2024 NBA Season

[redhack]

Surprise, surprise. Like saying their first "Hello!" to the Miami Heat and their fans. Marcus Smart proved a lot today, he is a big impact to the Celtics team and without him is like taking out the beating heart of the team.

Smart started pretty bad with 1/10 or something field goal but later he fixed his stats after the match is already showed us an obvious Celtics win.
Celtics have to win both games at home otherwise it will be another 7-games series.

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[agustina2]

I was wrong thinking Miami Heat will have a 2-0 before Game 3. My guess is, that the Heat and Celtics will take their respective home advantage then they will meet at Game 5 with a 2-2 series then that's the time we will have a headache on what team has the upper edge.

The Boston Celtics take that Game 1 loss as a lesson and look at what they did, defeating Miami Heat by a large margin right at their home court. The Celtics will be back at their home and maybe can get a 3-1 lead before returning to the Miami Heat arena.

[ultrloa]

I was wrong thinking Miami Heat will have a 2-0 before Game 3. My guess is, that the Heat and Celtics will take their respective home advantage then they will meet at Game 5 with a 2-2 series then that's the time we will have a headache on what team has the upper edge.

The Boston Celtics take that Game 1 loss as a lesson and look at what they did, defeating Miami Heat by a large margin right at their home court. The Celtics will be back at their home and maybe can get a 3-1 lead before returning to the Miami Heat arena.

Even if majority are thinking about that Celtics may lose on this game still they prove that they are capable to overcome those doubts on them and the result is truly different especially when they are complete. Although Smart struggle but still he able to fix his performance and can able provide more quality contribution to make his team win also I give credit for their main star because they really give a good game for defeating Heat on this round.

Next game will be revenge time for Miami.

[Reid]

I was wrong thinking Miami Heat will have a 2-0 before Game 3. My guess is, that the Heat and Celtics will take their respective home advantage then they will meet at Game 5 with a 2-2 series then that's the time we will have a headache on what team has the upper edge.

The Boston Celtics take that Game 1 loss as a lesson and look at what they did, defeating Miami Heat by a large margin right at their home court. The Celtics will be back at their home and maybe can get a 3-1 lead before returning to the Miami Heat arena.

I am on the same boat of thoughts there. I didn't realize the two missing piece of the Boston Celtics could be that big of an impact.
I said last time it will be a close game if they were there, but the results today wasn't even close. It's a blowout game and Miami Heat cannot find an answer for them. I didn't even see a long good run, most of the time the Celtics will answer back if ever they will make a short run.
Tatum being a run stopper is a big key for them to win it. Star players should handle that type of role and he didn't let them down.

[Questat]

I was wrong thinking Miami Heat will have a 2-0 before Game 3. My guess is, that the Heat and Celtics will take their respective home advantage then they will meet at Game 5 with a 2-2 series then that's the time we will have a headache on what team has the upper edge.

The Boston Celtics take that Game 1 loss as a lesson and look at what they did, defeating Miami Heat by a large margin right at their home court. The Celtics will be back at their home and maybe can get a 3-1 lead before returning to the Miami Heat arena.

I am on the same boat of thoughts there. I didn't realize the two missing piece of the Boston Celtics could be that big of an impact.
I said last time it will be a close game if they were there, but the results today wasn't even close. It's a blowout game and Miami Heat cannot find an answer for them. I didn't even see a long good run, most of the time the Celtics will answer back if ever they will make a short run.
Tatum being a run stopper is a big key for them to win it. Star players should handle that type of role and he didn't let them down.

Series is now tied, and looks like the odds are now in favor of the Celtics to win. They really are a good team especially if they are complete, they played well together so they have a good win. That game 1 bad performance by the Celtics is now already erase, especially if they will win game 3 and 4.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

I was wrong thinking Miami Heat will have a 2-0 before Game 3. My guess is, that the Heat and Celtics will take their respective home advantage then they will meet at Game 5 with a 2-2 series then that's the time we will have a headache on what team has the upper edge.

