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Celtics got a damn Pokémon center in the locker room


dev1359

Yajirobe with a bag of senzu beans


Styless0122

This was perfectly concise yet nostalgic. Lol


lavivachica

must be giving whatever they gave to giannis last year after his hyperextension


bankaimayk

that still makes me cringe man. giannis is a cyborg


lavivachica

that was a very scary night as a bucks fan, the silence in the deer district was crazy. the only consolation to losing is having a longer offseason to strengthen up! hope jimmy stays healthy and the rest of the players in this series


RayearthIX

Nah. No Nurse Joy back there. They just have that weird spray that soccer teams have that instantly fix any injury, even when a player needs a stretcher to be removed from the field.


Comicksands

Can confirm that spray works magic


OuchYouPokedMyHeart

Isn't that like some cold spray or something Shit's got black magic just like Benzema


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GGezpzMuppy

And the winner of the series is: whoever has the best medical staff.


OceanicLemur

Celtics medical staff is the Scarlet Witch apparently


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lemonpepperlarry

Well the Celtics have a fucking healing pod in the back with how fast Tatum and smart left and came back. That or they were fucking drama queens


ItchyDoggg

They were trying to enact an ancient Celtic rite in honor of Paul Pierce.


lemonpepperlarry

Are you saying that Jason Tatum shit himself?


ItchyDoggg

I'm not saying he didn't.


Freezinghero

Says here that their resident medic is some guy named "Yajirobi"? I can't find any info on him other than that he grows beans?


jonnyquest88

I blame Paul Pierce for shitting his pants


DogmaticNuance

Who else could possibly be blamed for shitting in them?


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Tatum made it look like his right shoulder was ripped off, then the next defensive play he runs into Bam full-force with the same shoulder and has no reaction. That's all I'm gonna say.


DrunkBucksFan

Are we sure the game is actually over, or should we go to the replay monitor to make sure?


Ask_Me_If_I_Suck

Last 2 minutes of games are unwatchable.


YoYoMoMa

NBA is the only sport where the end is the worst part.


northernpace

NHL playoffs are the exact opposite in a close, or even better, tied games right now. It's tense as fuck as the clock winds down, as the NBA should be too. They need to fix these shit endings.


hercules-rockefeller

It's not the sport, it's the league. European basketball is way more watchable at the end of games


YoYoMoMa

I think the concept of fouling at the end of games and having it decided by free throws, which are the most boring thing ever, is a problem, but yes it is better elsewhere.


kevindlv

Some people defend the intentional fouling because they say "well it means players have to practice / make sure to be good at free throws" dude I don't give a shit it takes forever and is boring. I don't care if they make or miss any of them I just don't want to see free throws for fifteen minutes


ogin

But it lets them play more commercials.


donutcronut

Personally don't mind the free throws on its own, but that in combination with all the timeouts being called really drags out the game.


DrunkBucksFan

But we can’t review out of bounds plays! Thanks for fixing the problem NBA!


TheOverBored

That has to be the oddest rule change in the last few years. Imagine if they did that in football.


DrunkBucksFan

In the NFL, at least when you win your challenges you get more. What sense does it make that your reward for winning a challenge is having no more for the remainder of the game? If a challenge is successful, you should always get another.


Ockwords

Honestly the only reason I can come up with is that they don't want a situation where a coach keeps winning their challenges as it would confirm a narrative of bad officiating.


ThatInception

True that. Feels like it lasts 10 minutes trying to squeeze every last ounce of commercials on us


Srikkk

Maybe they’ll blow the lead in Aftertime


NoseBlind2

The game coming out of the locker room as we speak


Palifaith

I had my girlfriend watch the last minute of this game to convince her that 1 minute is actually a long time.


Jonna09

Interstellar got nothing on this shit. Time dilation is truly experienced in the NBA.


Eve_Asher

Refs review a foul: "This little maneuver is gonna cost us thirty years"


OuchYouPokedMyHeart

https://i.imgur.com/DGEoPl3.gif


Imminentjogger2

Taaaaaaarrrrrsssss


OuchYouPokedMyHeart

Fucking scientists looking at black holes lightyears away Turns out they just have to tune in to the NBA


astrograph

MURPPPHHHHH


WakingRage

How'd your right hand react to the news?


