Heat (0-0) at Celtics (0-0) Round 1 Game #1 4/21/24

[hpantazo]

1 down 15 to go. Go C's!! LOVE Tatum's response to that hard fall. TPs!!!

[jpotter33]

Yeah, that certainly doesn't look like a normal basketball play by Martin. Dude wasn't even attempting to jump yet. Just hip checked Tatum while he was in the air.

[SCeltic34]

Very good win by the C's.

The bleeding stopped once Joe went away from the double big combo.  Bad decision by Joe to use Al + KP in the 4th.  The only way for the Heat to get back in it was to make a ton of 3's which they did.  The double big combo isn't the best defense for that.

[Silas]

TPs or a hard fought game.

[perks-a-beast]

I’m glad we won but towards the end you could just see Miami gaining confidence and figuring things out a bit. Still think this is going to be a long series.

[Neurotic Guy]

Glad they won it by 20.

Would have liked to see the intensity throughout the 4th to show that things are different in the playoffs.  But I’ll take a 20 point win to start this thing.

[Silas]

I’m glad we won but towards the end you could just see Miami gaining confidence and figuring things out a bit. Still think this is going to be a long series.

Disagree...

[No Nickname]

Yeah, that certainly doesn't look like a normal basketball play by Martin. Dude wasn't even attempting to jump yet. Just hip checked Tatum while he was in the air.

Don't watch the angle from the baseline, watch the side angle.  Martin is running in for an offensive board and Jrue literally pushes him in the hip giving Martin even more momentum.

Sure he might have bumped into Tatum without the shove, but the shove definitely made it a harder collision.

[Kuberski33]

4th quarter aside, it was a solid win. Style points don't count, just get the W.

[hpantazo]

I’m glad we won but towards the end you could just see Miami gaining confidence and figuring things out a bit. Still think this is going to be a long series.

I disagree. The Heat didn't figure out a thing. We just let down when up 34 and they know it. They have no answer for us on either end of the floor. This will be a sweep, we just have to get it done while avoiding injuries.

[Goldstar88]

Glad they kept the 3’s under 50.. Lol

[blink]

That might fire up the Celtics next game. Getting chippy.

best thing that could have happened.  We need to play with more of an edge, especially against the heat.

[kraidstar]

I’m glad we won but towards the end you could just see Miami gaining confidence and figuring things out a bit. Still think this is going to be a long series.

Disagree...

Yeah they didn't figure anything out. We just stopped playing hard because guys don't want an injury in garbage time.

[Silas]

Cs shot 44.9% from 3 and Heat shot 32.4% from 3.  Not like last year.

[bello_man09]

KP was freaking awesome - offense and defense.