Celtics/NBA 2023 Playoffs Round 3 - Back to South Beach

[PatriceBergeron]

The last 4 minutes of this half are huge. Have to keep this in double digits

 

[Alicat]

Bam just took out Butler. Oops

 

[Mr Cartmenez]

Miami would be done if the scrubs hadn't sold their souls to the devil.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Uhh that could make things interesting

Bam just took out Butler. Oops

He's back but that slow-mo replay looked painful af.

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

Strus block called a charge, Rob Will hacked on the wrist no call and Tatum called for a foul on a good contest all within a few possessions of each other


Now another foul called. They don't even try to make it less obvious that the lead got too big for their liking

 

[Alicat]

Need to stop their run

The refs just inserted themselves into the game

 

[KrejciMVP]

refs are trash

 

[Mr Cartmenez]

Refs already managing. It started with that absurd offensive foul call against Brown.

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

Everything is a foul for Miami.

 

[EverettMike]

Good old fashioned ref game management making this closer.

 

[Alicat]

Get him into foul trouble

 

[lopey]

Let them back in.

 

[EverettMike]

Box score will look like they let up, but the refs took over for the last 3 minutes.

 

[KrejciMVP]

jimmy butler acting like a hab. disgraceful

 

[Alicat]

At least they are up 4. Need to get Martin flustered and in foul trouble in the 3rd

 

[PatriceBergeron]

The last 4 minutes of this half are huge. Have to keep this in double digits

Well that was a disaster

 

[Alicat]

Let them back in.

The refs sure did

 

[pgm16]

Love the effort

 

[PatriceBergeron]

The fact that the Heat are only down 4 in a game where Butler and Adebayo have been terrible is a bad bad sign.

Depth is also becoming a potential issue. No Brogdon and now potentially no Rob. It’s either 6 guys from here on out, or Pritchard and Hauser playing in the 2nd half.

 

[BernieMcAvoy]

Not sure what to think. Heat are shooting 60% from 3 while the Celtics are shooting 23% but Butler and Bam are shooting 25% from the field while Tatum and Brown are shooting 57%.


Refs also showed if the lead starts getting too big they have no problem calling everything in favor of the Heat to get it back within a couple of possessions. Celtics just need to defend the 3 ball, if the Heat are losing despite comfortably winning the 3 point battle then can they beat you by taking tough 2s the rest of the night? Also in the 2Q only 2 field goals were made by Celtics not named Jayson Tatum, he's rolling but the role players need to step up on offense

 

[KrejciMVP]

need a big 3rd quarter regardless of the trash refs

 

[PatriceBergeron]

With 3:30 left in the half and up 10, the Celtics forced 4 missed shots and allowed 4 offensive rebounds in the same possession which led to a Vincent 3.

If they lose this game that’ll be the turning point

 

[KrejciMVP]

With 3:30 left in the half and up 10, the Celtics forced 4 missed shots and allowed 4 offensive rebounds in the same possession which led to a Vincent 3.

If they lose this game that’ll be the turning point

heck the refs decided the last superbowl. theylll decide this too unless the celtics overcome that

 

[EverettMike]

With 3:30 left in the half and up 10, the Celtics forced 4 missed shots and allowed 4 offensive rebounds in the same possession which led to a Vincent 3.

If they lose this game that’ll be the turning point

That included a missed over-the-back on Bam.

 

[PatriceBergeron]

Tatum had more free throws by himself than the entire Heat team. It’s hard to blame the refs, the Celtics just take their foot off the gas way too much when they get up 10+