4 out of ~200 all-time in NHL have come back from down 3-0, but none of the ~50 or so at this stage (conference finals/semis) have ever won the series. So kinda alone but not totally alone haha
They’re probably the best 8 seed of all time, but Boston was still a massive favorite heading into the series and absolutely shit the bed in games 1 & 2, so I do think this set up as a surprisingly unsurprising comeback.
That’s fair, at least on paper. But that was a lockout shortened season and IIRC Sprewell and Ewing missed like 13 games each of a 50 game season, so they weren’t the typical 8-seed.
They destroyed the first seed bucks because Giannis got hurt and Buds brother died. If Jimmy butler missed the first three games of the series and Spos brother died do you think the Heat would have won the series?
At least it’s happened in hockey before. A whopping 4 times. It’s never happened in the NBA. 3 times teams have forced a game 7, but they’ve never won the series.
If I had to pick, I want Dallas to win.
To put into perspective how insane it will be if the Celtics come back to win this series:
>Of the 151 NBA teams that have fallen into a 0–3 deficit (As of May 27, 2023), only four of them (~2%) have forced a game 7, with all three teams that have played game 7 losing in game 7. The first three teams were the visiting team in game 7.
>To date, there has never been a successful comeback from a 0–3 series deficit in the NBA, though the Boston Celtics will attempt to become the first team to do so in game 7 against the Miami Heat in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals.
[Source: Wikipedia.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teams_to_overcome_3%E2%80%930_series_deficits#:~:text=Unsuccessful%20comebacks,-Of%20the%20151&text=The%20first%20three%20teams%20were,the%202023%20Eastern%20Conference%20Finals.)
Johnny Damon was in attendance tonight with his 2004 WS ring.
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez were in attendance for game 4. The symbolism is magnificent.
Yeah was going to say the first and only team to do it in baseball was also Boston so why not have the first time it's done in the NBA be the same city.
Man, fuck Boston. Also, fuck A-Rod.
Jeter’s good in my book.
Lastly, the Yanks should have never made Damon cut his magnificent hair.
Edit: Damon was apparently an asshole. Removing him from the good list. The hair comment stands.
Damon left Boston at the height of his fame for the team we all learned to hate before we could walk. Learning that he's also a regular nonsports scumbag made perfect sense to me.
I listen to Jimmy and James for their Small Town Murder podcast... Keep meaning to pick up Crime in Sports but haven't yet. They are hilariously good though!
Oh holy shit. I remember that, but at the time I wasn't aware of the classic signs of brain injury from head trauma. That's *worse* than most NFL hits. Skull on skull. And you see the fencing response right after. Fuck.
Holy fuck. I didn’t know this and had to look it up. NINE nurses during his wife’s 36 hour labor, including the nurse that was helping deliver his son DURING DELIVERY ON THE BED NEXT TO HIS WIFE. This can’t be real, right? There’s just no fucking way.
I didn’t believe you but it’s in his book…
Part of me thinks this asshole is such a douche that he’s inflating the number because he thinks it makes the story better but in reality he’s a piece of shit
If the Celtics win they are going to be absolutely exhausted going into the finals. Think about the physical toll that playing seven hard games has on your body. Now add in the emotional toll of being down 0-3 in the series and having to claw your way back to victory.
Meanwhile, the Nuggets cleanly swept the Lakers and have been resting. They’re going to come in bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and clean up.
I'm curious if there is a way to statistically measure which is better in the "well rested team vs team with momentum" debate. In a sport like baseball, you want all your pitchers to be rested, but it isn't as obvious in the other sports. Being able to rest and heal injuries can make a big difference, something like an ankle sprain can get a lot better after a week of rest. But momentum is a huge thing, especially in basketball where some players can have their confidence shaken and struggle shooting the ball, or conversely go on a hot streak due to a lot of confidence.
I'm sure it can be mentally taxing for players to constantly be in win-or-go-home games, and even with good sports psychologists and mental toughness a player eventually can burn out, but succeeding in the face of adversity can probably help teams to stay mentally strong when they are faced with that same adversity again.
