I feel confident. The Heat have no idea what they are in for.

[cman88]

tomorrow night is just as important as game 3 was for the Celtics....bosh/lebron are mentally weak....we win tomorrow night and we get it into their heads that they cant win in boston..or when we have shaq

then its a 3 game series with us having to clinch one in miami.

but, we NEED to come out with the same sense of urgency and agressiveness on offense/defense that we did last night and demoralize this miami group

[Celticsfan336]

Yep, I'm very confident that the Celtics will not only win the next 2 games, but also win game 5, giving themselves a 3-2 edge in this series.

The Heat have been very fortunate thus far, and I don't expect it will last because this Celtics squad will not allow it to last. They know what they need to fix. They understand that it's one game at a time. Miami being up 2-0 in no shape or form guarantees that any other game in this series is automatically their victory, and despite all the flamboyant celebrations, deep down even the Miami Heat know that. In fact, the pressure is now on the Heat even more after those two wins to prove they can finish this thing up.

They will have to fight to get those wins. A lot of things have worked out just right for the Heat thus far in this series for them to come away with those wins, and even then they still could have lost both games.

The Heat being up 2-0 means absolutely nothing. The way I see it is that the Heat have just ensured that we're looking at a 6 to 7 game series. This Celtics team, I'm confident, will make it happen. Some might have thought the Heat looked like the better team thus far, but that isn't the case.

The Heat are an inferior team with their flaws being masked by near perfect play from Lebron and Wade. I don't expect this to last because this Celtics team will not allow it to last. I will come back and make my next post in this thread when Celtics get their first win of this series in game 3.

The Heat have had a 14 number edge on free throw attempts in both games thus far. 14 more free throws taken in game 1, 14 more free throws attempted in game 2.

If that number isn't so high, we are talking about a series that is likely even at 1-1 or that has the Celtics up 2-0. The Celtics will make sure that they get to the free throw line more to get rid of this silly and unthinkable advantage that has been secretly carrying this Heat team, more so than the other mistakes that have plagued us in this series.

After game 4, this series will be tied at 2. Shaq will make a difference, but more than that, I believe Garnett and Pierce will make sure that this thread proves true. I'm not counting out Ray or Rondo and others, they'll be bringing the effort as well.

They can bring the effort and thats fine but the bottom line is the two best players in this series are on Miami's team.  We need to have subpar effort from those two for the Cs to get back in the series.  This is why I always favored playng the Bulls over the Heat cuz the Bulls would only have the best player in the series and not two. 

Championships are not won by 2 players no matter how good they are.

I think the Heat won a championship with one elite player in 2006.  Just saying.

Obviously you didn't watch that series. wade played excellent, but they were a very very very very deep team and to say wade was the only good played on the team is not true.

[j804]

We win tomorrow we win the series, they will mentally crumble.

We will smell blood.

I'm sure that's the plan.

[fairweatherfan]

Championships are not won by 2 players no matter how good they are.

I think the Heat won a championship with one elite player in 2006.  Just saying.

Counterpoint: 

[Roy H.]

We've been down 2-1 before, and have come back to win.  I think we'll do the same thing this year.

[Boris Badenov]

We've been down 2-1 before, and have come back to win.  I think we'll do the same thing this year.

The statement is even more appropriate if you replace "before" with "against LeBron."

And "last year."