I am reposting this as the last post of the night. Paper Moon is a perfect movie. Tatum O’Neal is a phenomenon.
Friday, April 26, 2024
OT in INDEE
You know how the "Heat" are something like 38-37 or whatever in the last two seasons with the "Big Three" Jimmy, Bam, Tyler? That means we had a better record without (all) of them playing. Do you think we should trade Jimmy this summer?
My (second ex) Missus and I were conversating re who Trumpie will choose as his “running” “mate.” She suggested “that SD governor who wanted to put him on Mount Rushmore?” I said Noem wouldn’t do as she was running around with Corey Lewandowski. She didn’t think Trumpie should discriminate against women like that and did some more research. She sent me this and I responded as indicated.
Reading these last-to-first:
And now we're adjourned for the day. Trump looks utterly spent as he rises at the end of the long first week of testimony in his criminal trial. As he passes reporters, he grimaces, then glares, putting on a braver face as he leaves the courtroom.
[Erik Spoelstra]'s one of the greatest in-series adjusters in the history of the sport. Sometimes the scheme changes are subtle. In Game 2, they rang loud. From the opening tip, franchise fulcrum Bam Adebayo picked up the assignment on Jayson Tatum.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. That will fuck with Joe Mazz' Bean head!
“They make us think. They do this on one possession, then they do another thing on another possession, then they switch, then they don’t,” Kristaps Porzingis told reporters on Thursday. “So that can freeze you a little bit, because you start to think a little bit, then you rush.”
That WILL make you think. And it hurts Joe Mazz' head to think.
Placing Adebayo on Tatum kept the Celtics from getting to their preferred areas of the court expediently, as one doesn’t just bump Bam into submission. The lack of doubles meant fewer clear release valves on the weak side to swing to. Adebayo was almost omnipresent—trained on Tatum, which allowed him to remain engaged both on ball and as an active helper on switches. ...
It's brilliant! Imperfect analogy here: I once saw...what was that fucking big lug from Pitt's name?...Damn...guarding, successfully too, Steph Curry. The principle of verticality. ...Stephen Adams!
He [Bam] was the wellspring of a Heat defense that, by sheer force of will, junked up the Celtics’ best-laid plans. ...
...the Celtics,... managed only 32 attempts from deep.
I can understand that. Having a Big on the perimeter makes you think twice about launching. I don't understand what comes right after that:
Miami successfully goaded Boston into a game that was not its own.
...the Celtics all noted the issue of having to close out better on the Heat shooters, who were wide open on a majority of their long-range attempts.
Not ALL the "Celtics". Not the HEAD "Celtic".
...their [The "Heat's"] sudden departure from expectation is all part of the adaptation game.
Upon the foundation of Miami’s top-five defense, the Heat have been emboldened to ramp up the variance against a team that knows intimately what a procession of 3s does to an opponent. ...
Joe Mazz said post-game that the solution was for the "Celtics" OFFENSE to be more "efficient", that good Defense feeds off good Offense. It is just one more example that if a bird had Joe Mazz' brain it'd fly backwards.
...The percentages won’t always be there for the Heat the way they were in Game 2, but something tells me that the attempts are only half the fun. ...It’s the psychology of...[the thing].
Maybe the Celtics will actually bother to contest the likes of Haywood Highsmith from here on out, but Miami will relish in creating punishing obstacle courses all the same.
Guys like this, this guy's name is Danny Chau, can often write about basketball the way Jacques Derrida wrote about philosophy, in confusing, nonsensical gibberish, muddying the waters to make them look deep. Think Zach Lowe or, when he was with the Miami Herald, Ethan Skolnick. But I think Chau nails this. Spoelstra is so good because his strategies are so good and because they're sometimes so outside-the-box that the opposing coach (especially those named Joe Mazzulla) never thinks about it. As Porzingis said, Spo "makes you think". It's X's and O's + psychology.
Chau then posts this video clip sequence. The "Celtics" are totally helter-skelter on that play, a successful D-Ro trey. They have no idea what they're doing, no idea even what the "Heat" is showing them. Coaching.
