Heat (3-3) at Celtics (3-3) ECF Game 7 5/29/23

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

It was a good season. With Tatum and Brown, our team remains a serious contender year after year. Unfortunately, injuries proved to be our greatest hurdle. Our MLE doing down before the season, our  6th man of the year becoming unable to play due to injury in this series, and our superstar enduring a severe ankle injury right at the beginning of game 7.

Personally, I couldn't be prouder of our team. Let's make the wise decision to re-sign Brown and give it another shot next season.

Yeah, going to have to disagree with you there. THis was the most unenjoyable season since the Kyrie season. It's time for changes, and it starts with hiring a competent coach who isn't just the selection due to a scandal. It also requires upgrading from one of JB or Smart.

The Celtics are unlikely to dismiss Joe Mazzulla because they want to avoid incurring unnecessary financial losses. Moreover, considering that Mazzulla is a first-year head coach, it would be fair to give him some time to improve. Instead, what we should focus on is hiring a highly capable bench coach to support him.

Ultimately, Tatum and Brown consistently give us a chance to compete for the NBA title each year. That's all one can hope for from an NBA standpoint. Neither player is in their prime yet.

blah blah blah 

[BASS_THUMPER]

Why is Horford taking floaters in the lane like he is a 6-1 PG?

You are a 6-9 250lb giant. Act like it ... heck, just once in a while would be enough. Remind everyone you a skilled physically powerful big man.

He's a massive choker and makes horrible decisions in big games. He's made a career out of it. Time to show him the door.

TIME FOR HIM TO GO ALSO

SUPPORTED THIS TEAM FOR DECADES SINCE I WAS A KID

THIS COACH BLOWS AND NEEDS TO GO WITH ROWN

I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS UNQUALIFIED TRASH

Is the caps lock button broken on your computer?

PM ME IF U HAVCE A PROBLEM BUDDY

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same goes for u too

u know nothing man lol

cute tho

it's all good brotha...


*sippin*

[Phantom255x]

Bruins and Celtics both lost to 8 seeds, including Game 7s at TD Garden. That’s just sad and embarrassing

[Phantom255x]

Bruins and Celtics both lost to 8 seeds, including Game 7s at TD Garden. That’s just sad and embarrassing

And to South Florida teams lol

[radiohead]

We will be back next year, and will be better. This team is still young. They have to go through some major battles and tough losses to get there. We forget because they've done so much in the playoffs since entering the league, but most stars don't get their first ring until they reach 27-29 years old. Tatum is 25, Brown 26. These are the experiences that will get them there.

I have high hopes for JT. I feel he’ll have another leap next season. Can’t say the same about JB though. Maybe it’s the pressure of playing for the supermax but he was just horrible the whole series. He needs to stop shooting against multiple defenders.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

ahhhhhhhhh  so even if a tandem like jb and jt have been to a ton of ECFS and had tons of experince playing together so long

it is ok to fail because they are not in their prime yet?

bwahahahahahahahahah

unreal tghe excuses here

[BringToughnessBack]

Bruins and Celtics both lost to 8 seeds, including Game 7s at TD Garden. That’s just sad and embarrassing

Maybe they need to cleanse the garden- Kyries doo wipe lingers.

[jambr380]

Fall behind 3-0, play with backs against the wall and win

Make it 3-3, feel momentum and they lose by 20 at home

Same old story every year

This team acts like they’ve won something when they haven’t which is very frustrating. Any sign of prosperity and they wilt

I'd kill for our team to have the Heat's mentality. Who comes back from that Derrick White shot? If it happened to us, we would have gotten destroyed the next game. Look at how we came out after Game 4 against Philly. We were shell-shocked. Amazing that Miami was able to come out and play their game while we looked like chickens with their heads cut off.

[Who]

Lost a series  to a team down 2 key.players.

An 8th seed.

Bucks fired their coach who won a title despite having his best player hurt.

Yet.our moronic ownership will keep this idiot around. I bet.they don't make any sizeable changes to the roster either.

Brad will just say his 2 guys.were hurt and his child Joe deserves another shot.

There was a thread on RealGM forums early in this series asking if "if Boston loses to Miami, is that a bigger choke job than Milwaukee losing to Miami?"

I liked the answer "yes because Giannis was hurt and played only 2 and a half games" so BOS losing to MIA would be a much worse result than MIL losing to MIA.

Still feel that way.

[LilRip]

Can someone give me a summary? I missed the 2nd half because of work but it seems like that’s when we really lost the game. Did the team quit? Was it dumb offense? How was Tatum, JB, Smart? TPs for replies

Tatum couldn't play after hurting his ankle. No good in the 2nd half. Needed to be bench. Coach insisted on him playing anyway. He couldn't lead the team.

Jaylen tried to lead them instead. That went badly. Team offense fell apart. Guys tried playing hero ball & failed.

D White had a nice run in the Q3. One of the only positive things in the 2nd half.

Complete train wreck of a 2nd half performance.

This is a heartbreaking summary. TP

[kraidstar]

Can someone give me a summary? I missed the 2nd half because of work but it seems like that’s when we really lost the game. Did the team quit? Was it dumb offense? How was Tatum, JB, Smart? TPs for replies

The Heat came out looking like total trash, but everyone not named White or Robert was choking hard. Martin had probably the best game he'll ever have, and the Heat made all their 3's while we missed most of ours. We couldn't have beaten anyone tonight.

The Boston Celtics were major chokers. The panic was so thick it's like our guys are playing in 2 feet of water the way they stagger around.

[scaryjerry]

I was super anxious all day thinking the Celtics could almost steal a championship after going down 3-0 but knew it was all about how they started.

This game was over after the first quarter.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

Fall behind 3-0, play with backs against the wall and win

Make it 3-3, feel momentum and they lose by 20 at home

Same old story every year

This team acts like they’ve won something when they haven’t which is very frustrating. Any sign of prosperity and they wilt

I'd kill for our team to have the Heat's mentality. Who comes back from that Derrick White shot? If it happened to us, we would have gotten destroyed the next game. Look at how we came out after Game 4 against Philly. We were shell-shocked. Amazing that Miami was able to come out and play their game while we looked like chickens with their heads cut off.

yup well said

most teams melt after losing that way and 3 straight

[LilRip]

Can someone give me a summary? I missed the 2nd half because of work but it seems like that’s when we really lost the game. Did the team quit? Was it dumb offense? How was Tatum, JB, Smart? TPs for replies

Tatum could barely move. Miami was targeting him on defense by the end of the game.

JB was a turnover machine with bad decision making on top of it.

I don't remember anything from Marcus, honestly.

Tatum goes from being the best defender to our worst huh? That’s a tough break. I can’t imagine a world where he’s the one being hunted. Heat caught a break… somewhat…

[kraidstar]

Can someone give me a summary? I missed the 2nd half because of work but it seems like that’s when we really lost the game. Did the team quit? Was it dumb offense? How was Tatum, JB, Smart? TPs for replies

Tatum couldn't play after hurting his ankle. No good in the 2nd half. Needed to be bench. Coach insisted on him playing anyway. He couldn't lead the team.

Jaylen tried to lead them instead. That went badly. Team offense fell apart. Guys tried playing hero ball & failed.

D White had a nice run in the Q3. One of the only positive things in the 2nd half.

Complete train wreck of a 2nd half performance.

This is a heartbreaking summary. TP

the first half was a train wreck too. The second the Heat regained their composure in the 1st, the game was effectively over. We were frightened children tonight playing against grown men.