So sure enough, Miami gets cranky about losing its home-court advantage and getting slapped silly. Two nights later, the Heat act like they had no idea Boston would come in ticked off and suffer a blowout of their own. Miami hits Boston so hard in the third quarter of Game 1 – boinnng! – that the Celtics barely know what hit them.
#THE BANNER SAGA 1 SAVE LOCATION SERIES#
Well, this series has been like three random sucker punches. What is it we hear every spring about the playoffs? How teams commit to continuous improvement, adjusting and fine-tuning from game to game, slowly taking away options and preferences like a python squeezing its coils ever tighter with each wiggle of its prey. Ultimate Preview: Miami leads Boston 2-1 in the Eastern Conference finals and will face off in Game 4 on Monday. Here are four things to be mindful of as Miami tries to take a commanding lead back to South Florida:ġ. Perhaps that miracle corridor will work some of its recuperative magic on the Celtics overall now, as they try to climb out of their 2-1 hole in the best-of-seven series. Not that it mattered to the outcome, a 109-103 Miami Heat victory that was lost for Boston in the first 15 minutes. Remember that famous recovery by Celtics great Paul Pierce back in 2008, from being rolled off the parquet floor in a wheelchair to bouncing back as a fist-pumping dynamo in Game 1 of The Finals against the Lakers? We got two of those Saturday in Game 3: Boston’s Marcus Smart hobbling to the locker room after rolling his ankle, then teammate Jayson Tatum doing likewise with a bum right shoulder.īoth came back to thunderous cheers from the home crowd. Jayson Tatum looks to bounce back from a lackluster Game 3 in which he committed 6 turnovers while being limited to 10 points.īOSTON – Now that we know the back hallway at TD Garden has miraculous healing powers on par with the Grotto at Lourdes, we can move on to Monday’s Game 4 ( 8:30 ET, ABC) of the 2022 Eastern Conference finals secure in the knowledge that nobody who gets hurt gets too hurt.
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