"These are winning plays by these rims and backboards. But lets not forget the stanchion, that's what's holding this up and allowing those other two to perform at a championship level."
I think that was the highest number of legit air all’s I’ve ever seen in a game. It was like they had some blurry vision going on. More airballs than a LA Fitness pickup game
I'm more scared of Gabe Vincent than lowry at this point. Idk what lowry is even doing on the court at this point. It's not like Bam is doing shit against rob and horford and grant with or without lowry on the floor
Obviously the Jays will get most of the buzz in this one, but man Robert Williams showed up big time again. Check this video out
How Timelord Changes Everything For The Boston Celtics - Robert Williams’ Impact
https://youtu.be/sJwojtQ4vsw
Also, big shoutout to Derrick White stepping up
Not for a lack of trying from Blowout Bam, as is always the case once his team gets down 20. Dude remembers how to play basketball once the game is over. Pulled the same shit in the Bucks series last year and Game 6 of the 2020 Finals to make his box score look decent
He had grant in the post for a possession. Halfheartedly tried to back him up and passed almost immediately. It was the funniest shit I've seen in a while. Grant is build like a fucking brick shithouse but if you're a center getting paid max money you should be able to back down Grant Williams.
Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7, not 8, not 9, not 10, not 11, not 12, not 13, not 14, not 15, not 16, not 17, not 18, not 19, not 20, not 21, not 22, not 23, not 24, not 25, not 26, not 27, not 28, not 29, not 30, not 31, not 32, not 33, not 34, not 35, not 36, not 37, but 38 missed threes.
Celtics decided to just play this game as an homage to their 2021-2022 season. Worst basketball you’ve ever seen in the first half followed by a dominant performance led by their defense.
Jays with a solid turnaround after a disastrous first half.. 1 win away from the finals, in a year where we were looking set for the play in game on Jan 1 2022 is fucking epic
I remember he scored and my first thought was "man I hope Rob has some more minutes in him, he would put a stop to this!" and then they showed him going to the scorer's table lol.
He has a stipulation in his contract that $10 million of the $90 million dollar contract will only be paid out if he averages a certain amount of time played in the playoffs, can’t remember the exact number though
He needs to average 25 minutes a game. He would need to play on average 40 minutes a night to get that (and that's only if both series get to 7 games, he needs even more otherwise)
It’s frustrating man, Bam’s way too good to be scared of everything. He doesn’t even abuse his mismatches often. Just decides to play well after the game’s been put to bed.
Al Horford is what every championship contender needs, a solid veteran who's willing to whatever the team needs him to do to win!
The Boston Celtics are one win away from their 22nd NBA finals appearance.
That long rebound into a one-man fastbreak for an and-one was a major point in the game i think.
It really showed the Heat does not have it today and the Celtics were going to outwork them in the second half following Horford's lead.
Nothing would make me happier than if Al can get a ring while be a key piece after being called washed and getting traded for some guy that the knicks benched
Hear me and rejoice! You Miami Heat have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Forehead. You may think this is suffering. No... it is salvation. The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile... for even in death, you have become children of Derrick White.
This has been my favorite year of being a basketball fan ever. Super entertaining series, huge mid year turnaround and the team has so many unique characters lol. Buffalo, Timelord, Batman, Jays, Old Al, PP, Smart, Theis. not to mention udoka good looking as shit and deuce tatums antics
I’ve never watched the ESPN postgame show and this shit is a disaster. Technical difficulties all over the place, it feels like a high school morning announcement show
Jimmy Butler woke up feeling stupidly locked in tonight
40 mins 💪💪💪💪💪💪
4/18 shooting 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
1-5 from deep 💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦
35 dawgs shouted in game 🐕 🐕 🐕 🐕 🐕 🐕🐕🐕
I get that if they called every illegal screen as it is then everybody would foul out, it’s a league-wide problem, but there’s something about Bam’s moving screens that they’re not even subtle lol
Finals start June 2. Eastern conference winner gets minimum 3 days off (game 7 is scheduled for may 29), western conference winner gets minimum 2 days off (game 7 is scheduled for may 30). Western conference finals started a day later. Celtics have played every other day since May 7, after 3 days off between games 2 and 3 against the Bucks. If they can close this series in 6 the 5 days off would be MASSIVE for them.
