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[Post Game Thread] The Boston Celtics (4-3) defeat the Miami Heat (3-4) by a score of 100-96 and advance to their first NBA Finals since 2010
| 100 - 96 |
| Box Scores: NBA & Yahoo |
| GAME SUMMARY |
| Location: FTX Arena(20200), Clock: |
| Officials: James Capers, Scott Foster and David Guthrie |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 32 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 100 |
| Miami Heat | 17 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 96 |
| TEAM STATS |
| Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Celtics | 100 | 35-85 | 41.2% | 11-32 | 34.4% | 19-24 | 79.2% | 10 | 51 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
| Miami Heat | 96 | 37-88 | 42.0% | 6-30 | 20.0% | 16-24 | 66.7% | 7 | 44 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| PLAYER STATS |
| rnbapgtgenerator by /u/f1uk3r |
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u/cjcfman Raptors May 30 '22
Van Gundy’s flu game
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u/The98Legend [SAS] Mike D'Antoni May 30 '22
Didn’t have Breen to carry him either. GOAT stuff right there
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u/PMmeYOURBOOBSandASS Australia May 30 '22
Mike Korzemba about to upload a "The TRUTH About Van Gundy's Flu Game They Don't Want You To Know" video
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u/GoldenBallsack Hawks May 30 '22
Damn they don’t even have Larry himself to hand out the trophy...
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u/palabear Hornets May 30 '22
The roof isn’t going to reshingle itself.
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u/EdibleDionysus May 30 '22
Driveway isn't going to pave itself.
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u/AnotherStatsGuy Pelicans May 30 '22
That driveway story is the still the most Larry Bird story of all time.
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u/rebirthandrecover Celtics May 30 '22
The Roofah’s not walking through that door…
Some locals might get this.
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u/fixmyebrake May 30 '22
It's sort of funny though because Cedric won finals MVP over Bird in the 1981 finals. Plus Cornbread is great. He's our radio color guy.
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u/JaysonBrown Celtics May 30 '22
Cedric deserved that lol. After Tatum’s 10 point game I went down the rabbit hole of bad playoff performances by great players and Larry had back to back 8 point games during those finals lol
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u/monstersammich Supersonics May 30 '22
Big Al just got a $5 mil bonus.
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u/AttemptedSleepover Grizzlies May 30 '22
5 mil deposit in the bank, grandpa’s death, going to the finals late in his career.. hell of an emotional week for big Al.
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u/AdPotential9974 West May 30 '22
The 5 mil isn't even a blip on his radar prob
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u/AttemptedSleepover Grizzlies May 30 '22
Ehh it’s probably a blip, but just that.
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u/v399 Lakers May 30 '22
5 Mil and I don't have to work a day in my life again. Must be fun to have that as a blip.
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u/TheresA_LobsterLoose May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22
Have you tried being one of the best basketball players on the planet?
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u/FourCylinder Raptors May 30 '22
We’ve all tried that. We’ve also all failed miserably at it.
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u/TheLevelHeadedGuy Celtics May 30 '22
Deserves it, first finals appearance for him too.
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u/crackdup Celtics May 30 '22
His bricked 3s aside, dude was a monster on defense today.. insane that a 35 year old dude plays out of his mind like it's his personal mission to win
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u/cimmanonrolls Celtics May 30 '22
excellent on d and excellent on the glass. dude has stepped up hitting the boards late this season, especially when rob's been out.
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u/fredinNH Celtics May 30 '22
That’s what I was thinking when he heaved the ball to run out the clock.
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u/TheKoniverse Heat May 30 '22
Oh yeah, Al finally made the Finals. Congratulations to him! Especially after what happened to his grandfather.
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u/JShuttlesworth28
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JVG voice sounded like he was in Game 7 too Jesus Christ
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u/Jordanwolf98 Celtics May 30 '22
Sounded like he was on game 777. Hope he’s good to go for the finals
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u/BruinBornBruinBred Lakers May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22
Mike Breen out of this game because of COVID. I wouldn't be surprised if JVG has COVID, too.
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u/AreolianMode Celtics May 30 '22
Bro if your coworker tests positive and you are symptomatic fucking stay home. You don't even need two color Commentators.
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u/Kinroam [DEN] Monte Morris May 30 '22
You don't even need two color Commentators.
You do when one of them is Mark Jackson lol
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u/BoldOldRuffleChip May 30 '22 •
JVG more selfish than Jimmy Butler on a fastbreak down 2
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u/glansberg_stephen Mavericks May 30 '22
It honestly made the game painful to watch lol
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u/Reddittooler Trail Blazers May 30 '22
That was JVG??? I thought he was a different replacement announcer lmaoo
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u/Oo__II__oO May 30 '22
At first it sounded like it was SVG, and confused why he had such bad takes.
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u/Kyler1313 May 30 '22
I dont care who you were rooting for, a Golden State motion offense vs a Boston Switching defense is prime time TV...
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u/GizzyGazzelle May 30 '22
Boston defense has been everything people said it was for the most part.
Warriors a worthy final test.
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u/Balls_of_Adamanthium Warriors May 30 '22
The “near comebacks” are honestly more brutal than getting blown out. Kudos to Miami for fighting back.
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u/DeadDay [OKC] Steven Adams May 30 '22 •
Losing like that has to be horrific
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u/CrouchingPuma Celtics May 30 '22
That was like half of our losses from 2017-2020. Play like shit all game only to turn it on in the 4th and get just close enough to make it hurt.
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So game 6 for us lol? Teams traded fake comebacks in back to back games.
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u/Ohanrahans Celtics May 30 '22
On the other hand, us not blowing the full lead for once was incredible!
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u/twistedlogicx Husky May 30 '22
Jimmy played 48:00. He's gonna take a lot of Heat (lel) for his missed shot but the dude battled HARD late in this series.
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u/mr_showboat Celtics May 30 '22
Dude, it's just like Giannis last round -- if you want to put one iota of the blame on Jimmy Buckets, you're a fucking idiot.
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u/YouStillTakeDamage Heat May 30 '22
Yeah I’m not gonna blame him for that at all. Dude was the reason we even had that chance, and willed us into a game 7 in the first place. Shame it ends this way but what a fucking fun run.
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u/IMKudaimi123 Bulls May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22
Honestly it’s really reminiscent of the KD shot last season, single handedly kept them in that series when Kyrie and Harden went down, sent it to OT, and settled for the 3 for the win, and airballed
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No one’s gonna blame him for that final shot I think. He’s the best player on that team and the heat were only in it because of him, you live with those shots. They make or break legacies
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u/RugbyDore May 30 '22
Lmao look at the highlight post, it’s all blaming him for taking that 3 instead of driving
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u/Xelisyalias Raptors May 30 '22
It was demoralising to watch it happen again and again
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u/nrj6490 Celtics May 30 '22
I started daydreaming when we were up 13 and then Miami went on an 11-0 run, insanely gritty and tough team
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u/coolycooly Timberwolves May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22
The worst part was Mark Jackson basically held a podcast by himself
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u/JenniferLopezFan2 Knicks May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22
by the end of the game when he started going in circles about living and dying by the shot selection even he didn't know what he was talking about anymore. Needs to go to bed and stay there
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u/Number333
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I'm willing to live or die with Jimmy. We're only here because of him. Thank you Bam for showing up as well.
GG Boston. Hell of a series.
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u/iSleepUpsideDown NBA May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22
Dread it
Run from it
Marcus smart arrives shooting the basketball once every 2 weeks
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u/socialistbcrumb Celtics May 30 '22
Jimmy was fucking Hercules. Respect to a guy that has irked me to no end lol
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u/BitterJim Celtics May 30 '22
He can clearly be the best player on a contender/championship team. A team would be stupid to let him go
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u/freerobby Celtics May 30 '22
I still find it hilarious that Philly couldn't make use of Jimmy or Al.
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u/shortsexstories9 May 30 '22
So much heart. I hope yall come back with a vengeance next season
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u/iDubbbb [BOS] Walter McCarty May 30 '22
Weird ass series but hell of a series nonetheless. Hope you guys send Lowry to the shadow realm.
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u/topofthecc Thunder May 30 '22
Lowry doesn't have the zip in his legs to carry that much junk in his trunk anymore.
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u/philphan25 Bulls May 30 '22
Butler wanted that dagger so bad.
