After all of the scary post-Sport 2 chatter, the Boston Celtics took down the Miami Warmth in a reasonably convincing gentleman’s sweep. They took house a 118-84 win in Sport 5, downing the Warmth at TD Backyard of their third wire-to-wire victory of the collection.
Let’s try three belongings you might need missed.
1. Course of results in outcomes
Draw two, kick, and discover the open man. That’s nice offense. And that’s what the Celtics do finest.
Within the first quarter, they did simply that. Jrue Vacation bought into the paint and had two Warmth defenders centered on him. He kicked it to the nook, the ball swung across the perimeter, and it discovered Jaylen Brown—who began the play—for an open three.
Brown simply missed it.
On the finish of the quarter, Jayson Tatum drew two defenders within the pick-and-roll. He swung it again to Al Horford, who discovered a wide-open Sam Hauser (a phrase that doesn’t typically bode nicely for opponents) within the nook.
He nailed the jumper.
Course of is way extra vital than outcomes, and Boston’s offensive course of of their first full recreation with out Kristaps Porzingis appeared nice.
2. Derrick White stays tight-lipped
The Celtics will tackle both the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Orlando Magic in Spherical 2. Cleveland is up within the collection 3-2, however the two sides are headed again to Orlando for a vital Sport 6.
After the sport, Derrick White was requested for a fast scouting report on the groups. What would the Celtics be taking a look at in a possible matchup?
Nicely, let’s simply say he didn’t wish to give something away.
“They’re each good,” White stated, drawing fun from the whole room.
3. TD Backyard crowd stays undefeated
After a visit to South Seaside and two video games at Kaseya Middle, the most important takeaway is that TD Backyard runs laps round Miami’s area.
If somebody crammed up 5 Kaseya Facilities, stacked them on prime of one another, and put the construction subsequent to TD Backyard, Boston would nonetheless be louder. And it wouldn’t be shut.
From a “Hey, hey, hey, goodbye” singalong to sarcastic “We wish Boston” chants, TD Backyard was consuming the inexperienced Kool-Assist on Wednesday night time.
Kaseya Middle doesn’t maintain a candle to TD Backyard.
They don’t exist in the identical stratosphere.
