The Boston Celtics have no answer for the Miami Heat.
Erik Spoelstra has taken Joe Mazzulla to school over and over, and the team simply looks gassed, out of sync, and with no fight left in them.
That’s why NBA legend Magic Johnson took to Twitter to rip his lifelong rivals, stating that they’ve just quit.
In my 44 years of being associated with the NBA I never thought I’d see a Boston Celtics team, a franchise with 17 Championships, quit. I know Celtics fans all over the world must be disgusted and devastated. The Miami Heat blew them out 128-102 in Game 3.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 22, 2023
Johnson claimed that he had never seen a Celtics team just give up in the 44 years he’s been associated with the NBA.
And while his comments could be slightly biased, given his history with the franchise, he might be right on point.
Notably, Magic’s beloved Los Angeles Lakers are also down 0-3 and could be swept.
However, Darvin Ham’s team has shown plenty of fight in those three games, and while they just haven’t been able to match the Denver Nuggets’ intensity, at least they’ve tried.
The Celtics’ body language has been way off in this series.
They’ve proven to be capable of taking the Heat down, even leading late in the game in the first two matchups.
That was definitely not the case in Game 3, as the Heat jumped to an early double-digit lead and never looked back.
The league could’ve had a dream-like final between the two winningest franchises going toe-to-toe for the record-breaking 18th championship.
Now, they’re looking at more than a week without games on TV before the start of the NBA Finals, as both series could end in just four games.
Just like everyone predicted.
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