The 2022-23 NBA Play-In & Playoff

I thought I was writing on the Knicks Game 6 Thread yesterday .. I was too busy watching the game.
I became memorize when the Knicks starters grabbed a 14 pt lead in the first quarter.
And got upset when the Heat ended the quarter on a 7-0 run.
The Celtics or 76ers are suppose to SWEEP the (8th seed) Heats in the ECF.
The Nuggets are suppose to SWEEP the (7th seed) Lakers in the WCF.

The NBA 2022-23 regular season of 9 players or less in the game rotation have a 8th seed & 7th seed (Playin) Team in their conference Finals LOL
No .. Kahwi, Giannis, Durant, Splash-Brothers, Luka, Trae, D.Mitchell, Booker, Gobert, Holiday, Chris Paul, Paul George, or Draymond Green in the conference Finals.
 
I'm looking forward to watching a SWEEP in the ECF & WCF .. I will except a 4-1 series

Game 1 Lakers vs Nuggets turned out to be a scoring party in favor of the Nuggets.
The Lakers final run switching Schroder to defend Murray got the Nuggets lead down to 3.
Lebron's missed 3 ball shot to tie the game was unnecessary .....
Nuggets lead series 1-0

LAL 25 29 38 34 126
DEN 37 35 34 26 132
 
Game 1 of Celtics vs Heats .. Was the same thing that happen in both Game 1 of the Bucks vs Heats, and Knicks vs Heats .... The Pat Riley's Miami Heats coach Spo and super-star Butler's dynamic 2nd half team strategy won all 3 Game 1's in each playoffs series.
Heats lead series 1-0

MIA -- 28 29 46 20 123
BOS -- 30 36 25 25 116
 
Boston at Miami .. Game 3
A must win for Boston ....
First Quarter Heats 30 - Celtics 22
Heats 5-10 on 3's
Celtics 2-7 on 3's
 
Less than 4 min remain in 2nd Quarter
Heats 59 pts, 13 rbs, 15 ast, 5 steals
Celtics 42 pts, 20 rbs, 13 ast, 2 steals
 
Halftime .. Heats 61 - Celtics 46
So far, there have been NO Jaylen Brown in the series for Boston.

The Miami Heats Pat Riley, and Spo, and Udonis Haslem's 19 seasons as a Heats player/coach/leadership has a 9 player rotation playing the best unselfish NBA ball on both sides of the court in the postseason games 10-3 record.
After beating Giannis Bucks 4-1 .. I should've seen the FINALS championship in Miami this season.
 
Heat might go 8-1 vs MIL & BOS, in 2 non competitive series…. but just 4-2 vs Knicks (and close to coming to MSG for game 7. F2MR from Game 6 said 3 calls went Heat way, for 6 point swing).

MIA reserves also knocking down shots. They do swing it, penetrate and kick, penetrate and kick…. But ultimately Knicks 3-point shooting let them down. Randle and IQ injuries didn’t help. A shame too bc this was as good a year as any to win a title. No great team or superstar stood in their way. Not saying they beat BOS or DEN, but if 3rd team all nba Randle and 6th man of year IQ showed up in playoffs, crazy to think a title was within their grasp. Insanity.
 
End of 3rd Quarter .. Miami Heats out-scored the Boston Celtics 32-17 for a Blow Out Game in the 3rd qtr. of Game 3
Miami Heats leads ECF series 3-0
 
I'm still surprise Lakers made it to the WCF ....
Game 4 of Nuggets vs Lakers
Half Time .. Lakers 73 - Nuggets 58
Lebron 31 pts, scored 21 pts in first quarter.
Lakers shot 7-11 from 3's, 18 rbs, 14 ast
Nuggets shot 8-22 from 3's, 16 rbs, 14 ast
 
The WCF as expected SWEEP !!!
The Triple-Double Jokic sweep thru Lakers 4-0 to advance to the FINALS !!!
Jokic's 30 pts, 14 rbs, 13 ast, and 3 Blocks are headed to the FINALS !!!
Lebron James 40 pts, 10 rbs, 9 ast, 2 steals performance says "their will be a 20 NBA season Lebron.
 
Game 4 of Celtics vs Heats .. is a WIN or go Home Game for the Celtics ..
Heats leading series 3-0
At Half Time .. Miami 56 - Boston 50
In the 3rd quarter Boston elite ball-movement started the quarter by going on a 16-0 run, and never looking back. The Heats and Butler were fighting hard to get back the lead at the end of the quarter but Celtics and Tatum elite ball movement ended the 3rd quarter (38-23) with the Celtics having a 9 point lead to start the 4th quarter.
In the 4th quarter the Heat was only able to bring the Celtics lead down to 5 points before Tatum dynamics took over to blow the Celtics lead up to 17 points having less than 5 min remaining in game.
Six Celtics scored in double-digits points for the Celtics 116-99 win.
Tatum 33 pts, 11 rbs, 7 Dimes
Butler 29 pts, 9 rbs, 5 Dimes
The Heats lead the series 3-1
 
Game 6 .. Celtics vs Heats .. Another Win or go Home game for the Boston Celtics in Miami ???
The Heats Vincent is BACK!
Will Celtics Jaylen Brown have another 20 pt game?
 
Halftime .. Boston 57 - Miami 53
The Celtics build a 11 pt lead in the 2nd qtr. but the Heats chopped the lead down to 4 pts at end of quarter.
Tatum got 25 pts, 4 rbs, 2 ast, 2 steals, 2 Blocks, on 7-13 FG, and 11-11 FT shots
JBrown got 11 pts, 6 rbs, 2 ast, 2 steals
The Miami Heats Martin got 14 pts, and Vincent got 11 pts
Looks like Heats saving their Butler/Bam/Lowry explosion for the 2nd half of the game
 
Less than 7 min remain in game 88-83 Celtics lead ..
Butler & Bam combine FG shooting is 7-35 .. and Heats only down by 5
 
Talk about an exciting down the stretch 4th quarter of a game, well that was Celtics vs Heats Game 6 ....
When Butler hit all 3 FT shots to give Heats a One point lead having 3 seconds remaining in the game.
Smart's 3-ball shot missed, and White's tap-in wins the game for Celtics.
Boston 104 - Miami 103
Series Tied at 3-3
 
Game 7 .. ECF Win or go Home Game ???

Halftime .. Miami 52 - Boston 41
All I can say is the Miami Heats Defense won the first half ..
Can't wait for 2nd Half .......
 
The Miami Heats 103-84 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 7
Makes the Heats the ECF CHAMPS this season ..
Heats win Series 4-3

Pat Riley & Spo's strategic moves in the post season games .. Over the Bucks, over Knicks, then over Boston has shown me the Heats unselfish ballin and team-defense is ready to hold a Championship.

The Boston Celtics was a scary-bunch in all 20 of their post season games, it was the 21st game that look like the Celtics finally ran out of gas. It was great watching the (Win or Go Home) Celtics 3 game win streak in the series.

Post season games played:
Boston 21
Heat 18
Nuggets 15
 
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