2023-05-30 01:28:00
How the Celtics and Heat got to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals
Boston lost the NBA final of the 2021-22 season with the Golden State Warriors and although the sadness was great, they knew that a new team was being created at the hands of rookie coach Ime Udoka; that he became one of the few managers to reach the league final in his first season. But the shock was strong when the franchise announced the suspension of Udoka for an affair with a staff person, something that is prohibited in the Celtics statute. So the young Joe Mazzulla, 34, took charge of the team on September 22, 2022. The 2022-23 season was one of solid performance and they finished second in the Eastern Conference with a record of 57-25, only a game below the Milwaukee Bucks. To reach the conference final, they beat the Atlanta Hawks 4-2 and the Philadelphia 76ers 4-3. The team led by Mazzulla has the ‘big three’ made up of Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown.
The Heat entered the Playoffs through the ‘back door’. They were eighth in the Eastern Conference following a regular phase with a record of 44-38. They classified to Play In and fell in a single game with the Atlanta Hawks. They waited for the winner of the other key, Chicago defeated Toronto, and they got rid of the Bulls at the Kayesa Center in Miami. On their way, from lowest to highest in performance, they eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks 4-1 and the New York Knicks 4-2. Erik Spoelstra’s team has two fundamental pillars: Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.
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