The Boston Celtics take that Game 1 loss as a lesson and look at what they did, defeating Miami Heat by a large margin right at their home court. The Celtics will be back at their home and maybe can get a 3-1 lead before returning to the Miami Heat arena.

Yeah, it was a different Celtics that showed in game 2, but the same, they took a good lead. But this time, they didn't let it slip away again. So they steal one game so now they have a homecourt advantage. Possible that they can get a 3-1 lead if the Heat can't adjust on the next game. Butler has been criticized even by the Miami Heat fans, so I expect him to bounce back in game 3.

[Vaculin]

I was wrong thinking Miami Heat will have a 2-0 before Game 3. My guess is, that the Heat and Celtics will take their respective home advantage then they will meet at Game 5 with a 2-2 series then that's the time we will have a headache on what team has the upper edge.

The Boston Celtics take that Game 1 loss as a lesson and look at what they did, defeating Miami Heat by a large margin right at their home court. The Celtics will be back at their home and maybe can get a 3-1 lead before returning to the Miami Heat arena.

Yeah, it was a different Celtics that showed in game 2, but the same, they took a good lead. But this time, they didn't let it slip away again. So they steal one game so now they have a homecourt advantage. Possible that they can get a 3-1 lead if the Heat can't adjust on the next game. Butler has been criticized even by the Miami Heat fans, so I expect him to bounce back in game 3.

That was a big lead, in fact, Heat has not won a single quarter, they were only able to tie the 4th quarter which was their best quarter. Butler still had a good shooting night though, he scored 29 points but his teammates were not able to contribute well unlike the Celtics where 3 players have 20+ points.

[Jating]

I was wrong thinking Miami Heat will have a 2-0 before Game 3. My guess is, that the Heat and Celtics will take their respective home advantage then they will meet at Game 5 with a 2-2 series then that's the time we will have a headache on what team has the upper edge.

The Boston Celtics take that Game 1 loss as a lesson and look at what they did, defeating Miami Heat by a large margin right at their home court. The Celtics will be back at their home and maybe can get a 3-1 lead before returning to the Miami Heat arena.

Yeah, it was a different Celtics that showed in game 2, but the same, they took a good lead. But this time, they didn't let it slip away again. So they steal one game so now they have a homecourt advantage. Possible that they can get a 3-1 lead if the Heat can't adjust on the next game. Butler has been criticized even by the Miami Heat fans, so I expect him to bounce back in game 3.

That was a big lead, in fact, Heat has not won a single quarter, they were only able to tie the 4th quarter which was their best quarter. Butler still had a good shooting night though, he scored 29 points but his teammates were not able to contribute well unlike the Celtics where 3 players have 20+ points.

But I guess everyone expects Jimmy to have like 40 game performance again which is not going to happen because Marcus Smart is going to make his life miserable inside the court. Herro was a disappointed from the outside, Oladipo as well who I thought could have a breakout game. While Bam can't assert his dominance in the center again. Williams is playing physical and it seems he can't make a decent position to get a offensive rebound.

[Vaculin]

I was wrong thinking Miami Heat will have a 2-0 before Game 3. My guess is, that the Heat and Celtics will take their respective home advantage then they will meet at Game 5 with a 2-2 series then that's the time we will have a headache on what team has the upper edge.

The Boston Celtics take that Game 1 loss as a lesson and look at what they did, defeating Miami Heat by a large margin right at their home court. The Celtics will be back at their home and maybe can get a 3-1 lead before returning to the Miami Heat arena.

Yeah, it was a different Celtics that showed in game 2, but the same, they took a good lead. But this time, they didn't let it slip away again. So they steal one game so now they have a homecourt advantage. Possible that they can get a 3-1 lead if the Heat can't adjust on the next game. Butler has been criticized even by the Miami Heat fans, so I expect him to bounce back in game 3.

That was a big lead, in fact, Heat has not won a single quarter, they were only able to tie the 4th quarter which was their best quarter. Butler still had a good shooting night though, he scored 29 points but his teammates were not able to contribute well unlike the Celtics where 3 players have 20+ points.

