Sad news: The head coach of Bostn Celtics sheld tears as two of his best player’s has made a final decision to terminate their contract
Inspired by escaping a sweep of the Eastern Conference finals in Miami, the Celtics thrashed the visiting Heat 110-97 to force a potentially historic Game 6 in South Florida.
In his walk-off interview, Celtics star Jayson Tatum, who finished two rebounds short of a triple-double and scored 12 of his 21 points in the first quarter, stated, “Pressure’s on them.” “We had a 3-0 deficit. We are playing freely and confidently because no one predicted that we would win, and we are prepared to travel to Miami.”
Boston guard Marcus Smart stole the ball from Miami center Bam Adebayo on the opening possession of Game 5 on Thursday. He then dove for the loose ball and found Tatum sprinting toward a contested layup. Voice, arranged. There was an avalanche. With their finest postseason basketball to date, the Celtics dominated every possession on both ends, quickly building a 20–5 lead that they then increased to 24 points, sowing doubt in the Heat’s beliefs for the first time in the series.
Coming off back-to-back blowout victories, “Smart was just a beast tonight,” Boston’s Jaylen Brown said.
“That was contagious,” Tatum continued. “Tonight, smart played his ass off. Everyone was involved.
“I wanted to start the game with some energy for my team, especially against a team like Miami,” stated Smart, who finished with 23 points on 12 shots and five steals. “You do not want them to enter and release that energy without retaliating. This series has been that for our benefit. We did the knocking around tonight. They’ve come in each game and knocked us around a little bit early.”
The Celtics must have had a wild time playing Topgolf after losing to the eight-seeded team 0–3. It seemed impossible that they would find the identity that got them to the 2022 NBA Finals in time to salvage this season and avert questions about their coach and roster’s future after they quit in Game 3.
It no longer seems impossible to become the first NBA team to overcome a 3-0 deficit.
Following the embarrassing opening to the series, rumors about dysfunction in Boston’s locker room started to circulate. One such rumor stated that “this Celtics team feels like a group.”that’s sick of acting like they like each other.” Regardless of the veracity of those rumors, they appear to have inspired their players.
After scoring more than 20 points in Game 5 alongside Tatum, Brown, and Smart, Derrick White of Boston added, “We’ve got a lot of love for each other, top to bottom.” “We’re competing, and we know it’s a long way to go, and we’ve got a lot of work to do, but it’s always fun competing with the guys in our locker room.”
“We didn’t imagine being in this position, being down 3-0, but when adversity hits, you get to see what a team is really made of,” Brown stated. “Being behind 3-0 couldn’t be worse, but we didn’t look Instead of going our separate ways, we went around. We remained a unit. We focused more on our defensive strengths, and I believe this is now a series. All we need to do is keep playing, one game at a time.”