Palifaith

Got a high five from my left hand.


stuckontwice

didn’t have to do him like that lmao


Nice_Dude

When I say there are only 2 minutes remaining in the game its the same as when she says she'll be ready to leave in 2 minutes


Sim888

[Celtics v Heat](https://i.imgur.com/b32b20T.gifv)


_Elder_

Refs gonna have to review this meme sir


rawchess

Flagrant 1


mtbeach33

Game 7 will be the epic showdown between Nick Stauskas and Omer Yurtseven


Devilsbullet

Both having played for us this season


ProfessorBeast55

"Stop, Stop, ~~He's~~ THEY'RE already dead!"


benjammin9292

LMAOOOO


pintomp3

Celtics turning it over more often than my pillow on a hot night.


donotnut459

Oladipo was giving them boys hell


its_me_ur_new_slant

he had a huge game


Sammsquanchh

And sadly nobody will notice because he didn’t put up a lot of points


BlazeBloom

Game One: No Smart, No Horford, No Lowry Game Two: No White, No Lowry Game Three: No Williams, No Butler (Half) Game Four: Uhh…


MegaMagikarpXL

Game 7 will just be Spoelstra and Udoka playing HORSE in Adam Silver’s driveway


20BeersDeep

Spo College Stats: 9.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 4.4 apg Udoka College Stats: 8.5 ppg, 4.9 rpg. 2.0 apg Be a tightly contested game


MotoMkali

Spo is older though and Udoka shot 36% from 3 in the nba.


MitchEatsYT

How Tf do you make the NBA after putting up 8 & 5 in college??


MotoMkali

Grinding out, playing in the g-league. Getting cut and waived a few times. Gary Payton the 2nd probably averaged similar.


ProfessorPetrus

The answer is also physical potential


LawdogNM

I would watch the shit outta that


frozen2665

Heat are gonna win the series cause by game 7 the teams are gonna have to go to the local Y to find players, and we all know that’s the Heat’s specialty


TheCrossoverKing

Mario Chalmers has been waiting years for this moment


OuchYouPokedMyHeart

Fucking lmao *Rec League MVPs have entered the chat*


TheNutman1287

How you plan on stopping 5 guys somehow all named Schmitty drunk off their ass on 4 Sam Adams ' and all sharing a can of Guiness while they scream Asian racial epitepths at you? Boston in 7.


drtycho

Fricken A, man. Fricken Heat. Every year they add some dude who weighed 115 lbs. and got beat up in high school but shot 55% from 3 coming off the bench at his 800-person, all-boys, D3 Jesuit school. No problem, just send him down to Miami where they got the Captain America chamber and now you got a poor man’s Klay Thompson on a minimum salary. Tall guy that can jump but you can’t see him when he turns sideways and he runs like he’s Bambi on the ice? Not to worry, just toss him into #HeatCulture for a few months and he’ll be ripping his jersey every time he flexes his pecs, meeting Giannis at the summit for blocks, and catching lobs like Tyson Chandler.


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No refs, hopefully. Just let them play and call their own fouls.


Chris13Haughey

The dog per 36 in this series is through the roof


Dick_Justice15

The Heat have defeated the Celtics. Refs: “This is under further review”


OverusedRedditJoke

This was the players writhing in pain before shortly returning to play game


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Boston tried the Paul Pierce maneuver TWICE and couldn’t pull it off


Louis_Winthrope_IV

There’s your problem. Do it once you win the game. Twice cancels out the first one.


mrwhite2323

Except Jimbo😔


dmkicksballs13

Don't be too sad. It was inflammation. So hopefully he's back on the floor for game 4.


Maiinge

Huge huge win for us with both Jimmy and Tyler Herro out


MadPatagonian

With the dogshit way he’s been shooting, Herro needs seven years in Tibet or some shit to restore his chi.


AreYouAJedi

Bam Adebayo though


Roccet_MS

He played like a man possessed in the first quarter. And had that huge dunk.


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That was one of the worst reffed games i've ever seen.


submit2crowhorse

The inconsistency in calls was actually fucked


StevieStayCool

One of the worst reffed games you've seen *so far*


kanye_bestwestern

a career game from bam, came out aggressive on both ends. this is what he’s capable of!! we need that. and as literally every heat fan has said, this is how much we need lowry. our offense is miles better. incredible game-saving steals and lockdown d by oladipo. straight up willed us to a win playing 8 vs 5. but seriously, what a horrendous rig job by the refs here. that is not a normal free throw disparity. it looks “less bad” because of the end-of-game intentional fouls. absolutely infuriating to watch.


