NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 99

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 […]

Miami Heat guard Gabe Vincent has played an instrumental role in the Heat’s playoff run. He is undoubtedly one of the top offensive players on their roster. He can effectively put the ball in the hoop from all three levels, as evidenced by his 29-point masterclass in their Game 3 win over the Boston Celtics. […]

The stakes are its highest during the NBA playoffs. As a result, it is the most important time for NBA superstars to play their best. However, with the intensity and physicality at its highest, there are unfortunate times when a superstar unexpectedly goes down with an injury. More often than not, these injuries negatively affected […]

Heading into Tuesday night’s Game 4, Jimmy Butler, Erik Spoelstra, and the Miami Heat seemed primed to sweep the Boston Celtics. After all, the Heat held a commanding 3-0 series lead and were fresh off a 128-102 thrashing of the Celtics in Game 3. But the Celtics shocked the world on Tuesday behind some excellent […]

Nobody expected the Miami Heat to be in the Eastern Conference Finals this season. Well, maybe the Heat did, but ending the regular season having to fight for a playoff spot in the Play-In Tournament, it seemed like Miami could be heading for an offseason full of mystery. Entering Game 4 of the conference finals […]

The Boston Celtics managed to claim their first win of this year’s Eastern Conference Finals Tuesday night and, as a result, staved off a series sweep. After coming off easily their worst showing of the postseason, the C’s managed to put an end to Miami’s offensive escapades that saw them coming into Game 4 sporting […]

The Boston Celtics have struggled to stay alive during this year’s Eastern Conference Finals bout against the Miami Heat and, even with Tuesday night’s win, they find themselves trailing 3-1 in their best-of-seven series. Along the way, countless rumors and reports have surfaced suggesting that there’s a significant amount of trouble and turmoil within the […]

With their backs against the wall, the Boston Celtics managed to scrape out their first win of this year’s Eastern Conference Finals as they bested the Miami Heat on Tuesday night by a final score of 116-99. Despite coming into the second half trailing by six points, the C’s put on a two-way clinic during […]

The NBA Playoffs continue as the Miami Heat (44-38) visit the Boston Celtics (57-25) for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Action tips off Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET. Boston staved off elimination thanks to their 116-99 win in Game 4. However, Miami still leads the series 3-1 and needs just one win to […]

Presented with a chance to eliminate the Boston Celtics in sweep fashion, the Miami Heat could not accomplish such a feat on Tuesday evening, as they now head on the road to TD Garden for a Game 5 with the series record reading 3-1. Despite the loss and their lowly offensive shooting performance on the […]

The Boston Celtics staved off elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals with a huge Game 4 win over the Miami Heat. After going back and forth in the first half, the Celtics went on a big scoring run in the third quarter to take a 10-point lead and then another in the fourth to put […]

Sports media coverage often gets criticized by sports fans, whether it be a show of bias or simply the way a certain network or show does things. Charles Barkley seems to have a problem with the way the media covered the Denver Nuggets and their Western Conference Finals sweep over the Los Angeles Lakers. Rather […]

Well, the Boston Celtics are still alive. If you watched their anemic 26-point loss in Game 3 against the Miami Heat, you would have figured Game 4 would have been a wash as well, but instead, they put together the outing they were likely looking for in Game 3, and sent the series back to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were swept by the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets won Game 4 of the series by a score of 113-111 on Monday night, May 23, 2023, to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. Let’s look at the four Lakers players who […]

Entering the 2023 Western Conference Finals, one of the biggest questions regarding the Los Angeles Lakers’ hopes of making the NBA Finals was, “how were they going to stop Nikola Jokic?” Jokic, throughout the 2023 playoffs, has been a man on a mission for the Denver Nuggets. Surely enough, Jokic proved to be an extremely […]

The Boston Celtics finally showed some real fight in their 116-99 Game 4 win over the Miami Heat. Although the Eastern Conference Finals is still 3-1 in Miami’s favor, the C’s looked like themselves again on Tuesday night. The Celtics hit open shots, played impressive defense for 48 minutes, and didn’t collapse when they faced adversity. […]

It has been done before in the MLB and NHL, but never before in the NBA has a team come back from a 3-0 series deficit in the playoffs. Going up 3-0 in the NBA means that one team is either vastly superior to the other, or has thoroughly outplayed and outmaneuvered the opposition. That […]

If Boston Celtics fans think that Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are going to be discouraged following their Game 4 loss in the Eastern Conference Finals, then they are severely mistaken. After all, if there is any team who knows very well how to respond to adversity, it’s the Heat. Butler proved as much […]

No NBA team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs before. That is simply a fact of life that the 2023 Boston Celtics would hope to overcome, one game at a time. So why not channel the energy of yet another Boston-based major sports franchise that did the unthinkable almost 20 […]