[Derrick White] starts off attached to Tyler Herro, and by the time the ball gets to Duncan Robinson’s itchy trigger fingers, he’s out of the play entirely. It’s not just the 3s, it’s the work that Miami will put Boston through in defending them.
Alvin Bragg's second witness was...what the fuck was her name?...Rhona something, Trumpie's "gatekeeper" in his business. She kept his contacts logged among other things. She had entries for Karen McDougal and one for "Stormy". She saw said Stormy in the lobby at Trump Tower one time. On cross Trumpie's lawyers insinuated that the two could have been in his contacts as wanna-be's for The Apprentice.😏
Trump: Charlottesville Death, Injuries "nothing", "a little peanut", compared to student protests over Gaza
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking in a Manhattan courtroom hallway at the day’s end of his criminal hush money trial, Trump blamed President Joe Biden for student protesters who have set up encampments...
Donald Trump on Thursday claimed the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “nothing” compared to ongoing pro-Palestinian campus protests...
[At Charlottesville] torch-wielding white supremacists marched to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, chanting “You will not replace us!” and “Jews will not replace us!”
“We’re having protests all over. He was talking about Charlottesville,” Trump said [of President Biden]. “Charlottesville was a little peanut. And it was nothing compared — and the hate wasn’t the kind of hate that you have here.”
Trump has tried to pin reported instances of antisemitism around the campus protests to Biden.
Hundreds of white nationalists descended on the city on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12, 2017. Clashes between white nationalists and anti-racism protesters broke out both days, prompting authorities to declare the gathering on Aug. 12 an “unlawful assembly” and to order crowds to disperse. It was after that announcement that a man rammed his car into a peaceful group of counter-protesters. One woman died; 35 others were injured.
Days after the deadly rally, Trump told reporters that “you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.”
“When those folks came walking out of those fields — down in Charlottesville, Virginia — carrying Nazi banners, singing the same garbage that they sang in Hitler’s streets in Germany in the ‘30s, carrying torches, accompanied by the Ku Klux Klan, and a young woman was killed, I decided that I had to run. I had to run,” [Presiden Biden] said. “Our democracy is at stake, and it really is.”
Conservative Justices Take Argument Over Trump’s Immunity in Unexpected Direction (NYT)
Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct.
It was other-world imagining.
Perhaps the most alarming aspect of Thursday night was Cleveland’s lack of fight. As the Magic strutted, stuck their chests out, scowled and verbally assaulted players on the court and the bench, the Cavs just … took it.
Throughout the season, it became clear that opponents had a specific perception of this team. ...soft... the level of disrespect coming from Orlando’s side was palpable.
Banchero did the too-small gesture to Mitchell after a fadeaway jumper and kept pointing at Cavs veterans Marcus Morris Sr. and Tristan Thompson who have been standing on the sidelines trying to distract the young Magic for a duration of this series.
Wagner appeared to call Thompson or Morris — perhaps even both — an asshole. Suggs and Thompson exchanged words — even before Suggs punctuated the Magic statement victory with a showy breakaway windmill dunk in the third quarter, gesticulating back to the bench.
...
It shouldn’t have been a surprise that Orlando would put Carter into the starting lineup...It shouldn’t have been a surprise to see Banchero finally come alive... It shouldn’t have been a surprise...It shouldn’t have been a surprise...
But it was.
...for the Cavs, this year was supposed to be different. ...This team was supposed to be ready for the bright lights. More seasoned. More mature. More prepared. Better. Deeper. Tougher. ...
...The Cavs got a little too comfortable up 2-0. Perhaps that [original emphasis] is the lesson. No matter how harsh.
Just how much have they learned? How much mental toughness have they gained?
Oh who said that should be the defense oh right me
Under cross-examination, Trump’s lawyers are trying to show that any dealings Trump had with Pecker were intended to protect Trump, his reputation and his family — not his campaign.
Can the defense successfully create reasonable doubt on that issue without Trumpie testifying? I don't think they can. There is going to be no direct testimony that I am aware of that that was the motive unless it comes from Trumpie himself, and putting him on the stand will, I believe, hang him.