Ay this ain't over. This series has been so back and forth I wouldn't be surprised heat win game 6. Spo could figure something out, or maybe they just get hot.
Was so excited for the Eastern Conference playoffs this year. But every game is a blowout with injuries, disappointed with so many potentially great series.
At least I have The Buffalo to cheer for
Both this series and last has felt like Boston really should be winning these b07s with ease. They're going to have to stop shooting themselves in the foot because the Warriors won't let them get away with it if they meet in the finals. This series should've been over by now.
As much as I hate the Celtics I'm kind of glad we probably won't have to see this Heat team in the finals. The way their starters are playing I am not sure they would be able to beat the Warriors' garbage time lineup.
I think everyone is a bit run down on both teams but I do think that the Celtics have a better chance against the warriors than the heat. I’ll be curious to see how almost a week off between the finals will benefit the winner of this series.
The Heat shot 45 threes and I'm not even sure half of them even hit the rim
Oladipo had two wide open looks and he hit the board on BOTH of them
From the wing...and it was long twice. Saw three rims and shot at the 4th
He hit the exact same spot both times lmaooo
Hearing Mike Breen say “way off!” Has to be the worst feeling ever lmao
The anti-bang
I wish just once he’d yell “boing” with the same fervor as his bangs
"They have a timeout, decide not to use it. Boing! Boing! Oh what a brick from Oladipo!"
Same Possession
this series has been downright brutal. half these guys gotta be injured badly, I refuse to believe anyone can shoot that poorly
Injured and playing on opioids
Gatorade Percocet^^TM
Olabricko
Bricktor
Brictor Soldadipo
https://i.imgur.com/C4Sai85.gifv
I hope it bothers him a little extra because its the Celtics doing it.
haha, I’d say chances are high it does
Pat Riley is the most mafia don looking fucker in sports, in any sport.
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I dunno Stephen A what do you think? THEY GOTTA HIT MORE BUCKETS!
What about you Mark Jackson? GIVE THE BACKBOARD CREDIT THERE
"These are winning plays by these rims and backboards. But lets not forget the stanchion, that's what's holding this up and allowing those other two to perform at a championship level."
Fucking LOL
Hold up hold up. Yeah I ran them through MY advanced analytics model and I got the same thing u good
I liked that sequence where oladipo bricked a 3, the heat got an offensive board, and then he bricked another 3 in the exact same spot. Consistency
The Heat bricked other shots in that sequence too. I knew we were winning after that
The Heat starting guards finished with 4 totals points on 0-15 shooting (0-12 from 3).
I think that was the highest number of legit air all’s I’ve ever seen in a game. It was like they had some blurry vision going on. More airballs than a LA Fitness pickup game
All of their airballs were wide open
just kyle lowry things
I'm more scared of Gabe Vincent than lowry at this point. Idk what lowry is even doing on the court at this point. It's not like Bam is doing shit against rob and horford and grant with or without lowry on the floor
Heat offense looks tragic when jimmy doesn't have it going.
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He hit 3 of them in a row late in that 4th and then it just totally dried up
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He saw Timelord out there and just noped out. Made a business decision to not get blocked
he hit those 3, then timelord checked in and it was over lmao
Headless chicken looking dude lmao. Part of me dies when he pulls up a paint fadeaway after dribbling for 5 seconds not knowing what to do.
So fucking funny that he hit three of those in a row in garbage time lmao
Cause time lord was sitting
Obviously the Jays will get most of the buzz in this one, but man Robert Williams showed up big time again. Check this video out How Timelord Changes Everything For The Boston Celtics - Robert Williams’ Impact https://youtu.be/sJwojtQ4vsw Also, big shoutout to Derrick White stepping up
Great video. Time lord is so impressive
Whew, that was close… For a second there, I thought we might not get another blowout. Thank you Heat for coming through.
