NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 95

Jimmy Butler isn’t fazed by many things. The Miami Heat frontman looked completely poised in Game 7 against the Boston Celtics on Monday night. But one thing did force Jimmy Butler to lose focus that evening: a bumblebee. While answering questions about the Heat’s looming matchup against the Denver Nuggets, he suddenly paused to pay […]

It wasn’t pretty at all,  but the Miami Heat got it done against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. Miami, the eighth seed in the conference, stunned second-seeded Boston by jumping out to a 3-0 series lead. Then disaster struck as the Celtics won three straight, including an improbable buzzer-beater in Game 6, […]

The Boston Celtics may have become just the fourth team in NBA history to force a Game 7 after trailing 0-3 in a postseason series, but on Monday evening they became the 151 team to fall short of completing the ultimate comeback. The Celtics fell to the Miami Heat by a final score of 103-84 […]

The Boston Celtics ran out of luck against the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, falling 103-84 at home. It was a blowout, and it wasn’t pretty. Jayson Tatum failed to overcome an ankle sprain he sustained in the first quarter, finishing the contest with 14 points on 5-13 shooting from […]

The Boston Celtics quest for history came to a screeching halt in Game 7 against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, as they suffered a 103-84 loss to officially get eliminated from the playoffs. It was certainly not the outcome the team was hoping for, and unsurprisingly, Joe Mazzulla‘s job security has once […]

It’s been a long time since Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors were last seen on the court. They are now weeks deep into an early vacation after they got eliminated by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. But even with the amount of time that has […]

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown couldn’t have played worse in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat. He put up just 19 points on 8-of-23 shooting and turned the ball over a whopping eight times. After such a disastrous outing, Brown’s future in Beantown might be in question. The 26-year-old made […]

It may have taken the Miami Heat far longer than they would have liked, but they have finally overcome the pesky Boston Celtics, defeating them in seven games and avoiding being on the wrong end of history in the process. They entered Game 7 with the momentum in their opponent’s hands, but they remained mentally […]

The Boston Celtics ultimately failed to book a return trip to the NBA Finals after losing in Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals at home Monday night at the hands of the Miami Heat. Boston fans will not be moving on anytime soon from such a devastating failure to take care of business […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics are still shell-shocked over their 19-point defeat at the hands of the Miami Heat in Game 7. It was a whirlwind series that began with the Heat taking a commanding 3-0 lead, but the Celtics battled back valiantly, featuring pivotal moments such as Derrick White’s buzzer-beating game-winner in Game […]

There are few playoff losses more tragic in Celtics history than Game 7 against the Miami Heat in Boston on Monday night. There are even fewer Celtics fans bigger than Bill Simmons. The former ESPN writer and The Ringer mogul looked utterly distraught as he witnessed the Celtics on the wrong side of history against […]

The Boston Celtics were on the verge of history heading into Game 7 against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, but they ended up turning in the type of performance that became customary for them throughout the postseason. The Celtics never showed up in this game, losing 103-84, ending their quest to be […]

The Boston Celtics enter the offseason in unfortunate fashion at the hands of Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat after Monday’s ugly Game 7. No play comes as heartbreaking to the Celtics faithful as their star player’s ankle roll at the beginning of Game 7, which set the tone for the rest of the night. […]

Every single year, it seems like the playoffs devolves from a battle between some of the best teams in the NBA to a war of attrition. The Miami Heat, in particular, know this all too well, as they lost Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo to injuries in this postseason run alone. Meanwhile, the Boston Celtics, […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics’ Banner 18 hopes closed right before their eyes with the loss to Jimmy Butler’s Miami Heat. Offseason talk ran rampant along with their disaster of a loss. No one’s future has been more in the dark after the curtains closed than Jaylen Brown’s. After the loss, however, Brown talked […]

Caleb Martin proved to be the hero of Game 7 for the Miami Heat, with his timely and big-time shots ensuring that the Boston Celtics wouldn’t be able to stage a comeback in the contest. However, while many were shocked and delighted by his performance, Jimmy Butler and co. weren’t. Speaking to reporters after their […]

The Boston Celtics were on the precipice of history. But their quest to sealing their fate as the first-ever NBA team to come back from a 3-0 series deficit in the playoffs started off on the worst note. On the very first play of Game 7 against the Miami Heat, Jayson Tatum turned his left […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat were in real danger of being on the wrong end of history against the Boston Celtics. They allowed the Celtics to storm back and force a Game 7, but here they are, having taken care of business on the road to continue this sensational Cinderella playoff run all the […]

Not many people thought the Miami Heat would make the NBA Playoffs this year. Then nobody thought they would beat the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks nor the Boston Celtics. The only people who believed in all of this was Erik Spoelstra and the entire Heat organization. On Monday night, Miami shocked the NBA […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler won the Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP trophy after defeating the Boston Celtics in Game 7. Butler was the undisputed leader of the team that led them to storming out of the gate with a 3-0 lead. Although the Celtics battled back with gusto and forced a Game 7, […]