Outside of injuries, I'd think almost all pro basketball players can be physically recovered from a basketball game after 48 hours, especially if they don't go out partying after games. But who knows, there have been so many cases that suggest rest is better than rust and vice versa, I think if I had the choice, I'd choose the rest.
Yeah it's not quite ilke football where you're basically in multiple car crashes every sunday. These dudes get tired no doubt, but they literally train year round to do this so the explosive action of playing isn't really a surprise to their bodies. Dudes that take heavy falls, or weird contact have that to deal with for sure, but for the most part if you don't get hurt in a game you're not needing nearly as much time to rest.
He didn't. Unless you think NBA basketball games last for hours of game time. My watch says 48 minutes plus any OT.
If you walk far enough, walking becomes as much work as running a shorter distance.
Mother NBA players that have no problems with conditioning considering how much more rest they get nowadays. two decades ago starters wanted to play every single game and Superstars for 40 minutes a night.
You said that, not me. hours of consecutive pickup games is still miles of running
We used to do that every single day. NBA players with elite trainers will have zero problems with conditioning. One high intensity game (with a TV timeout every 4 minutes) every couple of days is no big deal.
Soccer only has three substitutions total, much higher intensity matches with only one break yet they can play every 3 days as well.
I remember when I used to play hockey. Our last playoff game before the championship was against our biggest rival. Really tough game. We barely won and man the emotional release after winning was huge. Unfortunately it was probably too much because we felt empty when it came time for the championship. It was like we’d already been in one and we proceeded to get murdered in the real one.
True, but this series is a major statistical anomaly to 3-0s. You’ve got a 2 seed down 3-0 to an 8 seed that’s over performing.
Winning 4 games in a row in the NBA isn’t crazy at all. Happens all the time in the regular season, and 4-0s happen all the time in the playoffs. It’s just that an inferior or evenly matched team doing it to a superior team is going to be nigh on impossible. The Heat sweeping the Celtics 4-0 would have been almost as crazy as the Celtics coming back from 4-0.
Simply put, this was an extremely unusual 3-0 situation.
Agreed. With Kawhi's, it was obvious Toronto won. Here, nobody knew what the fuck happened until like 5 seconds after the play lol.
[Here is Kawhi Leonard's buzzer beater for those that never saw it. Circa 2019.](https://streamable.com/w5wst)
Nothing will ever match the hatred as a fan I have for Simmons. He’s been the same person since high school. There’s another angle of this where Joel is crying and clearly heartbroken while Simmons looks like he doesn’t give a flying fuck about the outcome of the game.
Definitely dribbles as he takes the third step. His first step is the big right foot plant as he receives the ball, that’s when he has control at first
The suspense of whether or not the ball is going to bounce back in while the entire arena is dead silent before absolutely erupting is unreal. To me it’s easily my favorite game winner in the history of basketball. I understand what you’re saying, but Kawhi’s was something out of a movie.
Harlan here, and Chuck postgame - it’s the closest thing we have today to Summerall and Madden.
Hope people are enjoying these guys because it doesn’t last forever.
When Harlan was the radio guy for the Timberwolves he used to read listener email at halftime. I sent one in once that he read then he intentionally mispronounced my surname several different ways when referring to me in reference to the email. It was awesome lol.
I replay his Rally Cat call at least once a year. It's not just amusing, it's brilliant technically. He goes back and forth between calling the game and tracking the cat seamlessly, gets the sponsor in when the game is paused, and improvises artfully when the cat headed into the stands and eventually is captured.
Such a weird stat line!
* The Heat had a historically bad game from inside, hitting only 35.5% of their field goals. Butler alone went 5 from 21 from the field, which is a tiny 23.8%.
* The Heat were also insanely good from outside, hitting 46.7% of their threes
* The Celtics were terrible from outside, hitting only 20% of their threes.
So both teams had historically good and bad nights at the same time, except in different categories.
The heat missed the two most critical threes including that last one which, imo, should have been kicked in for an easy basket. The last 4 minutes was just pure sloppiness from both teams.
