With names like Gabe Vincent, Duncan Robinson and Caleb Martin leading the way, the Miami Heat flexed their balanced attack in a dominant 128-102 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 3 Sunday night, securing a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
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Miami didn’t just dismantle Boston to take a shocking 3-0 series lead in the East finals. The Heat laughed at them. And the Celtics crumbled.
Boston’s Joe Mazzulla pinned the blame on himself after the Heat pummeled the Celtics on Sunday night to take a seemingly insurmountable 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
Former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger made an eye-opening comment about current signal-caller Kenny Pickett during the latest episode of his podcast, Footbahlin With Ben Roethlisberger.
Pickett was featuring as a guest on the podcast episode when Roethlisberger stunningly admitted that he was rooting against the young quarterback when he first arrived in Pittsburgh.
“I wouldn’t say that I wanted Kenny to necessarily fail, but when someone comes to replace you, I still felt like I had it.
The Celtics were outmatched in Game 3 against the Heat on Sunday, getting blown out, 128–102, and falling into a 3–0 deficit in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Celtics rested their starters for the fourth quarter, waving the symbolic white flag early after falling behind by 30 points through the first three quarters.
After the game, All-NBA forward Jaylen Brown didn’t mince words when discussing the team’s performance, lamenting it as an “embarrassing” display.
“I don’t even know where to start. It’s an obvious letdown.
Jimmy Butler was telling the world the Miami Heat were going to win the championship this season even after a 2-5 start. The Heat never really found their rhythm during the regular season, and had to win an elimination game in the play-in tournament just to qualify for the NBA Playoffs as a No. 8 seed. Somehow, the Heat have transformed into a monster this postseason with Butler as their leader, and now they’re only one win away from sweeping the Boston Celtics and advancing to the NBA Finals.
Few gave the Heat a chance against the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals, despite the fact that Miami became the sixth No. 8 seed to upset a No. 1 seed in NBA playoff history when it beat the Bucks in the first round. However, after taking the first two games of the series, Miami moved to the brink of advancing to the NBA Finals with a 128–102 victory in Sunday’s Game 3.
The shock of the blowout reverberated across the basketball world, combined with the fact that Boston seemed to offer little resistance to the Heat throughout the evening.
Breanna Stewart logged just the fifth 45-point double-double in league history as she torched the Fever for three quarters in a 90-73 rout Sunday.
PGA club pro Michael Block’s dream week at the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club continued Sunday when he aced the par-3, 151-yard 15th hole, sending fans into a frenzy at the Rochester, New York, course.
Brittney Griner scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in an emotional home opener following 10 months detained in a Russian prison.