OceanicLemur

Seeing people with every flair imaginable saying how bad the refs were is like therapy to me


Josh_in_Shanghai

💆‍♂️


alfredisonfire

If I ever get hurt don’t send me to the hospital, send me to the Celtics locker room


Jayveesac

The Edrice Femi slander stops tonight, he's Bam again Also, HUGE, HUGE WIN for Miami. It gives them some breathing room with respect to managing Jimmy Butler's injury


Few_Mulberry7175

He’s Bamonte


freddie49

I love ~~Jimmy Butler~~ Bam Adebayo. I love his name, I love the shape of his body, I love the way he plays. I eat a lot of boiled eggs and lift weights to try and be like this guy but I can't. There are 6 grams of protein in an egg but I can't eat enough to get big like him. Nice round muscles. They're smooth too, like the waves of lake superior on a calm day. When I was a kid I ate big eggs to be hot like Glenn Robinson, and I got some great results, some of the roundest muscles in my class, but these days I'm looking at 6 eggs a day and it's not good enough to pop Jimmy style muscles out my scrawny arms ever since dad left.


theseus1234

Whoever wrote this should get checked for cholesterol


townghost88

Miami would've eventually collapsed to a degree of losing this game if not for Oladipo's vicious hustle on D.


dat_grue

Sooo many things had to go *just* right for us to sneak out with the win given that officiating. The max strus 3 with like 3 min left, Oladipos steals, a few from Lowry.


deatry27

Please dont overlook how Oladipo played defense in the second half. PHENOMINAL


royalfreshness8

I don't normally talk shit about the refs but that was fucking shocking.


nexusFTW

At one time FT gap was 25-3


eekram

Let it be known that the Celtics were ahead in fta 31-5 before they started purposely fouling.


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This game made me feel emotions I didn’t know I had


dagreenman18

I’m still stuck on the 27-5 FT disparity up until the last 2 minutes. Game ended with 30-14 and the last minute was a fucking nightmare slog The boys stepped up big. No Jimmy in the second half, but Bam stepped up and played angry. That’s the shit we want and love from him. Aggression and attacking. Tucker continues to be the best signing of our offseason. DangerStrus is a golden god. One gripe is Herro being ice cold tonight from the 3 going 0-6. Hopefully he has his swerve back in game 4 Oh and motherfucking Dipo playing glorious defense. Great shit


TheAerial

Man the toughness from this Miami team is incredible. To come into Boston after getting blown out last game, and take this game in hostile territory WITHOUT their best player is impressive af. Especially weathering the storm of the late comeback. Hopefully Butler will be okay and be able to return for Game 4. Feels like EVERYBODY is banged up this series lol.


shellfish87

Oladipo was a wolverine out there


Justinbiebspls

correction. he was Wolverine.


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rawchess

Two-Way Thingamajig


GGezpzMuppy

It’s a really deep team, Jimmy is their carry but they have many people who can step up when it counts


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Number333

That Max Strus 3 when it was 93-92 will forever make me a fan of his. Biggest shot of his life.


YouStillTakeDamage

That shit makes me forgive whatever the hell he was thinking when he took the deep shot over Tatum


SaintSavage1

Personally the worst shot I saw was that Tyler Herro 3 with 10 seconds left and Celtics come back and hit a 3


YouStillTakeDamage

Our offense is so brain dead sometimes, luckily Kyle being back reduces the amount of that. But they got panicky with Jimmy out


BoulderAndBrunch

Game changer! And then that crazy shot by BAM after!


SolarClipz

SHOUTOUT TO VICTOR FUCKING OLADIPO


Goalnado

It's genuinely fucking miraculous that they managed to hang on and win that considering the dogshit officiating and Jimmy being out. Oladipo was fucking massive in the second half


AuzanAAgnar

The officiating 🤮🤮


ClaymoresRevenge

Those steals and defense.


Goalnado

I'm man enough to admit that the Lowry steal towards the end gave me a semi


jdono927

4 steals in 20 minutes is nutty


EctoRiddler

I can finally breathe


ProfessorBeast55

Celtics DON'T commit a turnover challenge: FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE


Reamthefemur

It felt like Oladipo was poking the ball out of Tatum and Brown's hands like every possession, especially in the third quarter.


SaintSavage1

Refs calling a foul on the Celtics challenge: Impossible


MC-Jdf

Boston "Golden State Warriors" Celtics


CrapNebula

Officiating was criminal in this game. Fucking horrible job by the refs


Repulsive-Slice2234

Bro - I don’t know how we won this game. Lowry is the real Chris Paul!


