How are we feeling heading into game 6?

[sgrogan]

Aside from health, my only worry is shot randomness.  The Heat aren't a good shooting team, but they'll still jack up threes.  If those randomly go in at a high rate, as sometimes happens despite defensive efforts, the Celtics could lose even if they otherwise play well.  Shooting 40% instead of 30% for a night could be worth 10-12 points.

I'm scared to death.

This is one of the reasons. Miami is 29% from 3 in this series and 38% in the regular season.
They had Tucker, Martin, Struss, and Herro at 40%
Dedmon and Olidipo over 40% on limited attempts.
Lowry, Robinson, and Vincent are capable of going off.

I'm also worried about a FTA discrepancy make up game. Who are the ref's?

Refs aren’t announced until tomorrow morning, but Scott Foster had the Warriors-Mavs game tonight, so he’s out.

Also, the refs already have an uneven whistle.  The Heat just commit so many fouls it’s hard for them to even it all the way.

I don't disagree with any of this.

It's been a series of runs.
If a Miami player or two gets hot, and we can't break the run due to swallowed whistles, that's Miami's recipe.
I don't want to see a Game 7.

[No Nickname]

Aside from health, my only worry is shot randomness.  The Heat aren't a good shooting team, but they'll still jack up threes.  If those randomly go in at a high rate, as sometimes happens despite defensive efforts, the Celtics could lose even if they otherwise play well.  Shooting 40% instead of 30% for a night could be worth 10-12 points.

This!  If I'm Spoelstra I throw every offensive weapon at the Celts that I can.

Starters:
Vincent
Herro (if healthy)
Butler
Tucker
Bam

Bring in Robinson and Oladipo as soon as possible.

Only use Lowry, Struss, and others for spot minutes.

Go for steals, get Herro and Robinson to shoot at least 15 threes each.  And Vincent at least 10.

Butler should be a decoy/setup man unless he somehow gets it together.

[SparzWizard]

I think we're screwed if this goes to Game 7. Gives Miami momentum and morale boost, with the home crowd roaring on their back again

C's need to close them out tomorrow night. Let's see if the consistency issue will be fixed. Treat every game like Game 7.

[Phantom255x]

I think we're screwed if this goes to Game 7. Gives Miami momentum and morale boost, with the home crowd roaring on their back again

C's need to close them out tomorrow night. Let's see if the consistency issue will be fixed. Treat every game like Game 7.

Yeah I feel the same way. I also am reminded of how the 2012 ECF went. Yes, different eras, roster, etc. But some parallels can be drawn from it. Got to have to that killer mentality and bring it tomorrow night at Boston

[angryguy77]

I think we're screwed if this goes to Game 7. Gives Miami momentum and morale boost, with the home crowd roaring on their back again

C's need to close them out tomorrow night. Let's see if the consistency issue will be fixed. Treat every game like Game 7.

Yeah I feel the same way. I also am reminded of how the 2012 ECF went. Yes, different eras, roster, etc. But some parallels can be drawn from it. Got to have to that killer mentality and bring it tomorrow night at Boston

James, Bosh and Wade are not walking through that door.

[sgrogan]

I think we're screwed if this goes to Game 7. Gives Miami momentum and morale boost, with the home crowd roaring on their back again

C's need to close them out tomorrow night. Let's see if the consistency issue will be fixed. Treat every game like Game 7.

Yeah I feel the same way. I also am reminded of how the 2012 ECF went. Yes, different eras, roster, etc. But some parallels can be drawn from it. Got to have to that killer mentality and bring it tomorrow night at Boston

James, Bosh and Wade are not walking through that door.

Hopefully not James, Jeff Green, and J.R.Smith either.

[#1P4P]

I’m at ease.

The Heat are stepping on the accelerator and finding out that there’s no gas in the tank. The Celtics have taken full control of the series with their defense, offense, pace, ECF schedule, and the Heat’s offensive style of play all playing a part.

Our team excels against Miami’s jump shooting dependent offense with only one excellent isolation player (who’s not reliable every game) and it only gets tougher for the opponent the longer a series wears on.

Their success came in 2 great quarters reliant on aggressively pressuring the ball handler and jumping passing lanes on defense AND having to run in transition on offense. If the Heat have to run in transition to score efficiently against us, they’re done. Even if they have a quarter in them, they’ll spend all their bullets and give up whatever lead they get.

This series is over.

[cman88]

Celtics smell blood and I think will put the heat away at home. They learned from game 3 not to take anything for granted.

[colincb]

Has anyone figured out why Bam refuses to take the open 12 foot jump shots we are giving him? We are literally leaving his man in the restricted area, and he doesn't even look at the rim. It is mystifying to me. I feel like he has absolutely had that shot in his arsenal in the past.

He shot 40% his year from 10-16. 41% for his career.

[footey]

I'm feeling cautiously optimistic.

[BudweiserCeltic]

I think we're screwed if this goes to Game 7. Gives Miami momentum and morale boost, with the home crowd roaring on their back again

C's need to close them out tomorrow night. Let's see if the consistency issue will be fixed. Treat every game like Game 7.

Crowd? Hahahaha.

[radiohead]

I'm feeling cautiously optimistic.

Same here. I think it’ll be a JT signature all around game.

[hpantazo]

Pretty, pretty good.

[Roy H.]

I think we're screwed if this goes to Game 7. Gives Miami momentum and morale boost, with the home crowd roaring on their back again

C's need to close them out tomorrow night. Let's see if the consistency issue will be fixed. Treat every game like Game 7.

Crowd? Hahahaha.

I mean, they'll be there from midway through the second to the early fourth.

[Phantom255x]

The thought of Larry Bird being in attendance to hand the ECF MVP trophy is making me feel hype!

How awesome would that be