2024 NBA Season

[dwyane36]

Anyway, I just realized that FTX still not canceling their deal with Miami for the naming the court rights. I know that this is a 19 years deal but the exchange is already not functional the way it use to be and there’s no sense to have this kind of promotion base on their current state.

What are you talking about? That deal was terminated after the FTX exchange declared bankruptcy late last year. After that, the arena in Miami was called Miami-Dade Arena for a few months, then they negotiated a new seventeen-year agreement with Kaseya, and since April of this year, the home arena of the Heat has been called the Kaseya Center. You may notice the new logo on their court.

[Baofeng]

Crazy that people are talking about trading LeBron to the Warriors… I’m not sure what LA would get from that. LeBron sells tons of jerseys and tickets, not to mention he carries teams to the postseason. This would be the greatest thing to ever happen to the Warriors franchise. I can’t see it happening though.

Not going to happen, I doubt that the Lakers are willing to go that route unless Lebron himself ask for a trade and with the Warriors to boot. Perhaps the core of the Warriors will remain and might go for another round next year if everything goes as plan.

I highly doubt that Celtics could do anything to win, not just game based but the series. Why? Because not only they are trailing 3-1, you need them to win one more to put pressure on Heat, then another one if they can snatch a win, and then another one thanks to momentum... That's 3 games in a row and you are expecting Heat to just be dumbfounded during all this time? Obviously not, just a single game, one game where the ball doesn't drop as well as you hope for, and you got yourself a loss of the series.

I still think that Heat will end it tonight and we are going to see them get a few days rest, it is going to be an easy game for them and I do not see a way out of this by Celtics, no matter how much they try and how hard they work, it won't happen.

Yes, I also don't think that the Celtics is going to survived the series against the Heat. Maybe the Heat is tired or they just give that last game or maybe the Celtics really wanted it more because they don't want to be swept by the number 8 seed. Nevertheless, they can't stop it from happening, as we have said, no team has ever comeback from 0-3 and even if they have Tatum, the Heat shows that they can slow him down, not necessarily stop him because he is a offensive weapon. What the Heat is doing is to make him uncomfortable, playing physical without committing any foul. The big factor here is that if Vincent is not playing, the Heat is losing one body to put on Tatum or to Jaylen Brown. But let's see how Spo will do the adjustments throughout the game.

[harizen]

Boston Celtics defeating the Miami Meat 4 times in a row is really hard to imagine knowing how we see the Miami Heat rise up and keep their dominance starting from fighting their slots into the play-in tournament to having the ticket to the playoffs, upsetting the number 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks by 4 games to 1 in the 1st Round, entering the Conference Semi-Finals and finished with a 4-2 series against the improved New York Knicks and now having the 3-1 lead against the number 2 seed Boston Celtics that was 3-0 prior.

However, from what I see, if the Boston Celtics still win in the upcoming Game 5, that might give them more boost and confidence to remain alive in this series and possibly can tie the series even playing away at Game 6 before returning to their beloved homecourt in the deciding Game  7.

Miami Heat should do everything to now finish the business this Game 5. They will feel more pressured next game if they allow Celtics to have another win.

[wheelz1200]

I highly doubt that Celtics could do anything to win, not just game based but the series. Why? Because not only they are trailing 3-1, you need them to win one more to put pressure on Heat, then another one if they can snatch a win, and then another one thanks to momentum... That's 3 games in a row and you are expecting Heat to just be dumbfounded during all this time? Obviously not, just a single game, one game where the ball doesn't drop as well as you hope for, and you got yourself a loss of the series.

I still think that Heat will end it tonight and we are going to see them get a few days rest, it is going to be an easy game for them and I do not see a way out of this by Celtics, no matter how much they try and how hard they work, it won't happen.

How can you say this will be an easy game for them. Gabe Vincent is out and they are playing in Boston.  Closeout games are really hard this will be anything but easy.  My guess is that Boston wins by around 15 or so.  If mii doesn't take out the crowd early this is going to be a long night for miami.

[Distinctin]

I highly doubt that Celtics could do anything to win, not just game based but the series. Why? Because not only they are trailing 3-1, you need them to win one more to put pressure on Heat, then another one if they can snatch a win, and then another one thanks to momentum... That's 3 games in a row and you are expecting Heat to just be dumbfounded during all this time? Obviously not, just a single game, one game where the ball doesn't drop as well as you hope for, and you got yourself a loss of the series.

I still think that Heat will end it tonight and we are going to see them get a few days rest, it is going to be an easy game for them and I do not see a way out of this by Celtics, no matter how much they try and how hard they work, it won't happen.

