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NBA Twitter reacts to Celtics forcing a Game 7 at the buzzer: ‘One win away from history’

Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Celtics forcing a Game 7 at the buzzer against the Heat.

The Boston Celtics have forced a Game 7 after an unreal late-game thriller in Miami.

Thanks to Derrick White’s buzzer-beating game-winner, they became the fourth team to force a Game 7 after trailing a playoff series 3-0.

NBA Twitter reacted to yet another wild Heat-Celtics game.

The 5 huge mistakes from Mike Budenholzer that led to Bucks’ epic collapse against the Heat

Not sure what Mike Budenholzer was doing here.

So the Heat really did the thing, huh? Miami took out the No. 1 overall-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs.

This is the biggest upset we’ve seen in the NBA in — quite literally — a decade. The last No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 8 seed was Tom Thibodeau’s Chicago Bulls in 2012 when they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers.

This is history, man. Everyone is going to remember Jimmy Butler as the architect who made it happen. And, specifically, they’ll all remember Butler catching a lob on the final play of regulation but tossing the ball in the basket while also falling down.

It was an absolutely phenomenal play. I’ve never seen anything like this before, man.

But the thing about it is that, honestly, probably shouldn’t have happened. Give Miami all the credit in the world for absolutely making this happen. But there’s a series of coaching errors from Mike Budenholzer and the Bucks here that made this all possible.

Let’s take a look at them.

NBA Twitter reacts to Heat eliminating Bucks in first round: ‘Budenholzer was chillin on the sidelines like “damn this game good as hell”‘

Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Bucks’ first-round elimination from the Miami Heat.

The No. 1 seeded Milwaukee Bucks have been eliminated in the first round of the NBA playoffs after losing their series to the Miami Heat in five games, in what is now considered one of the biggest upsets in NBA history.

As expected, Twitter didn’t let coach Mike Budenholzer, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Milwaukee off the hook after tonight’s elimination.

NBA Twitter reacts to play-in games: ‘Rudy Gobert out there looking like prime Shaq’

Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the final day of the play-in tournament.

The 2023 NBA playoffs bracket is set after the Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves clinched the 8th seeds on the last day of the play-in tournament.

Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Miami holding on to Chicago and Minnesota blowing out Oklahoma to reach the playoffs.

Trae Young destroyed the Heat and then rightfully called Jimmy Butler out for guaranteeing a win against the Hawks

Trae Young and the Hawks got the last laugh on this one.

They always say one of the most dangerous things you can do in sports is overlook the opponent that’s right in front of you.

That’s exactly what Jimmy Butler seemed to do ahead of the Heat’s play-in matchup against the Hawks. And, honestly it’s hard to blame him. The Heat are 10-3 against Atlanta dating back to the start of last season if you include last year’s playoff matchup. Miami has traditionally dominated that team.

That’s why Charles Barkley was so confident in his Miami pick. *cough* it’s why we were, too. But everyone was a little too confident — including Jimmy Butler, himself.

He told The Athletic the Heat were winning. Flat out.

“I’m gonna do whatever it takes for my team to win — night in and night out, and honestly, I couldn’t care less what anybody writes, if I’m a good basketball player or a bad basketball player…So as I take on tomorrow’s matchup, and we get that dub, we’ll worry about what goes on down the line. But I think I’m gonna be a decent basketball player at the end of the day.”

Obviously, Miami did not win. The Hawks got the last laugh in this one and it wasn’t particularly close. Atlanta had huge leads for most of the game. Miami cut the score to as low as 5 and only led once, but Atlanta dominated most of the way.

So, of course, after the game, Young called Butler out for what he said.

“I was really focused on tonight and making sure we won. I know Jimmy guaranteed a dub so I was really focused on making sure that didn’t happen.” 

And he said it with the shades on, too. Whew. That’s how you send the trash-talk back the other way. The NBA needs a lot more of this, man.

To be clear, there’s nothing wrong with Butler being confident enough in himself and his squad to guarantee a W. He should feel that way going into the game. Just know that, if it doesn’t happen, you’ll hear about it. And that’s exactly what happened here.

This is fun. This is how sports are supposed to be. Give me more, Plz.

Every potential Kyrie Irving trade destination so far, ranked

Kyrie Irving has a market, folks

Welp. That didn’t take long. With the NBA’s trade deadline just a few days away, it looks like there’s already a legitimate market out there for Kyrie Irving’s services.

Considering his history in the NBA and how — uh, let’s call it unpredictable — Irving can be, there was a question floating around about how many teams would potentially want to add the Nets’ All-Star to their roster.

It turns out there are already quite a few. According to multiple reports in the situation, there are already at least five potentially vying for Irving’s services.