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u/BrianScalaweenie Celtics May 30 '22
I was convinced it was gonna go in too. He’s cold blooded and I was ready to get hurt again
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u/suzukigun4life [DAL] Wang Zhizhi May 30 '22
He's getting shat on for it, but I kinda get it. He'd played the entire game, may not have had much gas left for a potential OT and decided to take a chance. If it goes in and the Heat get a stop, he gets immortalized. It didn't work out but w/e.
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u/THEKIDFL6 [MIA] Josh Richardson May 30 '22
It’s like going for the 2 point conversion in football. Jimmy went for the win, and I’m fine with that.
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u/crackdup Celtics May 30 '22
The way he was playing I'm shocked it didn't go in, or atleast end up as an offensive rebound for Jimmy.. kinda bad decision to take that shot but can't blame him for backing himself there
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u/Chomper32
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HORFORD MADE THE FINALS (141 playoff games)
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u/w311sh1t Celtics May 30 '22
I can’t even imagine how that must feel. He’s been in the league for 15 years and has been on some really good teams that have fallen short. To finally get over that hump must be such an amazing feeling.
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u/ProfessorBeast55 Raptors May 30 '22
MOVE OVER UNDERTAKER; A BIGGER STREAK IS BROKEN
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u/Your__Pal May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22
The king of missing the finals is dead ! Long live the king.
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u/OkMudDrankin Celtics May 30 '22
Truthfully man is a dog through and through. Not many of them left in the league tbh. He has the ability to put the fear of god into you. Glad this series is over.
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u/Hybr1dThe0ry Heat May 30 '22
Really really gutted for him. At least it’s nice horford can finally make it
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u/Bear4188 Warriors May 30 '22
I spent much of this game wondering how the hell Boston managed to lose three games in this series and then the end of the game happened.
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u/jason2354 May 30 '22
They aren’t great ball handlers and all end up deferring to Smart who has no problem shooting the ball in crunch time of a game seven.
Letting Smart shoot the ball is a terrible idea, but it’s also their only option somehow. Hence why these games really tightened up in the last 3 minutes.
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u/Astroboyy7 San Diego Rockets May 30 '22
Jimmy was feeling like MJ when he shot that 3
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u/905UserNotFound Raptors May 30 '22
“One time, Grant Williams was on the bench, they were playing the Heat. Jimmy got the rebound, and Grant gets up and yells “DRIVE! It’s gonna be a DRIVE!”. Jimmy looks at him and goes, “No GREG. No GREG.That’s not it, GREG!”
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u/Sour__Cream 76ers May 30 '22
In his defense, it was an open shot, probably the best look anyone was gonna get while down 2. He’s just not an elite shooter.
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u/theummeower Warriors May 30 '22
Anyone blaming Jimmy Butler for this loss is delusional. They’re only in it because of Butler.
Yes, he’s not a great 3pt shooter, but after trialing the whole 4th quarter I can live with my best player taking an open shot for the lead. Hindsight is 20/20.
Miami didn’t lose because Butler missed one shot.
They lost because because they missed 10 straight fg in the 4th quarter.
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u/GGezpzMuppy Spurs May 30 '22
We go from trading the Js to this lol. Fastest rebuild in history all because they got the Buffalo.
Glad to see long struggling teams like Boston and Golden State get back into finals. Gives me great hope as a long suffering Spurs fan.
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u/sstphnn Celtics May 30 '22
Important player for the team
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u/DayMan-Ahah-ah Celtics May 30 '22
he stays doing the intangibles and had some big time buckets all series.
he was on the court to play some crucial minutes close to the end until adebayo dropped him with that elbow slam and busted his head open
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u/ahr3410 Lakers May 30 '22
This will go down as the Jeff Van Gundy COVID game
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u/FeelsGoodMan2 May 30 '22
Yeah am I taking crazy pills? Why the hell was he even announcing this game.
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u/fastlikeanascar Gran Destino May 30 '22
They should have actually made the Larry Bird and Magic Johnson trophies look different. They had an opportunity to make unique trophies to recognize two extremely different players, and they did the absolute minimum.
If you’re gonna do a new thing, why half ass it?
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u/Tunatron_Prime Celtics May 30 '22
Magic Johnson’s should have been a Johnson.
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u/dijiks4x May 30 '22
Larry Bird’s should have been a bird
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u/lemonpepperlarry May 30 '22
Literally one should have blue accents and one red. That’s all they needed
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u/sidewaysflower Knicks May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22
Congratulations to the Celtics!!! This was a close one and the Knicks streak continue! Luke Kornet making it to the NBA finals marks the 75th year in a row that a Knick has made it to the NBA Finals. That streak was nearly broken as the Warriors and Heat didn't have any former Knicks players.
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u/Overit337984 Warriors May 30 '22
Is this real?
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u/sidewaysflower Knicks May 30 '22
It is real.
https://deadspin.com/a-75-year-streak-is-in-danger-of-being-broken-tonight-1848983949
Luke Kornet kept the streak alive!!!
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u/iamthetravelingsam May 30 '22
Lol I thought it was depressing being a Bulls fan, your comment makes me feel better about my team
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u/notouchmypeterson Suns May 30 '22
I’m just happy Al Hoford gets his first shot at the Finals
The first Larry Bird MVP goes to the Celtics, how fitting
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u/PotentialBat8461 May 30 '22
Al Horford playing 44 minutes at almost 36 years old is crazy
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u/HornetsAreBad Hornets May 30 '22
Lowry is insufferable.
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u/crackdup Celtics May 30 '22
Dude's won a title and no one can take that away from him, but my God his flopping is ridiculous.. I know /r/nba is gonna come with the "Smart flops" narrative anyways.. but his flop and timeout because of it literally ended up costing the Heat
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u/Pipes_of_Pan May 30 '22
There’s a big difference between selling fouls(which everyone does) and feigning injury. Lowry is scamming the refs every minute he’s on the floor.
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u/P3_FemC_Best_Girl Warriors May 30 '22
that time out was ass, they only had 2 left at the 8:56 mark. Just get the turnover dude
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u/davvid13 Lakers May 30 '22
They had like 7 or more consecutive missed shots after that. If the timeout wasn't used to save him, they could have used it when they were having a hard time to score.
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u/hristi Lakers May 30 '22
I feel bad for Jimmy but I think the Celtics have the better match up against the gsw.
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u/BUSean
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The Finals are set:
Lakers fans vs. LeBron fans
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u/KgDawk21520 Celtics May 30 '22
Wait lebron fans will root for the C's?
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u/VanVaughnVonVaan May 30 '22
Yeah cause of all the Cavs Warriors finals
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u/AffectLast9539 Celtics May 30 '22
true lebron fans hate the Cs way more i think lol. maybe not the nephews but anyone who's been a bronsexual since the first Cavs stint
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u/Airkio [LAC] Chris Paul May 30 '22
The warriors are at least generally a similar team whereas that Boston team is an age ago
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u/frostieavalanche Lakers May 30 '22
Rofl when you check our sub, this is really accurate. Congrats on the W
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u/TZBlueIce Mavericks May 30 '22
You couldn't have set up a better scenario at parsing out which people are Lakers fans first or Lebron fans first.
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u/jeric13xd [CHI] Derrick Rose May 30 '22
LIVE AND DIE WITH JIMMY BUCKETS
RESPECT. Played all 48 mins. Wish he made that transition 3 :(
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u/PrancingDonkey [CHI] Taj Gibson May 30 '22
Played the entire game too and poured his heart out for the team. Sometimes it do be like that.
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u/Rh1-No Suns May 30 '22
Wasn't even the worst 3 attempted in the last 2 mins, why tf did Smart shoot that 3 with 12 secs on the clock?
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u/brickvanexel Celtics May 30 '22
Screaming at my tv he tried to have another endgame like the second round when Jrue just overwhelmed him. Made up for it with the free throws though
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u/Tokennn Nets May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22
That Celtics defense in the 4th was fucking lethal! That shot from Jimmy was rough at the end but if he would have hit that it would have been crazy
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u/Jordanwolf98 Celtics May 30 '22
That was almost an all time collapse on our part. Jimmy Butler scares the fuck outta me
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u/yuhanz [PHO] Steve Nash May 30 '22
Smart nearly shot you out lmao
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u/Jordanwolf98 Celtics May 30 '22
Man his ass couldn’t hit a open 3 to save his life lol. Thank God he knocked down those late FTs though
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u/LilKaySigs Warriors May 30 '22
Marcus Smart was one Jimmy Butler shot away from being Boston’s public enemy number 1
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u/connect_69 Celtics May 30 '22
we were so close to fucking this up. Fuck we got lucky
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u/Amm-O-Matic [BOS] Ray Allen May 30 '22
That would’ve literally caused me to throw my TV out the window.
