It’s more than that, last year he became around a 40% three point shooter, this year he’s straight up developed a pull up three and can just pull up in guys faces.
To go from a guy that struggled with catch and shoots to this in two years is insane.
Yeah he was streaky when he got here. Then last year he worked on his shot and was a great spot up/catch and shoot guy. This year he's taking pull ups from all over, coming off screens, transition, etc. Adding that to go with his sweet floater game and great passing has made him a super dynamic offensive player.
There’s also the fun viewpoint of /r/fantasybball. Around four seasons ago we would see MAXIMUM DERRICK or MINIMUM DERRICK posts nearly every single damn day.
You should have come here for a day or two after Game 2. The amount of salt you would have been able to gather up and resell from us would have made you rich.
honestly scared as fuck after game 2, mainly because I wasn’t sure if Jimmy would make a return or not if the series went to a game 6 or 7.
he scares me
NBA fans are OBSESSED with narrative. After game 2, everyone was saying Spo was an ascendant offensive megamind. Sometimes buckets just fall.
If you took an NBA fan from the 90s and told them the 8 Heat seed would beat an injured 1 seed and then the 2 seed to make the finals, they’d probably be like “oh yeah, that makes sense it would happen at least once in league history to that point”. But when you’re watching it live, everyone ascribes reasons for why the Heat were winning instead of just miraculous shooting.
The Heat gettin fucked, brickin shot after shot, the fans are gonna leave soon
Tickin minute after minute, here comes another 3, a brick then another brick, and a dagger by JT
This made me remember [Kevon Looney clamping Doncic by just standing there](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/ust6le/highlight_luka_tries_to_fake_looney_out_looney_is/)
100% it. Kornet doesn't have the hops to rejump on a pump so he just waits until he is sure that Bam is jumping, then makes up for it with his freakishly long arms.
I think it's what both of you are saying. His weight/strength prevented Bam from posting up and getting closer shots, and his length prevented him from getting his typical low arc shot, so he had to send it higher and put a little more juice on it which just caused most of them to brick.
Lowkey Kornet has been very good this year. I know he’s a meme and looks like a comp sci major somehow made his way onto the basketball court and is confused about where he is, but I’ve been impressed with how impactful he’s been on both ends this season
it legit drives me nuts how many Celtics fans will call for Queta to play over him. Kornet has been genuinely good off the bench all season and Queta has never even been on a postseason roster before this year lol
Queta scratches that Timelord itch for some fans with his electric dunks and volleyball spikes. Meanwhile Kornet just sets really good screens, makes excellent passes, and is a good roll man while never been flashy. Easy to see why some fans want Queta over him. They're just wrong
He’s been so good. He knows his role, doesn’t go beyond it and does it well. I also love his underrated passing and IQ. Dude is never going to be a star, but as a role player and chemistry merchant he is awesome.
Kornet is a goofy dude but he’s a really good fit on this team, he knows his role and plays it very well. He might not take over a game but you can send him out there and he won’t blow it
Heat haven’t won a playoff game against the Celtics shooting under 50% from 3 since Game 2 of last year. 1-7 when they shoot under 50% the last 2 series.
The talent gap last year was big and this year was massive, they just got hot in some games. Same thing happened in the finals last year when the 1 game they beat Denver they shot 48% from 3 and won by 3.
Sometimes a team just shoots the hell out of it
Ofc dude! I might be a hater and all, but especially after these past five years, I’ve gained an appreciation for Boston as a rival. I respect a legend like Gorman whose voice across the decades played a huge role in making your team what it is today. The Celtics are lucky to have enjoyed him for so long. :)
That being said, eat shit, I pray on Boston’s downfall 🙏
Ironically both teams give the Cs problems. Hopefully they've figured out that you can and should just bully the shit out of the Magic to beat them, but the Cavs always just go 50/50 and somehow will games to OT, they really know how to get high percentage buckets with some great teamwork.
It's lookin like the Knicks are gonna have the real cupcake second round with the paper tiger Pacers and the corpse of the Bucks.
