Yes, they fell at the Jimmy Butler Gala (47 points). Yes, the missiles hurt a lot in the last seconds of the 24th hour, in the last act. But the Celtics also missed the final.
For this game 6 at home, Boston could use ideal circumstances to push Miami. Except for the start of the match.
“We Started Wrong”notes Ime Udoka after the meeting. “Butler was aggressive and we couldn’t get to his level.” Our evenings are like losing a lot of balloons. We leave the property with inaccuracies and find ourselves behind. We dug a hole, came back without playing at our best level. But once we were within range, we made the wrong decision. So we always stayed at five or seven points. »
Too many errors and inaccuracies
Even after more than forty less than perfect minutes, the Celtics still had a chance to win this match and this series. The last quarter was missing, the duo Jaylen Brown – Jayson Tatum and the uninspired Marcus Smart were almost missing.
“Two things: they attacked the ring and played a free throw”Coach C continues. “We made mistakes in bad times, in bad times we shot the winners at the end of possession. We didn’t attack the missiles as we should. »
In this final quarter, Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry and Max Strus scored every important basket before the end of the 24-second time. Complicated missiles, after a large defensive effort by Boston, which cut the legs of the Celtics.
“There were three or four such shots at the end of possession, which hurt a lot.”confirms Derrick White. “It hits you in the back of the head, such blows, especially at the end of the match. »
Especially when on the other side of the floor Jayson Tatum handcuffed the lost balls in the last quarter (4), multiplied the sterile isolation and ended with an attempt at a successful shot in twelve minutes…
“It was in the dynamics of the game”explains the wingman to justify his four shooting attempts in the second half. “I have to look at the footage, but when I was on the field, I caught the attention of the defense and tried to find disagreements. »
Already two victories in Miami
They swallowed the defeat quickly, the Celts will still have a chance, as the last, to join the Warriors in the final. It will be in Miami on Sunday.
“We’re frustrated, but if it was easy, it wouldn’t be us.” We will board the plane, fly to Miami and try to win this game 7. We have already been there, we have great confidence in our group. says Derrick White. “We know it’s the last match, so I trust this group 100%,” insists Jayson Tatum.
The Celtics have already won important matches in these playoffs, in the conference semifinals against the Bucks (6th and 7th games) and in this conference final. So hope is allowed.
“We won the decisive match in Milwaukee, then match 7 and two in Miami, so there are positives,” recalls Ime Udoka when he thought of Game 2 and Game 5 in Florida, where he faces Jimmy Butler and his gang. “We know we can win there.” We can’t afford to be like that tonight. You will need to be better at starting the game and maintaining physical intensity. »
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| Players | GM | Minimal | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Soon | pd | bp | Int | Thu. | celebration | Body |
| Jayson Tatum | 76 | 35.9 | 45.3 | 35.3 | 85.3 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 26.9 |
| Jaylen Brown | 66 | 33.6 | 47.3 | 35.8 | 75.8 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 23.6 |
| Dennis Schroder | 49 | 29.2 | 44.0 | 34.9 | 84.8 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 14.4 |
| Marcus Smart | 71 | 32.3 | 41.8 | 33.1 | 79.3 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 12.1 |
| Derrick White | 26 | 27.4 | 40.9 | 30.6 | 85.3 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 11.0 |
| Al Horford | 69 | 29.1 | 46.7 | 33.6 | 84.2 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 10.2 |
| Robert Williams | 61 | 29.6 | 73.6 | 0.0 | 72.2 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 10.0 |
| Josh Richardson | 44 | 24.7 | 44.3 | 39.7 | 85.9 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 9.7 |
| Daniel Theis | 21 | 18.7 | 59.8 | 35.7 | 68.8 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 7.9 |
| Grant Williams | 77 | 24.4 | 47.5 | 41.1 | 90.5 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 7.8 |
| Payton Pritchard | 71 | 14.1 | 42.9 | 41.2 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| Romeo Langford | 44 | 16.6 | 42.9 | 34.9 | 58.8 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| Jabari Parker | 12 | 9.4 | 47.4 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 52 | 11.0 | 39.6 | 27.0 | 80.8 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| Enes Svoboda | 35 | 11.8 | 52.6 | 40.0 | 85.7 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| matt ryan | 1 | 5.3 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Sam Hauser | 26 | 6.1 | 46.0 | 43.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| Luke Kornet | 12 | 7.1 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| justin jackson | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Malik Fitts | 8 | 3.5 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| Brodric Thomas | 12 | 5.0 | 44.4 | 22.2 | 60.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
| Nik Stauskas | 6 | 2.5 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Juancho Hernangomez | 18 | 5.3 | 18.5 | 16.7 | 66.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Bruno Fernando | 20 | 2.9 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Juwan Morgan | 1 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kelan Martin | 3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| cj mil | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |