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The Boston Celtics completely fell apart in their Game 3 loss to the Miami Heat, with their 128-102 defeat putting them on the verge of getting swept out of the playoffs. And once again, at the center of Boston’s struggles was Jaylen Brown, who is currently laboring through a horrible series for Boston. Brown scored […]

Much can be said about the first three games of this year’s Eastern Conference Finals. One inevitable fact is that the Miami Heat hold a 3-0 series lead over the Boston Celtics.  The Heat dominated in Game 3 to take a commanding lead in the series. They led by as many as 33 and made […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is a savage on the court in more ways than one. Just ask the Boston Celtics, who just can’t seem to find a way to stop Butler and the rest of the Heat, who are now ahead of them in the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, 3-0. Jimmy Butler did […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder appear to be on the path of rapid ascent. They entered the 2022-23 season to little fanfare, as pundits expected more of the same from them — 20+ wins, yet another lost season in the hopes of entering the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes. But here they are, in May 2023, having arrived […]

The Miami Heat continued their destruction of the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Finals series, blowing them out of the water with a 128-102 victory. Charles Barkley has picked the C’s to win each of the first three games of this series and has been wrong each time, and he wasn’t […]

The Miami Heat are one win away from the NBA Finals after smoking the Boston Celtics in Game 3. The team that lost a play-in game and had to win another close one in order to get into the 2023 NBA playoffs in the first place has dominated in a way never before seen in […]

Whatever people are saying (virtually) to Jayson Tatum and company over at Twitter amid the struggles of the Boston Celtics in the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, he’s not reading any of those. For one, he made sure to eliminate Twitter from his life before the start of the 2023 NBA […]

The Boston Celtics are learning just how far grit and supreme confidence can take a player and team. Jimmy Butler is obviously not lacking talent and is a six-time All-Star, but those aforementioned intangibles are a huge reason why he and the No. 8 seed Miami Heat are one game away from an improbable trip […]

Welcome to perhaps the most bold edition of the Beantown Rundown yet. After the Boston Celtics were blown off the floor in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Finals series, losing by a score of 128-102 and effectively ending their series in the process, all options are on the table. Everybody is under fire for […]

The Boston Celtics’ season will effectively come to a close after suffering a brutal 128-102 loss in Game 3 to the Miami Heat. While the C’s came into the playoffs with high hopes, the Heat have proven to be a much more complete and mentally tough team. And even though the Eastern Conference Finals are […]

Hall of Famer Magic Johnson has had his fair share of battles with the Boston Celtics over the years. The Los Angeles Lakers great had never witnessed them throw in the towel like they did on Sunday night. The Celtics were obliterated in Game 3, 128-102. It’s not the series-clinching win just yet, but with […]

After the Miami Heat’s dominant Game 3 win, Coach Erik Spoelstra gave an update about Kevin Love’s injury. Love entered the locker room during the first quarter. Coach Spoelstra in a presser with Bally Sports said: “He says he’s fine. He’s a little bit scared about it. He said he could’ve probably gone in the […]

Jayson Tatum knows very well how tricky is the situation they are currently in. However, for him, the Boston Celtics don’t have time to be discouraged. The Celtics are now trailing the Miami Heat 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals after losing Game 3 on Sunday. Making matters worse, they showed little resistance in their […]

Step aside LeBron James, the Miami Heat have a new playoff 3-point king in Duncan Robinson. Robinson officially surpassed LeBron for the most playoff triples in Heat history on Sunday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics. The 29-year-old vet entered the game needing five triples to break James’ record […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown didn’t hold back in expressing his disappointment after they fell to a 3-0 series deficit in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat. When everyone thought that the Celtics would be hungrier in Game 3 in a bid to make the series competitive, the exact opposite happened. Boston didn’t […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat just destroyed the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Sure enough, the whole NBA world is just in utter shock and awe over what they just witnessed. In fact, Kyle Kuzma, Josh Hart, Clint Capela and several other NBA stars couldn’t hide their disbelief over […]

The Boston Celtics suffered a blowout loss in the team’s 128-102 loss to the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals, putting them in a 3-0 deficit in the series, and Joe Mazzulla admitted that the team was not ready for what was essentially a must-win game for Boston. “I just didn’t […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson showed a lot of love to the Miami Heat after their demolition job against the Boston Celtics. This came after the Jimmy Butler-led Heat won Game 3 with a score of 128 to the Celtics’ 102. Johnson would tweet out a lot of praise for the Heat owners Nick […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat have virtually won a ticket to the 2023 NBA Finals. Considering that no team has ever successfully come back from a 3-0 series deficit in the history of the NBA Playoffs, the Heat can start printing and selling tickets for the NBA Finals. Speaking of history, the Heat have […]

Despite the Los Angeles Lakers’ struggles in the Western Conference Finals, Austin Reaves has been a true revelation for the team. In fact, with his Game 3 performance on Saturday night, he reached a statistical feat that only LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Michael Jordan have done before. Reaves finished with 23 points, seven rebounds […]