The Boston Celtics pulled off a massive win on Tuesday night against the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Jimmy Butler and the Heat let a golden opportunity to close out the Celtics on their own home floor slip away, and while they still have a commanding 3-1 series lead, they […]

Jimmy Butler has a simple message for those thinking that the Boston Celtics’ Game 4 win will take the momentum away from the Miami Heat: think again. After the Celtics dominated Game 4 and secured the 116-99 win to avoid a sweep and make it a 3-1 series, fans, experts and doubters alike raised concerns […]

The Boston Celtics just starved of elimination on Tuesday night by blowing out the Miami Heat, 116-99, in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Entering the game down 0-3 in the series, the Celtics had to win this one to keep their season alive. They did just that by stealing away a victory on […]

Jayson Tatum may have been playing poorly for the most part of the Eastern Conference Finals, but in Game 4 against the Miami Heat, he finally got it going offensively and made history in the process. Tatum entered the contest with a total of 218 playoff triples in his career, trailing only Paul Pierce’s 219 […]

Charles Barkley couldn’t help but roast Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics ahead of their potential playoff elimination at the hands of the Miami Heat. Ahead of Game 4 in Miami, Tatum was spotted entering the Kaseya Center wearing a shirt from menswear brand Nahmias. Barkley seemed to have misread it and asked if Tatum […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were swept out of the NBA Playoffs on Monday with a 113-111 loss in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets. After winning the previous two series in impressive fashion without home-court advantage, the Lakers’ run ended there. The team started the season 2-10 only to make […]

In spite of LeBron James‘ best efforts, the Los Angeles Lakers still suffered a devastating 113-111 loss against the Denver Nuggets in game 4 of the Western Conference Finals on Monday night. For the third time in his career, LeBron ended up on the wrong end of a 4-0 sweep in the NBA Playoffs. It […]

The Boston Celtics still have the opportunity to avoid getting swept out of the Eastern Conference Finals. Even if they manage to beat the Miami Heat in Tuesday night’s Game 4, though, Boston’s ultimate fate will have nevertheless been sealed 48 hours earlier during an embarrassing, blowout loss in South Beach that called the future […]

Dennis Schroder doesn’t see LeBron James retiring from basketball just yet. James made shockwaves in the world of basketball when he revealed he was uncertain about his future in the sport following the Nuggets’ sweep of the Lakers last night. “We’ll see what happens going forward,” James said at the post-game press conference after scoring […]

The NBA Playoffs continue on Tuesday night as the Boston Celtics visit the Miami Heat for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals! The Celtics find themselves down 0-3 while the Heat need just one win to advance to the NBA Finals. Consequently, FanDuel has us covered with same-game parlay odds for Game 4. Below […]

The Miami Heat are on the cusp of an NBA Finals bid with a 3-0 series lead over the Boston Celtics. As the Denver Nuggets await, the Heat have received an important injury update regarding Tyler Herro and his chances to suit up in the NBA Finals if the Heat advance, reports the Sun Sentinel’s […]

The Boston Celtics have gotten pummeled by the Miami Heat through the first three games of their Eastern Conference Finals series, setting the stage for a do-or-die Game 4 outing on Tuesday night. One of the defining moments of this series came in Game 3 when Jimmy Butler mocked Al Horford‘s timeout celebration from Game […]

The Boston Celtics find themselves in a 3-0 hole heading into Game 4 against the Miami Heat on Tuesday after an embarrassing loss on the weekend in South Beach by a score of 128-102. It’s safe to say the C’s haven’t looked like the dominant force they were during the regular season and their struggles […]

The Miami Heat absolutely demolished the Boston Celtics on their home court Sunday evening, as they breezed by with a final score reading 128-102 and, in turn, now hold a commanding 3-0 series lead heading into Game 4. While excitement may have been running high for the boys from South Beach, star Jimmy Butler opted […]

Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported that the Boston Celtics never got over the firing of Ime Udoka, and Marcus Smart denied that report when talking to media ahead of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals agains the Miami Heat. “No, no, regardless if Ime was here or not, we’re the ones out there playing,” […]

The Boston Celtics are out of room for error. They trail the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals and are looking to avoid a sweep. Now is the time for them to dig as deep as they possibly can in order to keep their season alive. Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown are looking to […]

The Boston Celtics find themselves in quite a deep hole heading into Game 4 of their Eastern Conference Finals series against the Miami Heat. Down 3-0 in the series, the Celtics have gotten blown out of the water so far by the Miami Heat, and appear to be set to head on vacation sooner rather […]

Making the NBA playoffs is the goal for every team that is serious about winning a championship. But while it may take a season or two to build a playoff team, some franchises needed more time, some as much as over a decade. Nevertheless, despite their long absence from the bright lights of the postseason, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers fairytale playoff run came to an end on Monday night, as they were officially swept out of the postseason by the Denver Nuggets after losing Game 4 by a score of 113-111. LeBron James had his best game of the playoffs (40 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 15/25 FGM) but even […]