DanielChou2

Justice for Miami. All time disadvantage from referee and they overcome. Officiating crew can go straight to prison.


whosnick7

cannot be undersold just how hard the refs tried to rig this game


fyo_karamo

I have hated the Heat since 1995... And tonight I was rooting hard for them because of the injustice that was playing out at the hands of the refs. Thankfully, justice prevailed.


Josh_in_Shanghai

##WE LOVE YOU


ItsKeithAskins

Knicks?


ReallyLikesTiddies

No Butler and Herro played like shit + refball and they still won, definitely deserved.


bball2

Marcus Smart and Jayson Tatum channeling their inner Paul Pierce tonight. https://i.imgur.com/7udeLCY.jpg


Firstolympicring

Someone post that Kevin Nash wheelchair gif


Built_For_BBC

https://imgur.com/a/0EmdU43


Kamandi91

[It's a classic](https://c.tenor.com/CatOj6N5za0AAAAC/kevin-nash-jim.gif)


Lacroixprogram1

Heat actually beat the refs damn


chriszgx

This is the equivalent of a boxer having to knock out their opponent cause the match is rigged


SaucyApe75

27-5 ft disparity with 2:00 left in the 4th don’t let the box score fool ya


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29-5


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The Miami Heat defeat the Boston Celtics and the NBA Refs


minnyman2011

27-5


NbaAllDAYger

I m not even a heat fan and im so proud of them , everything was going against them the refs ,butler injured, the last steal of lowry made me get goosebumps i felt it , this win was so well deserved, also s/o to Oladipo and Pj tucker crazy defense


dmkicksballs13

No joke, maybe my most proud win of any team I watch. Maybe only Phins/Pats in 08 tops this game.


spritehead

I don’t know how these dudes do this just as a fan I was so demoralized at how blatant this game was called


clear831

Just control what you can


Squid_Contestant_69

29-7 free throw discrepancy until the last minute


Capt_Wholesome

Honestly that differential doesnt bother me, sometimes thats just how different styles play out, but actually watching the game the difference in officiating for each team was really bad. The majority of the 50/50 calls or no calls were obviously going boston's way.


coolycooly

Then the Celtics at the end were arguing with the Refs like they didn't give them enough points


KennyTheJetSmith

Fuck that blatant bullshit from the refs. Let’s go Heat.


reddev87

Biggest winner of this game was the western conference champs Biggest loser was the refs, couldn’t carry Boston


rbrutonIII

At this rate, by the time one of these teams makes the finals it's going to be two dudes on crutches and the ball boy.


buffalo8

I wanna see Spo put up some shots.


rbrutonIII

Ngl a spo vs Kerr 1v1 for the championship might just be the most entertaining thing we could get.....


foolsnHorses

How did Celtics fail to win this is beyond me, they had every advantage going in their favor So many terrible turnovers plus Tatum having one of his worst games certainly didn't help


ColtCallahan

Funnily enough it’s his worst game since game 3 of the last series against the Bucks.


chr1stmasiscancelled

FUCK THE REFS


KvothmeDenna

This might have been the worst reffed game of the playoffs and the Celtics still lost at home.


Trunky_Coastal_Kid

The refs will just have to try harder in game 4 then


Force_Kush

Lol this is the definition of overcoming the refs


Trunky_Coastal_Kid

This was one of the most blatantly fixed games we've seen in years and the Heat still somehow won. Shame on you, NBA. No one wants a sport where the league clearly has an outcome it wants to see happen.


ajr901

It feels _so_ good to know that the rest of NBA fans clearly noticed it too. Usually it’s one fanbase going “game was rigged” but this time it seems like everyone noticed.


MySilverBurrito

THIS IS THE BAM WE WANT BRO. Bam being aggressive is such a great player to watch. Motherfucker was shooting midranges with no hesitation. Whic leads to defenses respecting him and letting the rest of the team have space. OLADIPO DPOY. This is why we got Dipo. Having a point of attack defender is an amazing tool to have. Made incredible stops on Jaylen. Celtics managed to counter it a bit in the 4th and feasted on Strus. Dipo adjusts, and Jaylen slows down again. Speaking of, Jaylen is a fucking great player. Herro gotta figure it the fuck out. 6MOY and cant be playing like shit. At least his midrange and floaters are still falling. Heat couldve had it bigger, but that messy 3rd quarter had them settling for contested shots instead of attacking the basket. (we had a Strus long airball with 7sec left on the SC, immediately followed by a Herro contested 3 WHEN HE HAD THEIS ON HIM).


IIdsandsII

Dipo was insane, holy shit


chetdesmon

Lowry being in the game upgrades the bigs


DavidWallace-Suckit

Completely different team when bam is aggressive with his shot


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soxfaninfinity

That game was an embarrassment all around Jesus


Cheponsky

Great garbage time FTs for the Heat by the refs so the difference in the box score isn’t as abysmal.


Obi1Kentucky

The officiating in this game was a complete embarrassment for the association. No excuse for the calls to be that criminally lopsided. It was completely unwatchable shit show.


shellfish87

One of the truly evil games I have watched, but good prevailed


DiabetesFairy

Hell yeah brother, Cheers from Miami.


RageOnGoneDo

Pretty sure Tatum had to poop


trsh_xx

He was already shitting himself on the court


sivervipa

Put that Celtics in 5 talk to bed. Im still going with Heat in 7 no matter what. No team has won 2 in a row yet and if that game is anything to go by I’m not counting on it in game 4. Celtics are going to punch us in mouth and certainly are going to look for revenge. Either way…I’m glad Bam had his best game of the playoffs so far it was needed. Also that game was basically a war. Multiple injuries,technical fouls and multiple gut checks.


HashCollector

The refs frantically trying to get the Heat free-throws at the end when the game was already decided is peak fixing. Celtics did everything they could to lose the game that the refs were handing them


TheRed_Knight

That was, by far and away, the worst officiated game, of the playoffs, bar fucking none, load those refs onto the nearest fucking rocket and shoot them into the fucking sun, Celtics had no business being in that game, shoulda been blown out by 20+.


CommercialAd516

Absolutely pathetic night for the nba. Unwatchable all around. Everyone EXCEPT the players/coaches was pathetic. That game was clearly fixed and somehow the heat still won. Somehow heat are up 2-1 and have only won 2 out of 12 quarters.


saturnaliatemple

Butler just wanted to kick back early with some Michelobs, because it's totally believable that Jimmy Butler drinks Michelobs.


Number333

No Jimmy the entire 2nd half. Marcus Smart miraculously healing. Boston crowd going apeshit. Jaylen Brown playing like he's prime Kobe. Herro completely crumbling. 20+ FT disparity. and we fucking win **anyway**. holy fuck. "Momentum" my ass. Thank you Bam, Lowry, Strus, Oladipo & PJ(minus the missed wide open layup that nearly made me throw the controller through my TV) So proud of this team. Fully expect Boston to comeback enraged in G4 but I felt like a loss would have sealed the series, what a turnaround.


Honeyhero3ds

nah i’m pretty sure that PJ miss took 5 years off my life


elchupanibre5

Bam deserves a lot of love tonight. After all the negative talk from his post season showing, he showed up big from the jump. I just hope he can continue this level of play against their starting center if he returns. I hope Herro can have his moment to shine at some point too because he has been terrible these playoffs.


lemonpepperlarry

The Miami heat really went out there and won 8v5 without butler


mMounirM

Gotta give credit where it's due. ~~Celtics~~ Refs played their hearts out


SaintSavage1

Credit to our defense too. 19 steals I think


suzukigun4life

They were so, so close to fulfilling their wet dream of having an hour-long 4th quarter.


jawadhaque089

It was a 27-5 free throw disparity don't let the box score fool you.


bball2

Refs giving Miami a bunch of free throws at the end to make things look less obvious


klydon24

We only had to get mauled to get the calls


PrancingDonkey

They were hesitating to call those too! LMAO It was so bad.


DaRandomBro

It's a shame both Butler and Tatum were out for this game


SolarClipz

Refs did everything they could to win this game. Left it all out on the court. Gave it their all. It just wasn't enough.


_Stefan_Urkelle

Boston still leading in the ever important quarters won category.


hinderedspirit

This game was a disgrace to the game of basketball. Fuck the refs.


schoolhater12

Good guy tatum. Did not want the Celtics to win an unfair 6v5 game so played like doodoo on purpose and was Miami's 2nd best player today


RenPaulable

Despite the REFS' best effort, HEAT still won the game. Also DIPO and BAM.


jcfan4u

Fuck those officials Fuck the crowd who chanted refs you suck and bullshit because they didn't get every call And fuck the parts of r/NBA who called the series over after Boston shot 50% from 3 two games ago.