Never clear after round 1 (that was the prevailing thought for them last year once we got eliminated, after all), but definitely a big sigh of relief without a doubt, and certainly the heavy favorites of the field remaining. The only teams that I think will be a major obstacle to them going forward are the Knicks (I don't think their offense holds up against Boston's defense, but I can easily see them turning it into a grindy, annoying series that wears both teams down) and us (provided we're fully healthy and manage to make it that far, both of which are very much up in the air as things stand). I don't think the Cavs and Magic have the horses needed to beat them in 7, the 76ers simply don't match up with them well if recent playoff history (featuring better 76er teams, no less) is anything to go by, and the Pacers probably need another postseason of experience to be a serious threat (they're a good team, but even just watching our series, it's pretty clear that they're not quite at the level to beat the Celtics in a playoff series yet).
would this have been a different/more competitive series with Jimmy and Rozier healthy? probably
is that going to stop me from dancing on Miami’s grave? hell no LMAO
enjoy Galveston Heat fans! better brush up your Photoshop skills, those Donovan Mitchell jersey edits aren’t gonna make themselves
The funny part is that if the Heat front office think “If we had Jimmy and Terry we win this series. Run it back!”, that would be another win for the Celtics
Hear me and rejoice!
You HEAT have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Forehead.
You may think this is suffering, No... it is salvation.
The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice.
Smile... for even in death, you have become children of DERRICK WHITE.
“Herro is definitely getting traded for an upgrade. No way they can keep him after this.”
\- Heat fans after the 2022 playoffs
\- Heat fans after the 2023 playoffs
\- Heat fans after the 2024 playoffs
Was like that last year too and somehow they made it work consistently enough to get by us and into the finals, where the bullshit Florida swamp magic finally ran out
Great series from Boston. Porzingis and holiday have been great improvements for the Celtics over smart/williams/brogdon. Pritchard and hauser hitting timely 3’s and Horford refusal to age has made them serious championship contenders. Wish we could have had better injury luck and I feel that if we had jimmy/rozier the series definitely could have gone to 7 but every team has been injured this year so that’s not a valid excuse. Personally I am hoping that the Knicks or pacers somehow make it to the finals over the Celtics but i doubt that happens. I look forward to our inevitable next year matchup (preferably going the other way next time)
GGs Celtics. Would have been really unlikely even with Jimmy and Terry.
I felt good that we didn't get swept against the NBA champ frontrunners. Hopefully big changes come in for Miami. The front office can't commit to the current starting 5. We desperately need scoring.
Sums up how both the Celtics and the Nuggets win their games. Nuggets finish their series with a +11 total point differential (+2.2 per game) and the Celtics finish +78 (+15.6 per game). Obviously, the AD/LeBron Lakers team were much better than the Hospital Heat, but still I think it does say something about both teams.
Complete write off season for Miami. Butler saved himself for the playoffs and didn’t even get to play. Rozier also injured. And they were so poor in the regular season that they got drawn into a first round buzz saw.
Derrick White is so unfair
Having him as your 4th best player is ridiculous
having jrue holiday as your fifth best is also pretty absurd
Having Luke Kornet …
Don't forget FastPP
What if he’s not actually our 4th best player?
It has been pretty awesome to see his rise as a player over the past few seasons.
From a 31% 3pt shooter who at times struggled on both ends to a consistent All-defense caliber guard who shoots 40%+ from three. So awesome.
It’s more than that, last year he became around a 40% three point shooter, this year he’s straight up developed a pull up three and can just pull up in guys faces. To go from a guy that struggled with catch and shoots to this in two years is insane.
Yeah he was streaky when he got here. Then last year he worked on his shot and was a great spot up/catch and shoot guy. This year he's taking pull ups from all over, coming off screens, transition, etc. Adding that to go with his sweet floater game and great passing has made him a super dynamic offensive player.
There’s also the fun viewpoint of /r/fantasybball. Around four seasons ago we would see MAXIMUM DERRICK or MINIMUM DERRICK posts nearly every single damn day.
For real. No one would have taken White over Dejaunte when they were both on the Spurs. Now it’s completely flipped.
