The Cs Dispatched The MVP & Now Face Super Saiyan Jimmy! | Official HEAT (#8) vs. Celtics (#2) Eastern Conference Finals Thread

[old pig]

America needs the NBA on Memorial Day

Make it so.

this I command!

 

[old pig]

I guess when Horford did the same thing in Game 1, the basketball gods punished them by putting them in a 0-3 hole

that’ll be a funny coincidence if the heat lose game 6

 

[madness]

that shyt 30 years old and still got me hyped

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

I win more than I lose

I took a $5 bet on Hortford scoring the first points on a dunk at -12000, that was a nice $600 payout.. I lost

 

[fifth column]

If celtics win game 6 its over.

It’s on the table

 

[AkaDemiK]

Nah fam game 4 we expected that one from Boston to fight
game 5 this team came out with no energy lifeless & completely sloppy with the ball like they was expecting Boston to say we got our one win we good send us home

Boston was due a good performance at home.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

If the C’s are making open 3s and have good defensive activity, the Heat can’t match up. Unless Jimmy goes crazy on Saturday and scores like 50 this series is over

 

[We Ready]

I win more than I lose

I took a $5 bet on Hortford scoring the first points on a dunk at -12000, that was a nice $600 payout.. I lost

+12000

 

[Ukbrotha]

Heat dont you dare choke this.

 

[The_Sheff]

This series is over. Celtics about to make history.

 

[Damnshow]

No team has ever come back from 0-3, relax yall. I expect Heat to give everything they got in game 6. Now if Celtics win that one too, things get VERY interesting.

Celtics should have more confidence in game 7, but they are so random at home games. So who knows.

 

[Hawala Man]

We giving him a pat on the back because..............they're down 3-2?

How about not being down 0-3 in the first place?

You're an idiot and the casuals I refer to....Boston media doesn't give him credit for the last 2 wins with his adjustments in game 4 and game 5. Just look at the questions during losses and the questions asked when they win.

When they lose he gets the blame when they get wins its all kudos to Tatum and *insert random role player* hitting 3pt shots. 90 percent of folks on here are prisoner of the moment viewers.

 

[Hawala Man]

If the C’s are making open 3s and have good defensive activity, the Heat can’t match up. Unless Jimmy goes crazy on Saturday and scores like 50 this series is over

All Celtics victories have all been double digits and the Heat have won the close games. This "good defensive activity" you speak of led to 52 pts in the paint for Miami and 51 percent shooting for them. This game was won by Turnovers (Lowry mostly) and 3pt shooting from White. Jimmy doesn't need 50 for the Heat to win the next game.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Teams win 2 games in a row few times. This will be a legit concern if they lose game 6

Not after being down 3-0. I think @surf mentioned only 9 teams have done it.

 

[Primetime]

Jimmy is in that interesting space where he isn't loud enough or has an annoying fanbase where people will really judge him like that. He shares a lot of tendencies that others get criticized for but for him, most people just look away. It's a great space to be. Even if he loses around this time, I don't see him getting much criticism because of how much the Heat have overachieved. If they win, he will get a lot of love. If they lose, he might get slight criticism and then people will move on.

True. Ultimately he's not a threat to Jordan, LeBron, Kobe (the holy trinity of stan warfare) nor does he serve as counter-programming for their anti-stan coalitions like KD, Steph, Kawhi, Luka etc all involuntarily have at one point or another.

I'd also add that he made this leap on the grand stage relatively late in his career (2020 -30yrs old) whereas the others were getting built-up for doing phenomenal ish in their early to mid-20s. Put another way: if the media likes to build stars up to tear them down, Jimmy wasn't quite good enough to be built up, until he got too old for the media to still care. So people see his inconsistencies but they were never invested to expect more.