How can you say this will be an easy game for them. Gabe Vincent is out and they are playing in Boston.  Closeout games are really hard this will be anything but easy.  My guess is that Boston wins by around 15 or so.  If mii doesn't take out the crowd early this is going to be a long night for miami.

As we saw early in the game, the Heat have been dominated by Boston. I'm not sure if Boston will be able to end the series tonight. Not having Gabe Vincent, who is a great defender and scorer, is a big problem for the Heat. However, let's see if the Heat can come back. Maybe you are right that the Bosston will win by 15 points, but let's wait until the game is over.

[OgNasty]

Looks like Boston wasn’t ready to go fishing just yet. They outplayed the Heat in pretty much every category and with Bam being Miami’s leading scorer it won’t be easy for them to get a win. The Heat are still in control of this series so there isn’t reason to panic just yet, but I’m sure they don’t want to lose the next one and let this go to game 7.

[Fundamentals Of]

I highly doubt that Celtics could do anything to win, not just game based but the series. Why? Because not only they are trailing 3-1, you need them to win one more to put pressure on Heat, then another one if they can snatch a win, and then another one thanks to momentum... That's 3 games in a row and you are expecting Heat to just be dumbfounded during all this time? Obviously not, just a single game, one game where the ball doesn't drop as well as you hope for, and you got yourself a loss of the series.

I still think that Heat will end it tonight and we are going to see them get a few days rest, it is going to be an easy game for them and I do not see a way out of this by Celtics, no matter how much they try and how hard they work, it won't happen.

How can you say this will be an easy game for them. Gabe Vincent is out and they are playing in Boston.  Closeout games are really hard this will be anything but easy.  My guess is that Boston wins by around 15 or so.  If mii doesn't take out the crowd early this is going to be a long night for miami.

As we saw early in the game, the Heat have been dominated by Boston. I'm not sure if Boston will be able to end the series tonight. Not having Gabe Vincent, who is a great defender and scorer, is a big problem for the Heat. However, let's see if the Heat can come back. Maybe you are right that the Bosston will win by 15 points, but let's wait until the game is over.

There are probably a lot of underestimation to what the Celtics can do to Miami in this game. If I were Miami, I should have given my all in game 4. Now the Celtics have gotten so much momentum from just 1 winning game. That was enough for them to get fully fueled up to dominating the Heat once again in game 5. This series is bound to be long and challenging now. Great job to the Celtics for getting back after buried 3-0.

[LogitechMouse]

There are probably a lot of underestimation to what the Celtics can do to Miami in this game. If I were Miami, I should have given my all in game 4. Now the Celtics have gotten so much momentum from just 1 winning game. That was enough for them to get fully fueled up to dominating the Heat once again in game 5. This series is bound to be long and challenging now. Great job to the Celtics for getting back after buried 3-0.

I can still remember what Smart, and Brown said in an interview before Game 4. They said "Don't give them 1."
Heat lost in Game 4, and that's where the Celtics gained momentum. Now the Celtics won again in Game 5 110-97.

Now we are seeing the Celtics that we used to see back in the regular season. The Celtics team who is shooting threes at a high percentage. The Celtics team who is at the top when it comes to defense. The Celtics again shot 41% from the three point area, and now they're 38-2 when they are shooting more than 40% from behind the arc. Aside from that, the Celtics' defense lead the Heat to have 16 turnovers, and scored 19 from it. The Heat didn't took the lead the whole game. The Celtics got the momentum from the start of the game, and never looked back ever since. 4 starters of the Celtics scored 20+ points or more. They also manage to stop Butler and score only 14 points.

As for the Heat, well it's good still that the points has been distributed to all of the players, and it just shows that anybody can still score, and take over the game, but in a game like this, it's good that you will rely more on your star player, and that is Butler. Putting all of your trust on him to score would be better in closeout games like this. With this, the Heat are giving the Celtics more momentum to make a history.

Now the series is back again in Miami's home. Would you expect the Celtics to make history, and force a Game 7, and win it on their home? Or we will see the Heat closing out this series in Game 6?

[Fundamentals Of]

There are probably a lot of underestimation to what the Celtics can do to Miami in this game. If I were Miami, I should have given my all in game 4. Now the Celtics have gotten so much momentum from just 1 winning game. That was enough for them to get fully fueled up to dominating the Heat once again in game 5. This series is bound to be long and challenging now. Great job to the Celtics for getting back after buried 3-0.

I can still remember what Smart, and Brown said in an interview before Game 4. They said "Don't give them 1."
Heat lost in Game 4, and that's where the Celtics gained momentum. Now the Celtics won again in Game 5 110-97.