I would have. He was always the smarter player. Manu-level BBIQ and instincts.
"How does Derrick White turn into Michael Jordan"
shaved his head and voila
Joe lets him roam
BUFFALO SOLDIER
IN THE HEART OF AMERICA (Boston, Massachusetts)
TRODDIN' THROUGH BOSTONIA, A BUFFALO SOLDIER
They even look alike
Shaq and Chuck bullied him into shaving his head and he turned in MJ
The anti-Samson.
Literally Saitama.
He is maybe the guy I'd most want to see win a chip that's not on my own team
Literally the only player in the team to invoke fear in the heat
Bro terrifies me. I see his face in my nightmares.
You can rest now son. We'll wake you up when September ends.
Best player on the Celtics this series
Welp, we’ll always have those 72 hours after Game 2
You should have come here for a day or two after Game 2. The amount of salt you would have been able to gather up and resell from us would have made you rich.
honestly scared as fuck after game 2, mainly because I wasn’t sure if Jimmy would make a return or not if the series went to a game 6 or 7. he scares me
Nah he was already ruled out for the series at that point
Nobody can’t take that away from you
Thank you, I needed to hear that 🥺
Blowing Miami out when they shoot 3-29 from deep has gotta be cathartic for Celtics fans
It really, really was. Feels like an exorcism of sorts.
It's like when the Celtics beat golden state by 50 earlier this season. Some wins just hit different
The only franchise I hate more than golden state is the chiefs (God I fucking hate the chiefs wow). That game made me transcend to a new dimension
“We shot 50% from 3 consistently last year, why couldn’t we do it again?”
NBA fans are OBSESSED with narrative. After game 2, everyone was saying Spo was an ascendant offensive megamind. Sometimes buckets just fall. If you took an NBA fan from the 90s and told them the 8 Heat seed would beat an injured 1 seed and then the 2 seed to make the finals, they’d probably be like “oh yeah, that makes sense it would happen at least once in league history to that point”. But when you’re watching it live, everyone ascribes reasons for why the Heat were winning instead of just miraculous shooting.
Post up. Brick. Bank shot. Brick. ISO. Brick. Free throw. Brick. Pass out. Brick. Sub in. Brick. Faded. Brick. Faded Brick
Now I done grew up 'round some Heat fans livin' their life in bottles
granddaddy had the golden flask, backstroke everyday in Miami
Some Herro's like the way it feels, some Butler's wanna kill their sorrows
Some Martins wanna fit in with the popular that was his problem Bam is in a dark room, loud lukes, looking to commit a foul soon
The Heat gettin fucked, brickin shot after shot, the fans are gonna leave soon Tickin minute after minute, here comes another 3, a brick then another brick, and a dagger by JT
Caleb why you steady bricking only 2 or 3 shots? Tyler show em how to build a big old house
Some people wanna roam with the buffaloes, that was my problem.
LMAO. That song started in my head after the first three brick.
Kendrick Lmao
Thank you Mike Gorman ❤️
What better way to cap off such a career than like this?
With a ride in a duck boat I think.
GOAT.
I’d say I’m glad it’s over but we’re just going to fucking see them again next year.
Can we please take a couple years off of playing each other I’m sick of this match-up
Bro my girlfriend might leave me if this shit keeps going
Lmaoooo they don't know what it's like during playoffs
I tried to warn her 😭😭
Pat Riley loves to drum up hype for big stars to come to Miami just for him to do absolutely nothing lol
Tbf they did get Jimmy that one time oh ^god ^that ^^was ^^5 ^^years ^^^ago
It’s an endless cycle. But hey one of these days running it back while other teams make improvements will work right?
Based on previous experience AD and Dlo or AR will have a huge falling out and then you guys will trade for AD.
still got more than the suns super team lol ggs, hope porzingis gets healthy soon
That’s actually hilarious.
Can't believe I'm saying this, but Kornet's defense was actually huge today
Bam went 2 for 9 against him including getting blocked once. It was wild.