"The Mountain of Evidence"--NYT
After the first witness, the New York Times is going to regret that category heading.
Emil Bove
Pebbles (3-0) Sank the Lake Last Night 105-112
Don't think anybody's gonna beat Denver again this year.
AP for ESPN:
...a tenacious veteran core...
They play like that. They know each other so well.
...Denver stretched its winning streak in this lopsided rivalry to a whopping 11 games.
Against La-La Bron-Bron. Damn.
...defending NBA champion Nuggets win their seventh straight playoff meeting with James and the Lakers in dominating style.
...Denver, which took control in the third quarter and cruised through the final minutes to its fifth straight road win over Los Angeles, starting with its sweep of last season's Western Conference finals.
No NBA team has ever rallied from an 0-3 playoff deficit.
...the Lakers, who haven't beaten the Nuggets since Dec. 16, 2022 — and have rarely looked capable of ending that streak.
...Los Angeles, which surged into the postseason with largely outstanding play since the holidays, capped by an impressive play-in win over New Orleans to snatch the seventh seed. The Lakers had won 12 of 15 heading into this series — but now they're one loss away from failing to win a playoff round for the third time in four years since their 2020 NBA title.
All of that. Poof!
...Lakers coach Darvin Ham said about the Nuggets. “That starting group has been together for a long time.
It matters. What Erik Spoelstra calls "connectivity" matters and the longer a core has been together the more of it you have.
Davis and James were outstanding once again...
It just doesn't matter against Denver. Not even when you've got two HoF'ers playing their best, it doesn't matter against Denver.
D’Angelo Russell went scoreless in 24 minutes of play for the Lakers...Gordon had the highest-scoring playoff game of his 10 NBA seasons
You think: If we can keep A.D. and LBJ from beating us...But no. The "Nuggets" are a TEAM. If, which almost never happens, Fat Boy is off or not full on, or if Michael Porter, Jr. is not, then you have Aaron Gordon step up.
After blowing a 20-point lead in the second half of Game 2, the seventh-seeded Lakers were left feeling frustrated, outmanned — and occasionally confused, according to Davis, who said the Lakers sometimes don’t know what they’re doing when faced with Denver’s offensive versatility.
And coaching matters.
Los Angeles hadn't played a home game in 16 days, and it has won just once at home since March 24.
Jeezus.
Russell's disappearing act was compounded by another quiet game from starter Rui Hachimura...
To have a chance against the "Nuggets", you need everybody to be on their A-game. And usually that isn't enough.
While the Lakers' fans left the building in the final minutes, a small group in the Lakers' end chanted “Fire Darvin!”
Yeah, coaching matters too.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Eleven
Last night, in celebration of the “Heat” win I picked up Eleven. She started squirming so I slowly lowered her from my standing position to the hard concrete floor. When I gently lay her down she bit me. I felt it of course, but it was not nearly as painful as when she clawed my thumb on Feb. 25. But,
it bled like a mother. That’s after I washed and dabbed it once. Three minutes later it stopped leaking,
Her teeth are as sharp as her claws and she sliced me badly and cleanly.
Late this morning I took another pic.
And at 5:10 today another. I was trying to get one that didn’t look as bad to send my family.
I didn’t succeed. All the marks there are Eleven. My son said he was “sick” seeing the first bleeding pic last night. I didn’t send the others to my family.
Eleven is unpredictable. I never know what or when she is going to do it. The unpredictable makes you gun-shy. I’m scared to have her near my face for fear she could blind me or cut my carotid.
I love Eleven. I love her less than I did before Feb. 25. I got most of that diminished love back until last night. I still love her, more than I did right after Feb. 25, but less than I did Oct. 23–Feb. 25. I’m scared of her. You can’t really love a thing truly that you’re afraid of.
FT Quakers Quiet Quakes 125-114 (2-1)
Joel Embiid had...wait for it, 50 points. Electric Maxey, 25. The great Jalen Brunson got 39 and dished 13 asts. Hat to see either team lose a game in this one.
After Game 1
Celtics put to rest concerns over late-season
cruise control with dominant win over Heat
The Heat, playing without Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier, will be fortunate to get a game in this series...