In 2022, the Boston Celtics celebrated an Eastern Conference championship in the Miami Heat’s building after winning Game 7. In 2023, the Heat exacted revenge by defeating the Celtics in Boston for the Eastern Conference crown with a decisive 103-84 Game 7 win. The Celtics carried a lot of momentum into Monday night, as they […]

The Miami Heat may have almost collapsed in the Eastern Conference Finals, but they didn’t. In the end, they saved their best game for last as they took down Jayson Tatum and co. in Game 7 to book their ticket to the NBA Finals. Naturally, Trae Young, Magic Johnson and the rest of the NBA […]

“Don’t come back to a Game 7 and put Jayson Tatum in that kind of situation.” This was Stephen A. Smith’s exact words as he warned the Miami Heat of feeling the full wrath of Game 7 Jayson Tatum. Well, after watching the Boston Celtics get blown out on their own home floor on Monday […]

As it turned out, Jimmy Butler was right on the money with his declaration in 2022 after the Miami Heat lost to the Boston Celtics in seven games in that year’s Eastern Conference Finals. After Butler and the Heat returned the favor to Boston and defeated Jayson Tatum and the Celtics in Game 7 Monday […]

Anything can happen when a series goes to a Game 7 and after winning three straight elimination games, the Boston Celtics simply ran out of gas. The Miami Heat ran them out of their own building in the final game of the Eastern Conference Finals to advance to the 2023 NBA Finals. Boston’s season is […]

The Boston Celtics went down in flames in Game 7, and it’s Caleb Martin who lit up Jayson Tatum and company. Martin played a massive role in the Heat’s successful 103-84 takedown of Boston on the road, scoring 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting from the field, including four 3-pointers made on six attempts from deep. […]

Boston Celtics fans are in shambles right now after watching their team squander a golden opportunity to make history on Monday night. Instead of being the first team in NBA history to come back from being down 0-3 in a seven-game series, the Celtics have now been ousted from the NBA Playoffs after a devastating […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat have done it. They are now headed to the 2023 NBA Finals after taking down the Boston Celtics in seven games in the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The road the Heat have taken to make it to the grandest stage of the NBA can sound like a dream, […]

Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics outscored the Miami Heat by one point in the third quarter of Game 7 as they battled back from an early game deficit. Unfortunately for Celtics fans, the team’s comeback fell flat as the fourth quarter wound down in Boston. As fellow All-Star Jayson Tatum struggled to adjust due […]

Caleb Martin has been on absolute fire during the Miami Heat’s incredible playoff run. As part of his team’s much heralded undrafted crew, he has been one of the Heat’s most valuable players this postseason and has only improved the deeper they go, and has joined a pretty exclusive club of undrafted players as a […]

The Boston Celtics came so close to making history as the first team to come back from being down 0-3 in a best-of-7 series. The Miami Heat, however, had other plans. Billed as the underdogs throughout their entire NBA Playoffs run, Jimmy Butler and Co. came into Game 7 at the TD Garden with most […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics are on the cusp of making NBA history with a win in Game 7 against the Miami Heat Monday night. From an individual perspective, Tatum has already entered his name into the record books before the final buzzer of the game, as he has just surpassed Larry Bird for […]

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is trending on Twitter as “Narc Cuban” after he asked who’s watching the Miami Heat-Boston Celtics game on an illegal stream. The Celtics and the Heat met in the TD Garden on Monday night as the C’s stormed from a 3-0 deficit, now having the chance to make the first […]

First it was Jayson Tatum. Now it’s Jimmy Butler who suffered a concerning injury scare in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat. Butler looked like he was in considerable pain after stepping on the foot of Celtics guard Derrick White. Butler was able to stay in […]

The Boston Celtics came into Game 7 as the heavy favorites to defeat the Miami Heat on Boston’s own home floor. They are on the brink of making history by being the first team to ever come back from being down 3-0 in a best-of-7 series. However, based on their forgettable first-half performance, it did […]

The Boston Celtics have their backs against the wall in Game 7 of their 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals series against Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat, who have established an 11-point lead after the first two quarters of the contest at TD Garden. The Celtics did not battle back from 0-3 down only to […]

The Boston Celtics just can’t catch a break in Game 7. After Jayson Tatum’s injury scare, it’s now Robert Williams III who appears to be in some sort of pain. Williams even had to go to the locker room in the first quarter, with his exit shocking a lot of Celtics fans and sparking plenty […]

Boston Celtics fans experienced a major shock early in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday after Jayson Tatum appeared to injure his ankle right in the first play against the Miami Heat. As Tatum attacked the basket, he accidentally tweaked his left in an awkward landing. After he took his shot, he […]

Jayson Tatum is without a doubt the most important player for the Boston Celtics in Monday’s do-or-die Game 7 matchup against the Miami Heat. The problem for Boston, however, is that their superstar suffered what appears to be a concerning injury scare in literally the first play of the game. Tatum ended up landing on […]