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The Miami Heat were once on the cusp of sweeping the second-seeded Boston Celtics and, in turn, heading to the 2023 NBA Finals. Now, after a two-game losing streak, they find themselves still up in their Eastern Conference Finals matchup, though are certainly not as comfortable as they find themselves gearing up for a Game […]

Once up 3-0 and on the verge of a commanding series sweep in this year’s Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat have given away two consecutive games to the Boston Celtics and, in turn, find themselves heading back to South Beach for a Game 6 with the series at 3-2. With their two-game slump, it’s […]

Heat Nation, do not panic. The Miami Heat aren’t just about to pull off a historic choke versus the Boston Celtics despite two straight clunker performances. All the talk right now is how Boston could potentially pull off the greatest comeback in NBA history. No team has ever overcome a 0-3 deficit in the playoffs. […]

Can the Boston Celtics pull off the unthinkable? At the very least, Jayson Tatum and company think so. And who could blame them? After all, the Celtics took Games 4 and 5 of their Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Miami Heat in convincing fashion. Here we’ll be making a few predictions for Game 6 […]

The Miami Heat fumbled another opportunity to return to the NBA Finals by losing Game 5 to the Boston Celtics, 110-97. Boston dominated on its home floor with some hot 3-point shooting, with six triples coming from Derrick White and four treys coming from Marcus Smart. The margin for error for Miami has dwindled in […]

The Boston Celtics fought valiantly Thursday evening during their do-or-die Game 5 against the Miami Heat. Their efforts ultimately proved to be successful, as the league’s second seed finds itself living to fight another day. Though the usual suspects of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown were the driving forces from a production standpoint, as they […]

On their quest to defy history against the Miami Heat, the Boston Celtics are trying to enjoy the ride after facing earlier adversity. None come as goofy and loved by the team as Grant Williams. Much like his nickname, Batman, he lives a double life as a good role player in-game and a chemistry builder […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics are halfway to NBA Playoffs history, as they have turned a 3-0 hole against the Miami Heat into a 3-2 series after back-to-back blowout victories. So, what changed for the Celtics? As it turns out, going down 3-0 was a good thing? As Tatum told reporters in his postgame […]

The quest for Banner 18 lives on. Jayson Tatum’s Boston Celtics triumphed over the Miami Heat in convincing fashion on Thursday night to force a Game 6. Dominant would be an understatement to describe the Celtics’ win, with impressive performances from Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and Marcus Smart helping to make this a […]

Are the Boston Celtics on the cusp of reaching greatness? After going down 3-0 against the Miami Heat in the NBA Playoffs, the Celtics have won two straight elimination games. Game 5, in particular, felt like a statement win; with a raucous Boston crowd behind them, the men in green dismantled Miami. It was clear […]

The Boston Celtics have been mediocre at the TD Garden throughout the 2023 playoffs, but the home crowd was rocking during Boston’s wire-to-wire Game 5 win over the Miami Heat. The C’s once again looked like their old selves on Thursday night, as they were connecting on their triples and moving the ball well. However, […]

Can Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics actually do it? After going down 0-3 in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, the Celtics have now won back-to-back games to keep their series alive — which was capped off by a very impressive 110-97 blowout win in Game 5 on Thursday night. At this […]

The jokes are out on Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat after they got completely blown out by the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday night. The Heat have now squandered two chances to close out the series, and right now, the Celtics are closing in on what could […]

The Boston Celtics continue their storied comeback from down 0-3 to the Miami Heat. While they are still in pursuit of that feat, Coach Joe Mazzula etched his name among legendary coaches like Paul Westphal and Joe Mullaney. Mazzulla ensured his Jayson Tatum-led squad executed down this stretch and was rewarded by being one of […]

All season long, Marcus Smart and the rest of the Boston Celtics squad wanted to have a chance to avenge their 2022 NBA Finals defeat at the hands of the Golden State Warriors. But for the first three games of their 2023 Eastern Conference Finals tussle against the Miami Heat, they did not look like […]

The Boston Celtics looked dead in the water after mustering a lifeless display against the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, going down 3-0 in the process. That deficit is essentially a death knell, as not a single team in NBA history has come back from to win the series after […]

Despite winning Game 4 on the road against the Miami Heat, everyone was still counting the Boston Celtics out in the Eastern Conference Finals as they returned home for Game 5. No team in league history has ever come back from an 0-3 deficit in the NBA Playoffs, but after winning their first game of […]

The atmosphere around the Eastern Conference Finals has drastically changed in just a few days. The Boston Celtics inch closer to the unthinkable- erasing an 0-3 deficit versus the Miami Heat. There is still a long way to go, but a blowout 110-97 win at home in Game 5 saw them exercise a lot of […]

The Boston Celtics won Game 5 convincingly on Thursday against the Miami Heat, riding a 35-20 first quarter to a blowout 110-97 win. The Celtics now trail 3-2 in a series that appeared over earlier this week. After the game, a confident Jaylen Brown echoed the sentiments of his teammate Marcus Smart, among others, with […]

