Did The Miami Heat Over-Celebrate Their Win Over Boston?
The Miami Heat conquered the Boston Celtics to make the Eastern Conference finals by winning by a score 97-87. It was a big win for the Heat who proved that they are the new Big Three. But by the way they celebrated their victory, you would think that LeBron, D-Wade and Bosh had just won the NBA Finals.
So does their victory celebration sit right with you?
On one hand, this was the series that everyone was anticipating. After Boston beat Miami in the season opener, most thought the Celts would have their number by the time the NBA playoffs rolled around thanks to their cohesiveness as a unit. You also have to consider the type of game LeBron James had. Everyone (myself included) has been critical of his ability to close out games and the manner in which he shredded Boston in the final minutes by scoring the last ten points. Not to mention this is the very team that most recall as the team LeBron “quit” against in his last game as a Cav. It was probably his best performance to close out a game since the pivotal Game 5 victory against the Detroit Pistons back in 2007 where he scored 48 points and closed the show with the team’s final 25 points (a series most have quickly forgotten as one of his best finishes ever). So this win was doubly good for James. And then there’s the fact there are a decent amount of people who think the Heat have punched their ticket to the NBA Finals as the Bulls or the Hawks simply aren’t strong enough. So that’s reason to celebrate.
But then again, this was just the Eastern Conference semifinals. They still have to possibly get through the #1 seeded Bulls and play in the Finals against either Dallas, Memphis or Oklahoma City. They are only halfway there. So there’s no need to shed tears as you still have more games to play. As a matter of fact, you were supposed to win this series. So if anyone should have been crying, it should have been Memphis for upending the #1 seeded Spurs. Nevertheless, here we are with the Heat moving on and partying like it’s 1999 all over again. We wonder what there will be for an encore?
We like it or not … Miami will be the team to beat for years from now unless one of the big 3 suffered an injury and they were out for the season. Lebron is the best player in the NBA now although the MVP title went for Rose ( since he had no help on his team). None of the other teams can measure up to the explosiveness of Wade and James combined.
Earlier this year, you wrote “The Miami Heat Won’t Win The NBA Finals Because They Don’t Have A Closer.” The first part of that may be true, but they clearly closed on the Celtics in games 4 and 5.
A colleague of yours wrote “Is The Miami Heat’s Matchup Against The Boston Celtics The Biggest Playoff Series Of LeBron James’s Career?” Here is the key excerpt: “But in order to get the respect he desires, that’s exactly what LeBron needs— a long, drawn-out series [against the Celtics] that shows that he can lead a team to a title. He needs to beat a great team to show us that the Heat are more than just a team that’s legendary on paper. He needs to win this series.” Well, he got that- except the “long, drawn out” part.
Please reread those (they are on this very website) to partly understand why the Heat celebrated the way they did at the end of Game 5…all the haters wanted them to lose and they smoked their nemesis in convincing fashion.
So, to answer your question more directly: No, they didn’t over-celebrate. Do you over-hate?
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Did the Heat over celebrate??? Not one sportscaster or expert picked the Heat to win this series before the Playoffs began….I watched them all pick the Celtics…I can only guess that you don’t review the films, from the games to see the improvements they made over the course of the season. So if they want to celebrate let them…they deserve it…. Gooo Heat!
They absolutely over celebrated. They haven’t won anything yet. They are just setting themselves up to be laughed at once they fail to win.
and Thomas here ^^^ shows exactly why their celebration was fine.
Who cares if they celebrate. its their job to play basketball and win. so why be a hater when they are really happy to have won. lebron and wade deserve the win.
the heat got a monkey off their back, the media talks about about lebron quit against the celtics and how boston would beat the heat because during the season boston won 3-1 games. Its like the student beating the master and a hump they had to get over. Besides their not hurting anybody boosting up their confidence
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