But I guess everyone expects Jimmy to have like 40 game performance again which is not going to happen because Marcus Smart is going to make his life miserable inside the court. Herro was a disappointed from the outside, Oladipo as well who I thought could have a breakout game. While Bam can't assert his dominance in the center again. Williams is playing physical and it seems he can't make a decent position to get a offensive rebound.

Smart is really a big help for the team, remember in the series against Bucks, he was also very aggressive and you can tell that he is working hard for his team. Marcus Smart had 24 points, and 12 rebounds.. .and 3 steals, for me, he was the best player in that game.

[Botnake]

Smart is really a big help for the team, remember in the series against Bucks, he was also very aggressive and you can tell that he is working hard for his team. Marcus Smart had 24 points, and 12 rebounds.. .and 3 steals, for me, he was the best player in that game.

He showed consistency in the semi-finals series, and now he is doing it again.
It's okay for him to miss game 1 because he was well prepared in game 2 and they dominated the Heat.

Actually, Celtics now are healthier compared to the series against Bucks (defending champion), so I expect them to be better and if they'll win the series, I'm sure it will not reach game 7 again.

[Pamadar]

Smart is really a big help for the team, remember in the series against Bucks, he was also very aggressive and you can tell that he is working hard for his team. Marcus Smart had 24 points, and 12 rebounds.. .and 3 steals, for me, he was the best player in that game.

He showed consistency in the semi-finals series, and now he is doing it again.
It's okay for him to miss game 1 because he was well prepared in game 2 and they dominated the Heat.

Actually, Celtics now are healthier compared to the series against Bucks (defending champion), so I expect them to be better and if they'll win the series, I'm sure it will not reach game 7 again.

With that kind of ball rotations and aggressiveness defending every shots, Boston has a better shot now

to move forward and represent the East side, I agree with both your compliment with how Smart play today he really helps a lot
he is a two-way player who can guard scorer and also provide good offense.

This win will give them the upper hand in this series. If they can win a 2-straight game at home, it will be more difficult for the Heat
to recover.

[mirakal]

I was wrong thinking Miami Heat will have a 2-0 before Game 3. My guess is, that the Heat and Celtics will take their respective home advantage then they will meet at Game 5 with a 2-2 series then that's the time we will have a headache on what team has the upper edge.

The Boston Celtics take that Game 1 loss as a lesson and look at what they did, defeating Miami Heat by a large margin right at their home court. The Celtics will be back at their home and maybe can get a 3-1 lead before returning to the Miami Heat arena.

Well, many have also thought of the same way and not just you that the Miami Heat will enjoy a 2-0 lead in the series but the Celtics have survived that expectation and gave the Miami Heat a hard time and they also gave almost the same position that they got on the 1st game. Now the series is 1-1 and the Celtics managed to steal 1 road game.

The next 2 games will be held on Celtics ground with their advantage on it, let's see if the Heat can also steal 1 game.

[Natalim]

The next 2 games will be held on Celtics ground with their advantage on it, let's see if the Heat can also steal 1 game.

If the Heat will win one game, it cannot be in game 3 because they have to make the right adjustment first playing on the road. With that said, I think I'll bet on the Celtics to win game 3, and the current spread tells me that Celtics is going to win by a huge margin again.

By the way, Celtics is -6.5 in game 3, compared to the -2 or -3.5 of Heat in game 1 and 2 respectively.
You can tell the difference judging by the lines offered alone.

[CLS63]

Heat vs Celtics game was mostly one-sided last night. In the first two quarters, Celtics already captured a huge score advantage against Heat and finished them off. The series has come to a 1-1 score after this result. This wasn't a surprising incident to me in fact because I was expecting to see Celtics competing harder in this game. They got a serious score contribution from their players. I think that Celtics are more advantageous in the series now. Because I expect them to win both of their home games ahead which means that they would get 3-1 ahead in the series.

