On May 26, Beijing time, the NBA Eastern Conference Finals G5 will begin at Boston's North Shore Garden. It's a game for both sides to win. Needless to say, the Celtics will be out if they lose 3-1 and could fall apart. And the Heat can't afford to lose this game, once they lose, they will return to Miami's G6 will be under extremely great pressure! The Heat, which themselves are slightly inferior in overall strength, need to end this series as soon as possible.
The Celtics came to the death at G5 and went on a 16-0 run after trailing by nine points in the third quarter to turn the game around. Tatum played a leadership role, while Jaylen Brown and Brogdon both came out with injuries. After winning the G4, the morale of the Celtic players was also boosted. Although there have been no teams that have turned 3-0 in the 77-year history of the NBA, there are not a few teams that have turned over 1-3 in history. In the last three games they faced elimination, the Celtics won the final victory. It will also instill confidence in them.
And bad news came from the Heat. The team's starting point guard Vincent will be suspended due to injury, and Lowry will most likely be in the starting lineup. But a set of stats shows that when Vincent started the playoffs for the Heat, the Heat were 18-5. When Vincent was on the floor, the Heat outscored by 34 points and lost 12 points when not on the floor. For comparison, Lowry lost 21 points when he was on the floor and 43 points when he wasn't. For the Heat, they lost a very important player.
Of course, the Heat and Butler. Some media posted two pictures of Butler's ghostly smiley faces. One is Butler's ghostly smile when the Heat and Knicks G3 lose. The other is Butler's laugh in the final stage of the G4 against the Celtics. Against the Knicks, Butler blasted his opponent in G4, and this time against the more powerful Celtics, can Butler still let his smile become a blade inserted into the heart of his opponent?