Celtics (2-3) at Heat (3-2) ECF Game #6 5/27/23

[Atzar]

One of the strangest games I’ve ever seen. 

I hope we hit open shots in G7.  Had we done that tonight, most of the fourth quarter would have been garbage time instead of one of the most heart-attack-inducing endings I’ve ever witnessed.  So PLEASE knock down shots.

Wild.

[Phantom255x]

I'm at my parents' house watching this game, and we just went berserk for about ten minutes watching that. My God.

But, holy cow, that's so concerning how we choke this stuff away. Joe and the guys both really crapped the bed. JB and Smart missing free throws, Al with stupid fouls, Joe sitting on his hands letting that run kill us and making no effort to adjust things, etc.

Very true

Same thing last year’s Game 7. Blew a 13 point lead in 3 minutes. Imagine if Butler hit that 3 late. Even today we lucked out Robinson bricked some open 3s. Miami went on a 14-4 run before White made the game winner

[Roy H.]

Back from the dead.

[Chief]

Bill Russell has a message to Miami from Heaven

[Neurotic Guy]

Jaylen was great. Am I allowed to say that here?

Played a terrific 4th. Ends with 26 (9-16) and 10 boards (5 offensive)…

[gouki88]

The secret is clearly that we just like to give teams a bit of hope before crushing their hearts

[Roy H.]

Forget coming back from 0-3.  We're trying to be the first team ever to come back from being down 4 games to 2.

[Indocelts]

One thing that we can count on White is that he never makes stupid mistakes in crunch time.

[gouki88]

Jaylen was great. Am I allowed to say that here?

Played a terrific 4th. Ends with 26 (9-16) and 10 boards (5 offensive)…

His rebounding and FT shooting at the end was very, very important. Turnovers the only blemish (and fouls I suppose)

[hpantazo]

Is this as big as, "Now, There's A Steal By Bird"

Yes, definitely. Now, winning game 7 would cement that.

[CelticSooner]

Are we supposed to feel confident going into Game 7? Watching them choke away a big lead again late I’m not counting on anything.

[jpotter33]

So can anyone confrim if Joe's challenge got them 3 freethrows?

They would've reviewed that anyways, so that's not on Joe.

What is on Joe is him sitting on his hands letting this team choke away this game and not set these guys up for success in the final run.

This. Zero reason to not challenge that. Terrible non-decision.
Or not challenging the Tatum denial of Butler, which looked very clean to me

[kraidstar]

OMFG WHAT THE FRICK JUST HAPPENED???

We tried to Buckner away the series and year and instead we schilling’d it!


One win at home! Blow them out!!

OMG I WAS SCREAMING AT TV

HOW DID WE CHOKE AWAY 4 BIG LEADFS?

WHITE SCORED WITH .1 SECONDS LEFT

THAT WAS AS CLOSE AS IT GETS

NOT 1 SECOND

.1 SECONDS LEFT

It's like the Buckner play but Mookie tripped and fell on his face on the way to first!

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

OMG THIS TEAM JUST MIGHT PULL A RED SOX 2004

OMIGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAwD



SURREAL

I JUST

[SCeltic34]

Wasn't Tatum 7 for 10 at half time?  That would mean in the 2nd half he only went 1 for 11 in field goal attempts.  Yet we still managed to win.