NBA | Top-seeded Heat, Celtics ready to face off in Eastern Conference finals
The Hindu
Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, who have contrasting fortunes in Eastern Conference finals, will take on each other for a place in the 2022 NBA Finals
The Miami Heat will begin pursuit of further Eastern Conference finals success when they host the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series.
The top-seeded Miami Heat have prevailed in six straight conference final appearances, tied for the fourth-longest streak in NBA history. Two of those series victories came against Boston Celtics (2012, 2020).
The second-seeded Boston Celtics have dropped four straight Eastern Conference finals, including three in a four-season stretch from 2017-20.
While Miami Heat has established a greater pattern of recent postseason success—including three NBA titles since 2006—coach Erik Spoelstra sees nothing easy about playing the Boston Celtics.
"Our guys love competition and love being challenged," Spoelstra said on Monday. "They love taking on big challenges. That's what we're facing. Boston Celtics has played as well as anyone in the entire league once they got to 2022. It's not by accident. They're playing very strong basketball. They do it on both ends."
The Boston Celtics ousted the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks in seven games in the East semifinals. They wrapped it up with a 109-81 rout on Sunday.
Boston Celtics last won the NBA Finals in 2008 and the current roster knows it will have to be ready to mix it up with the Miami Heat.
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