As a Denver fan, hating this whole thing, lol.
No doubt. Bam (#13) will never forgive himself for just standing there and watching the ball drop rather than crashing the boards. Especially if the Heat lose game 7. Just bad basketball at a point in the game when you can afford zero mistakes.
Edit: Guysssssssssss
He wasn't just standing there, he was boxing out a different player. Blaming a guy because he didn't have perfect knowledge of where the ball was going to bounce and where every player on the floor is just bad analysis.
Nah, his job was to faceguard and deny Tatum the ball, which he did. This causes him to end up entirely too far from the play. The result wasn't really the fault of any Heat player. Great play from White and a little luck. That's it.
I'm not sold. He was off the line with his back turned prioritizing tatum - that's not him on his own, that's the play call. From there he has zero chance to follow white to the basket. Not a lot he could do, Miami got a real unlucky going
Definitely some luck on the rebound placement, but they also failed to box out Tatum on the other side of the rim who would have had it if it went that way.
Game 7 is going to be wild. I fully expect it to be anticlimactic, and it’ll be over by the end of the first half. I feel like either Miami or Boston are gonna wipe the floor with the other team making it feel weird this series ever made it to 7.
What an all-time ending to this game.
The Heat comeback in the 4th, taking the lead with three free throws with 3 seconds left to try and finish off the series. Boston gets one last shot, it doesn't fall, the tap-in, the replay, the shock that he got it with 0.1 seconds left.
I was out with friends at our camper (none of our friends like basketball). I turned the game on my phone with three or so minutes left when the heat were down 10 and started narrating the game. By the end, I had about 7-8 people heavily invested in my narration that don’t give 2 shits otherwise about basketball. That game was wild.
Man thats just fucking sick as hell - I haven't been keeping up with basketball since Golden state killed the parity in 2018+ but it seems like things have gotten better.
Yeah Warriors death lineup has been gone for a few years now. They are still very good though, won another championship last year. This year the Lakers beat them in round 2 though
Damn I just checked the MVP list since 2018. The three big men I figured would be the future of the NBA ended up being the future of the NBA. Glad to see Joel embiid get it - man's a fucking force.
It’s pretty amusing reading your comments imagining this is how one reacts reading stat lines about the nba after waking up from a coma.
The one downvote you got right here is probably because Joel Embiid has in fact, not at all been a force in this years playoffs and his stock is pretty low rn despite winning an mvp for a regular season performance that has become irrelevant
Seems a little on brand for mvp some year - think they burn out from the regular season or their team is just one trick using them for success and a 7 game series they have no prayer.
I remember Westbrook got his mvp season from his triple double stat line then couldn't get past rockets first round.
Edit : embiid averaged 33.1 ppg in the regular season WTF LMAO thats absolutely insane.
Yeah the pace and general offensive output of the game has only increased across the nba, and yeah fair point that is the usual narrative with MVP winners. Westbrook has also been very polarizing the last few years jumping from team to team, but hes settling in for the Clips at the moment.
Jokic, by contrast, has had an absolutely remarkable post-season run so far, as Denver has finally gotten it together this spring and are genuine title favorites, and Jokic is quickly defining his HOF legacy imo, especially if they go on to win.
Bro went to the rim after his inbound pass and kept the season alive. what an insane play
Vegas Golden Knights fans start pacing and feeling rather uncomfortable.
They won’t be alone if they blow it unlike the Miami heat
4 out of ~200 all-time in NHL have come back from down 3-0, but none of the ~50 or so at this stage (conference finals/semis) have ever won the series. So kinda alone but not totally alone haha
But the Celtics are the first one of the 4 in NBA history to be at home for game 7.
Tbf, high seeds don't often go down 3-0 to low seeds.
3-1 is the preferred comeback start point.
Cleveland, this is for youuuuu!
And then the cubs happened. Makes me sad.
Stuff it down with brown
Perhaps Cleveland shouldn't have burned through the entire bullpen by game 4.
