The Boston Celtics kept their foot on the gas in their impressive Game 1 win over the Boston Celtics, storming back to take home-court advantage again.
The Celtics are nine-point favorites ahead of the rematch, but Skip Bayless believes bettors should lean towards the Heat this time again.
Bayless points out the fact that, even though the Celtics finished the season with the second-best Defensive Rating in the league, the Miami Heat were still able to put up a franchise-record 46 points in the third quarter against them.
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He also cited the plethora of contributors Erik Spoelstra’s team has found in the postseason, with five players scoring at least 15 points and multiple guys stepping up to knock down three-pointers.
However, Bayless admits it’ll all start and finish with “Playoff Jimmy,” stating that it’s become more evident now than ever that Jimmy Butler doesn’t care about the regular season and he saves himself for the postseason.
Jimmy is averaging over 30 points per game in the postseason, taking his offensive game up a notch when his team needs him the most.
The Celtics should be much better this time around, and their fans sure hope Joe Mazzulla won’t sit tight while his team is getting run off the court, but they should still find it tough to beat a gritty, hard-fighting team like the Heat by a big margin.
Not many No. 8 seeds in NBA history have been as good as this Heat team, and there will be no margin for error in Game 2.
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