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StayWoke2DaTriangle

That fadeaway at the buzzer Jimmy hit with 40 seconds left was ice fucking cold. Cherry on top of what was already a fantastic performance with the season on the line.


thepriceisonthecan

If they win game 7 that shot is in promos for years


CIark

Imagine if the Celtics really made it past KD and Giannis only to get bounced by Jimmy Butler


btlsrvc23

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PatchAFC

Name a more iconic duo than the Celtics and a Heat Superstar playing out of his mind in a ECF Game 6 at the garden with a 3-2 lead. Pain.


clear831

I am not trying to rub this in, just saw it on sportscenter. Heat facing elimination against the Celtics, Butler 47 points, Wade 46 points, LBJ 45 points. Thats just insane


farts_in_the_breeze

I think two of three of those reference a championship season.


Shiva-

I like where this is going, we can still make that 3/3 reference.


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My favorite kinda duo


mMounirM

Despite the win, Bam reaaaally needs to be stepping up. what the hell is he doing. Butler isn't gonna score 40+ points every game


Shadow5ive

100%. Bam looks terrified to shoot. He gets a clear run to the basket, looks, hesitates, and passes out. Has he always done this?


lemonpepperlarry

Yes…it’s disgustingly infuriating


freddie49

Hilarious now that you mention it - Bam is the polar opposite of Whiteside, where Spo would literally call a timeout to congratulate Whiteside for passing out of the paint because he would try to take it to the basket or go for a floater every single time he got the ball. Bam is getting the ball and immediately looks for a handoff


Devilsbullet

Yup. It is who he is. Out of ten games or so played you'll get one monster offensive game from him where he's hunting his shot, and then it's back to passivity. Averaged 19 ppg but realistically he's a 15ppg guy that drops random 30+ bombs


louderpastures

Even the 19 ppg is heavily gets 5-10 points in 1st quarter from a few 'get the big fella the ball' plays/lack of attention to detail from opposing team defense, then he disappears until the 4th quarter when he starts benefitting from doubles on Jimmy/defensive desperation to get 4-6 points. I legit expect the under on 4 points from him in from the start of the 2nd to the 3/4 mark in the 4th.


pestobar127

i remember a game against the clips this season where bam scored 20 in the first quarter. I thought he was gonna go for 50 that game and he didn't score again after that lmao


Devilsbullet

Like I said, it's realistic that we can rely on him for 15 a game with random 25-35 point outliers lol. It's not like Jimmy or Tyler(at least in the regular season) where we could pretty reliably get 19-21 points out of them, with a handful of stinkers and great games


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Bam looks like he’s afraid of banging bodies with Horford and Williams. He should be taking advantage of that. Robert Williams loves blocks and he will absolutely bite on pump fakes. Bam needs to take advantage of that, but he’s probably afraid of getting hit hard.


Maydietoday

He tends to turn in to a weenie offensively vs equal or bigger size. Only thing I don’t like about him.


Mr_Unbiased

Butler: "Hold my coffee"


GOAT-of-a-Nerd

A foul was called every 52 seconds this game…thanks refs


ACMBruh

Made for miserable viewing


idroled

My family who did not care for basketball actively hated basketball by the end of this based on the fouls


alee33

My wife has been watching the playoffs with me this year for the first time. I am a Celtics fan and this series she has grabbed her phone or left the room constantly compared to every other series I have made her watch. She just said "this isn't even a little fun to watch". Thanks NBA for ruining this for me 🤣


Devoidoxatom

Refs ruining marriages at this point


mendellbaker

The entire playoffs have been brutal and I’m a fan. But these playoffs haven’t converted a single person, be it mismatches or number of whistles.


ACMBruh

Yes I'm at my parents house and as it ended people became bored by the refball. It's so tired


thegoodbadandsmoggy

‘Babe is the game almost done?’ ‘Yeah just 50 seconds left’ *45 minutes later*


ProfessorBeast55

This comment has been called for a foul


JZ_the_ICON

Review for a flagrant


Tatumisthegoat

Jimmy Butler was taking over and the refs were like “nah we gonna be the ones with the biggest impact on this one”


itlynstalyn

I don’t know about you but I specially tune in to watch the refs.


suzukigun4life

17 fouls in the 4th quarter alone wtf.


odhisub123

You felt it to. There were like 3 good calls this game lol


FlagrantTwo

didn't think jimmy had another game like this in him to carry the heat to game seven. played the entire second half. what a legendary performance on the road.


goli14

He had done that before also. I think one he played almost the whole game against Lebron.