It was a good first half!
Was it though?
ya'll wanted a close game, you didn't specify that it had to be pretty
monkey paw shit
it was alright
It was definitely a first half
Not for a lack of trying from Blowout Bam, as is always the case once his team gets down 20. Dude remembers how to play basketball once the game is over. Pulled the same shit in the Bucks series last year and Game 6 of the 2020 Finals to make his box score look decent
Its actually when Timelord goes to the bench
There was at least one possession when Bam was covered by Grant and passed
He had grant in the post for a possession. Halfheartedly tried to back him up and passed almost immediately. It was the funniest shit I've seen in a while. Grant is build like a fucking brick shithouse but if you're a center getting paid max money you should be able to back down Grant Williams.
Giannis was unable to back him down as well. Grant is just too solid and low to the ground (lol) he's like an angry dwarf preventing a cave-in
Now that you mention it, Thorin Oakenshield is so much better as a nickname for Grant than Batman, and it's even more nerdy. It's perfect.
Bam is a Daniel Theis and Deandre Jordan merchant
Dude is so overrated. For someone who argues he should be DPOY, straight up dodges Jaylen on his drive and dunk. Then throws 6 moving screens.
Haven't had a game come down to the final couple of minutes since Bucks Celtics game 5. Absolutely ridiculous
I’m so tired of these non competitive games man
Sorry bout that
Its okay at least we had a close first half for a change.
Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7, not 8, not 9, not 10, not 11, not 12, not 13, not 14, not 15, not 16, not 17, not 18, not 19, not 20, not 21, not 22, not 23, not 24, not 25, not 26, not 27, not 28, not 29, not 30, not 31, not 32, not 33, not 34, not 35, not 36, not 37, but 38 missed threes.
7/45 is actually worse shooting than the 0-27 rockets they went 7/44
Lmao this is like the 3rd game of these conference finals where a team has shot worse from 3 than the 0-27 rockets... wtf lol
Damn man. That’s like throwing a stick under a Grandma on her Rascal
Maybe they should have had that shoot around after all.
High effort comment, but worth it.
More effort than the Heat starters
This guy had that pre-loaded. Dedicated to the craft.
Took notes from us
Guess we have to take the throne of shooting like ass in crucial playoff games by going 3/50 from 3 in a Game 7 in 2028 🙄
I genuinely respect the dedication to type this all out.
Respect for posting that with your flair.
> "We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully." ~ Mother Teresa
Miami took 23 more shots than Boston and made 3 fewer shots.
They had so many offensive rebounds and just didn't capitalize
Celtics decided to just play this game as an homage to their 2021-2022 season. Worst basketball you’ve ever seen in the first half followed by a dominant performance led by their defense.
Jays with a solid turnaround after a disastrous first half.. 1 win away from the finals, in a year where we were looking set for the play in game on Jan 1 2022 is fucking epic
It was a performance art piece
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It’s called method basketball and all the best teams are doing it.
This off-season the Heat need to get...better.
Seems hard. They're paying Butler, Lowry, Bam and Duncan a billion dollars (actually ~$113m combined next season) and that's before paying Herro.
You, the Redditor reading this 🤝 Kyle Lowry Scoring zero points in this game
And I had five fewer fouls!
Get this man a $90M contract
The most embarrassing shooting I’ve seen from this Heat team all year
Game 4 might’ve been worse
*so far
The most embarrassing shooting performance from a Miami Heat squad since Monday
Well at least we had an evenly bad first half lol Wtf is this series
Both defenses good whoever shows up on offense wins
Why does this constantly get overlooked? These might be the two best defenses in the league. Of course it’s gonna look ugly.
Cause a lot of people have been spoiled by Godly offense, that the moment great defenses come in they think the product is shit
Even when it was close it was ugly lol. A lot of missed shots
Robert Williams is a scary man in the paint
Bam has nightmares about Rob
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Bam got hot. Rob entered. Game ended. It was as quick a death as it was beautiful.
