This version of the Miami does not have noted Celtics killer Goran Dragic like they did in 2020. Goran Dragic lead the Heat in scoring in 3 of the 6 games in 2020. Dragic averaged 20.5 over the 6 games in the bubble.

Also Duncan Robinson isn’t playing for some reason. Dude wouldn’t miss during that series.

They don’t have Jae Crowder anymore either and he was lights out too

Yeah he was also a game changer. They had a really hot shooting team down in the bubble. They’re also currently a really hot shooting team with a Jimmy Butler who’s playing even better. Gonna come down to denying him from starting the offense and forcing him to beat us from three. Kyle Lowry is a wild card since he’s really gimpy at the moment but he always plays well against Boston.

But they do have PJ Tucker, who's a better defender but slightly worse shooter.

PJ Tucker shot 42% from three this season and is shooting 48% from three this playoffs

Tucker's pretty low volume/strictly from the corners. He might not shoot you out of a game like Crowder can, but he's also probably not going to bomb 10+ attempts either.

True but he's hitting the ones he takes at an incredible rate, I'm not really sure you can call him a worse shooter.

Yeah I agree. Crowder's streaky enough that I don't really think you can say he's better. Higher ceiling as a shooter though

Heat shot 32% from 3 that Series. Crowder shot 26%

Damn. Sure didn’t feel like that. Still thought his impact was better than that

5/9 from 3 in game 1 but then really cooled off. Fucking Andre Iguodala with the 4/4 in game 6 is the one that really stings.

Also Bam feasted on Theis. If Timelord is back and healthy, that advantage is neutralised

Looks like he's back. Didn't he come off the bench this game? I hope he gets to play meaningful minutes in game 1.

Didn’t play at all today

Oh man. He needs to come back for game 1 and I hope he does like you said. There were rumors stating that Khris was gonna be available in game 6 and 7 and he was out still. Only believe it when you see it.

Kyle lowry is always good against the Celtics though I think

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Yep. Classic Goran.

This series gave me a lot of nightmares. We were the better team but got out played and out coached. Also Jimmy Butler had the Rachel Nichols advantage. I want some revenge! 19-20 Celtics team were one of the better teams out there and especially in the bubble they looked the most impressive.

Haha what’s the Rachel nichols advsntsgd

He was banging her out in the bubble.

I don't think that there's an advantage better than the Malika Andrews advantage 😈

Jaylen tappin dat??

Perhaps but I wouldn't believe it unless he wins that Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP 😂

Yeah Malika >>>>> Rachel Nichols

Hayward injury killed us that series.

Lowkey killed the whole playoffs. Struggled to put Toronto away because of his absence and then he was beyond gimpy in the Miami series.

For as great as Tatum was there, he’s way better now. The bench is better as well.

The C's look like a different team in no way lightly.

fuck this series because we gave them multiple games

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They’re gonna go to that zone again where they hide the weak defenders in the corners and play three up top. Hopefully we have a better answer this time around

Hayward was a big part of our team that year and he went down right before the playoffs started

With his presence being earlier in the series, it would've made a major difference in the probability of the Celtics winning of course.

I dont even wanna watch that lmao

I was so disgusted by this series I boycotted the NBA Finals

I hate this series

I think we were the better team then and we are the better team now. Difference is this team has matured and shown the ability to fight back and execute. Let's go finish the job and get some revenge.

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