I'm not chortling. I had the fat lady singing at 7 pm when it was 0-0!
...They would be wise to quickly dispose of a weakened rival.
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Forgive everyone outside of Miami, including the oddsmakers, for writing the Heat off after this one.
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The final 15 minutes were a conditioning exercise.
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Good luck. Adebayo can cook for all the Celtics care. Of whom else are the Celtics afraid in Butler's absence?
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Miami's undrafted scrappers, Caleb Martin and Duncan Robinson...did not look so tough without their lead bully.
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Spoelstra will swear his Heat can stick to their principles, lean harder into their available core and call on the next men, but he can only turn to so many reserves before Boston's talent gap becomes a chasm.
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Makes you wonder whether the Celtics can make healthier teams look as outgunned as they did Miami.
Quakers 102-92, 9:15 4Q
Quaker Gunners Quivering Quakes 85-75, 4:05 3Q
I love these two teams. I love Electric Maxey, new Most Improved Player, I like Joel, I love the Nova Knicks. These are two good-guy teams.
Amway Buries 🚀Men 121-83 (2-1)
Mortgagers scored the first six points of the game, led 10-3, and 21-18, 3:12 1Q when Amway ran off 13 straight points to close the quarter. They never looked back. It was the American Way. Tonight.
@RealBobManning
Porzingis on the challenge #Heat present:
“They make us think. They do this on one possession, then they do another thing on another possession, then they switch, then they don't. So that can freeze you a little bit, because you start to think a little bit, then you rush."
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"PTSD (Post-Traumatic Spoelstra Disorder)"
If Wednesday's dispiriting Game 2 loss to the Heat had you experiencing PTSD (Post-Traumatic Spoelstra Disorder), it's justified.
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1. Joe Mazzulla vs. Erik Spoelstra
Oh boy. It's times like this when the worst fears of every Celtics fan -- that Mazzulla can't meet the moment -- tingle the spine with dread.
The sideline demeanors tell the story. Mazzulla stalks with a clenched jaw and his eyes opened just a bit too wide. Spoelstra looks alternately bemused and harried when his team is getting run off the floor, but always calm, like the grizzled editor with a loosened tie and three days of stubble who nonetheless has all the answers.
Everyone expected the Heat to play rugby after Caleb Martin's blindside hit on Jayson Tatum late in Game 1. Junking up the game supposedly was the only way they could compete.
Instead, they took a page from Steph Curry's Warriors and said bomb's away, making a staggering 23 3-pointers. The overwhelming majority were wide open, [In fairness, his too wide open eyes saw "moderately to extremely well-defended] because Mazzulla never adjusted. ...
If the coaching clash becomes the dominant theme of the series, buckle up.
Concern level: 5.
Alvin Bragg’s Gonna Lose His Case
Pecker got immunity. And Alvin’s chipmunks didn’t inoculate the jury to this during voir dire or opening statement. It’s Trial Practice 101, you don’t let a bombshell like this explode on the jury without cushioning. Trumpie was pleased:
Donald Trump left the courtroom and briefly addressed the media after court adjourned for the day. Per pool, he said:
Today was breathtaking … breathtaking and amazing testimony. This is a trial that should’ve never happened, this is a case that should’ve never been filed and it was really an incredible, an incredible day.
He had a very good day. In Manhattan and in D.C.
Pete Gillen
@Gillenhoops
I think the Celtics will bounce back and win this playoffs series in 5 games but the Heat are gutty and resilient and you never know what could happen?The Celtics are a much better team than the Miami Heat but 3-point shooting can make up for a lot of weaknesses and problems.
3:33 PM · Apr 25, 2024
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A gentleman's sweep like Pebbles. The "Heat" will not win this series or I will suck a bag of dicks. But we fuck with Boston's head. We fucking spook them. We never figured Pebbles out but we DEFINITELY know Beans. And we've got Spo. They're not going to gentleman's sweep us.
Couper Moorhead
@CoupNBA
Miami now has four playoff games in the past two seasons with 50% shooting from three...against Boston.
No other team has more than one...against anyone.