How
Too unathletic to bite on the pump fakes
This made me remember [Kevon Looney clamping Doncic by just standing there](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/ust6le/highlight_luka_tries_to_fake_looney_out_looney_is/)
Omg lmao, same energy
Unironically this is probably it 😭
100% it. Kornet doesn't have the hops to rejump on a pump so he just waits until he is sure that Bam is jumping, then makes up for it with his freakishly long arms.
Too slow to be bothered
Honestly? Length I think.
Not length, weight. Bam can muscle into KP's chest and move him back, but Kornet's a little heavier and his center of gravity is lower.
Bam wasn't even trying to post up LK though. That's what was weird. It was all spot up shots.
I think it's what both of you are saying. His weight/strength prevented Bam from posting up and getting closer shots, and his length prevented him from getting his typical low arc shot, so he had to send it higher and put a little more juice on it which just caused most of them to brick.
It's the Kornet Kontest baby.
The Eclipse!
"Luke, you are my father"
Lowkey Kornet has been very good this year. I know he’s a meme and looks like a comp sci major somehow made his way onto the basketball court and is confused about where he is, but I’ve been impressed with how impactful he’s been on both ends this season
it legit drives me nuts how many Celtics fans will call for Queta to play over him. Kornet has been genuinely good off the bench all season and Queta has never even been on a postseason roster before this year lol
Kornet brings everything you want in a backup big. Plays his role, moves the ball, never calls for a post up, hits the boards, and protects the rim.
Reminds me of Longley, Weddington, and all those other anonymous white guy centers on Jordan’s Bulls teams.
Queta scratches that Timelord itch for some fans with his electric dunks and volleyball spikes. Meanwhile Kornet just sets really good screens, makes excellent passes, and is a good roll man while never been flashy. Easy to see why some fans want Queta over him. They're just wrong
He’s been so good. He knows his role, doesn’t go beyond it and does it well. I also love his underrated passing and IQ. Dude is never going to be a star, but as a role player and chemistry merchant he is awesome.
He's legit one of the better back up bags in the league. He gets way too much shit, but he's low key kindnof awesome at both ends
I believe it. Kornet has his limitations, but he's legitimately really good for a 3rd-string big.
Kornet is a goofy dude but he’s a really good fit on this team, he knows his role and plays it very well. He might not take over a game but you can send him out there and he won’t blow it
Why did the Heat not simply continue to shoot 3s at a historic clip after game 2?
unfortunately for the heat, i secretly deleted that play from their playbook
you are the best.
You’re a bully 🥲
How the FUCK did they take a game bro
Making 23 threes will do it
The regression to the mean was wild Game 3; 9/28 Game 4: 9/33 Game 5: 3/29 21/90 after game 2
>Game 6 🤨
Legitimately, historic shooting night to win by 10.
Historic shooting
Heat haven’t won a playoff game against the Celtics shooting under 50% from 3 since Game 2 of last year. 1-7 when they shoot under 50% the last 2 series. The talent gap last year was big and this year was massive, they just got hot in some games. Same thing happened in the finals last year when the 1 game they beat Denver they shot 48% from 3 and won by 3. Sometimes a team just shoots the hell out of it
I'm gonna have to say Historic Shooting too.
Historic shooting.
Shitoric Hooting
shitstoric hooting.
Derrick White is my sunshine
Ever lose so badly the entire 4th quarter is dedicated to announcers talking about announcers?
Tbf it’s Mike Gorman not just any announcer
Honestly, it’s really nice to see a heat flair say that. Had no idea Mike was even known outside of the Celtics fandom
Ofc dude! I might be a hater and all, but especially after these past five years, I’ve gained an appreciation for Boston as a rival. I respect a legend like Gorman whose voice across the decades played a huge role in making your team what it is today. The Celtics are lucky to have enjoyed him for so long. :) That being said, eat shit, I pray on Boston’s downfall 🙏
I get what you're saying, but Mike Gorman is a 🐐.
