2023-05-25 12:55:00
After a Game 4 won by the Celtics, we find ourselves for a Game 5 where it still feels like the end. Different stakes for the two teams, that of finishing the job for the Heat, and that of not being beaten at home a third time for Boston.
The Celtics saved their loaves in the game before. They send the series back to Boston with the hope of winning a second one and still keeping a little hope before flying back to South Beach. To be able to see Florida once more and not Cancun, it will still be necessary to count on a great Jayson Tatum. In other words, a JT who manages to put shots all the time, but also in the last quarter. The boy remains more or less on the same line since the start of the Finals of Conf ‘, with nearly 30 puntos on average per match.
But to win a second game in this series, Jaylen Brown would also have to get to work. His points average during these 2023 Playoffs drops sharply because of this series where he is really not there. Big briquettes from the parking lot, balls sent into the stands: we feel the feverish JB. And on top of that, the role players are also absent like Malcolm Brogdon, who has been playing injured since the first game of the series. For the Celtics, Jayson Tatum must be accompanied tonight if they just want to hope to hang the win, otherwise the fans of the Clubs will pull the face. That said, it’s very rare for a 3-0 streak to end in six or seven games.
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For Miami, we surely missed the opportunity to have two more days of RTT before the NBA Finals. The sooner it’s folded, the sooner Miami prepares for its second NBA Finals in four seasons. Jimmy Butler is once once more enjoying the Playoffs, but hey, it’s like explaining that water gets wet, it’s rather logical. Next, a Bam Adebayo in his standards, impassable in defense and with nearly 20 pawns and 10 rebounds on average, and X factors ready to blow up everything in a match. Besides, the Heat does not seem too worried regarding coming to play in Massachusetts.
However, one of the men who put Miami up 3-0 will be missing tonight: Gabe Vincent is absent, because of a left ankle in compote Materne. An absence that might cost a lot if the Heat needs to get back into the game, like since the start of these Playoffs. But if everyone manages to respond a little present, it should give a real basketball game. Without a response from the Celtics, it goes on vacation with perhaps Mazzulla who will point him to the door of Pôle Emploi. Otherwise, return to Miami to prolong the dreams of a comeback. For all that, get in shape at 2:30.
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