Now we are seeing the Celtics that we used to see back in the regular season. The Celtics team who is shooting threes at a high percentage. The Celtics team who is at the top when it comes to defense. The Celtics again shot 41% from the three point area, and now they're 38-2 when they are shooting more than 40% from behind the arc. Aside from that, the Celtics' defense lead the Heat to have 16 turnovers, and scored 19 from it. The Heat didn't took the lead the whole game. The Celtics got the momentum from the start of the game, and never looked back ever since. 4 starters of the Celtics scored 20+ points or more. They also manage to stop Butler and score only 14 points.

As for the Heat, well it's good still that the points has been distributed to all of the players, and it just shows that anybody can still score, and take over the game, but in a game like this, it's good that you will rely more on your star player, and that is Butler. Putting all of your trust on him to score would be better in closeout games like this. With this, the Heat are giving the Celtics more momentum to make a history.

Now the series is back again in Miami's home. Would you expect the Celtics to make history, and force a Game 7, and win it on their home? Or we will see the Heat closing out this series in Game 6?

If this kind of poor game from the Heat will carry on in game 6, we already know the answer. But I doubt Coach Spo would not do something about it. For two consecutive games now, the Celtics are not just beating Miami's game, they were able to maintain a wide margin. This is worrisome. After this game 5, Coach Spo probably has what Joe Mazzulla had after game 3. This can't go on like this. Something will be done.

The way I see it, if proper adjustments will be made, the series will end in game 6. Game 6 will be the last time the Heat will be playing in their own Miami. If they fail this time around, history might be made when the Celtics will go back to Boston for game 7.

[tusandii]

The Nuggets are a pretty strong team for now even they have the upper hand, maybe because some players can be relied on and are superior to other teams.

Right now, they are considered the best team due to their performance in the conference finals. However, I believe that whichever team advances to the NBA finals has a decent chance of making the series very interesting.

Yes you are right and the Nuggets have proven it and they managed to have a chance to make the series interesting but for Miami I don't believe they can.

I honestly don't think Miami will be able to close out the series.

Let's just see, if they can't do it in 5, then I think the series will likely end in 6 at Heat's homecourt

Miami Heat vs Denver Nuggets is the NBA Finals Matchup.

In the 5th match Boston won the match again as I expected with a score of 110 - 97 so while the winnings from the 7 matches that will last will be 2 - 3.
Hopefully, in matches 6 and 7, Boston can beat Miami again.

[Oasisman]

Looks like Boston wasn’t ready to go fishing just yet. They outplayed the Heat in pretty much every category and with Bam being Miami’s leading scorer it won’t be easy for them to get a win. The Heat are still in control of this series so there isn’t reason to panic just yet, but I’m sure they don’t want to lose the next one and let this go to game 7.

No panic yet, but there will be a developing one comes game 6 especially when the Celtics are still in rhythm and will most probably going to outplay the Heat. 2 consecutive blowout games doesn't sound good to me even when the Heat is up 1 game away from the Finals. Like what I've said, they should never be comfortable until the job is done. Jimmy needs to wake up and shake things up to awaken his inner Jordan. Another lose on Saturday means they're most likely gonna throw this one away. Thing that I don't want it to happen as it validates the ESPN's analyst on the Heat's chances of winning, I can't take it that's just straight forward disrespectful.
Hope the Heat will finish this one up in game 6, because they're not gonna like it heading to game 7 lacking a lot of momentum.

[casperBGD]

Boston is now really back, two wins in a row, and both in a easy way
expected Miami to go Florida NHL route, sweep from position 8, but they are looking exhausted at the moment

Boston will obviously make finals with Denver more interesting, Miami would hardly get any win if they enter big finals
looking forward to next match, are we going to game 7, and big turnover

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Boston is now really back, two wins in a row, and both in a easy way
expected Miami to go Florida NHL route, sweep from position 8, but they are looking exhausted at the moment

Boston will obviously make finals with Denver more interesting, Miami would hardly get any win if they enter big finals
looking forward to next match, are we going to game 7, and big turnover

Now that they are only 1 win ahead the nerves might come into play for Miami.

They looked dominating and full of energy and confidence in those first 3 games but now you can see that they definitely feel the pressure.
Sometimes the smallest things can change a series and it would be amazing if Boston can rally back to win this one.

Denver is waiting and I'm not sure if that's good or bad for them. Once the finals start they will have rested for 10 days, it sounds like an advantage but they can also feel a bit "rusty" after that time. Game 1 will show us of course but until then we have to find their opponent first. I'm still with Miami. I fell they can close it out at home this time.