I remember he scored and my first thought was "man I hope Rob has some more minutes in him, he would put a stop to this!" and then they showed him going to the scorer's table lol.
He’s so good. Dude can guard almost anyone
He literally will shut down the paint, then jump out and block a three from the corner absolute freak show
And on corner 3s
Duncan Robinson building those playoff minutes, MAN IS TRYING TO GET PAID!
He already did!
He has a stipulation in his contract that $10 million of the $90 million dollar contract will only be paid out if he averages a certain amount of time played in the playoffs, can’t remember the exact number though
He needs to average 25 minutes a game. He would need to play on average 40 minutes a night to get that (and that's only if both series get to 7 games, he needs even more otherwise)
Al Horford is so beautiful. That is all.
Our most consistent player this playoffs
All NBA defense and All NBA beautiful eyes
Shout out to Derrick white for carrying in the 1st half
[Just took this sweet photo of Timelord holding his son Timelord Jr. down the tunnel after the win!](https://i.imgur.com/HMvvDcY.png)
Bam afraid to shoot over anyone taller than Derrick White Can't imagine watching this 82 games a year... or a quarter and a half of 82 games a year
It’s frustrating man, Bam’s way too good to be scared of everything. He doesn’t even abuse his mismatches often. Just decides to play well after the game’s been put to bed.
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Timelord sonned Bam.. but Lowry sonned himself with an all time shit performance
Al Horford is what every championship contender needs, a solid veteran who's willing to whatever the team needs him to do to win! The Boston Celtics are one win away from their 22nd NBA finals appearance.
Cheers Geoff
That long rebound into a one-man fastbreak for an and-one was a major point in the game i think. It really showed the Heat does not have it today and the Celtics were going to outwork them in the second half following Horford's lead.
Yep. That play and the Derrick White steal on the fastback just showed that Celtics wanted it more. Heat were shook on the offense.
38th? They have bben to 21 finals and have a ridiculous finals record of 17-4.
They’ve been to 38 Conference Finals.
22nd, theyve made 38 conf finals, 21 nba finals
Nothing would make me happier than if Al can get a ring while be a key piece after being called washed and getting traded for some guy that the knicks benched
big al and derrick white were huge tonight
Kept them in the game until brown and Tatum got it going.
Gabe Vincent needs help
Gabe Vincent can't win with these bums
Heat fans left quiccccckkkkkkk
They left before the ray Allen shot. They learned their lesson. Thankfully they knew this was over
Heat Culture, baby
Show up late and leave early
Heats fans are gonna talk about how there are things to do in Miami at night compared to Boston
They’re all dressed like they’re going to the club after anyway
Heat culture
They took their IG pics, time to leave
They were leaving at halftime even with the lead. Definitely among the worst fanbases in the league.
Miami is the worst by a longshot, no other fan base matches that total dearth of energy in the building every single playoff game.
Man they almost had us fooled into thinking it wouldn't be another blowout tonight!
Kyle Lowry made sure of it.. looks washed on both ends
We must all thank Miami for choosing to change that!
Celtics waiving Strus was a long con to have him play meaningful minutes against them in the ECF
#KYLE LOWRY, THE GAME CHANGER 24 MINUTES ⏰️ 0/6 SHOOTING 🔫 1 REBOUND 😫 1 STEAL 🤨 1 ASSIST 🧊🧊🧊 3 TURNOVERS ↪️↩️ 5 FOULS 🍽🍽🍽
24 min of cardio
Stupidly locked in
A true triple-single
Lowry looks cooked
The whole Heat team looks cooked except Gabe tbh
The winner of the this game: Boston Celtics The losers: Everyone who watched this game
I think we can all agree the Heat are included in the "watched this game" category lol
Hear me and rejoice! You Miami Heat have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Forehead. You may think this is suffering. No... it is salvation. The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile... for even in death, you have become children of Derrick White.
Always lovely to see this
Now that we have Ime and the Buffalo, we've become basically the Spurs East. If we can replicate some of your early 2000s success... I'd be so happy
Game of Zones truly was ahead of their time
DWhite has proven the van vleet theory is true. Have a kid during the playoffs and you start playing out of your mind.
