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.