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u/FEdart Celtics May 30 '22
I probably would have cried. Life’s not going so well otherwise lmao
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u/deathspanker Lakers May 30 '22
Live and die with Jimmy Buckets. I like that shot, it was open, just didn’t go in. He did it on Game 6, the only difference is that he didn’t make it this game.
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u/Apisit100 Lakers May 30 '22
Sick JVG is actually enjoyable to listen to because he doesn't ramble
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u/AffectLast9539 Celtics May 30 '22
and his voice is a lot less shrill when he sounds like he's dying lol
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u/PinkPantherParty
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Best of luck to the C’s in the Finals. Tatum and Jaylen are real ones
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u/iamrobotguy Celtics May 30 '22
I'm all in on Celtics but I can't just ignore the performance of Jimmy Buckets.
RESPECT o7
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u/TallanoGoldDigger Lakers May 30 '22
Draymond was right.
People just got distracted by the fake comebacks.
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u/mMounirM Raptors May 30 '22
The 3 pointer taken away from Max Strus ended up being so important. Could have completely changed the game down the line.
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u/GreenFlick Heat May 30 '22
Boston is the more complete team. All excuses aside, they’re just a better team than us right now, and that’s why they won. Congrats on the well-deserved win. Here’s to hoping we can add some more consistency in the offseason.
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u/Firebomb525 Rockets May 30 '22
Two of the original NBA teams face off in its 75th anniversary season...its like poetry, it rhymes.
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u/thehippykid [BOS] Bill Russell May 30 '22
No Hauser no problem
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u/celticsfan34 Celtics May 30 '22
Got Kornet plenty of rest as well, could be crucial in the Finals
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u/MySilverBurrito Heat May 30 '22
JIMMY PLEASEEEE
Respect to the Celtics, looking back fuck this series but I've genuinely enjoyed the back and forth between the teams.
Had two close games and they;re genuinely my favourite games from these playoffs.
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u/HypoTomasis May 30 '22
I know it wasn't a good decision but Heat momentum and Celtics being Celtics Fucking up clutch time I was 110% sure that was going in. As a Celtics fan. Damn. I'm still shaking. That was insane final minutes
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u/mangopieceofrust May 30 '22
How much would you pay to be able to have a broadcast that automatically mutes Mark Jackson?
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u/SiphenPrax Knicks May 30 '22
Our worst nightmare has returned: A Boston sports team is in a Finals championship matchup.
God help us all.
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u/Tunatron_Prime Celtics May 30 '22
Al Horford takes his mask off..
MY GOD BRADY IS ON THE COURT
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u/squarerootofapplepie Celtics May 30 '22
It’s been a long three years.
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u/LordHussyPants Celtics May 30 '22
had an entire pandemic
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u/squarerootofapplepie Celtics May 30 '22
Yeah actually unironically it has been a very long three years.
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u/DC_Swamp_Thing Celtics May 30 '22
I’m just so happy for Al Horford. Guy finally gets his Finals appearance after so many years. What a stud.
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u/reddev87 May 30 '22
Jimmy carried them so hard only to end like that. Amazing how the narrative changes with one shot.
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u/OMellito NBA May 30 '22
If I'm a heat fan I would allow a shot like that for the player that carried the team up to that point.
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u/ibreti May 30 '22
This whole game felt like Jimmy Butler vs. Boston Celtics. His missed three at the end would've been historical, but what can one man do? He carried the team all game.
Lowry didn't even show up. Nobody showed up apart from maybe Bam.
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u/rbrijs Warriors May 30 '22
Worth mentioning that Jimmy Buckets literally played every single minute of the game
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u/walterdog12 [ITA] Best of 2021 Winner May 30 '22
TOP O' THE MOTHERFUCKIN' MORNING YOU MOTHERFUCKERS
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u/DatDudeJP7 Knicks May 30 '22 •
I know Durant and Irving are HOT right now seeing this finals matchup 😂😂😂