Celtics vs Heat in Game 5

Tonight is a big game for the Celtics. Both teams took care of their home court and now it's a best of 3 and the Celtics will need to win one of these games on the road if they want to get to the finals. So why not tonight?

The Celtics have basically pushed around the Heat the past 3 games, and if not for some unfortunate officiating in the 2nd game this series could be up 3-1. However, that's not the case and tonight the Heat are responding from the 2 losses by activating Chris Bosh. To me, I would be very cautious in doing this if I were the Heat. 1st reason is, it's not like Chris Bosh is this great defensive player, and pretty much every time KG and him have squared off KG owns him. KG is playing a lot more physical than I have seen him play in a while, so if Bosh is getting rushed back, I would be terrified he would re aggravate the injury to potentially making it worse. 2nd reason is kind of ridiculous. When you have a player like Chris Bosh he can/ should only help the team with his mere presence alone, however, this could disrupt Miami's flow. LeBron and Wade have been playing their 2 man game pretty well since Bosh's absence. Maybe this confuses them because it adds a whole different dimension in the Heats offense. To be honest, I would be more scared of the 1st point than the second.

The key to this game is having the Celtics play a whole game like they did in the 1st half of game 4 and just cut their heads off early. Miami wilts when the pressure gets the most intense so if the Celtics are able to start hot and build up a lead, I don't see the Heat being able to respond. Rondo again is the engine that makes this car run, he wrote a check with his comments in game 4, that the team was lucky to cash, and he needs to have another great game in his string of games. Whether Bosh plays or not, I still see KG dominating the paint. Like I alluded to earlier, KG seems to own Bosh. So a 24-13 game is not out of the question. Paul Pierce needs to start playing defense with his feet rather than his hands. Meaning he is getting a lot of ticky tack fouls whether they be reach ins, or late to the ball fouls than being in the right position. Pierce still needs to shoot better from the field, but most importantly he needs to stay on the court. Ray Allen is starting to get hot, if he continues to hit, especially in Miami, he will take the crowd out of it and that bodes well for the Green team.

I don't care to go over Miami's strengths because we know what they are. LeBron doing everything and Wade getting the credit for it. The Celtics have this and will finish this in 6.

Boston 96-87
Tommy Award: Rajon Rondo

UBUNTU!