The Boston Celtics live to fight another day. They survived Game 5 against the Miami Heat on Thursday to force another do-or-die contest in Game 6 on Saturday night. The Heat are still in the driver’s seat here, but there’s also no denying they are also facing a ton of pressure after losing back-to-back games […]

The Miami Heat could be in real trouble here. This is after the Boston Celtics blew them out in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday night. The Heat still holds a major advantage in this series with a 3-2 lead heading into South Beach for Game 6. However, there’s no denying that […]

Caleb Martin has been quite a revelation for the Miami Heat this season. He has been integral to Miami’s blistering postseason run thus far, and he has been a key reason behind the Heat mounting a 3-1 series lead over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. After failing to close out the series […]

Jayson Tatum is well aware of what is at stake for the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday night. Simply put, the season will come to an end for the Celtics if they fail to secure a win against the Miami Heat in Game 5. With their season on […]

The season will be on the line for the Boston Celtics on Thursday night as they look to starve off elimination in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat. On a personal level, one could argue that his job as the team’s head coach will also be in the balance for […]

Can the Boston Celtics actually do it? Can Jayson Tatum and Co. accomplish a gargantuan task that has never been done in the history of the NBA by coming back from an 0-3 series deficit to upset the Miami Heat and book their ticket to the NBA Finals? Celtics icon Paul Pierce believes that it’s […]

Tyler Herro will still be sitting on the bench on Thursday night when the Miami Heat look to close out the Eastern Conference Finals in Game 5 against the Boston Celtics. The former Sixth Man of the Year winner is still recovering from a hand injury, and while there has been no word yet on […]

Joe Mazzulla has done a terrific job in coaching the Boston Celtics all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals in just his first year as a head coach in the NBA. However, he has a gargantuan task ahead of him as he hopes to lead Boston to a never-before-seen series comeback after being down […]

The Boston Celtics survived one more day after taking down the Heat in Miami in Game 4. FanDuel yet again has another same-game parlay that features Jimmy Butler and Jayson Tatum. The Celtics need Tatum and Jaylen Brown to go off again tonight. Tatum is coming off a 33-point performance and stepped up big time […]

The Boston Celtics are down in the Eastern Conference Finals, but not out. Although they trail the Miami Heat 3-1 in the series, the Green Team showed some life following a season-saving Game 4 win. As elimination dawns once again, it’s time for some Celtics Game 5 predictions. Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown […]

After claiming their first win of the Eastern Conference Finals Tuesday evening to stave off a series sweep, the Boston Celtics head home for a Game 5 bout against the Miami Heat. The hope now is that they can claim their second win and, in turn, gain momentum in their effort to make this a […]

Up 3-1 in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Boston Celtics, the Miami Heat are looking to become just the second eighth-seed in league history to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals. Despite owning the lowest standing on the conference leaderboard during this year’s postseason, Erik Spoelstra has had his club performing […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent has played an instrumental role in the team’s deep playoff run this spring. He has shined on the offensive side of the ball. In this postseason, he’s averaging 13.1 points per game while shooting an efficient 37.5% from behind the three-point arc. But, unfortunately for Heat fans, Vincent won’t be […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent put together a solid offensive performance in Tuesday’s Game 4 against the Boston Celtics. He scored 17 points on 5-for-10 shooting from the field and dished out four assists in a game the Heat went on to lose by a final score of 116-99. So when the Heat re-visit the […]

The Boston Celtics kept their season alive with a win in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, giving some hope of a comeback to win the series in seven games, but NBA legend Vince Carter is not a believer, he said on ESPN. “It’s hard to explain, because they’re so […]

Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon has not looked like himself in the Eastern Conference Finals versus the Miami Heat and new details have surfaced as to why the 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year has been struggling ahead of Game 5 of this series on Thursday night. According to The Athletic’s Jared Weiss, Brogdon […]

The Miami Heat squandered a great opportunity to close out the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night. The Heat had home-court advantage and they had an excellent chance to sweep Jayson Tatum and Co. to punch their ticket in the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets. It just wasn’t […]

The Boston Celtics kept their season alive on Tuesday with a massive 116-99 win in the NBA Playoffs against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. They now get to go home and try and extend this series even more by forcing a Game 6 on the Heat’s home floor. Crucial to their success […]

The Boston Celtics held off elimination in the NBA Playoffs with a 116-99 win in Game 4 against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. As they now head back home for Game 5, they’re trying to become the first team to come back from a 3-0 deficit and win a playoff series. Continued […]

The Miami Heat have been the surprise packet of the NBA playoffs, working their way not just into the Eastern Conference Finals, but to a 3-0 lead against the Boston Celtics despite just scraping into the postseason as the eight seed. They couldn’t get the job done in Game 4 and will now head back […]