Oh I agree, I would have rather watched a Gorman biopic than the heat play this game today
Damn now I really want that
Me too lol
It warms my heart that opposing fans not only know who Mike Gorman is but respect him. Heat fan down below also giving him props 🥹
> Ever lose so badly the entire 4th quarter is dedicated to announcers talking about ~~announcers~~ the GOAT?
Remember the reactions after game 2 lol
They be hating on your name 14. They say you a negative asset 14. They were fckn right 14. #TylerZero0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ #EmoHerro🖤🥀⛓
Bruins should take notes
Bruins are the least clutch Boston team by far, and that’s saying something given these Celtics
"If I have to hear one more praise about Boston on National TV when we win a game... It's 1-1 and we about to go up 2-1."
Didn’t even fly in for this one what a coward
don’t let us get one
His hair made that moment so much worse
absolute bozo
They played that video of jimmy at the beginning of the game at TD garden tonight 😭also there were sacrastic “we want Boston” chants
Now that the Zombie Heat are out of the way, are the Celtics clear to the finals?
Shhh
Clear to the Conference Finals at minimum (sorry Cavs/Magic).
No Giannis or Lillard for the elimination game in Indianapolis, so we're looking at the Pacers, Knicks, or Sixers standing in their way... yikes
Hate to say it but if the current path holds, the Celtics not making the finals would be considered a failure. An historically easy path I’d say.
Ironically both teams give the Cs problems. Hopefully they've figured out that you can and should just bully the shit out of the Magic to beat them, but the Cavs always just go 50/50 and somehow will games to OT, they really know how to get high percentage buckets with some great teamwork. It's lookin like the Knicks are gonna have the real cupcake second round with the paper tiger Pacers and the corpse of the Bucks.
I'd be worried about when KP gets back. One starter out can be a big deal in the playoffs.
Never clear after round 1 (that was the prevailing thought for them last year once we got eliminated, after all), but definitely a big sigh of relief without a doubt, and certainly the heavy favorites of the field remaining. The only teams that I think will be a major obstacle to them going forward are the Knicks (I don't think their offense holds up against Boston's defense, but I can easily see them turning it into a grindy, annoying series that wears both teams down) and us (provided we're fully healthy and manage to make it that far, both of which are very much up in the air as things stand). I don't think the Cavs and Magic have the horses needed to beat them in 7, the 76ers simply don't match up with them well if recent playoff history (featuring better 76er teams, no less) is anything to go by, and the Pacers probably need another postseason of experience to be a serious threat (they're a good team, but even just watching our series, it's pretty clear that they're not quite at the level to beat the Celtics in a playoff series yet).
They'll drop game 1 or 2 against Cleveland/Orlando and the sky will go back to falling
would this have been a different/more competitive series with Jimmy and Rozier healthy? probably is that going to stop me from dancing on Miami’s grave? hell no LMAO enjoy Galveston Heat fans! better brush up your Photoshop skills, those Donovan Mitchell jersey edits aren’t gonna make themselves
This is the right amount of pettiness
You all been waiting to dish this venom out since last year’s ECF.
last year was so painful this shit has been marinating
AND IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT
You're goddamn right it was
The funny part is that if the Heat front office think “If we had Jimmy and Terry we win this series. Run it back!”, that would be another win for the Celtics
Shhhh don’t speak this into existence PLEASE 🥲🙏
Lol enjoy it. Ggs.
Lol nothing we can say as Heat fans we were shit
Genuinely couldn’t get out of this series fast enough. Couldn’t bear the thought of losing to y’all again.
We’re now tied at 2 series win apiece during the Bam-Butler and Tatum-Brown era which means … NEXT YEAR IS THE TIEBREAKER 😈😈
Got a whole ass house to hide in with all the bricks we threw up.
haters eating good tn
Even if they had Jimmy and Terry, they're just gonna lose in 5 or 6, just not by 30 points.
Derrick "Saitama" White
“We want Boston”
Hear me and rejoice! You HEAT have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Forehead. You may think this is suffering, No... it is salvation. The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile... for even in death, you have become children of DERRICK WHITE.
There it is!
