Back from the game. A couple of quick takes - to have a great game, you need referees who don't get in the way - and these 3 clowns tonight were an embarassment to the league. A competent crew may not have changed the result, but these guys just killed any flow the game had and frankly wrecked it.
Too many whistles, too many wrong calls, too many makeup calls. They wouldn't allow Grant Williams to partcipate in the game. I have no idea what consititutes an illegal pick vs a proper pick. Also no idea what you can do with your off hand when you drive vs not do. Sometimes they called fouls - other times they did not - for the same action with the off hand.
That said, Jimmy Butler put on a show. He was immense and Lowry also came back from the dead. The Heat showed up and played like a #1 seed. But even with that going on this was still a winnable game. Jalen's missed FT's down the stretch hurt. But Smart and Al both had bad games. And they couldn't make the Heat pay for going small for a large part of the game.
I actually expected Miami to win tonight - if Butler was up to it - and he certainly was. But I still like the C's chances in Miami. Home court - especially there - means next to nothing at this point. I think the Celtics relaxed a bit tonight figuring the crowd would carry them. You could tell Ime was ticked with their defense in the first half.
Best moment of the night was watching Wyc get in the face of one of the ref's over by the sidelines lol. As Belichick says, on to Game 7. For this team, I think it's actually better that it's on the road.
Topic: Heat (2-3) at Celtics (3-2) ECF Game #6 5/27/22 (Read 48983 times)