[avp2306]

Looks like Boston wasn’t ready to go fishing just yet. They outplayed the Heat in pretty much every category and with Bam being Miami’s leading scorer it won’t be easy for them to get a win. The Heat are still in control of this series so there isn’t reason to panic just yet, but I’m sure they don’t want to lose the next one and let this go to game 7.

No panic yet, but there will be a developing one comes game 6 especially when the Celtics are still in rhythm and will most probably going to outplay the Heat. 2 consecutive blowout games doesn't sound good to me even when the Heat is up 1 game away from the Finals. Like what I've said, they should never be comfortable until the job is done. Jimmy needs to wake up and shake things up to awaken his inner Jordan. Another lose on Saturday means they're most likely gonna throw this one away. Thing that I don't want it to happen as it validates the ESPN's analyst on the Heat's chances of winning, I can't take it that's just straight forward disrespectful.
Hope the Heat will finish this one up in game 6, because they're not gonna like it heading to game 7 lacking a lot of momentum.

Hard for heat to do that since Celtics is gaining back the momentum plus their one of contributor is injured so if Vincent will not play on game 6 maybe there chances to win decreased. I guess Celtics now dictating the phase of the game and its really good if Heat will adjust since if they cannot answer the offensive sets provided by celtics most provably they might get choke this series.

Miami still have 2 chance to defeat Celtics so hopefully their 2 straight losses cannot affect their morale.

[boltz]

Boston is now really back, two wins in a row, and both in a easy way
expected Miami to go Florida NHL route, sweep from position 8, but they are looking exhausted at the moment

Boston will obviously make finals with Denver more interesting, Miami would hardly get any win if they enter big finals
looking forward to next match, are we going to game 7, and big turnover

Yep! Celtics are indeed back! But will they manage to win the next game of the series ? that is the big question. Because no team has had a comeback from 3-0 in NBA history and I don't think Boston will be the one to break it and most likely series will go 4-2.

I agree with you that Celtics vs Denver will be a better final but Heat has proved this playoffs that they are indeed a good team that deserves to play the finals.

[Ziskinberg]

Boston is now really back, two wins in a row, and both in a easy way
expected Miami to go Florida NHL route, sweep from position 8, but they are looking exhausted at the moment

Boston will obviously make finals with Denver more interesting, Miami would hardly get any win if they enter big finals
looking forward to next match, are we going to game 7, and big turnover

Yep! Celtics are indeed back! But will they manage to win the next game of the series ? that is the big question. Because no team has had a comeback from 3-0 in NBA history and I don't think Boston will be the one to break it and most likely series will go 4-2.

Gabe Vincent's absence was a significant loss for the Heat, and hopefully, he'll be able to play in Game 6 as it's a crucial game for them. The Celtics have already dominated the Heat in the last two games, so if the Heat remain undermanned, the Celtics might make history by coming back from a 0-3 deficit and winning the series.

I agree with you that Celtics vs Denver will be a better final but Heat has proved this playoffs that they are indeed a good team that deserves to play the finals.

It's a good match-up, but the Celtics would need to make history for that to happen

[carlisle1]

Looks like Boston wasn’t ready to go fishing just yet. They outplayed the Heat in pretty much every category and with Bam being Miami’s leading scorer it won’t be easy for them to get a win. The Heat are still in control of this series so there isn’t reason to panic just yet, but I’m sure they don’t want to lose the next one and let this go to game 7.

No panic yet, but there will be a developing one comes game 6 especially when the Celtics are still in rhythm and will most probably going to outplay the Heat. 2 consecutive blowout games doesn't sound good to me even when the Heat is up 1 game away from the Finals. Like what I've said, they should never be comfortable until the job is done. Jimmy needs to wake up and shake things up to awaken his inner Jordan. Another lose on Saturday means they're most likely gonna throw this one away. Thing that I don't want it to happen as it validates the ESPN's analyst on the Heat's chances of winning, I can't take it that's just straight forward disrespectful.
Hope the Heat will finish this one up in game 6, because they're not gonna like it heading to game 7 lacking a lot of momentum.

A need for big adjustment for the Heat especially for Jimmy. Bam can't carry it alone, but with the whole squad, the winning chance is still good
for the Heat moving back home.

I would love to see Jimmy pressing the button of his cheat mode. Earlier it was the shooting stroke of Boston, especially the 3's that hurt
Miami as they really dominated from the rainbow arc.

Tight defense and good rotations of the ball is what I'm expecting from the Heat playing at home.

[Hypnosis00]

Looks like Boston wasn’t ready to go fishing just yet. They outplayed the Heat in pretty much every category and with Bam being Miami’s leading scorer it won’t be easy for them to get a win. The Heat are still in control of this series so there isn’t reason to panic just yet, but I’m sure they don’t want to lose the next one and let this go to game 7.

