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The Miami Heat have proven all their doubters wrong yet again. Despite being the No. 8 seed in the East and having gone through seemingly insurmountable odds, this team is now just two wins away from taking down the mighty Boston Celtics, and thereby punching their ticket for the NBA Finals for the second time […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler had plenty of harsh words to say to the Boston Celtics after beating them on Friday in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Little did fans know that he’s been trash talking Grant Williams, head coach Joe Mazzulla and Boston throughout the contest. To recall, Williams chirped at Butler […]

Another day, another Jimmy Butler-Michael Jordan record. It’s beginning to sound like a broken record right now, which obviously speaks volumes of the amazing things the Miami Heat star has been doing in the NBA Playoffs thus far. I mean, you have to be doing something right if you’re constantly joining the GOAT on all […]

In what has been a staggering start to this series, to say the least, the Boston Celtics will travel to the warm weather of the “Magic City” to look to avoid an 0-3 deficit at the hands of the Miami Heat. Join us for our NBA odds series, where our Celtics-Heat prediction will be revealed […]

Even as the Miami Heat are up 2-0 in their Eastern Conference Finals series against the Boston Celtics, Caleb Martin sees that the “job” is far from finished. Martin rose to the occasion in the Heat’s 111-105 win over the Celtics on Friday. The fourth-year forward helped out Jimmy Butler quite a bit on the […]

No Boston Celtics player had any answer for Miami Heat forward Caleb Martin in Game 2 of this season’s Eastern Conference Finals, including Robert Williams III. Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla made a few adjustments in Game 2. For one, he called on Williams to take on more defensive responsibilities against Martin. Now-former Celtics head […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are six games away from the franchise’s first NBA Championship since 2013, and the superstar let social media know on Saturday. Butler posted a nine-slide carousel on Instagram, highlighted by the heated interaction between he and Boston Celtics’ Grant Williams in Miami’s 111-105 win on Friday night. The post […]

The Miami Heat narrowly made the 2023 NBA playoffs after earning a spot following the play-in tournament. The majority of people around the NBA world didn’t expect them to make it past the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round. Miami, however, upset the odds and are now just a pair of victories away from clinching […]

The Miami Heat’s Game 3 matchup in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals has turned into a virtual must-win situation for the Boston Celtics. With Miami leading the Heat-Celtics series 2-0, it’s time to make some Heat Game 3 predictions. The Heat have stunned the Celtics to open the Eastern Conference Finals, winning the first two […]

The Miami Heat have accomplished a lot in their 2023 postseason run. With a 2-0 series lead against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, they should be the favorite to advance to the NBA Finals. Right? Wrong, according to ESPN Analytics. The projection model says the Heat have a 35 percent chance to […]

Miami Heat stars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo put together fantastic all-around performances in Friday night’s Game 2 against Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. Butler finished with 27 points, eight rebounds, six assists, three steals, and two blocks, while Adebayo scored 22 points, grabbed 17 rebounds, and dished out nine assists. Thanks largely to […]

How many times do we have to say, “Never poke the bear!” Jimmy Butler and Grant Williams got into a bit of jawing match during Game 2 between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat. That altercation seemed to light a fire under Butler, who proceeded to light up Williams in the ensuing possessions. After […]

Miami Heat star center Bam Adebayo stuffed the stat sheet in Friday night’s Game 2 against Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. He scored 22 points, grabbed 17 rebounds, and dished out nine assists in a game the Heat went on to win by a final score of 111-105. Thanks largely to Adebayo’s fantastic all-around […]

Jimmy Butler, for lack of a better word, is HIM. The Miami Heat star is continuing to live up to his reputation as arguably the best playoff performer in recent memory. His latest heroics have Jimmy leading a spirited comeback in the fourth quarter of Game 2 against the Boston Celtics to go up 2-0. […]

Grant Williams is catching a ton of, well, heat over supposedly poking the bear in Jimmy Butler. The Miami Heat star and the Boston Celtics forward got into it for a moment midway through the fourth quarter of Game 2. From there, the game and effectively the series tilted the way of Miami. The Heat […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics are now facing seemingly insurmountable odds in the Eastern Conference Finals. This is after they lost Game 2 on Friday night against the Miami Heat, 111-105, thereby allowing Jimmy Butler and Co. to mount a commanding 2-0 series lead with Games 3 and 4 now headed to Miami. Even […]

Jimmy Butler is on a warpath. Like that famous Miley Cyrus song, he came into the 2023 NBA playoffs like a wrecking ball, and all he’s ever done was wreck whichever team was in the path of the Miami Heat’s bid to win an NBA championship. And there Butler was again, in Game 2 of […]

The Boston Celtics held a nine-point lead thanks to a Grant Williams three-pointer with just over six minutes left in Game 2. From that point on, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat took over. The Heat outscored the Celtics 24-9 the rest of the way as Butler seemingly flipped the switch and hit several big […]