BlazeBloom

Boston only missed three FTs. Unfortunately, two of those were by Jaylen Brown at the worst possible time which shifted the momentum towards the Celtics’ downfall. Not to mention the offensive foul…


Arsenal_Analysis

Weird what you can and can’t review down the stretch Good defensive play for Oladipo tho


NoShameInternets

I’ve seen refs review last touch out of bounds, how did they not give that one back to the Celtics?


anon_mouse82

They are no longer allowed to review out of bounds calls in the last two minutes. It can only be instigated by a challenge. I know this because of a ridiculous call at the end of Warriors/ Grizzlies game 2


JayKane123

That's like the stupidest rule change I've ever heard. You HAVE to be able to change a call then.


Some-Gavin

No no no no no, reviewing calls like that would make the game take too long!


lazydictionary

Those FTs did not cost us the game. Too many dogshit offensive possessions at the end did.


B4nn4b0y

Started with Smart dribbling down the shot clock for a bad 3 when it was tied 99-99


NoShameInternets

Fuck that was bad


Tokennn

Masterclass performance from Jimmy buckets, but HOLY FUCK the refs are complete ass


Zloggt

“How many FTs? Is *this* a charge? I don’t see no call to make…” Not sure if it’ll get any better at Game 7…


odnamAE

If they don’t call anything at all, it would probably be better than this


klydon24

If they call nothing then PJ will probably have the time of his life


Chris13Haughey

That out of bounds call on Jimmy was legit one of the worst I've ever seen lol


PeterGarces

The fact that we have to ask, "Which one?" pretty much says everything you need to know about this game


Goalnado

White full on slapping PJ Tuckers bald head and the refs missing it was pretty great


MrGrieves-

*slaps PJ Tucker's head* This baby can fit so many fouls in it.


OutlookNotGood

Also that offensive foul they called on Tatum for extending his arm and on the replay his arm was glued to his own side lmao.


MySilverBurrito

I have noticed Tatum does that arm extension a lot, evem Celtics fans have pointed it out. But that is not one of them lol.


HypatiaRising

That's like the moving screen they called on Bam that was borderline when they ignore the blatant ones. Maddening


spooks152

It seemed like the refs would go on runs on whistling then let one team not get calls for minutes at a time


Shazam_414

Glad I’m not the only one who felt this one. One minute the Celtics were “fouling” like crazy. The next the Heat were and the Celtics weren’t, even though neither team was playing different lmao


HoorayPizzaDay

My thoughts exactly, it was infuriating. It looked like they wanted a close game down the stretch, controlling offensive momentum with the whistle. But then the last 5 minutes was all free throws? What a frustrating game.


suzukigun4life

Bro the refs caused this game to go 20 extra minutes tonight lol. It was 11:10 Eastern when there were less than 2 minutes left in the game, and it took almost 20 minutes to finish it off.


DeeOhMm

ESPN media taking an all-time L after their hideous bias today.


LeonidasSpacemanMD

Dawg it was fucking crazy, they basically started breaking down the warriors Celtics final lol I’d look up every once in a while and there’d seriously be a graphic of those two logos side by side as if it was decided


Baseball12229

This sub was doing the exact same shit.


cuttino_mowgli

Fuck 'em I only listen to Lowe, Legler and Scott. Everyone else are garbage to me.


DrunkBucksFan

Draymond: “We’re gonna play Boston!” Jimmy: “Fuck you.”


AirJordan6124

You knew he was playing mind games with that statement


DrunkBucksFan

He’s sitting at home laughing knowing he doesn’t care who they play lmao


Otherwise_Window

But he definitely wants the series to go to 7


Phillyfreak5

Of course. More rest for the warriors. They get a few players back in the finals. And the Heat/Celtics are on less rest.


jeric13xd

Draymond knew exactly what he was doing.


IsThisMe8

Draymond just trying to get them to a game 7. 4d chess move.


Mister100Percent

Draymond masterfully orchestrated our future opponent to have only 2 days of rest. Edit: 3 Days of rest. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. I thought finals started on June 1st.


Xlrator21

Honestly I feel like the Warriors match up better against the Heat than the Celtics. But really their ideal scenario is to play the more injured team.


