NBA Eastern Conf. Finals: Gm 1 – Celtics vs Heat – Thread #2, Overtime

[Celts17Pride]

Dragic 29 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists on 58% shooting. He keeps doing that this series is over

[bucknersrevenge]

Only one game. Bam made a helluva play. Defense failed us in that game and honestly I think Kemba was at the middle of our issues at both ends. Often lost in rotation defensively. Left Butler on the perimeter on that corner 3 when he had no business leaving him. And offensively, this is the 4th **** game in a row. I think it's the knee. He has no burst. He looks like a shell of himself out there.

[The Corey's]

The superstar was pure poop the last 7-8 mins of the game.

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That was absolutely the right play from Tatum at the end. Took it strong to the hoop. Just better defense from Bam.

Trying to dunk on Bam is the right play?

I dont think so. He had 4 seconds to make that work while getting Bam in the air but he doesnt posses those kind of IQ points.

But you knew that when he jacked a 3 from 10 feet beyond the 3 point line to win the game.

[titlebound1]

Holy crap....Tatum is the worst...Kemba is the worst...Brad is the worst. Every single loss it's the same thing with the same posters here. We looked gassed at the end, they didn't. We need to step up our perimeter defense and we'll be fine. Need to bring the same intensity that we against against Toronto.

[Bleeding Green]

Wow that is the sickest **** block I've ever seen.

Putting aside the massive choke, hard to be mad at Butler and Bam just straight up having bigger junk.

What massive choke? Butler hits a corner three, Bam makes an unreal block. Celtics got outplayed, Kemba was useless for the first 40 minutes of the game.

[Bleeding Green]

Wow that is the sickest **** block I've ever seen.

Putting aside the massive choke, hard to be mad at Butler and Bam just straight up having bigger junk.

What massive choke? Butler hits a corner three, Bam makes an unreal block. Celtics got outplayed, Kemba was useless for the first 40 minutes of the game.

[Ill News]

That was one hell of a block by Bam. Tatum had a free land for a dunk.

Great block and pathetic play call by Stevens.

Tatum going for the poster instead of the points. Just horrible.

We legit get blown out if not for Smart shooting out of his mind which isnt even in his wheelhouse.

What are you talking about? Tatum had a free lane to the rim. Bam just met him there because he's a great athlete.

That was a great possession imo.

[CSL_1904]

That's a terrible loss. The game was right there to be won and we need to win time until Hayward's return.

Up 12 going into the 4th, with the ball with 22 seconds in regulation in a tied game, up 1 with 22 seconds to go in OT and we lose. Not good enough, terrible execution.

[Triple7]

Indon’t know what Stevens was thinking at the end of regulation. letting Kemba run off the clock with a 2pt lead. Just pure iso ball with our smallest player on the court. Same thing happened with the raps, efore the lowry foul on Grant. I don’t know what they are thinking

[Patsfan1081]

The superstar was pure poop the last 7-8 mins of the game.

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That was absolutely the right play from Tatum at the end. Took it strong to the hoop. Just better defense from Bam.

Yeah you can’t get mad about that. However that’s what Tatum should have done at the end of the fourth. They had a timeout and that’s what Stevens came up with?

[John-S]

Props to MIA they deserved it.

Celtics were the better team for the majority of the game I thought, bad 4th quarter. All of Kemba’s buckets are step backs and super difficult variety. I thought he would exploit Hero, Dragic, Robinson switching on him more in this series. Long ass series and I expect him to do more against Heat than Toronto

[Seabass777]

Should have never went to overtime, the refs bailed you guys out on that one. Great block by Bam on Tatum, that will forever be a historic moment in playoff history.

This is gonna be a tough series, glad we set the tone though by winning the first game, see you guys on Thursday

[pac213up]

Stevens has to manage the game better in critical situations. Isolation basketball running the clock down is not the way with this team.

[Jakeopp]

How much more ugly isolation ball do Brad Stevens stans need to see at the end of games before they admit he's part of the problem?

[rywith22]

Why was Tatum guarding butler at the end there? Call me crazy but our 1st team all NBA defender was available....

[The Corey's]

Wow that is the sickest **** block I've ever seen.

Putting aside the massive choke, hard to be mad at Butler and Bam just straight up having bigger junk.

What massive choke? Butler hits a corner three, Bam makes an unreal block. Celtics got outplayed, Kemba was useless for the first 40 minutes of the game.

We gonna ignore the 13 point blown 4th quarter lead?

Celtics blew over a 10 point lead twice in this game.

[Ill News]

Wow that is the sickest **** block I've ever seen.

Putting aside the massive choke, hard to be mad at Butler and Bam just straight up having bigger junk.

What massive choke? Butler hits a corner three, Bam makes an unreal block. Celtics got outplayed, Kemba was useless for the first 40 minutes of the game.

We lost two double-digit leads in this game. I'd say we choked this one away, though you gotta give the Heat credit too. Those guys are super resilient.

[RB34]

Man that was some game! Our offence just stalled at the end of the fourth and OT..

[BigTrade92]

We kinda didn’t deserve to win.

You can’t choke a 12 point lead in the 4th. That’s just inexcusable.

For some reason I’m not even that mad. We need to play better. Kemba specifically.

[chrisab123]

I have faith game 2 will go much different