“This matchup is going to be personal” Kendrick Perkins chooses the Miami Heat to post the ‘most-difficult’ threat to the Milwaukee Bucks in the East playoff bracket
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As the regular season comes to an end, talks of who will emerge out of each conference have doubled as teams make one final push into the playoffs. Recently the Miami Heat went up against the Boston Celtics winning 106-98. Both teams have been extremely powerful on defense leading the league in defensive statistics as well.
The Heat currently stands first in the Eastern Conference after winning two games back to back. They have a record 49 wins and 28 losses winning just two out of their last five. They managed to dethrone the Milwaukee Bucks who took over the top spot briefly. The Celtics, after a very rough start to the season, have made it to the 4th seed with 47 wins and 30 losses. Both teams are potential matchups for the Bucks at some point during the post-season.
Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat Game Recap
Both teams kept the total at a very close difference for almost the entire game. The Heat used their defensive power to push for the win with Kyle Lowry and Jimmy Butler leading the offense. They had 9 steals and 6 blocks during the game with 15 turnovers. Butler recorded 24 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists shooting 9 of 17 attempts from the field. Lowry finished with 23 points and 8 assists followed by 17 points and 12 rebounds by their defensive juggernaut Bam Adebayo. Their shooting splits were .481/.382/.680%.
Jaylen Brown led the Celtics’ offense with 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists in the game shooting only 9-22 from the field. Jayson Tatum returned to the squad after being sidelined in their previous game and finished with 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Boston missed their defensive leader Robert Williams III after suffering a torn meniscus roughly two nights ago against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Celtics shot 41.2% from the field, 29.7% from three, and 73.9% from the line.
Kendrick Perkins picks Miami Heat as top contenders out of the Eastern Conference
A few days ago, analyst Kendrick Perkins had picked the Celtics as his dark horse out of the East as they put up stellar performances consistently following the All-Star games. In light of the Robert Williams injury, he is expected to return after four to six weeks which may affect the team’s overall performance as it did last night. Both teams may need to face the defending champions this season and the question of who is the tougher matchup rose.
Perkins chose his team saying, “You gotta go with the Miami Heat. Listen, one is that this matchup is personal. If we look over the past two years, we saw the Miami Heat beat the Bucks in the bubble. We saw last year the Bucks swept the Heat. And now the Heat are healthy and as a matter of fact, they stole one of their players in PJ Tucker.”
“They are the only team in my opinion that has the personnel to slow down Giannis. And when you look at this season, in particular, they held Giannis when they played them four times, in two of those games Giannis was held to fifteen points.” Perkins followed up his statement by highlighting how defensively heavy the Heat are this season.
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