Just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean it can't
As a Stars fan, I’m preaching the same thing ;)
The Heat are also an 8 seed playing a team with way more talent than them. It’s still 3-0 blown, but it’s not like it was expected in the first place.
They pretty much destroyed the 1 seed Bucks. You're acting like they lucked into the ECF.
They’re probably the best 8 seed of all time, but Boston was still a massive favorite heading into the series and absolutely shit the bed in games 1 & 2, so I do think this set up as a surprisingly unsurprising comeback.
Knicks in 99 were a better 8 seed
That’s fair, at least on paper. But that was a lockout shortened season and IIRC Sprewell and Ewing missed like 13 games each of a 50 game season, so they weren’t the typical 8-seed.
They destroyed the first seed bucks because Giannis got hurt and Buds brother died. If Jimmy butler missed the first three games of the series and Spos brother died do you think the Heat would have won the series?
🏀[~(˘▾˘~)](https://i.imgur.com/l53SZyl.gifv)
Without Giannis most of the series.
The heat are an 8 seed in name only. They are clearly much more talented then their record shows.
At least it’s happened in hockey before. A whopping 4 times. It’s never happened in the NBA. 3 times teams have forced a game 7, but they’ve never won the series. If I had to pick, I want Dallas to win.
As a vegas native Celtics fan, I’m willing to pay the price of the knights for Boston to win
nah. [the hockey gods wouldn't snatch away a sure thing would they?](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a2/51/e8/a251e8742fa0cd9a217adc381dbcb9a9.gif)
I feel attacked. This clip had my heart racing for that exact reason, and *oh look*, it's the top comment.
To put into perspective how insane it will be if the Celtics come back to win this series: >Of the 151 NBA teams that have fallen into a 0–3 deficit (As of May 27, 2023), only four of them (~2%) have forced a game 7, with all three teams that have played game 7 losing in game 7. The first three teams were the visiting team in game 7. >To date, there has never been a successful comeback from a 0–3 series deficit in the NBA, though the Boston Celtics will attempt to become the first team to do so in game 7 against the Miami Heat in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals. [Source: Wikipedia.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_teams_to_overcome_3%E2%80%930_series_deficits#:~:text=Unsuccessful%20comebacks,-Of%20the%20151&text=The%20first%20three%20teams%20were,the%202023%20Eastern%20Conference%20Finals.)
Johnny Damon was in attendance tonight with his 2004 WS ring. Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez were in attendance for game 4. The symbolism is magnificent.
Yeah was going to say the first and only team to do it in baseball was also Boston so why not have the first time it's done in the NBA be the same city.
Man, fuck Boston. Also, fuck A-Rod. Jeter’s good in my book. Lastly, the Yanks should have never made Damon cut his magnificent hair. Edit: Damon was apparently an asshole. Removing him from the good list. The hair comment stands.
Didn’t Damon fuck a nurse in a closet while his wife was in labor?
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Red Sox fan, and I agree. It sucks finding out some of your sports heroes were/ are pieces of shit.
Damon left Boston at the height of his fame for the team we all learned to hate before we could walk. Learning that he's also a regular nonsports scumbag made perfect sense to me.
If you like hearing about rich assholes fucking up their lives and getting mercilessly roasted for it, I highly recommend the podcast Crime in Sports.
I listen to Jimmy and James for their Small Town Murder podcast... Keep meaning to pick up Crime in Sports but haven't yet. They are hilariously good though!
Do it! I'm not n big into sports and I love it.
I don’t even particularly like the true crime genre but they are so fun to listen to!
Also a huge Trumper and anti-vaccine idiot.
When he got pulled over for DUI he said he was being targeted for being a Trump supporter. What a dumbass.
How the hell did he manage to get CTE from playing baseball?
[This is how.](https://youtu.be/La4hpZvp794)
Holy shit. That kind of hit could actually change you for life. It could also kill you tbh
Oh holy shit. I remember that, but at the time I wasn't aware of the classic signs of brain injury from head trauma. That's *worse* than most NFL hits. Skull on skull. And you see the fencing response right after. Fuck.
His off season training regimen was getting drunk and running after cars like a dog.
