#IfNecessary
[NBA] East Finals
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captain bill
All-Star
What an absolutely wild game lol
ShastaKingsFan
All-Star
Unreal. They put time back on the clock before that play. If they choose 0.1 less for a clock change, Miami wins
IF the Celtics pull this off, the Celtics, Bruins* and Red Sox will all have been involved in 0-3 combebacks.
*Bruins lost theirs.
It's the "Boston Special" if they do.
*Bruins lost theirs.
It's the "Boston Special" if they do.
coolhandluke
Starter
Crazy finish. What a game. My pulse is still racing.
KainLear
Starter
Does that speak more about their (alleged) carelessness for letting series get to 0-3 or their tenacity for not giving up?
In all honesty it hits all 3.
Sox were tenacious and given up for dead.
Bruins just tanked.
Celtics flat out quit in game 3 so who the hell knows how we even got here.
ShastaKingsFan
All-Star
Oh jeez. They just showed the replay of the foul on Butler. There was definitely less than 3.0 on the clock. Looks like it should have been 2.7 or 2.8
I hope so: that could potentially be the greatest episode of LeBatard of all time.
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
you hope so? why? don't you like rooting for the underdog?
miltonap
Starter
Don't even think the heat should have been in that position in the first place.
Celtics had the game and almost choked it away so I don't think it's as big of a heartbreak as one might think such as being up and obviously being the better team then losing one like that
miltonap
Starter
Maybe like the Barnes missed 3.
Kings probably shouldn't have even have been in that position in the first place if curry hadn't had that timeout blunder
Because The Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz one of only two sports shows I listen to on a regular basis (and the other one is really more about the things surrounding sports than the sports themselves), and it's mostly populated by a bunch of obnoxious Miami homers, and I would find their Schadenfreude to be highly entertaining.
As a general principle? No, not really. When I was still in the team-rooting business, I rooted for the Kings as the underdogs, because I liked the Kings. I didn't root for Kings as the underdogs because I liked underdogs.
If the Heat survive Game 7, they're going to be the underdogs against the Nuggets. I'm not rooting for the ****ing Heat in the Finals. For who? For what?
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
so the obnoxious fans is the only reason you won't root for them, then?
#FunniestThingFromTheSportsWeekend
Since when is that not a good enough reason? It's sports.
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
because it has nothing to do with the players, organization and the way they play the game
captain bill
All-Star
I don't get how the refs could square calling this a 3PT shooting foul AND adding .9 secs back on the clock. pic.twitter.com/YEyMXzJjta
— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) May 28, 2023
Pretty obvious refs blew this. Boston looked in control for most of the game and Miami came back and won, excepting refs. Both teams are 1-2 at home this series so not writing off the Heat
He suffered a forearm injury.
QWERTYLICIOUS
Starter
Yes they are...
serbiangoat
Starter
Boston is the most talented overall team in the NBA imo but they have made every series way harder than it needed to be.
KainLear
Starter
What else can they do? Re-play the final minute of the game?
Insomniacal Fan
Starter
The Heat came into this year with a huge payroll; they're spending gobs of money on vets for the forseeable future. Only exceeded by the Suns in the long term.
I guess it's impressive that teams can still spend their way into success with the current CBA. Hooray!
kingsboi
Hall of Famer
they can play one more game but I question how much mental energy they have remaining after they had so much of it in the first three, we will find out Monday night
