2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #1 Boston Celtics vs. #8 Miami Heat (BOS WINS 4-1)

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I just don’t approve of soft calls in the playoffs. It’s always been a different sport at this time of the year.

As long as no one dies it’s fair game imo

There’s no fair game in sliding your foot under a shooter. It’s why the league put a huge emphasis on it after the Kawhi/Zaza incident. Bam isn’t tough and Tatum isn’t soft because Bam slid his foot under Tatum. It’s not playoff basketball, it’s trash bush league stuff. How many players has Bam injured now? It’s a long list

That’s marginal contact and fair game. Tatum shouldn’t shoot the ball after the whistle if he wants to avoid that kind of situation.

Absolutely.

So in the next game when there’s a foul called PP can run up to Bam while he’s holding the ball and dive on his ankles, it’s marginal contact and fair game after all.

You need to stop posting, it’s getting embarrassing.

[vulture]

Celtics in 5. Enjoy the off-season.

Just remember. Maybe next year Jimmy will finally be healthy in the playoffs.

I mean, it's never happened but maybe just maybe next time is the time.

Don’t care since I’m not a heat fan. Just call it like I see it

Ya. You're soft crying bout players shooting the ball after the whistle bitching about how it's not the defenders responsibility to not foul on a dead ball but the player not commiting the fouls responsibility.

It's a gold strategy, let's see how it works out for you.

It works out just fine. Stop crying your boy is fine

[The Corey's]

Don’t care since I’m not a heat fan. Just call it like I see it

Ya. You're soft crying bout players shooting the ball after the whistle bitching about how it's not the defenders responsibility to not foul on a dead ball but the player not commiting the fouls responsibility.

It's a gold strategy, let's see how it works out for you.

It works out just fine. Stop crying your boy is fine

Celtics in 5

[vulture]

Ya. You're soft crying bout players shooting the ball after the whistle bitching about how it's not the defenders responsibility to not foul on a dead ball but the player not commiting the fouls responsibility.

It's a gold strategy, let's see how it works out for you.

It works out just fine. Stop crying your boy is fine

Celtics in 5

Celtics in 1

[The Corey's]

It works out just fine. Stop crying your boy is fine

Celtics in 5

Celtics in 1

Now it all makes sense.

[SerialChiller]

The Celtics coach contests shots after the whistle and now Bam's wrong for doing so hahaha

Did he put his foot under the shooter to make him turn his ankle? No he didn’t do stfu

You can STFU you soft a** b*tch!

[Sweet Serenity]

Heat culture …

Can we just forfeit game 5 lol, enough of this season

No, make the Celtics play. Maybe one of their guys will get hurt.

We got Porzingis. Game 5 bounty is on JB, Tatum, or White we'll see if they can finish the job.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Something must be in that Florida water with that low IQ statement. No surprise.

It’s low IQ to say a player shouldn’t let their opponent just freely shoot the ball? Lol you’re a clown.

You’re right.

Next time there’s a dead ball Tatum should just go up to Bam and nut punch him.

It’s a dead ball anyway so it doesn’t count, right?

That’s effectively what you’re saying.

I like it, it’s like dead ball for a dead ball.

[celtxman]

Aside from all the trash talk. Derrick White is very good and underrated player, I tip my hat off to him. Solid all around player. Nice offensive game, lights out shooter and great defender.

On the Heat side Jovic is a surprise. He's really going to be a player. The ONLY good thing about injuries is that players like Jovic get to get quality minutes and do well.

[powerball1373]

Heat culture …

Can we just forfeit game 5 lol, enough of this season

No, make the Celtics play. Maybe one of their guys will get hurt.

We got Porzingis. Game 5 bounty is on JB, Tatum, or White we'll see if they can finish the job.

Lol cry more

[Curmudgeon]

By almost every advanced metric, Derrick White is the second or third best all-around player in the NBA. The fact that people assume he's a "complementary" player just shows how clueless the talking heads are.

Derrick White is so much better than Jaylen Brown that even the comparison of the two is an insult to White.

[Sweet Serenity]

Heat culture …

No, make the Celtics play. Maybe one of their guys will get hurt.

We got Porzingis. Game 5 bounty is on JB, Tatum, or White we'll see if they can finish the job.

Lol cry more

Classy response, well done ..

[KamikazeK]

I couldn't give less of a **** about that foul at this point. Just looking forward to closing this thing out in 5 and then handling the next opponent while KP heals that calf issue.

[FarBeyondDriven]

haven't checked, is Joe Mazzulla getting any love for leading the Celtics to a convincing win despite losing Porzingis? I know he gets all the blame when the Celtics lose, just checking if he gets any of the credit when they win. If y'all don't want him I'll gladly take him in Sacramento.

[Fencer reregistered]

haven't checked, is Joe Mazzulla getting any love for leading the Celtics to a convincing win despite losing Porzingis? I know he gets all the blame when the Celtics lose, just checking if he gets any of the credit when they win. If y'all don't want him I'll gladly take him in Sacramento.

Nope. If the Celtics win, it's because of talent. If they lose, it's because of coaching or Jaylen Brown.

[CeltsfanSinceBirth]

I think if Udonis Haslem was still playing, he might have provided enough grit in the locker room to help push the Heat to 90, maybe 91 points tonight.

[Larry_Russell]

Heat fans activly cheering on players getting hurt.

Thats bad taste and bad karma...

[dans1230]

I don’t think bam intended to injure Tatum that being said if the roles were reversed I’d be really annoyed and call the other player an r word. But I also do get not giving free shots at the basket hence the contest.

That mazulla contest is hilarious and kinda sick, have a little more respect for him lol if spo did it I’d be hyped.

I think Bam was just trying to contest the shot, which i have no problem with, he just didnt have the discipline to keep his feet back. Regardless of the nonsense being spewed here, anyone would be pissed if their star player's ankle got twisted like that, stop lying.
For people saying thats what you get for taking a shot after the whistle blows, well thats what you get for contesting a shot after the whistle blows. From the players perspective, i dont think it was personal, just an unfortunate play.

[Fantaxp7]

That game was rough to watch. Stan VanGundy proudly cheers against the Celtics. It's almost as bad as when Doris calls a Sixers game she loves her some Embiid.

Also those refs...

[Rancid669]

Hilarious that Boston feels the need to play their starters all the way to the end when up double digits against an injured team. You can tell the Heat have been inside their head, and I have no doubt in my mind Miami wins this series with healthy Jimmy Butler.