9:39 PM · Apr 24, 2024
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A Boston reporter referenced that in a question to Joe Mazz last night. What is up with that? NO OTHER TEAM IN THE LAST TWO PLAYOFF SEASONS SHOT 50%! Holy cow.
I missed the first 20-something mins of the beginning and just went back to listen. The justices, all of them, WERE highly skeptical of Sauer’s “total immunity” position. They clearly are not going to go that far. My take is that they may reverse Judge Chutkan unanimously on absolutely NO immunity and remand for hearings on what is official and what not, with effect of no crim. trial for Jan. 6 before election, a total practical win for Trumpie.
It’s weird. I remember when it was first made public, reading this Jan. 6 indictment and writing that I thought “there are holes here big enough to drive a truck through”, flaws as I saw them then, in the language of the statutes that the charges were based on. I didn’t think this was a case as open and shut as say the docs case. But then I had lunch with a fed prosecutor friend who told me that he would have charged the case exactly the same way, so I just put it out of my mind.
I wasn't sure I had posted on the SCOTUS immunity arguments today. I'm glad that I did because it saves me having to regurgitate some sour digestion. I will just add for now that I think the decision will be 5-4 with Barrett joining the libs.
Chief Justice Roberts could taken this case on the very simple question of whether former presidents are totally immune from criminal prosecution and massaged the Court to issue a narrow unanimous ruling: No; as he did in the state disqualification cases; on the same concerns: to preserve what is left of the Court's integrity with the public.
Roberts declined that opportunity and we will have a bitterly divided court opinion that will lay bare, agayne, the Court's political split, and which will allow the majority's partisan favorite, Trumpie, to escape accountability until after the election, which at the present time he is projected to win with an Electoral College landslide (he won't win at all); after which, were he to win (which he won't), he could dismiss Jack Smith and his two federal cases.
Instead of answering the narrow question narrowly, confining the arguments to this case and not future cases, and avoiding Constitutional questions not necessary to the ruling (both of which are articles of construction by SCOTUS), Roberts let his brethren and sistren range widely, viz, "We're deciding this case for all future presidents" (by Alito); engaging in hypothetical extensions of the question, even questioning the validity of the Special Counsel Act (Morrison v. Olson). The questioning of Trumpie's lawyer was slow-pitch softball, of the Special Counsel's lawyer from the ghostly ether of possibilities.
It was grieving to listen.
Alvin Bragg: YOU TOO!
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial
"...the Heat played chess while the Celtics were asking if there were flying kings.
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla stymied by Heat
coach Erik Spoelstra’s game plan (Boston Globular)
The Celtics had to know this was coming, right? They knew the only way the Miami Heat would be able to win Game 2 was by living behind the 3-point line, going completely out of character and taking their chances.
And it worked. Miami coach Erik Spoelstra had two full days to prepare for Game 2 and completely dominated his matchup with Joe Mazzulla, bringing back painful memories of last year’s Eastern Conference Finals.
Caleb Martin being left open for threes (didn’t the Celtics learn this wasn’t a good strategy when he turned into Steph Curry last year)? Tyler Herro not only knocking down threes but also turning into a playmaker; the Celtics can allow one but not both.
And a swarming Miami defense that turned Kristaps Porzingis into a major liability (minus 32 in his 30 minutes)...
...the Heat played chess while the Celtics were asking if there were flying kings.
The Heat were 13 for 24 [on threes] in the first half, begging the Celtics to make an adjustment to limit the attempts. Instead, they just hoped Miami would miss.
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...Mazzulla is facing one of the game’s best coaches. What is highly disappointing is Miami’s game plan was no secret. We’re not talking about the rope-a-dope here.
Miami taking more 3-pointers and limiting the Celtics’ attempts was the only way the Heat could make this game competitive. Yet, the Celtics appeared unprepared at times. They were erratic offensively and played right into the Heat’s hands...
...Miami took the Celtics completely out of their game, turned them into drivers against multiple defenders and then the defense offered lazy closeouts to Heat shooters...