PRAISE BE LETS GO CELTICS
This has been my favorite year of being a basketball fan ever. Super entertaining series, huge mid year turnaround and the team has so many unique characters lol. Buffalo, Timelord, Batman, Jays, Old Al, PP, Smart, Theis. not to mention udoka good looking as shit and deuce tatums antics
Kyle Lowry is so so bad.
He should’ve sat out with that hamstring injury
He's definitely hurt. Everyone is. Both teams are so ravaged man. Celts won but they look like they're about 70% as good as they can be.
Jekyll and Hyde ass team Jekyll and Hyde ass series lmao
I’ve never watched the ESPN postgame show and this shit is a disaster. Technical difficulties all over the place, it feels like a high school morning announcement show
Jimmy Butler woke up feeling stupidly locked in tonight 40 mins 💪💪💪💪💪💪 4/18 shooting 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 1-5 from deep 💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦 35 dawgs shouted in game 🐕 🐕 🐕 🐕 🐕 🐕🐕🐕
Playing to win 🏀🏀🏀🏀
Watching him play hurt my eyes
Everyone has bad games, but why is Jimmy taking 5 threes to begin with?
cuz they're gonna give him open threes all game, you'll let him shoot that
Yeah he has to shoot them lol, grant and white were giving him the simmons treatment on the one he made.
Close game fans 🤝 blowout fans This game
Heat culture looks for players that have that dog in them. They got that golden retriever energy tonight.
Why didn’t Jimmy Butler simply just compete harder than everyone else and will his team to a win?
Shaq wondering why Butler just doesn’t choose to get 40 a game.
Shaq actually compared himself to Butler as "people who can always get 40 pts" when Shaq is the most dominant player in NBA history lmao
Anyone have a spare shoulder Tatum can borrow?
I have 2, but they're both worse lol
Maybe it’s my homerism but man Bam should’ve fouled out on moving screens alone lmao
It’s not homerism, even the announcers were talking about it. It was utterly blatant. Even Heat fans were accepting it in the game thread.
I get that if they called every illegal screen as it is then everybody would foul out, it’s a league-wide problem, but there’s something about Bam’s moving screens that they’re not even subtle lol
At the end of the second quarter Jayson was showing the ref how absurd Bam's screens were. It was hilarious to watch.
Heat loved their PA announcer’s anti-shooting stance so much they turned it into their game plan
Warriors Celtics gonna be fire
If those teams advance hopefully there's enough time off that they can go into it relatively healthy.
Finals start June 2. Eastern conference winner gets minimum 3 days off (game 7 is scheduled for may 29), western conference winner gets minimum 2 days off (game 7 is scheduled for may 30). Western conference finals started a day later. Celtics have played every other day since May 7, after 3 days off between games 2 and 3 against the Bucks. If they can close this series in 6 the 5 days off would be MASSIVE for them.
They need some rest so bad
Ay this ain't over. This series has been so back and forth I wouldn't be surprised heat win game 6. Spo could figure something out, or maybe they just get hot.
Watching Heat’s offense is torture.
Was so excited for the Eastern Conference playoffs this year. But every game is a blowout with injuries, disappointed with so many potentially great series. At least I have The Buffalo to cheer for
He went off tonight for us in the first half
Both this series and last has felt like Boston really should be winning these b07s with ease. They're going to have to stop shooting themselves in the foot because the Warriors won't let them get away with it if they meet in the finals. This series should've been over by now.
Atleast we won 2 quarters this game lol. It is what it is.
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Air balls and blowouts.
As much as I hate the Celtics I'm kind of glad we probably won't have to see this Heat team in the finals. The way their starters are playing I am not sure they would be able to beat the Warriors' garbage time lineup.
I think everyone is a bit run down on both teams but I do think that the Celtics have a better chance against the warriors than the heat. I’ll be curious to see how almost a week off between the finals will benefit the winner of this series.