Heat (1-0) at Celtics (0-1) ECF Game #2 9/17/20

[scaryjerry]

Sigh...we'll get there eventually.


























When Ainge wakes up and hires an actual NBA coach

Not going anywhere even if coached by red with a healthy giannis and kd coming back to the east and choking against a goran dragic jimmy butlernl led heat

[GreenCoffeeBean]

We have no answer for their rebounding or outside shooters. This is a mismatch nightmare. Series over. That’ll be all folks. Sucks because we match up better with LAL.

[Somebody]

Jaylen Brown was 4-7, 2-4 from three 3-4 from the line for 13 points in that last quarter. Its a shame he couldn't hit that last one, it would have been an epic quarter.

It was a shame he couldn't have had any touches before that run.

[NKY fan]

Does anyone know why TIMELORD didn't play in this one?

On to game 3.

Timelord doesn’t deserve to play in conference finals. He’s not good enough at this point

[scaryjerry]

I really hope they don't get swept.  That would really suck.

Why delay the inevitable?

[SCeltic34]

The starting point of the turnaround was at the end of the 2nd quarter, but the true turning point was when the shot clock was reset when it shouldn't have been.  The next play was a 4 point Crowder play, and it was all downhill from there.

We just have way too many offensive possessions where we're just standing around or completely winging it.  We look like we're ready to crap the bed most possessions against zone defenses.  Why Brad hasn't gotten our players to at least execute at a passable level is beyond me.

[esel1000]

I really hope they don't get swept.  That would really suck.

If they play with this level of effort they deserve to

[liam]

F^#€$ Butler

Adebayo kept getting alleys

And Brad just sits there doing nothing. Instead of employing Timelord. What a terrible coaching job again

Yeah, why did TIMELORD not play?

[jbpats]

Another choke job.

Can’t close games, In the bonus with 8 minutes to go in the 4th and can’t capitalize.

20 turnovers, 11 offensive rebounds. Pathetic performance for the ECF.

Respect for the heat they are simply put hustling us..
They have 4-5 Marcus smarts to our 1

[jpotter33]

One of the biggest chokes with a big lead in critical conference finals game for us..we cannot beat a zone

And this is on our coach for not preparign the guys for this. This is the 8th game in a row now we've seen a substantial amount of zone, yet Stevens has our guys just as clueless now as they were in Game 2 against Toronto when they saw it.

[jambr380]

If this is how we're gonna play for this series, just get the brooms out and put us out of our misery.

that ought to knock any feelings of overconfidence out of these knuckleheads.

thing that aggravates me the most is that Lakers are looking at cruising to their 17th title in this bubble.  makes me ill

Yeah, Lebron barely needs to show up from here on out. How much do you want to bet that the Heat will suddenly stop hitting ridiculous 3s at the end of games to win/take the lead when they finally play the Lakers?

[Somebody]

turnovers are the reason we lost this game
Tatum - 5
Kemba - 5
Smart - 3

You just can't have 13 turnovers from those main guys and expect to win.  Some of those turnovers killed our momentum, some of them were so terribly dumb it was mind blowing.  Almost like you have to try to turn it over that badly.

So more isoball is the solution?

[Surferdad]

Okay, it took me a long time, but now I'm riding on the "Brad Stevens should be on the hot seat" wagon. I tried really hard to defend the man but these third quarter collapses are just inexcusable.

Ditto.  I also don’t think he’s a good influence on the players. Too passive and it rubs off on them.

[GreenCoffeeBean]

11 offensive rebounds, 11 steals, and 20 Celtics turnovers. That’s all you need to know.

[scaryjerry]

Does anyone know why TIMELORD didn't play in this one?

On to game 3.

Timelord doesn’t deserve to play in conference finals. He’s. It good enough at this point

Right? Gotta love the people asking aboit freaking timelord after a loss like this...who cares