[Joca97]

Heat vs Celtics game was mostly one-sided last night. In the first two quarters, Celtics already captured a huge score advantage against Heat and finished them off. The series has come to a 1-1 score after this result. This wasn't a surprising incident to me in fact because I was expecting to see Celtics competing harder in this game. They got a serious score contribution from their players. I think that Celtics are more advantageous in the series now. Because I expect them to win both of their home games ahead which means that they would get 3-1 ahead in the series.

Boston Celtics played an amazing match last night against Miami Heat and they just made break that gives them the advantage of home ground. I think that Boston has a much better team and defence and that why we will probobly see them in the final

[Yaunfitda]

Heat vs Celtics game was mostly one-sided last night. In the first two quarters, Celtics already captured a huge score advantage against Heat and finished them off. The series has come to a 1-1 score after this result. This wasn't a surprising incident to me in fact because I was expecting to see Celtics competing harder in this game. They got a serious score contribution from their players. I think that Celtics are more advantageous in the series now. Because I expect them to win both of their home games ahead which means that they would get 3-1 ahead in the series.

Boston Celtics played an amazing match last night against Miami Heat and they just made break that gives them the advantage of home ground. I think that Boston has a much better team and defence and that why we will probobly see them in the final

Hopefully they will go on the finals this year, but still early to say though, the series might go on a long game 7, and Miami can still get that home court advantage. So for now, it's good that the Celtics has made it 1-1 going into their home court, but they can't just ignored the fact that Heat can make a comeback. So they will have to continue to play with good defense all throughout and be consistent.

[Pulsar77]

Heat struggled a lot in this game indeed. I wonder whether they were a little complacent or overconfident after winning the first game. Because they started the game terribly and they couldn't close the gap later on. Celtics were just very good at not only defense but also offense. It was like an example of one of their performances against Bucks. Heat must be very careful against them not to experience the same fate with Bucks. Because Celtics have a big potential for even the championship now. For the third game, I think Celtics will win again.

[fullhdpixel]

With that kind of ball rotations and aggressiveness defending every shots, Boston has a better shot now

to move forward and represent the East side, I agree with both your compliment with how Smart play today he really helps a lot
he is a two-way player who can guard scorer and also provide good offense.

This win will give them the upper hand in this series. If they can win a 2-straight game at home, it will be more difficult for the Heat
to recover.

Boston has been good for a long time, but that doesn't mean that Boston will win this series just because they had one good game, the series are tied to 1-1 and that means that we should be focusing a bit more towards how equal they are.

The difference between the teams is that Celtics play a much better defense, this could be something that decides the result but at the same time Heat is playing a much better ball movement at the same and they are a better team players all around so that makes a good winning team. So, we do not know which part of it will be much better, we are just assuming that any of them would be a bit different.

[Baofeng]

With that kind of ball rotations and aggressiveness defending every shots, Boston has a better shot now

to move forward and represent the East side, I agree with both your compliment with how Smart play today he really helps a lot
he is a two-way player who can guard scorer and also provide good offense.

This win will give them the upper hand in this series. If they can win a 2-straight game at home, it will be more difficult for the Heat
to recover.

Boston has been good for a long time, but that doesn't mean that Boston will win this series just because they had one good game, the series are tied to 1-1 and that means that we should be focusing a bit more towards how equal they are.

The difference between the teams is that Celtics play a much better defense, this could be something that decides the result but at the same time Heat is playing a much better ball movement at the same and they are a better team players all around so that makes a good winning team. So, we do not know which part of it will be much better, we are just assuming that any of them would be a bit different.

And just like most of the series, that this two team have played, they know how to adjust their game and win games.

So it's time for the Heat to make the necessary adjustments. They've seen the Boston shooting very well, so they will have to go on rotation very quick to cover the shooters and then don't let others penetrate the basket very easily, in short they lack the intensity they have in the first game. So for sure, the Heat is going to be very tight in their defense next game regardless in home or in the road and should not allow the Boston to take a huge series lead.

[darxiaomi]

Very strange the last games of these playoffs. One day a team goes and wins by 30 points and there is no game since the third quarter. The next time the team that lost by 30 wins by 20 or 30 and there is no game either.
They don't want to watch the games like this being neutral.
I expect tighter matches