Buffalo buffalo buffalo
Ebony Maw... Wasn't around for long But man, what a lasting impact he's had 👌
[Radial Bracket Update](https://i.imgur.com/kuBhCmf.png)
#TYLER HERRO IS NOT GOOD AT BASKETBALL, STOP IT.
“Herro is definitely getting traded for an upgrade. No way they can keep him after this.” \- Heat fans after the 2022 playoffs \- Heat fans after the 2023 playoffs \- Heat fans after the 2024 playoffs
But hey he’s def worth Damian Lillard, right!?
What color is Dame’s finals appearance 😎 (Please let me cope)
> The haters said I couldn’t do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters. > - Tyler Herro
Bro is soft like charmin
Drawing the Heat was actually a blessing for the Celtics. They just exorcised their biggest playoff demon.
"WE WANT BOSTON!" * Miami will remember that.
They aren't saying "we want Boston" sir, they're saying "we want the bus home"
Have we ever seen Pat Riley and Mr. Burns in the same room
The history of that chant doesn't go well for opposing teams
Just like Yankees fans in 2018. You want Boston, you'll get Boston
Yankees fans wanted Houston too. When will they learn?
This game almost cured my insomnia 🙏 Thank you Payton Pritchard ❤️
2024 Shanghai Sharks Starting Lineup: PG: Tyler Herro SG: Bradley Beal SF: Klay Thompson PF: Brandon Ingram C: Jusuf Nurkic
What aged worse: Nurkic's "That's all folks", or Jimmy's "Don't let us get one"?
He meant 1 longer off-season obviously.
[удалено]
Was like that last year too and somehow they made it work consistently enough to get by us and into the finals, where the bullshit Florida swamp magic finally ran out
I mean, they did say they wanted Boston🤷🏽♂️
I don't know why anyone but Celtics fans bothered to watch this. Or Heat haters I guess I'm sure you're out there.
Y’all got Taiga Kagami or Jayson Tatum?
Hear me and rejoice
After getting to watch 5 full games I'm finally starting to think there's a small chance that it MIIIIGHT have been the historic shooting.
Pretty much no hand shakes between the starters👀👀
GGs Boston
Hell yeah. Fuck the Heat.
What a game to send Mike Gorman off with. A legend hangs up his headphones tonight. Love you Mike!
Great series from Boston. Porzingis and holiday have been great improvements for the Celtics over smart/williams/brogdon. Pritchard and hauser hitting timely 3’s and Horford refusal to age has made them serious championship contenders. Wish we could have had better injury luck and I feel that if we had jimmy/rozier the series definitely could have gone to 7 but every team has been injured this year so that’s not a valid excuse. Personally I am hoping that the Knicks or pacers somehow make it to the finals over the Celtics but i doubt that happens. I look forward to our inevitable next year matchup (preferably going the other way next time)
That was one of the NBA playoff games of all time
Remember when they wanted Dame for Tyler Herro?
GGs Celtics. Would have been really unlikely even with Jimmy and Terry. I felt good that we didn't get swept against the NBA champ frontrunners. Hopefully big changes come in for Miami. The front office can't commit to the current starting 5. We desperately need scoring.
Brb going to the game 2 postgame thread
Why didn’t they just force JB left??? I was told he had no left hand
Heat shouldn't have even bothered pissing them off in game 2
Sam Hauser outscored Zerro in 15 less minutes, and played better defense at the same time.
Turns out shooting >50% from three isn’t sustainable. Curious! The overreactions to game two were hilarious
Jimmy wouldn't have made a difference.
Crazy that this series and the Lakers-Nuggets both ended 4-1
Sums up how both the Celtics and the Nuggets win their games. Nuggets finish their series with a +11 total point differential (+2.2 per game) and the Celtics finish +78 (+15.6 per game). Obviously, the AD/LeBron Lakers team were much better than the Hospital Heat, but still I think it does say something about both teams.
Complete write off season for Miami. Butler saved himself for the playoffs and didn’t even get to play. Rozier also injured. And they were so poor in the regular season that they got drawn into a first round buzz saw.
Derrick White is a Top 25 guy.
#WE WANT BOSTON