A chance at the most epic upset in its history NBA It was obvious.

Celtics they won in Miami their Striketied the East final series 0-3 at 3-3 winsregained home court advantage, moved Game 7 to Boston, and wanted to make history?

Just a victory in the last game of the series, at home, in front of their fanatical fans, against a team with a clearly lower bar and less talent, which has already broken its ceiling and only got great transitions after the series.

Everything pointed to the fact that the river would turn back and after … 150 consecutive failed attemptsfinally become the first team in NBA history to break the curse and win with 4-3 a streak that started 0-3.

Two large deliveries entered the scales and were weighed. On one scale is the gleaming jersey of the Celtics, a team with a huge heritage and a weight far greater than that of the Miami Heat jersey, which looks like an empty bag in front of it.

On the other hand, terrible delivery 150-0the previous 150 times in the NBA Magic when a team led with 3-0 and the enemy never succeeded in turning him back.

The heavy jersey of the Celtics finally proved…. tissue paper and burned out in front of its 150-0 delivery power.

Against all logic, the Miami Heat are back, and where everyone thought they were going to fall apart after three consecutive losses to a clearly superior team, they won in Boston with an impressive 103-84they did it 4-3 in the series, they advanced to the NBA Finals.

There they are invited to fight, again with the title of an absolute underdog and with a disadvantageous position at home, with Denver Nuggetsthe team with the second-best record in the NBA this year and the Western Conference champion.

The key player in this big win in Boston was once again Jimmy Butler. Urban legend says that he is the illegitimate son of the GOAT. Michael Jordana rumor that circulated but was never heard from official lips, but no one came forward to refute it.

Does the famous rule “never let the truth ruin a good story” apply here? Maybe yes maybe no. Maybe the joke is too big to be taken seriously at the coffeehouse level, maybe no one wants to dig through the ashes that could start a big fire.

One thing’s for sure: Throughout this year’s playoffs, Jimmy Butler has played like… Michael Jordan. In the last and decisive game of the series against the Celtics, he scored 28 points, grabbed 7 rebounds, dealt out 6 assists and had 3 steals. In a word, a real leader, as in all previous games, the Miami Heat made one breakthrough after another.

We’re talking about a team that’s so low in the Eastern Conference standings that they had to go through two “final” playoff appearances to qualify for the playoffs.

From the 8th position, he crossed with the No. 1 East and the entire NBA, their Milwaukee Bucks from Giannis Antetokounmpohaving a natural home defect. It didn’t even need to get to that point. Beat the Bucks twice in Milwaukee, twice in Miami, and advanced to the Eastern Conference Semifinals with an impressive record. 4-1.

Many said that the Heat took advantage of his injury. Greek freak causing him to be out of action in (nearly) 4 out of 5 games in the series. Continuity overthrew this convenient view.

Butler’s company was again at a disadvantage at home. New York Knicks and glued them to the wall too.

With a win in their first game, they ended the series 4-2 and advanced to the Eastern Finals, where, of course, they again faced home court advantage, the Boston Celtics, the team with the second-best record in the East behind the Bucks and 3 Ranked in the entire NBA.

With Butler in the moonlight, the Miami Heat won twice in Boston and quickly went 2-0. They defended after home in the first game of the series in Miami and led an impressive 0-3 record. It was the Celtics’ first reaction. They won the second game in Miami, fell to 1-3, and with their new win in Boston they went to 2-3, which gave them hope. In fact, when they won again in Miami and drew 3-3, the Celts (and the entire basketball world) believed it was time to make a mythical turn and write History.

Until, 150 times in the past the team went 3-0 in the playoffs and never missed a turn at the end. Of those 150 times, 92 times (61%) the streak ended 4-0 in 4 games, 44 times (29%) it ended 4-1, 11 times (7%) it ended 4-2, and in total 3 times 3-0 became 3-3, we need the 7th game.

All 3 times the “final of finals” was won by the team that was in the lead from the start, never upset! With the loss to the Celtics, the record is now 151-0 and 4 more times the streak has been decided 4-3!

Another impressive historical fact is that the Miami Heat are only the second team in NBA history to start in 8th place in the playoffs and reach the Finals.

They’ve done it before 1999 V New York Knicksbut they failed to win the title. With your opponent San Antonio Spursthey lost 4-1 in the final and left the “miracle” unfinished, a scenario that is likely to happen now as the Heat face a disadvantage at home. Denver Nuggets.

Two-time (team) NBA MVP Nikola Jokic’s Balls made it to the NBA Finals for the first time, and the way they’re playing this year convinces even the most skeptical they won’t make it. let this great opportunity be wasted.

Where the streak ended, the Celtics were not expected to be crushed, and their exit from the Finals drew a lot of backlash.

The most impressive was a (Greek-born) Australian tennis player, Nick Kyrgios, known for his explosive and extreme reactions on and off the courts. A huge Celtics fan, Kyrgios has uploaded a video to social media of himself burning their jersey furiously! He explained why in a (cooler) post himself:

“I will not let basketball affect my mental state. Congratulations Heath, they had a good run. Of course, as a Boston Celtics fan, I believed in a comeback. Caleb Martin at some points resembled Dwyane Wade in his youth. Tatum’s ankle injury broke my heart into 17 pieces, but thanks to him for continuing and doing his best as a team leader. I’m disappointed in the team. Another 82-game season broke my heart. Glory to the Heat, but Jaylen Brown’s mistakes… We couldn’t shoot from the perimeter. Now I will train with a broken heart in 17 parts!