No panic yet, but there will be a developing one comes game 6 especially when the Celtics are still in rhythm and will most probably going to outplay the Heat. 2 consecutive blowout games doesn't sound good to me even when the Heat is up 1 game away from the Finals. Like what I've said, they should never be comfortable until the job is done. Jimmy needs to wake up and shake things up to awaken his inner Jordan. Another lose on Saturday means they're most likely gonna throw this one away. Thing that I don't want it to happen as it validates the ESPN's analyst on the Heat's chances of winning, I can't take it that's just straight forward disrespectful.
Hope the Heat will finish this one up in game 6, because they're not gonna like it heading to game 7 lacking a lot of momentum.

A need for big adjustment for the Heat especially for Jimmy. Bam can't carry it alone, but with the whole squad, the winning chance is still good
for the Heat moving back home.

I would love to see Jimmy pressing the button of his cheat mode. Earlier it was the shooting stroke of Boston, especially the 3's that hurt
Miami as they really dominated from the rainbow arc.

Tight defense and good rotations of the ball is what I'm expecting from the Heat playing at home.

Jimmy won't have a bad game every time; he'll get better, especially on their home court. The Celtics have been fortunate to secure two straight wins, but they need to remember that the Heat only need one win to end the series. Therefore, the Heat must give everything they have in Game 6. It's now or never for them because losing Game 6 is akin to losing the series. It's not realistic to expect a win in Game 7 at the opponent's home court.

[YuginKadoya]

Looks like Boston wasn’t ready to go fishing just yet. They outplayed the Heat in pretty much every category and with Bam being Miami’s leading scorer it won’t be easy for them to get a win. The Heat are still in control of this series so there isn’t reason to panic just yet, but I’m sure they don’t want to lose the next one and let this go to game 7.

Outplayed indeed, and the Boston Celtics have shaken the Miami Heat in this game, right now the Miami Heat is struggling to get their rhythm back and now that the Celtics have surely exposed the Heat's defensive strategy if this continues until game 6 then game 7 will be a sure win for the Celtics, 2 more game for the Celtics and this is game for them while 1 more win for the Heat and they are advancing to the finals,

There are probably a lot of underestimation to what the Celtics can do to Miami in this game. If I were Miami, I should have given my all in game 4. Now the Celtics have gotten so much momentum from just 1 winning game. That was enough for them to get fully fueled up to dominating the Heat once again in game 5. This series is bound to be long and challenging now. Great job to the Celtics for getting back after buried 3-0.

You are right this is the error that the Miami Heat have made and I think they don't have any answer yet to the offense of the Boston Celtics, and as the saying goes the ball is faster than man, and this is what the Celtics are doing just shooting the ball from afar, and not engaging in the paint, I think this is the Miami Heat's fault for forcing the Boston Celtics into something like we don't imagine, but this could now be a very difficult game to predict, for sure

Boston is now really back, two wins in a row, and both in a easy way
expected Miami to go Florida NHL route, sweep from position 8, but they are looking exhausted at the moment

Boston will obviously make finals with Denver more interesting, Miami would hardly get any win if they enter big finals
looking forward to next match, are we going to game 7, and big turnover

I really don't want to say that it is already a close game for the Miami Heat now that the Boston Celtics have gotten their momentum but only 1 win for the Heat and they are advancing if in the next game and the Boston Celtics are exhausted then it will surely be a win for the Miami Heat, but I really want the Boston Celtics to advance than with the Miami Heat but I have lost a bet for the Miami Heat and looking at the game of the Celtics it is a viable thing if the Celtics can get a technical match against the Denver Nuggets than with the Miami heat in my opinion,

[Viscore]

I really don't want to say that it is already a close game for the Miami Heat now that the Boston Celtics have gotten their momentum but only 1 win for the Heat and they are advancing if in the next game and the Boston Celtics are exhausted then it will surely be a win for the Miami Heat, but I really want the Boston Celtics to advance than with the Miami Heat but I have lost a bet for the Miami Heat and looking at the game of the Celtics it is a viable thing if the Celtics can get a technical match against the Denver Nuggets than with the Miami heat in my opinion,

If the Boston Celtics advance, we will have an evenly matched betting situation, as both Denver and the Celtics are top teams. Currently, as I checked the betting lines, Miami is listed as +3 in Game 6, while the Celtics are now at 2.10 odds to win the series. So, for those who believe that the Celtics will come back and make history, it's a good opportunity with favorable odds. It would be wise to take advantage of it now, as the odds are likely to drop if a Game 7 is played.