Inside the NBA Reacts to Celtics Game 5 Blowout Win vs. Heat

Do you think their confidence is shaken at this point? No, not shaken, but stirred. Not shaken, but stirred. Meaning it's stirred up. Like you're like, OK, wait a minute. The things that we were doing pretty easily, we're not doing easily anymore. And why not? So now you have to question why not. When they won one game, you're like, they're the Boston Celtics. They were the number two seed in the NBA. Of course, they're going to win games, possibly. But when you lose two in a row, you're stirring it up. And now you have to question. And your strategy has to change from the Miami side. You'll lose two in a row. You'll lose Gabe Vinson for this game. I don't know what his status is for game six down in Miami. I think while their confidence is shaken, they can't beat the Celtics if the Celtics play well. I mean, there's a reason everybody picked the Celtics. Now, the thing that's disappointing about the Celtics, you should not be up and down this late in the season in the Eastern Conference Finals. But we saw it against Atlanta. We saw it against Milwaukee. No, no, that's Miami. I got you. Yeah, no, that's Miami. But they were against Philadelphia. But and they did the same thing in game one, game two and game three. But if they play like they do in game four and five, Miami can't beat them. They're not good enough. I think, you know, Miami is still saying, OK, we know what we have to do with this. This right now forces them to focus. You know, you would think after the last loss, they'll be a little bit more focused. This right here forces them to focus. And it's going to be a great game. It's going to be a great game. I cannot wait till Saturday. They will try to join only three other teams in forcing a game seven if they can win game six in Miami. How much money you want on this game, Chuck? I want a lot, brother. But nobody's ever done it. Nobody's ever won a best of seven. Went down three nothing. What was that? That was a... Chuck and I had a bet. I gave Kenny what I gave the book he gave me. And Kenny was getting excited for a second. I thought they were going to get it to eight. You go back to game four of this series. Early third quarter. Heat by nine. And then comes a Boston 18 nothing run. And they have dominated since that run. So what does that tell you about what we can expect to see on Saturday in Miami, Chuck? You know, Jimmy said the same thing Chuck said about Boston first two games. We're not hitting the shots. We're not playing defense. He is correct. They have to play better. They have to play with more energy. Celtics did what they were supposed to do. They know they're a better tuned team. The first two games were terrible. They played hard on game three and game four. For me, it's going to be a battle of the wheels. Chuck thinks it's a must win for Miami. I kind of agree with him. But they just have to play better. They have to play harder. I disagree with what they said about Bam. Bam can't allow that to happen. I don't care about the defense coming in on it. If the defense is coming in on them, my shooters are open. You got to get the ball and you got to make the correct play. And when you get the one-on-one coverage from a guard, I don't care if they're the same size or not. You can't let a guard play you. You can't let Jason Tatum play you. You can't let Grant Williams play you. He has to be better. And again, when he gets 20 or more, then he wins. So, you know, all that stuff about, you know, they're packing the paint, you want them to pack the paint so you can kick it out to your shooters. The saving grace for Miami is the fact that while they've been dominated the last six quarters of the series, they do have game six in their gym with a chance to win the series. Yeah, that don't mean anything, as you knew. What do you mean it doesn't mean anything? Because Miami won twice here. Yeah, but you still have that game six in your place. No, it's about how you play. The home court is great, but you got to play. I can't believe, listen, everybody knows the Boston Celtics, the best team don't always win the series. Because even though you have a better team, you have to play better. The Miami Heat played better the first three games. The Boston Celtics played the best the last two games. If these two teams play their best, the Celtics are going to win. They have to have, we said it going back to game one, Miami going to drive the same speed limit every time. But these Celtics right now, they're driving a faster speed limit. And if they make shots and play good defense, they're going to win not game six and game seven. But they might have waited too late. Because you're right, Miami know this game seven, game seven is game six. So you're saying that Miami makes shots, and Boston makes shots, you still got Boston? I think, no, I said if both teams play their best, the Celtics are a better team. No, but I'm going to ask a question. You're talking about Boston making shots. If Miami make their threes, you still got Boston? No, because what happens is, for some reason, they both don't play defense. They get psychologically down when they're not making shots. Even Jimmy Butler referenced that when he was talking about it. But Arnie, that's normal. Nobody goes to a game and says, let me just play defense. I mean, when you are making shots and things are going good, yeah, you give a crazy energy on a defensive end. You mean you never had that mindset, Chuck, when you went to a game? Hell, I thought I'm going to go here and play defense. Nobody ever says that. Nobody ever said, let me go out here and play defense. Hey, be our watch to earn, by the way.