NBA Playoffs Pre-Gamin’: ECF Game 6 – Celtics at Heat (7:30 CT) — Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

May 27, 2022, by Patrick K. Flowers Chicago Bulls

The Miami Heat are on the brink of elimination tonight as they visit the Celtics in Boston, and they look like a team that has run out of gas in these playoffs. Boston can punch their ticket to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010 with a victory tonight.

GET UP IT’S GAMEDAY ☘️☘️☘️ pic.twitter.com/aq2tm74hB7

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) May 27, 2022

Broadcast Info & Game/Series Details

Tip: 7:30 PM (CT)
TV: ESPN
Location: TD Garden, Boston
Series: BOS leads 3-2
Odds: BOS -8.5, O/U 201

Starting Lineups

Boston Celtics

1. Marcus Smart
2. Jaylen Brown
3. Jayson Tatum
4. Grant Williams
5. Robert Williams III

Injury Report: Sam Hauser OUT (shoulder), Marcus Smart DTD (ankle), Robert Williams III DTD (knee)

Miami Heat

1. Gabe Vincent
2. Max Strus
3. Jimmy Butler
4. P.J. Tucker
5. Bam Adebayo

Injury Report: Tyler Herro DTD (groin), P.J. Tucker DTD (knee), Max Strus DTD (hamstring), Kyle Lowry DTD (hamstring), Gabe Vincent DTD (hamstring)

Pre-Game Reading

Ten years before they faced off in the Eastern Conference finals, Grant Williams and Bam Adebayo clashed in the North Carolina high school state championship. The matchup foretold a lot about their journeys to come.@seeratsohi: https://t.co/OFOiCi3GBG

— The Ringer (@ringer) May 27, 2022

At @ringer/@ringernba: I wrote about duct tape and bubblegum, drop coverage and juice differential, how a defense that induces panic makes it impossible to "remove the emotion from the misses," and Heat-Celtics, nearing its end (if not already there): https://t.co/I7YAhqTGkl

— Dan Devine (@YourManDevine) May 26, 2022