Before the division finals began, I believe that some people must have guessed that the Finals would be the Nuggets vs the Heat, but no one would have thought that after three games, the score would be 0-3, and the suspense of the division finals would end early.
Unlike the Lakers, who were also trailing 2-0 yesterday, the Celtics changed their lineup today. They started with White in place of Lowe, starting with a small lineup to match the mobility of the Heat's roster.
But apparently the Celtics' change of formation did not achieve the effect they wanted, and their mobility was still poor for the Heat. Later, the Celtics had to use Gwee to play center's super small lineup to barely match the Heat. However, this lineup was quickly torn apart by Adebayo.
The Celtics are fighting for life and death today, under enormous pressure. Under heavy pressure, they were deformed in various ways, with six turnovers in the first quarter and eight points behind in a single quarter. Butler gave out four assists in the quarter, and at least three of the three I saw were three-point assists.
The Celtics' defense takes Butler very seriously, and as soon as Butler comes in, someone will help with it. This defensive strategy is fine, but the key is that the Celtics' people always over-assist and put too much room for others, and Butler only needs to pass the ball, which is an open three-point opportunity and an assist.
Those three points were made by Martin, Sturlus and Duncan Robinson, respectively. The Heat guys are all too familiar with Butler to see who is assisting in, and he can pass the ball to the open space with his eyes closed.
Behind the Celtics' excessive defensive assistance is the decline in their single-defense ability this season, so they have to assist to change defenses, resulting in a larger gap in the defensive end.
The collapse on the defensive end caused the shooting action on the offensive end to begin to deform, and Jaylen and Horford shot outrageous threes. The Celtics wanted to play fast before the game and wanted to shoot three-pointers, but they were blown up by the Heat on both fronts.
As the Heat's role players continued to pitch, their self-confidence also reached the highest point in the Eastern Conference. In the second quarter, Duncan Robinson played an incredible game.
Can you imagine that Dunroe, who can only shoot three-pointers in the fans' impression, can break through and score against Tatum's defense? He doesn't just do that, he and Adebayo play counter-running tactics, and one gets rid of it and scores in the air.
When Duncan Robinson started holding the ball, he and Adebayo played to give the latter a precise open dunk; He broke through with the ball and hit a three-point shot to Martin on the outside. These things, before today, you can't believe that Dunroe can do it.
In the second quarter, when the score was 54-35, the Heat's draft picks scored 33 points and the Celtics scored 35 points. It wasn't Butler who broke the Celtics today, but the Heat's undrafted drafters. The suspense of G3 actually ended in the second quarter.
I'm sure Smart must have said something in the Celtics' dressing room at half-time. Returning in the second half, Smart took the lead in grabbing the ball from Adebayo to make it 2+1 and chase the gap to 12 points.
But this also became the Celtics' final struggle in this game, and then the Heat played a wave of 27-7 attacks to end the suspense. Arguably, this is the biggest rout since the Celtics' playoffs, and both the situation and mentality have been completely exploded by the Heat.
In G3 numbers, Tatum scored 14 points on 6-of-18 shooting and Jaylen scored 12 points on 6-of-17 shooting. The Heat's Vincent scored 29 points on 11-of-14 shooting, Martin 18 and Dunroe 22 on 5-of-7 three-point shooting. The first two are the world-famous double scouts, the last three are all undrafted, and today's game is a blast against the Celtics by the undrafters.
The Heat proved that I can beat you with Butler's star ability, and I can beat you with the accuracy of the draft losers. The series 3-0, although it looks incredible, actually reflects the Heat's all-round crushing in this series.
From head coach to star, role player to bench, offense to defense, the Heat have won the game. And before the start of the series, apart from the head coach, I believe that the Celtics were favored in other ways, but who would have thought that the Heat's black eight miracle would continue.
Before the start of the Eastern Conference finals, ESPN predicted that the Celtics would win 97% and the Heat would win just 3%. For a team that has eliminated the Bucks, the 3% probability is clearly too low.
After winning the first game, ESPN increased the Heat's win rate to 13%; After winning the second game, ESPN increased the Heat's winning percentage to 35 percent. Now that the Heat are leading 3-0, I don't know what their winning percentage will be this time.
If nothing else, the Finals Heat will still be the underrated side. It's okay, continue to underestimate the Heat, they love being in this position and then knock everyone's jaws off.