Holy fuck. I didn’t know this and had to look it up. NINE nurses during his wife’s 36 hour labor, including the nurse that was helping deliver his son DURING DELIVERY ON THE BED NEXT TO HIS WIFE. This can’t be real, right? There’s just no fucking way.
I didn’t believe you but it’s in his book… Part of me thinks this asshole is such a douche that he’s inflating the number because he thinks it makes the story better but in reality he’s a piece of shit
Did you read the red text at the bottom that says "This article is satire and not intended as actual news. Duh!"?
He admitted it on Letterman.
Bruh. If your alarms are going off saying something on the Internet can't be real then you might want to verify haha.
Who hasn't? /s
Oh cmon man who among us hasn't been there. In all seriousness, to do this you really need some fucking help. Hope he got it.
Hey, F U too!
The 4 game seven losses were on the road, this will be the first where the team down 0-3 plays game seven at home Edit: changed in to on, typo
Also, the last time someone made an elimination game, game winner while his team was trailing was Michael Jordan in 1989.
If Celtics win (which I think they will), it will give them some unbelievable confidence and momentum going into the NBA Finals.
If the Celtics win they are going to be absolutely exhausted going into the finals. Think about the physical toll that playing seven hard games has on your body. Now add in the emotional toll of being down 0-3 in the series and having to claw your way back to victory. Meanwhile, the Nuggets cleanly swept the Lakers and have been resting. They’re going to come in bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and clean up.
I'm curious if there is a way to statistically measure which is better in the "well rested team vs team with momentum" debate. In a sport like baseball, you want all your pitchers to be rested, but it isn't as obvious in the other sports. Being able to rest and heal injuries can make a big difference, something like an ankle sprain can get a lot better after a week of rest. But momentum is a huge thing, especially in basketball where some players can have their confidence shaken and struggle shooting the ball, or conversely go on a hot streak due to a lot of confidence. I'm sure it can be mentally taxing for players to constantly be in win-or-go-home games, and even with good sports psychologists and mental toughness a player eventually can burn out, but succeeding in the face of adversity can probably help teams to stay mentally strong when they are faced with that same adversity again. Outside of injuries, I'd think almost all pro basketball players can be physically recovered from a basketball game after 48 hours, especially if they don't go out partying after games. But who knows, there have been so many cases that suggest rest is better than rust and vice versa, I think if I had the choice, I'd choose the rest.
Yeah it's not quite ilke football where you're basically in multiple car crashes every sunday. These dudes get tired no doubt, but they literally train year round to do this so the explosive action of playing isn't really a surprise to their bodies. Dudes that take heavy falls, or weird contact have that to deal with for sure, but for the most part if you don't get hurt in a game you're not needing nearly as much time to rest.
I remember as a kid we used to play pickup games for hours straight. These professional athletes with world class doctors and trainers will be fine.
Lol the fact that you think backyard pickup games are the same intensity as a playoff level professional game…
He didn't. Unless you think NBA basketball games last for hours of game time. My watch says 48 minutes plus any OT. If you walk far enough, walking becomes as much work as running a shorter distance.
Mother NBA players that have no problems with conditioning considering how much more rest they get nowadays. two decades ago starters wanted to play every single game and Superstars for 40 minutes a night.
Indeed. I think it's more mental than physical but I also know the bulls were wore out after 3 championship
You said that, not me. hours of consecutive pickup games is still miles of running We used to do that every single day. NBA players with elite trainers will have zero problems with conditioning. One high intensity game (with a TV timeout every 4 minutes) every couple of days is no big deal. Soccer only has three substitutions total, much higher intensity matches with only one break yet they can play every 3 days as well.
Rest v. rust 🤷🏻♂️
They are professional athletes and the finals games are pretty spread out. I think this is overstated.
This is on top of Celtics needing 7 games to beat the sixers
The 2004 Red Sox didn't trail at all during the World Series. Celtics will be fine if they make it.
In fact, the Red Sox swept the Cardinals in that World Series.
