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The Heat have been without Tyler Herro since Game 1 of their first-round series against the Bucks. The sharpshooting guard sustained a hand injury in the series opener on April 16 and was expected to miss four-to-six weeks.
Ahead of the crucial Game 7 against the Celtics on Monday, rumors surfaced indicating Herro could potentially suit up for Miami after he was seen getting shots up after the team’s morning shootaround. Prior to tipoff, Herro clarified his status, informing fans that despite the speculation, he would not be available during Monday’s game in Boston.

This wasn’t the path the Heat envisioned after going up 3–0 on the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals on May 21.
At that point, Miami stood on the precipice of its sixth NBA Finals appearance in the last 13 seasons. Boston looked lost, with star forward Jayson Tatum and guard Jaylen Brown scuffling. The hot-handed Heat appeared destined to meet a Nuggets team that had just polished off the Lakers in the Western Conference finals.

Jayson Tatum arrived at TD Garden on Monday with a Kevin Garnett-inspired message for hopeful Celtics fans ahead of one of the most anticipated Game 7s in NBA history.
Tatum’s Celtics, after falling into a 3–0 hole, kept their season alive on Saturday with a wild 104–103 Game 6 win for a third-straight victory over the Heat in the Eastern Conference finals. In doing so, Boston became the fourth team to force Game 7 down 3–0 and preserved a chance to make history as the first team to ever win a series facing those daunting odds.

Bass also sparked a social media firestorm in April after he blasted a United Airlines employee who refused to clean up popcorn spilled by his young children.

After missing Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals vs. the Heat, the Celtics announced guard Malcolm Brogdon will return for the crucial Game 7 on Monday night, per The Athletic.
The 2023 NBA Sixth Man of the Year will return to the team as the Celtics play in front of a home crowd at TD Garden. 
Brogdon has played limited minutes since he suffered a right forearm strain during Game 1 on May 17. He scored 19 points in Game 1 and then 13 points in Game 2, but then only made one basket during the next three games as he dealt with the injury.

Can Boston pull off the improbable and finish off the historic comeback vs.

Two weeks ago, New York Yankees star Aaron Judge “peeked” towards his team’s dugout and/or first base coach prior to a pitch from a Toronto Blue Jays hurler.
That moment stirred up a ton of debate about the “unwritten rules of baseball” with regards to pitch-tipping.
Everyone agrees that the Houston Astros using technology to steal signs and, ultimately, steal a World Series is wrong. The league punished them for it.
But what about a first-base coach noticing something from a pitcher or catcher and relaying it to a hitter? That’s a tricky gray area for some people.
Not for me.

We’ll spare you another “Doc to Nurse” pun. The Philadelphia 76ers have reportedly agreed to hire former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse as HC, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Nurse is a hire that’ll make this fan base happy.
Known as a premier X’s and O’s coach with an attitude, Nurse is the type of hire that could jumpstart the latent Sixers roster, led by reigning MVP Joel Embiid and James Harden.
Previous Sixers HC Doc Rivers let this championship roster down with a disappointing second-round exit. Rivers was fired after three seasons with the team.

The Philadelphia 76ers have reached an agreement with Nick Nurse to become the team’s next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Notre Dame Lacrosse finally accomplished what it hadn’t in the program’s illustrious history and senior star Pat Kavanaugh wasn’t going to miss this one, despite a lingering injury that has limited his postseason.
For the first time, the Fighting Irish are national champions. The No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated No. 1 Duke 13-9 on Monday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field to secure the 2023 NCAA national title.