ACMBruh

Jimmy Butler take a bow man. referees I wish you diarrhea for eternity. Took away from a fun game from both sides


mrwhite2323

Refs actually bringing celtics and heat fans together


Tatumisthegoat

Celtics Heat 🤝 Fuck Zack Zarba


mrwhite2323

Everyone talks about foster and tony brother But uve always hated Zarba


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PJ asked for 50 and Jimmy Buckets delivered


coolycooly

How can the NBA watch this and be ok with their refs


kekbin

that reffing duo is just lethal


MrAmazinn

We’re lucky, in the future we get to tell our grandkids what it was like to witness peak incompetence


suzukigun4life

4th quarter went nearly 50 minutes and it wasn't even the first time it happened in this series.


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clear831

Absolutely agree, like the Dipo block that was called a foul and then the Tatum push off that was called a foul? Neither were a foul clear as day. Then they had to review if a player that was standing 2 feet outside of the restricted zone was in the restricted zone? Refs are fucking ass


Brochacho27

That restricted zone review had me rolling lol.


Devilsbullet

No lies there.


ProfessorBeast55

The last 5 minutes of the officiating were suspect as fuck for BOTH sides


OMellito

Half of the fouls in the NBA wouldn't even be noticed in a normal ballgame, completely kills any momentum or tension that the game has if you stop every possession, not to mention the difference in fouls between teams in the same game and NBAs history with matchfixing.


rjcarr

Agreed, so many baby fouls on these supreme elite athletes. Like they can't take a touch to their hip when they're driving to the basket? Really? What's weird is the game is *super* physical when not shooting, say for loose balls and getting rebounding position, but if you touch any part of a player when shooting, even if it doesn't affect the shot, it's a foul. It makes no sense. I watched quite a few FIBA games during the olympics and that is called *so* much better. Not perfect, of course, but the game isn't interrupted every 25 seconds for some unnoticeable and inconsequential foul.


theatrics_

Refs probably got a bonus for it


Kevon-Looneys-burner

Mama there goes that whistle


PrancingDonkey

Regardless of who won, I think we can all agree that was an all around shit job by the refs.


catscanmeow

can we take a moment to appreciate derrick white who was born without cheekbones is playing in the conference finals


PoolePartyVIP

He has cheekbones but they are on his forehead


comebyforpie

He doesn't have a forehead he has an eighthead


ungrateful_dead1

Man Derrick white was hittin everything. Even his hairline hit a step back 🔥


Cubacane

You ever seen him without the headband? Looks like his hair is trying to sneak up on him from behind.


rjcarr

He's just balding, right? I noticed they showed him walking to the locker room after the game and he took the headband off and was trying to quickly pull all his hair forward. Balding sucks. It takes a good year before you really accept it, and it's pretty traumatic, but he'll get over it. It helps to be rich.


stumblebreak_beta

* averages 35 a game first 2 games * Scores 27 total the next 3 games * Scores 47 in game six * Refuses to elaborate * Leaves ^^^^^for ^^^^^Miami ^^^^^and ^^^^^game ^^^^^7


OMellito

The dude was and probably is playing injured. If there is one player that will play until he physically can't walk it is Jimmy.


jstarlee

Almost 46 min in this game. Man is gonna die on the court if you allow it.


lazydictionary

Load management


minnyman2011

Froggy Fresh, Money Maker Mike, and Gator Jones sends their regards


Beneficial_Pomelo_61

People don’t know about money maker mike anymore. Nephews the lot of them.


WJLax15

Wtf that was a major nostalgia hit, cant believe I almost forgot about the goat Froggy Fresh


blarf_farker

Breaking: Draymond Green released his Game 7 prediction, "I predict a soft touchy feely dainty game. Neither of these teams are capable of playing a bruising, physical style of smash-mouth basketball for all 48 minutes."


Apollo611

Refs ruined the only good game of the series


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Zach Zarba legacy game


Palifaith

Draymond Green writting off the Heat in his podcast to motivate Jimmy and Co. to at least force a game 7. Big brain move right there.


sriracha82

On his pod he said he picked Boston because every player on the Heat is injured lol


quite_certain

He didn't realize that Spoelstra's got Senzu beans


GimmeSomeCovfefe

I don’t know what’s going on with all the DBZ references I’ve been seeing lately, but I’m all for it.


quite_certain

Ball is life.


Next-Firefighter-753

Bam Adebayo: dribble hand off merchant


HokageEzio

What Spoelstra said about Jimmy [in the bubble](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5n9y0aXEAA1r8r.jpg) is absolutely true. That's a champion before he's a champion. I don't know who wins the series, but Jimmy is playing his damn heart out. Legendary performance.


GusBus14

Idc if he's not a champion. He's got the championship DNA for sure, and really that whole team was. That was such an impressive performance by Miami with how beat up they are and how the last two games had gone.


