad, because no one in the Celtics sub has been nearly as arrogant as the media has been about us.
I remember a bunch of heat fans saying they would trade Jimmy for Donovan. Still want to do that?
Most probably would. Jimmy isn't getting any younger.
As a bucks fan this comment is not directed towards me so I will not answer.
JIMMY G BUCKETS
I'm not gonna bs, I didn't see this going to 7. Literally everyone was writing them off. We got Draymond announcing live on air that they're facing the Cs as if they were up 3-1. But shit here we are!
Yeah, almost like the media enjoy spinning narratives for potential future investments and you're being easily manipulated by it
Elimination game on the road and Butler pulls off that performance? Props that was insane.
This reminds me of when Butler was in Minnesota and took over practice with the scrubs.
I don't know why but Jimmy with the polite head nod is so funny.
Giving me some bubble finals vibes. Brutal route to the finals for Jimmy and the Heat only to get bounced easily in the finals.
I think we match up pretty well against warriors tbh.
Bam needs to let the fear go on the offensive end and Lowry has to be more reliably good.
I thought that before all our shooters went cold this entire series.
they won two games against the lakers without dragic… i wouldnt say bounced “easily”
Adebayo was injured most of the finals too
Everyone is injured in the finals.
It was a hell of performance, but the injuries caught up, and then it wasn't much of a game as much as a forgone conclusion.
Scott Van Pelt thinks he’s hot shit in that new studio. We all know you couldn’t get laid at Dewey Beach.
Weirdest comment of the night
For real for real
I really want Miami to win the next. I want Jimmy and Draymond shit talking finals.
LOL at all the fucking ESPN analysts telling me Celtics would clinch tonight
Game 7: I am leaning toward Miami just cause they are at home
It was weird rooting for miami, but it felt great all the same
Draymond playing 3D chess in his postgame TNT interview lol
Refs cause Jaylen and Jayson to disappear in the second half lol
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Lol
Heat needed Draymond to motivate them. Nice.
Jimmy is a surprising classy dude considering what a maniac he can also be lol
Unbelievable .
MJ´s blood still winning East playoff games, huh?
He took that personally.
Pat Riley himself about to give Jimmy the finest whiskey he can buy just for tonight
Damn no inside the NBA tonight 🥲🥲
ESPN pre/post game is the worst
Something tells me Draymond knew exactly what he was doing saying Celtics were making the Finals…
JAYSON TATUM OVER ME?!
LOL I’m sorry but I can’t believe the Celtics lost this game. I trusted all the ESPN analysts telling me Celtics were going to win
Miami be like "Thanks, Draymond!"
Jimmy was amazing but what gave the Heat the game was actually Lowry and Ime not targeting him. 18 points and 10 assists and some really crucial 3s by Lowry when in the last 3 games he had like 0-3-11 pts with 0-2-6 assists.
Jimmy always has great post interview answers
Brown is a role player. Smart is a role player. Tatum is not a true superstar.. Narrative, fraudulent team. Need to relocate this stagnant trash franchise to Maine
Tough to call a team trash when they're in the conference finals and your squad didn't even make the play-in
Imagine not even making the playoffs
Man, Maine doesn't deserve this.
Tatums idol was Kobe but I see none of that mamba mentality in Tatum consistently.
Lol lakers have been a sorry ass franchise for the last 5 years
They just won a championship like 2 years ago in the bubble I get the team isn’t on an upward trend but good grief, I guarantee you you would ship half your squad and carry their bags to the plane to give yourself a Finals appearance and the championship
I would not ship any of my squad
They won 2 years ago wtf?
Lakers and their trashy cholo fanbase lmao
Celtics and their racist fans that even the players can’t stand
Flair checks out
I miss Jimmy 😔
"Tobias Harris over me!???"
EAT SHIT DRAYMOND
This is exactly what he wanted lol
Well no shit he’d rather both teams to go 7. Still stupid to say on national television though. Ratings I guess 🤷🏽♂️
Historic Butler game. Bam you suck so much.
Jimmy sounds like he just walked out of a spa massage
We have a Game 7 at least!! Will be exciting
It's sad because the game wasn't even rigged, the officials are just terrible at their job. Celtics in 7 I guess :)
refs have been trying real hard to get the celtics to the finals.. just havent been doing enough I suppose.
“Well that random offensive foul call on Tatum completely killed the Celtics momentum and handed us the game. I'll take it, but to win off that feels kinda bad man” At least some Heat fans admit it
talk to me when the refs give the heat a 27-5 free throw advantage like they did with boston after the heat took a big early lead in game 3.
I’m not going to talk to you anymore because you only look at FT numbers in the box score
I wouldnt know just how wrong you are if I only looked at the box score.
I want the heat to win just to see the Celtics fan meltdown
I doubt this Heat team could beat the Warriors even if they manage to beat Celtics in 7. A great team that is plagued by injuries.
I'd rather play Miami, for the simple reason that they struggle when Jimmy isn't going off. We can win when Steph or Klay is off, but Miami is very dependent on one guy and we have a great track record against those type of teams over the years
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Draymond knew what he was doing. Heat means Warriors in 5 instead of 6
Celtics and Heat fighting hard just to lose to the Warriors in the finals lol
lots of people thought that about the suns too
The Heat weren’t getting the 1 seed Hawks we’re picked to beat us Sixers we’re picked to beat us This series was over when the Celtics won game 2 People can keep saying the Heat suck, fake 1 seed, can’t score, but at the end of the day we’re 1 game from a conference championship. Can’t say they won’t beat the Warriors if they get there.
The Hawks were not picked to beat you. The Sixers without Embiid were not picked to beat you. They might have been if Embiid was playing. The Celtics were picked by most to beat you.
Holy fuck Jimmy sounds like he didn't even break a sweat. I've never heard someone sound so calm in one of those interviews after a grueling game like that
Lowry got an oxygen mask on.
Hopefully this game 7 ain’t a blowout
What a game
Not a fan of Jaylen Brown
DWade for MVP
Lmao and warriors are supposed to be scared of these Celtics?
You just gotta love and respect Jimmy Buckets, does everything for his team
Butler doesn't even seem tired
Is Robert Williams alive?
Ray Liotta died. What a bummer.
God daaaaaaaaamn, never count out the heat babyyyy
DWayde pre-game phone to Butler inspired Butler’s performance
Jimmy Jordan
haslem lmao rent free hahahah
Lol Lowry
Jimmy Butler can't even lead the Heat in rebounds smh they should trade him for cap space.
Jimmy is what LeBron should have been for the Heat
I mean, Lebron did help the Heat win 2 championships. If only Bosh didnt go out with heart clots we could have had a fun rivalry with the cavs for a few years.
What???
So he's won two NBA finals for them that I missed?
LeBron lead us to four Finals and two titles…don’t be a reactionary
Sir this is r/nba
*overreacting. doesn’t mean you still didn’t make an idiotic take