The Phoenix Suns were humiliatingly eliminated from the NBA Playoffs in the second round by the Denver Nuggets. After tying the series at 2-2, the Suns lost two straight games including Game 6 at home in embarrassing fashion. While the Suns faced question marks heading into the postseason regarding their lack of depth, the initial […]

The Denver Nuggets have a commanding 3-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers and are on the verge of advancing to the NBA Finals. Nikola Jokic may not have won the NBA’s MVP award, but he’s been reminding people throughout the entire NBA Playoffs that he had more than a […]

The Miami Heat have taken a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Boston Celtics with a 128-102 win in Game 3, and Jimmy Butler was throwing daggers by calling a timeout for the Celtics as the Heat went on a run that extended their lead to 23. Jimmy Butler calls timeout for the Celtics 😭 […]

The Boston Celtics were expected to show up with a big fight in Game 3 after being down 2-0 in the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat. However, that’s not exactly what’s happening at the moment down in South Beach Sunday night, with Jimmy Butler and the Heat blowing out the Celtics. […]

LeBron James might be 38 years of age, but the Los Angeles Lakers superstar is still more than capable of striking fear into an opposition locker room. After securing a third consecutive win and with it a 3-0 series lead from which no team has ever lost, Nikola Jokic talked about his Denver Nuggets trying […]

LeBron James and Anthony Davis landed on the Los Angeles Lakers’ injury report once again ahead of their crucial Game 4 against the Denver Nuggets. As usual, both LeBron and AD have been listed as probable in the contest due to their nagging ankle issues. James has been dealing with right foot soreness, while Davis […]

Miami Heat veteran big man Kevin Love appeared to have suffered an injury in the first half of Sunday night’s Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics at home. Love took an uncontested jumper from the free-throw line before requesting the Heat’s bench to take him off the floor. Kevin Love […]

The Miami Heat have, so far, managed reasonably well in the absence of Tyler Herro. After fracturing his hand in the very first game of the playoffs, they went on to win three of their next four games against the Milwaukee Bucks to surprise everyone and wrap up that series in five games, beat the […]

Before Game 3 between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, Cedric Maxwell had a few choice words about the Jimmy Butler and Grant Williams beef. In a clip by NBC Sports, Maxwell said: “If you’re afraid of Jimmy Butler, get a dog.” "If you're afraid of Jimmy Butler, get a dog" 🤣@cedricmaxwell81 weighs in on […]

The 2023 WNBA season is only a couple of days old and there’s already been some historic accomplishments. The New York Liberty may have lost their season opener against the Washington Mystics, but they bounced back in a big way in their home opener with with a 90-73 win against the Indiana Fever. Not only […]

The Denver Nuggets have a commanding 3-0 lead over the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. They are in prime position to advance to the NBA Finals. They need to win one more game though in this series, but they’re not going to be satisfied simply by advancing to the next round. Following […]

Sometimes the NBA is just unfair and unforgiving, as Chicago Bulls point guard Lonzo Ball can attest to. The second overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, Ball is already on his third team after failing to live up to expectations with the Los Angeles Lakers and leaving the New Orleans Pelicans — his second […]

The Denver Nuggets are a win away from their first trip to the NBA Finals after they clinched a 119-108 victory in Game 3 of their Western Conference Finals series against the Los Angeles Lakers. Nuggets center Nikola Jokic struggled to get much going scoring-wise over the first three quarters of the playoff matchup. He […]

Luka Doncic is not the only untouchable piece on the Dallas Mavericks as the team continues to explore its options to improve the roster and build a title contender next season. After Dallas’ failure to even make the play-in tournament in the 2022-23 season, the expectation around the Mavs is that everyone not named Luka […]

The Los Angeles Lakers face a 3-0 deficit in the 2023 Western Conference Finals, as two-time MVP Nikola Jokic, former seventh overall pick Jamal Murray and their supporting cast dismantle L.A.’s defense on a nightly basis. The Lakers have tried to go small, allowing themselves to match Denver’s pace while they attempt to space out […]

The biggest question for the Dallas Mavericks this offseason is whether they will be able to retain Kyrie Irving, or if he will leave in free agency, and agents believe that Irving will return to the Mavericks this offseason, according to Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report. “I hear they had a handshake deal before the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers could get a much-needed boost in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets with the potential return of Mo Bamba to the lineup. Bamba has yet to feature in the series due to a left ankle soreness. Overall, he has missed nine straight games in the postseason. […]

The Denver Nuggets have a chance to close out their Western Conference Finals series against the Los Angeles Lakers and to do it in sweeping fashion well, up 3-0 against the LeBron James and Anthony Davis-led squad. If that were to happen, the Nuggets will be making their first NBA Finals appearance since 1976, back […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are staring elimination in the face with a 3-0 deficit in the Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets, but Brian Windhorst of ESPN indicated that the Lakers could add Kyrie Irving in free agency while keeping Austin Reaves in an appearance on The Hoop Collective podcast. “It would take a […]