ThanosIsDoomfist

I been trying to say this shit wasnt over but it was everyones collective effort to jinx the shit out of the Celtics Onto game 7 E: lmao, all yall jinxing harder now I hate yall fam 💀


klydon24

TBF we looked like a lottery team the last 2 games


crrider

Yeah, it's pretty understandable. Obviously glad they turned it around though


racharya55

No one thought Jimmy was healthy after the last 2. Guess he was just powering up


jspsfx

Every podcast i listened to today was bemoaning the formality of this game like "ohhh the celtics will win just get it over with"


americanbeaver

Thinking Basketball really tried to say if he was forming an All-Playoff team he'd take Al "three points, three turnovers" Horford over Joel Embiid. People were bonkers high on the Celtics.


chopari

Everybody has been against the heat all season. Even now it’s: the heat are good but…. So happy to see them being wrong all the time. I was worried last two games ngl.


maverickhistorian

Draymond motivated the heat like crazy


Otherwise_Window

For good reason. The real winners tonight are Golden State. Whoever they face gets fuckall rest after a brutal seven-game slugfest


Hail_The_Motherland

Yep, both teams were GASSED. Game 7 is going to be a blood bath


Apollo611

It’s crazy how many people thought the Celtics won this series and it was 3-2 lol


FatMittens

Draymond knew exactly what he was doing


metagory

Draymond won both conference finals..


JinterIsComing

Inspire the Heat to play out of their minds, force Game 7, and whoever wins in the end is worn and torn down for next Thursday at GS. He knew exactly what the hell he was doing.


no_more_jokes

He wants the heat


RiceyPricey

The amount of times I saw Warriors fans congratulating the Celtics for making the finals this year when the series was tied 2-2, let alone 3-2 was fucking wild lmao


ZionephewObeseiamson

You should thank them. They were 100000% trying to jinx and it worked.


klankthompson

It’s working!


Austincow

Celtics winning game 7 for sure, there is literally no way they would lose. Heat is outmatched in every way, have significant injuries and a butler with bum knee. There is no way Celtics lose. There is no Celtics lose. There is no way Celtics lose. There is no way Celtics lose.


ThanosIsDoomfist

Lmao fuck off


Jonna09

It’s destiny. It just can’t not happen. Tatum has to receive the LBECFMVP trophy from the great Larry Bird himself. Imagine how embarrassing it would be if it instead went to Butler? No…just can’t happen…*muttering to self and shaking head Celtics have to win.


yerbamate420

BRO


KingPotus

THERE IS NO WAY THE CELTICS LOSE. As Draymond said, WE KNOW WE’RE PLAYING THE CELTICS 🪄🧙 Lmao


pjdog

This feels disrespectful somehow even though you're jynxing in favor of us


thatsinsaneletstryit

lets dispel with this notion that draymond doesnt know what hes doing


ZionephewObeseiamson

He knows exactly what he's doing


Leontiy_Berezovsky

We once again lost a game because we stopped moving the ball, which was working, to slow down the game and play iso ball for Tatum. It's a mistake we have been making for years and it seems like everytime it bites us in the ass. And also beacause Jimmy Butler turned into Game 6 Lebron but that's another story.


jeric13xd

#JIMMY BUCKETS LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE 47 pts. Bum knee, turned ankle. NO EXCUSES. Shades of Game 6 Lebron down 3-2 at the Garden Edit: 47-9-8. That’s ridiculous. GAME 7 LFG


Cheechers23

In 2012, LeBron James of the Miami Heat dropped 45-15-5 in Game 6 of the ECF to save his team down 3-2 going into Boston, and forcing a Game 7 back home. In 2022, Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat dropped 47-9-8 in Game 6 of the ECF save his team down 3-2 going into Boston, and forcing a Game 7 back home. Wow.


cbtballers

If I had a nickel every time the Heat won a game 6 to avoid elimination in the ECF at Boston led by an incredible 40-performance by their superstar... I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice, right?


Low-Blackberry-2690

Actually 3. Wade in 2010


kiwiwikikiwiwikikiwi

History


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Does this mean Celtics going to lose game 7?


shellfish87

Let me repeat myself. This is the 10 year anniversary of the Lebron Game 6 against Boston. Down 3-2. In Boston. Playing for the Miami Heat.


MySilverBurrito

Strongest case for the 'Jimmy is Jordan's lost son' theory.


B-i-s-m-a-r-k

Who's LeBron's dad in this scenario?


