NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 101

Malcolm Brogdon and the Boston Celtics laid an egg in the biggest game of their season to this point. The Celtics lost Sunday night’s Game 3 against the Miami Heat by a final score of 128-102. Brogdon, the NBA’s 2023 Sixth Man of the Year winner, put together arguably his worst performance of the entire […]

The Miami Heat have taken the NBA world by storm amid a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics. They have been so impressive, even the old heads of the association can’t deny their spectacular run. One of the better defenders of his generation, Metta Sandiford-Artest, is especially enthralled by Heat […]

The Boston Celtics put together one of their worst all-around performances of the entire season in Sunday night’s Game 3 loss against the Miami Heat. The Celtics lost by a final score of 128-102 behind 29 points from Heat guard Gabe Vincent. Boston is now trailing in the series 3-0, and no team in NBA […]

The Boston Celtics currently find themselves down 3-0 to the Miami Heat and on the brink of elimination. With such a promising group and being on the cusp of being knocked out, Colin Cowherd believes all of the blame is to be placed on Joe Mazzulla, via The Herd with Colin Cowherd. "The Celtics are […]

The Boston Celtics currently find themselves on the verge of elimination, as they are trailing 3-0 in this year’s best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals series against the Miami Heat. As is generally the case when it comes to top-billed teams that underwhelm come playoff time, head coach Joe Mazzulla is receiving the lion’s share of the […]

Another NBA Playoffs win, another spicy Instagram post from Miami Heat superstar Jimmy Butler, who is as much having his way with the Boston Celtics on social media as his team is on the court. The Heat dismantled the Celtics on Sunday night, pushing them to the brink of elimination with a definitive 128-102 win […]

The Miami Heat have a shocking 3-0 series lead over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. They are now just one win away from an NBA Finals trip, and they have an opportunity to close it out in Game 4 in Miami on Tuesday night. However, the Heat got an update on the […]

The Miami Heat are continuing to surprise the masses, as they currently have the league’s second-seeded Boston Celtics on the cusp of elimination after succumbing to a blowout loss in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals Sunday night. Unsurprisingly, paving the way for the boys from South Beach was star centerpiece, Jimmy Butler, who, […]

The Boston Celtics find themselves in a precarious position. The Celtics suffered an embarrassing 128-102 defeat to the Miami Heat in Game 3 on Sunday. They are now 0-3 in their Eastern Conference Finals series and are in serious danger of getting swept by the No. 8 seed with plenty of frustration in New England. […]

DeAndre Jordan knows that his best days are way behind him now. At 34 years old, the Denver Nuggets backup center is no longer enjoying big minutes on the floor just like he used to when he was still with the Los Angeles Clippers. That being said, Jordan is fully embracing his inevitable decline. “I […]

The Boston Celtics were on the ropes heading into Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Finals series against the Miami Heat, so the 128-102 loss they suffered on Sunday night has pretty much left the team for dead. Even though the Celtics are pretty much considered toast, they still are alive heading into Game 4. […]

After a 128-102 blowout loss to the Miami Heat on Sunday night, the Boston Celtics face a 3-0 series deficit in the Eastern Conference Finals, putting their season on life support. NBA legend Magic Johnson called this one of the most embarrassing losses in Celtics history, and looking at the entire situation, it’s hard to […]

The Miami Heat are one win away from the NBA Finals after a dominating Game 3 victory over the Boston Celtics. After scratching their way into the 2023 NBA Playoffs, the improbable run continues. Game 3 was ugly from the start, as the Celtics looked disinterested and simply lackadaisical compared to the Heat. Miami got […]

The prospect of it may have been unthinkable just one month ago, but here the Miami Heat are, needing just one win to advance to the 2023 NBA Finals after decimating the Boston Celtics, 128-102, at Kaseya Center. The Heat, which looked dead in the water when they lost to the Atlanta Hawks in the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are down 3-0 to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. This series seems all but over, especially given the history. No team has ever come back down by that amount, and the Lakers face the Nuggets in Game 4 on Monday night at Crypto.com Arena, just trying to survive […]

The Boston Celtics may be the top seed remaining in the 2023 NBA Playoffs, but it’s the eighth-seeded Miami Heat who hold a commanding 3-0 series edge in their Eastern Conference Finals matchup. While the first two games of round three proved to be hard-fought affairs from start to finish, Sunday’s Game 3 was as […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]