Here, we have them all ranked from best to worst, starting with:

A look at every angle of Jimmy Butler’s absolutely incredible game-saving block on Devin Booker

Jimmy Butler is absolutely incredible

Jimmy Butler might have just made the best defensive play we’ve seen so far in this young NBA season.

Look, I know that feels like hyperbole. But it’s hard to block jump shots. Especially jump shots from elite scorers who do just about everything to throw you off your timing and get you up in the air.

That’s what Devin Booker tried to do against Butler in the waning moments of the Heat’s win against the Suns. The game was on the line with the Suns down 1. They’d just gotten the ball back from an offensive rebound on the possession prior.

Booker got the ball with a chance to win the game for Phoenix. He jabs steps. Jabs again. Takes off to his right hand and then rises up.

Butler takes care of the rest of it. Take a look.

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Jordan Poole’s hilarious reaction to being called for a 3rd carry violation in one game is simply amazing

Clearly, Jordan Poole doesn’t agree with these calls

Go through NBA history and pick out your favorite crossovers and dribble moves. There is almost bound to be an uncalled discontinued dribble — or “carrying” — violation somewhere in there.

That’s just how it goes, man. Allen Iverson used to do it. Kyrie Irving still does it. The rest of the league does it, too.

That’s why it felt like we were in an episode of the twilight zone when officials called Jordan Poole for carrying not once, not twice, but 3 times (!!!!!) in one single game against the Miami Heat on Tuesday.

That’s just something that doesn’t happen. And the thing about it is it isn’t really wrong — he certainly carried. But, as his teammates and coaches have said, it’s something that happens literally all the time.

But, hey, man. Rules are rules, I guess? Poole certainly didn’t appreciate it. His reaction to these calls was incredible.

Just take a look at this face.

Y’all.

This is so petty and I love it. It’s the face you make when you’re mocking someone you’re in the middle of an argument with. You know the face.

Is it childish? Yes. Absolutely. But is it perfect in every single way? Also, yes. Absolutely.

This is hands down going to be one of the best memes of the year. The people love it.

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Is changing par the key to filling tee times during hot weather? A popular cooler company thinks so

If the mercury hits 103, that’s the score the golfers are attempting to beat.

Filling tee times in the middle of summer — especially as many spots in the South suffered through one of the most difficult hot-weather stretches in years — is an arduous task.

Paulie Dery, the chief marketing officer at Austin-based Yeti, and his team used the heat as a chance to get creative in expanding their reach into the golf space. The final product was a novel (and frankly, hilarious) golf tournament held at ShadowGlen Golf Club, just outside the state’s capital in the late August heat.

Heat Strokes by Yeti changes the narrative around par at a golf course; rather than a previously assigned score to match, par during this event is related to the day’s high temperature. If the mercury hits 103, that’s the score the golfers are attempting to beat.

The company developed a toolkit containing everything a local course would need to promote this new scoring system. The event kicked off with a shotgun start featuring 18 foursomes (72 players) in total, with a goal of playing the full tournament during the hottest window of the day.

Of course, the cooler maker came up with specific products to surround the tournament, and the idea proved a winner — within three hours of opening registration for the event, all the tee times were filled.

“If you think about it, we started in fishing because we love fishing, and we’ve solved a problem that we could stay out fishing longer. If we had a nice cooler to stand on and keep our fish fresh, but then it found the outdoors, right?” Dery said. “It found alpine, it found surf, it found barbecue. It found all these places that we never built the thing to manage. But once we saw it take footing, we then invested in those communities.

“Golf is one of those other ones. We never built this stuff for golf carts, but that’s where we see it all. And so it’s the time where you’re like, OK, the golf community has embraced the product, let’s get more involved.”

Now that the concept has been vetted, Dery hopes to offer it up to other courses throughout the country as a pre-packaged promotional tool for courses throughout the south to use to entice golfers at the hottest time of day.

“It doesn’t look like it’s going to get any cooler in the future,” Dery said.

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Summer golf: Gear you need to play in the heat

Gear every golfer can use to stay hydrated, cooler and protected from the sun.

For the past week, huge swaths of the United States have felt record-breaking heat, with golf lovers sweltering from Rhode Island to parts of Oregon. With August still a week away and plenty of summer golf to be played, it’s important to plan ahead and have a few things handy.

The best way to beat the heat is obvious: Play as early in the morning as possible or late in the afternoon or evening. Days are long now, so a quick nine holes as the sun comes up or after an early dinner can help you avoid the hottest parts of the day. If that’s not possible and you know you’re going to be playing through the middle of the day, these things can protect you from the sun, keep you hydrated and help you stay cooler.

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