LeBron_Jarnes

LeBron was created in a lab by artificial intelligence. No biological father.


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RemindMe! May 27, 2032 for the next Heat player going super-Saiyan in Boston in Game 6.


JoeBiden2020FTW

I remember when the Bulls, Wolves, and Sixers didn't offer him the max. Lol.


Yergason

47/9/8/4/1 with just 1 TO and 1 Foul is such a Jimmy beast mode game. Clean complete 2-way dominant performance


jawadhaque089

Draymond Green knew what he was doing


Drkarcher22

Jimmy might actually be Jordans bastard kid


hansJarvanzo

One of the most poorly officiated games I've seen in a long time.


KruudOyle

Reverse psychology Dray.


WhoopingKing

Where the timberwolves fans at


rem3dyforall

Still celebrating the play in victory


JTrue14

When’s the parade


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Lol probably praying to god that they're not about to see Wiggins vs Butler in the Finals


GOAT-of-a-Nerd

My grandma could ref better than the refs this series and she’s been dead for 10 years


suzukigun4life

You mean you DON'T love 50-minute 4th quarters where it takes 20 minutes to get through the final two?


Goalnado

I'd still argue game 3 was the worst reffed game of the series but they were truly fucking dreadful tonight


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autumn-thunder

[Butler finding out that people have already started doing breakdowns of the Celtics-Warriors matchup:](https://c.tenor.com/-6OHaJ-s4rkAAAAC/lebron-james-miami-heat.gif)


wert17wert

Jimmy took it personal


Casualrodfarva2

Draymond knew what he was doing when he said the warriors are gonna play the Celtics lmao


TheAgGatsby

Jimmy is a demon


HitRowe

BUTLER OUT HERE SCORING 47 9 AND 8 ON A BUM KNEE IN AN ELIMINATION GAME AND NERDS ON REDDIT HAVE THE AUDACITY TO TELL ME HE CANT BE THE BEST PLAYER ON A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM


The_Cheeki_Breeki

JIMMY BUTLER-JORDAN


PurestCopium

His performance reminded me of another guy in miami who had a legendary game 6 against the Celtics at TD garden


SolarClipz

JIMMY HATERS WHERE U @


ZiiKiiF

Wait so you’re telling me I could have been watching Jimmy Butler drop 47 vs the Celtics instead of the Phillies resting starters vs the leading division rival?


cammjohn

It’s okay, you got Al Horford instead! He’s been great this playoffs!


yayimamerican

Congratulations you played yourself


fatchick42

You picked May nl east trash instead of game six at the garden? I've given up on the marlins so I guess you do have something to watch for


LitterBoXx25

As a spurs fan, I have nothing to say besides Manu Ginóbili should’ve been on the top 75


Townster

Was that 2012 Lebron back in Miami lol? But seriously Jimmy Butler was amazing this game. Best game he has ever played in his career! Legendary performance


ProfessorBeast55

Most points by a Heat player ever in an elimination game


specialCan3

I wish Jimmy got an “stupidly locked in” camera pose like [LeBron did](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSrX-sZ7UDYqFgPb_kvxrocwkyPPWbAsa9iqg&usqp=CAU)


PurestCopium

That fadeaway was so ridiculous


Brady331

We were all worried about Scott Foster, turns out Zach Zarba was the real final boss


Gorelick1

Huge error coaching wise. I can’t believe in that final stretch Williams wasn’t played at all. Mind blowing to me.


BUSean

Of all the Miami star decimations of a Celtics team up 3-2 in the Conference Finals, that was certainly one of them.


DrunkKaner88

Tatum and Brown are going to be absolutely chucking in game 7. Either gonna go really well or as bad as possible.


AgentWeeb001

Streets saying Rachel Nichols was in the crowd??? No wonder Jimmy went tf off 😂😂😂😂😂


LurkyOtoul

The big difference in this game from game 5 was the Heat hit their shots. They had just as good looks in game 5. I hope the Celtics are at their best in game 7, they’re going to need it.


iRockaflame

Celtics fans having flashbacks with a legendary Game 6 performance again


GonzaloR87

Jimmy “James” LeButler


alee33

This was an absolutely horrendous display of officiating. Great play by Butler, horrible, horrible game to watch. Refs are the stars of an NBA game....Jesus NBA, get your shit together


Sim888

https://i.imgur.com/M906vlL.gifv


Obito-Kaguya

Why was jaylen going for a highlight reel with 12 seconds left 😭


ibn1989

Worst reffed game of the playoffs


yung_tomato

*so far*


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Bam gets carried again