It was the Eastern Conference Finals all over again, except Jimmy Butler was back in Miami rehabilitating his knee injury. It’s not inexcusable for the Celtics to have an off night and lose, but it is inexcusable to fail to make adjustments and allow Spoelstra to completely change the perception of the Celtics and their title chances with a 48-minute masterpiece.
It wasn’t that the Celtics came out flat or lackadaisical. It’s that they truly believed they could beat Miami by just sticking to their standard game plan and hoping their talent would win out. They did nothing differently than in Game 1. Mazzulla implemented no new wrinkles.
He coached the game with arrogance because of their 64-win regular season. He relied on his talent to prevail over the more cohesive team that embraced a new game plan. ...[The Heat] knew they had to be different Wednesday because being the same was going to get them beat by 20 again.
So Miami morphed into a stellar 3-point shooting team and the Celtics sat there and watched it happen. And in all honesty, the Heat have quality 3-point shooters...
Mazzulla called most of Miami’s 3-point attempts “moderately to heavily contested.” Not sure what constitutes heavily contested, but the Heat, besides Herro, seemingly had plenty of time for their release because the Celtics didn’t respect their prowess.
...the Spoelstra game plan blitzed entry passes to Porzingis and invited the Celtics to attack the rim but then their defenders closed out aggressively.
...Mazzulla blamed the offense for the defense, but the defense was porous from the beginning and never really improved.
The “let ‘em shoot, they’ll eventually miss” approach failed miserably and it cost the Celtics momentum...
Last, Last.
"Joe,...did you feel like you adjusted in the second half because I think they made another 53% of their 3's in the second half...what could you have done differently because basically that was their whole strategy, everybody knew that they were going to have to take a barrage of threes to keep up with you guys?"
So the question clearly focuses the respondent's mind on defending the three better. The coach's non compos mentis response was to say that the offense had to be better. He never mentions defensive adjustments.
"So to answer your question, when things like that are happening it puts more pressure on your offense. Your offense has to be more efficient...You have to look at the other side of the adjustment and so the Herro-Adebayo pick-and-roll is dangerous in itself...and you're making that a 2-on-2 game with their two best players. [reduced from three without Jimmy Butler] And so the first adjustment was to become more efficient on the offensive end...So I think it just puts more pressure on the offense to be more efficient."
Boston: Your coach. I'm out of words for him. Good night.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Last Call
Curry Hicks Sage
@CurryHicksSage
Didn’t watch Celtics and I root for the Knicks but if you’ve ever once thought Mazzulla was in the same stratosphere as Spoelstra you need to get your head examined. To lose a single game to a Butler-less Miami team when you have that much talent is downright comedically pathetic
10:40 PM · Apr 24, 2024
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Jaylen Brown Knows
Why does this team keep hitting many threes against you from players that we don’t think of as shooters?
“I think they're well coached. I think that's credit to the coaching staff and organization. They put together a good game plan for them and they feel confident and they come out and execute it. I think that’s what they do and tonight was an example of that…You gotta adjust…”
Nick Coit
@NCoitABC6
Joe Mazzulla postgame after the 111-101 Game 2 loss for the #Celtics: "Two completely different games from Game 1 to Game 2."
On Miami's 23 three-point makes: "Thought most of those were moderately to heavily contested." @ABC6
#DifferentHere
10:07 PM · Apr 24, 2024
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Folks, I didn't know. I didn't watch the game. I took his word for it. Then, I watched highlights of the "Heat's" threes. It's here if you can see it: https://www.espn.com/nba/video/_/gameId/401655100 Folks, there was no Bean near our guys on our threes, no one NEAR our shooters. The difference in this game was Mazzulla vs Spoelstra. Spo KNEW Joe Mazz wouldn't be smart enough to even SEE that his players were not defending; Spo knew that Joe Mazz would dare the "Heat" to beat him with 3's, Spo dared Joe Mazz to not defend, and the "Heat" buried them. This was coaching.
Jeremy Shipe
@JeremyOnTheMic
*sigh* Celtics severely out coached in a series with Miami.. when the threes aren’t falling, what’s the backup plan? Has to be better than continuing to shoot threes, at least for a moment, right?
Game three in Miami.. time to see what the guys in green are made of.
9:52 PM · Apr 24, 2024
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Jeremy, we KNOW what the "Celtics" are made of: Jello. They're soft, bro. Miami gets in their heads and they just "retreat", they get scared shitless.
"Before the Heat-Celtics game, Shaq said Miami would win by 10." 👀 Holy Shit.
Jimmy Traina
@JimmyTraina
Before the Heat-Celtics game, Shaq said Miami would win by 10.
Barkley said let’s bet on it.
Shaq doubled the bet at halftime.
Cut to Shaq with wads of hundreds.
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9:46 PM · Apr 24, 2024
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OKAY! Well, that's an unusual tribute. Thanks...I guess.
Derek Thompson
@DKThomp
In August 2022, researchers at Yale invented a fluid that, pumped into dead pigs’ bodies, brought their organs back to life—a kind of “zombie” liquid.
Almost nobody talks about this medical breakthrough anymore. And no organizations use it.
Except for one. The Miami Heat.
9:45 PM · Apr 24, 2024
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Yeah. How you gonna disagree with this. I'm shaking my head, I'm in disbelief.
Sandeep Varry
@SVarry9
Forget the players for now, Coach Spo needs a statue outside the @MiamiHEAT
arena. He is a testament to what can be achieved with great coaching. Beating a 64 win # 1 team at home with superstars out. Everyone said sweep and the coach said culture! #HEATCulture
9:59 PM · Apr 24, 2024
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My take as well
Surya Fernandez
@SuryaHeatNBA
Look how scared the Celtics were of losing again to the Heat at home as the minutes ticked by, they weren’t leading, and the game wasn’t going like they assumed it would.
9:53 PM · Apr 24, 2024
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And the fans too. The whole arena could feel it coming again. This was the worst. We didn't have Jimmy, we didn't even have Terry. If you're a "Celtics" fan, where do you put this game where it doesn't just fuck up your head? You can't, and so the fans just "retreated".
"Heat" LIMITED "Celts" to 32 threes (?)
Noa Dalzell 🏀
@NoaDalzellNBA
Joe Mazzulla attributes the Celtics being limited to 32 threes to Miami’s switching defense. Said he liked the shot margins tonight:
“That’s a recipe for long-term success. I think that’s a balance of not overreacting, but also finding where you can get better.”
These are Boston announcers
"Hmm, look at this Celtic fan RETREAT tonight. Hmm".
https://twitter.com/mph_824_/status/1783308022057767124
It's discouraging. I get it. I don't think they were booing. Just retreating.
3J 3, 91-100, 5:03 I'll be a sonofabitch. "Heat" take timeout.
I don't know the mood in TD Garden, if they're booing or what. I don't read cause for booing, it doesn't seem like the "Celtics" are shitting on themselves again. It just seems the "Heat" are pulling this out of their ass. This is the "Heat's" game! I'm guessing that it's quiet in there, that the fans are shell-shocked.
81-90, 8:23 3Q, Beans Flatulence Time Out
The game could not be going any better for Miami. They have it low-scoring, they're scoring, Beans is not. Now, at any moment, Brown Turd could erupt. He could score 13 in the next 3:17 like he did at the end of the 2Q and Beans could leave 94-90 at 5:06. But Beans are getting squeaky bums. The whole city of Boston just took a shot to calm the nerves. You can just never count Erik Spoelstra out of a playoff game, especially against Boston.
Arizona Democrats Pass State House Bill to
Repeal Abortion Ban Law
The issue now moves to the state Senate, which is also expected to vote to repeal the near-total ban the Arizona Supreme Court upheld earlier this month.
...three state House Republicans joined Democrats in approving a repeal...
Members of the state Senate, where Republicans also hold a narrow majority, voted last week in favor of a motion to introduce a bill that would repeal the abortion ban. Two Republicans joined every Democrat in the chamber on that vote.
The state Senate could vote on the repeal as early as next Wednesday, after the bill comes on the floor for a "third reading," as is required under chamber rules.
The state Senate is likely to pass a repeal of the law, a source in Arizona familiar with the situation told NBC News. Once that happens, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is certain to sign the repeal quickly.
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