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Miami Heat Avoid Historic Collapse To Gloriously Punch Their Tickets To The NBA Finals; Beat Boston Celtics, 4-3

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Andrew Powell Sports and Entertainment Blogger
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MY MIAMI HEAT ARE GOING TO THE NBA FINALS!

After being down 0-3 in the Eastern Conference Finals and then storming back to a 3-3 tie against the Miami Heat, it looked like the Boston Celtics were going to accomplish incredible history to punch their tickets to the 2023 NBA Finals — no team in the history of the league has come back from an 0-3 deficit.

However, Jimmy Butler and the Heat had different plans. After guaranteeing the Eastern Conference championship after their heartbreaking Game 6 loss against the C’s, Miami came into a hostile Boston for Game 7 and took care of business, completely dismantling the Celtics, 103-84, to advance to their seventh NBA Finals in franchise history.

The Miami Heat now face off against Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets for the Larry O’Brien Trophy.

TIME TO PARTY, SOUTH BEACH!

Oh, man. I won’t lie, I was mentally prepared to report on the Boston Celtics pulling off something that’s never been done before to win the Eastern Conference championship. It might have been painful, but I would’ve done the professional thing.

…BUT THANK THE GOOD LORD, I DON’T HAVE TO DO THAT!

LET’S GO HEAT! LET’S GO HEAT! LET’S GO HEAT!

Hit our victory song!

Holy crap! I can’t believe we’re going back to the NBA Finals! THE HEAT IS ON, BABY!

Now I know a lot of people are already talking their anti-Miami trash about us losing to the Denver Nuggets and blah, blah, blah, and I have my own worries regarding the dominance of Nikola Jokić, but right now?

I don’t care, man. I’m just soaking in the glory of another championship as a Heat fan.

God, I love that we did this in Boston. As our head coach Erik Spoelstra said, it’s “poetic justice.”

And we rolled the Celtics while at it!

And check out the party back home in South Florida:

And how great is it that BOTH my Miami Heat (NBA) and Florida Panthers (NHL) are going to the Finals?

It’s South Florida season, and it’s beautiful.

WE’RE EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS, BABY!

I could go on and on (and on) about how glorious it is to be an Eastern Conference champion (again), but 1. I think you get the point, and 2. I’ve got other blogs to get to. But man … this is just so great. (RELATED: ‘They Got Their Heads Up Their A**’: Umpire Caught On Hot Mic Slamming Miami Marlins While Officiating Them)

And I get another championship t-shirt to add to my collection!

LET’S GO HEAT! LET’S GO HEAT! LET’S GO HEAT!

EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS!