I wasn't "gloating" about anything, if you read my post I specifically said if all stays relatively the same. Williams out + Lowry back obviously changes that dynamic pretty quickly. Lowry is the Heat 3rd best player by a not insignificant amount, his defense/leadership was huge tonight. Offense was rough but that was mostly a function of having to do too much w/ Butler out 2nd half.
I don't think Miami can score enough on the Celts healthy and Lowry not at full strength (even at full strength I think it would be a pretty tough climb) obviously I know the Celts health is tenuous with Williams. Also with this being a rock fight attrition series.
I dunno why people can't comprehend something so simple
Oh yeah???
Do you know what was the most significant change? Butler didn't play the entire second half -- and it showed with how poorly Miami played offensively in the second half. It doesn't get that interesting if he plays.
The opportunity to win was there , Boston just played like shit early and Miami wrecked the fuck out of Boston with their defense.
Miami is a good team. They're well coached. Like I said after Game 2, they're not gonna lay down . And they play damn good defense -- this ain't Brooklyn or Milwaukee. Not a lot of BBQ out there, as you'd say