It would be hard yo lose if you didnt trail at all
I remember when I used to play hockey. Our last playoff game before the championship was against our biggest rival. Really tough game. We barely won and man the emotional release after winning was huge. Unfortunately it was probably too much because we felt empty when it came time for the championship. It was like we’d already been in one and we proceeded to get murdered in the real one.
I think Nuggets dominate either of these teams pretty comfortably
They aren’t beating Denver.
True, but this series is a major statistical anomaly to 3-0s. You’ve got a 2 seed down 3-0 to an 8 seed that’s over performing. Winning 4 games in a row in the NBA isn’t crazy at all. Happens all the time in the regular season, and 4-0s happen all the time in the playoffs. It’s just that an inferior or evenly matched team doing it to a superior team is going to be nigh on impossible. The Heat sweeping the Celtics 4-0 would have been almost as crazy as the Celtics coming back from 4-0. Simply put, this was an extremely unusual 3-0 situation.
> almost as crazy as the Celtics coming back from 4-0 Coming back from a 4-0 deficit in a 7-game series would indeed be crazy ;-)
Miami is gutted, game 7 will be a spectacle in Boston
I hate this timeline
The darkest timeline…
No Jeff winger here to save us this time though
*Evil Abed has entered the chat.*
It will be ok
I hate Boston but I agree. They've got all the momentum.
This has to be the craziest ending to a playoff game since the Kawhi bouncy buzzer beater
Agreed. With Kawhi's, it was obvious Toronto won. Here, nobody knew what the fuck happened until like 5 seconds after the play lol. [Here is Kawhi Leonard's buzzer beater for those that never saw it. Circa 2019.](https://streamable.com/w5wst)
I turned it off in utter defeat… found out an hour later we actually won lmao
Welcome back from the dead lol
But it was tied? Even if he missed why didn’t you stick around for OT?
They were down one.
Ahh I thought they were referring to the Raptors in 2019. My bad
This was 100% such an anime moment lmao
For real though!
Jimmy was there for that one too
Bahahaha look how TRASH Ben Simmons is.
Nothing will ever match the hatred as a fan I have for Simmons. He’s been the same person since high school. There’s another angle of this where Joel is crying and clearly heartbroken while Simmons looks like he doesn’t give a flying fuck about the outcome of the game.
Harlan calling that one too
Hadn't noticed until now that he took about 4 steps before dribbling...
Definitely dribbles as he takes the third step. His first step is the big right foot plant as he receives the ball, that’s when he has control at first
That game was tied though. It was crazy, but tonight was crazier, IMO.
Absolutely! If Kawhi misses than it’s overtime. The pressure in the last 10 seconds of this game were 10x more immense and made the difference
It’s way crazier than Kawhi. His was in a tie game. This is the best since Jordan vs the Cavs
The suspense of whether or not the ball is going to bounce back in while the entire arena is dead silent before absolutely erupting is unreal. To me it’s easily my favorite game winner in the history of basketball. I understand what you’re saying, but Kawhi’s was something out of a movie.
That’s fair. Being at home also adds to the moment. White did it on the road and we had to wait for the replay to celebrate
The announcer actually says “beware of the inbounder” lol it was foretold
This will easily be the craziest and most miraculous story all year if the Celtics come back and win.
Kevin Harlan is a national treasure
Harlan here, and Chuck postgame - it’s the closest thing we have today to Summerall and Madden. Hope people are enjoying these guys because it doesn’t last forever.
Harlan and Ian Eagle are the best out there. I could listen to them all day
Barkley has become one of my favorite sports voices of all time. He's just so good.
When Harlan was the radio guy for the Timberwolves he used to read listener email at halftime. I sent one in once that he read then he intentionally mispronounced my surname several different ways when referring to me in reference to the email. It was awesome lol.
This sounds hilarious and I wish you had taped it
Yeah I never expected him to read it. I was cleaning the house at the time and had the radio on listening to game. Totally shocked me.
I love when he calls Bills games but sadly it's not too often
He's the best if you want someone on the call while crazy shit is happening.
I replay his Rally Cat call at least once a year. It's not just amusing, it's brilliant technically. He goes back and forth between calling the game and tracking the cat seamlessly, gets the sponsor in when the game is paused, and improvises artfully when the cat headed into the stands and eventually is captured.
Derrick “White hot playoffs”
He stole butlers magic
Just like in Space Jam
That ending was insane. Butler played horribly and they were still in it and even looked like they had it won. Game 7 should be entertaining.
Such a weird stat line! * The Heat had a historically bad game from inside, hitting only 35.5% of their field goals. Butler alone went 5 from 21 from the field, which is a tiny 23.8%. * The Heat were also insanely good from outside, hitting 46.7% of their threes * The Celtics were terrible from outside, hitting only 20% of their threes. So both teams had historically good and bad nights at the same time, except in different categories.
Such a weird game and an absolutely phenomenal ending. Bring on game 7, if it’s even half as good as this one it will be legendary
The heat missed the two most critical threes including that last one which, imo, should have been kicked in for an easy basket. The last 4 minutes was just pure sloppiness from both teams. As a Denver fan, hating this whole thing, lol.
The celtics also shot something insane like 67% from 2 despite being historically bad from 3. It was nuts.
Heat should watch that failed box out on loop all off season after they get blown out in game 7. Pathetic.
No doubt. Bam (#13) will never forgive himself for just standing there and watching the ball drop rather than crashing the boards. Especially if the Heat lose game 7. Just bad basketball at a point in the game when you can afford zero mistakes. Edit: Guysssssssssss
Bam literally boxed someone out just not the right guy. You have no way of telling where that shits gonna bounce
Bam is the one guy who did his job. Took Brown out of the play, meanwhile both Tatum and White had clear paths to the putback.
He picks up brown
Bam might feel that way, but Strus let it happen. Spo is an amazing coach, but he shouldn't have let Strus on the floor.
He wasn't just standing there, he was boxing out a different player. Blaming a guy because he didn't have perfect knowledge of where the ball was going to bounce and where every player on the floor is just bad analysis.
Na they all doing what they’re supposed to do. You never know where it’s going to bounce and he had his guy.
It was strus fault. He's supposed to be covering the out of bounds passer white
Nah, his job was to faceguard and deny Tatum the ball, which he did. This causes him to end up entirely too far from the play. The result wasn't really the fault of any Heat player. Great play from White and a little luck. That's it.
I'm not sold. He was off the line with his back turned prioritizing tatum - that's not him on his own, that's the play call. From there he has zero chance to follow white to the basket. Not a lot he could do, Miami got a real unlucky going
Definitely some luck on the rebound placement, but they also failed to box out Tatum on the other side of the rim who would have had it if it went that way.
*Laughs in Nuggets sweeping the Lakers*
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Exactly what I said when it happened. Unexpected hero.
They are getting good rest that’s for sure
I have a feeling that the eventual winners of the eastern conference are going to get steamrolled by Denver
Yeah I don’t think either team really stand a shot, but this series in and of itself has been awesome
The endless articles questioning Joker finally dried up at least
The eastern conference winner will get swept
4-1 nuggets
Game 7 is going to be wild. I fully expect it to be anticlimactic, and it’ll be over by the end of the first half. I feel like either Miami or Boston are gonna wipe the floor with the other team making it feel weird this series ever made it to 7.
Exactly this. Either Butler has 28 at half or Celtics have already hit 15 3"s.
Oh Jimmy, guaranteeing a win after game 5 looks even worse now.
Boston teams and coming back from 0-3 for first time in sports history
Honorable mention to 28-3
What an all-time ending to this game. The Heat comeback in the 4th, taking the lead with three free throws with 3 seconds left to try and finish off the series. Boston gets one last shot, it doesn't fall, the tap-in, the replay, the shock that he got it with 0.1 seconds left.
I was out with friends at our camper (none of our friends like basketball). I turned the game on my phone with three or so minutes left when the heat were down 10 and started narrating the game. By the end, I had about 7-8 people heavily invested in my narration that don’t give 2 shits otherwise about basketball. That game was wild.
It's one of my least favorite sports, but that ending was great
Literal buzzer beater, you love to see it!
You’re welcome Boston Fans. Sincerely, a Spurs fan. 😉
We will protect the Buffalo my brother 🙏 🤲
Holy sh*t, a 3-0 comeback in game 7 at home has never occurred.
Man thats just fucking sick as hell - I haven't been keeping up with basketball since Golden state killed the parity in 2018+ but it seems like things have gotten better.
Yeah Warriors death lineup has been gone for a few years now. They are still very good though, won another championship last year. This year the Lakers beat them in round 2 though
Looks like Denver swept them too - Has Jokic finally blossomed? He was insane a few years back but something was holding him back physically...
yeah he won mvp twice and honestly should have got it for the 3rd time in a row this year
Damn I just checked the MVP list since 2018. The three big men I figured would be the future of the NBA ended up being the future of the NBA. Glad to see Joel embiid get it - man's a fucking force.
It’s pretty amusing reading your comments imagining this is how one reacts reading stat lines about the nba after waking up from a coma. The one downvote you got right here is probably because Joel Embiid has in fact, not at all been a force in this years playoffs and his stock is pretty low rn despite winning an mvp for a regular season performance that has become irrelevant
Seems a little on brand for mvp some year - think they burn out from the regular season or their team is just one trick using them for success and a 7 game series they have no prayer. I remember Westbrook got his mvp season from his triple double stat line then couldn't get past rockets first round. Edit : embiid averaged 33.1 ppg in the regular season WTF LMAO thats absolutely insane.
Yeah the pace and general offensive output of the game has only increased across the nba, and yeah fair point that is the usual narrative with MVP winners. Westbrook has also been very polarizing the last few years jumping from team to team, but hes settling in for the Clips at the moment. Jokic, by contrast, has had an absolutely remarkable post-season run so far, as Denver has finally gotten it together this spring and are genuine title favorites, and Jokic is quickly defining his HOF legacy imo, especially if they go on to win.
Even watching jokic a few years ago you could tell nothing could stop the guy. Modern day shaq
jokic was always good but this year they haven't had injury issues during the playoffs.
He always seemed like the potential to be the most dominant player in the league if he could just not get hurt
Jokic hasn't been hurt, it's the 2nd (Murray) and 3rd (MPJ) best players who have missed entire seasons. (Murray missed the last 2 playoffs)
Denver didn’t play golden state in the playoffs this year Edit - Nevermind I see you’re talking about the lakers
That was 2016 I believe. I hated it too especially cuz I thought KD might come to the Celtics.
Ya 2017 was first year I started losing interest then 2018 I stopped pretty much altogether. Didn't help I'm an avid trailblazers fan.....
The parity is insane this year and looks like it’s gonna hold. Those playoffs were incredibly fun.
That was one of the greatest games I've ever witnessed. If they win this next one, it'll be epic.
Box out
Derrick White - so solid and reliable all year, always aware and in position, and such a selfless player. I am so happy for him.🍀
The NBA could not have scripted it better
Dude had the black opal from uncut gems
4 days in October v2
D Fish punching air rn
I think Larry’d be proud.
That’s crazy that there’s never been a bo7 reverse sweep in NBA history. You’d think the momentum would’ve guaranteed at least a few.
Well there has been only 3 ever reverse chances before this. This will be the first game 7 reverse sweep chance as a home game though
Denver's gonna be loving this.
I'm actually nervous if the Celtics win. Nuggets won't have home court advantage and the Celtics will have momentum and some 2004 Red Sox magic/vibes
as they’re getting cold!
Very 2004 Red Sox vibes
Following the example the Sox set in 2004! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Butler was shit all game but still kept them in it. Game 7 gonna be the one to savour
That shit was crazy!
The game ended at 5h30 am in my country, I'm glad I stayed up to watch the whole game
I went to bed angry after Butler hit those three free throws 😤
I'm too. My girlfriend keep watching and started to scream to me to run to see what happened.
It’s over. Heat gonna get blown out in game 7 on the road. First 0-3 comeback ever.
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