Veteran sports reporter Bill Simmons is not buying the talks that Grant Williams was the reason Jimmy Butler took over in Game 2 to power the Miami Heat over the Boston Celtics. For those who missed it, Williams and Butler had a heated exchange midway through the fourth quarter. The two had a war of […]

The Boston Celtics came out of the second half intermission with a single-minded goal of learning from their third quarter mistakes in Game 1. As a result, they took an eight-point lead into the fourth quarter, setting themselves up nicely for a strong finish to the contest to tie the series at one-game apiece. However, […]

It’s not as if Jimmy Butler needs any extra motivation to be the dominant force that he is for the Miami Heat. Well, Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams gave him just that in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. Unfortunately for Williams and the Celtics, it did not work out for […]

Entering the 2022-23 season, all the Boston Celtics had in mind was wanting to avenge their 2022 NBA Finals loss to the Golden State Warriors. However, the Celtics are now in dire straits after another lapse in concentration allowed the Miami Heat to come roaring back late in the game to take a 2-0 series […]

Did the Boston Celtics just sign their own death warrant after their shocking Game 2 loss against the Miami Heat on Friday night? Now that the mighty Celtics are down 0-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals after playing the first two games at home, more than a few fans out there would argue that this […]

A sense of urgency is not only what the Boston Celtics need right now after falling to a 2-0 hole against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. For Grant Williams, they need to do so much more if they want to make it a competitive series. Williams issued a warning for the Celtics […]

Grant Williams did not play a single minute in the Boston Celtics‘ Game 1 loss on Wednesday night. Head coach Joe Mazzulla wanted to try something different in Game 2, so he decided to give  Williams the opportunity to help his team on Friday night as Boston entered a must-win contest at the TD Garden. […]

After helping the Miami Heat take down the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Jimmy Butler appeared to address his heated exchange with Grant Williams with a rather savage message. Midway through the fourth quarter, Williams got into the face of Butler and shouted after the Heat star scored an and-1 […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams got absolutely heated late in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Finals series, prompting their teammates and the referees to step in to keep them away from each other. Midway through the fourth quarter while the Heat were staging a comeback, Butler muscled his […]

The Miami Heat are currently in the midst of a Game 2 battle with the Boston Celtics, but both Duncan Robinson and Bam Adebayo have already reached impressive feats. Robinson, who is known for his ability to make it rain from downtown, just tied Mario Chalmers for the most threes in franchise playoff history, trailing […]

Jayson Tatum took a lot of stick for his forgettable Game 1 performance against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. After a strong start, the Boston Celtics superstar was pretty much a no-show in the second half for his team as the Celtics shockingly conceded the series opener to Jimmy Butler and Co., 123-116. Boston […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are preparing for a massive opportunity in Game 2 vs. the Boston Celtics. They will have a chance to take a 2-0 lead before returning to Miami, which would put the Heat much more firmly in the driver’s seat than they already are. As Butler arrived to TD Garden, […]

The Boston Celtics hold homecourt advantage in this year’s Eastern Conference Finals, but it’s the Miami Heat who currently hold a 1-0 series edge, as they stole Game 1 while on the road by a final score of 123-116. Now, they’ll look to even the series up at one game apiece Friday night with what’s […]

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is widely considered to be one of the toughest players in the NBA. Not just because the six-time All-Star routinely raises his game during the postseason, leading to him becoming one of the best playoff performers in franchise history. Nor is it just because Butler is unafraid of a daunting […]

The Miami Heat took the basketball world by storm on Wednesday night when they pulled off a totally unexpected 123-116 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Jimmy Butler led the charge yet again for Miami, but it was a total team effort for the Heat as they drew […]

The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, 123-116. Despite leading Miami after two quarters, a 46-point third-quarter outburst by Jimmy Butler and company was too much for the Shamrocks to overcome. As such, the Heat stole homecourt advantage in this series. Here are our three bold […]

Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo has popped up on the injury report ahead of Game 2 against the Boston Celtics on Friday night. The good news for Heat fans is that there appears to be nothing to worry about here despite the fact that Adebayo is currently dealing with a right shoulder injury. Bam Adebayo […]

The Miami Heat had no right to win their NBA Playoffs first-round series against the Boston Celtics. They were also considered the underdogs against the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round. The Heat were also given just a 3% chance by ESPN to get past the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals, yet here […]

At the start of the 2023 postseason, you could probably count the amount of people outside of Florida on one hand who thought the No. 8 seeded Miami Heat and second wild-card Florida Panthers would both be in their respective conference finals in the middle of May. But that’s exactly what’s happened, with playoff Jimmy […]

The NBA Playoffs continue as the Miami Heat (44-38) visit the Boston Celtics (57-25) for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals! Action tips off Friday at 8:30 p.m. ET. Miami took a 1-0 series lead thanks to their 123-116 win in Game 1. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Heat-Celtics prediction, […]

What you do in the regular season defines you as a player. What you do in the playoffs though cements your legacy in the NBA. Jimmy Butler has proven time and time that he is one of the best players in the league given his playoff performances, but what he is doing this year for […]