Charles Barkley says watching ‘dumba– Celtics’ play in Game 7 was making his head hurt

The Miami Warmth got here out in Recreation 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals and laid the wooden on the Boston Celtics, ending Boston’s shot at changing into the primary NBA crew to come back again from an 0-3 collection deficit. 

Boston was ice-cold from the three-point line, taking pictures 4-21 from past the arc within the first half and ending the sport 9-42.

From left to proper, Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O’Neal announce the sport between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Warmth throughout Recreation 6 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs Jap Convention Finals on Might 27, 2023 at Kaseya Middle in Miami. (Eric Espada/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)

They entered halftime down 52-41, and Basketball Corridor of Famer Charles Barkley was already uninterested in watching Boston play. 

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“Watching these dumba– Celtics play is making my head damage,” Barkley mentioned on TNT’s halftime present. 

“I can’t let it go, man, as a result of when you simply come to the sport and say, ‘We’re simply going to jack up three’s and if we win, we going to win, and if we miss them we’re going to lose,’” he continued.

“It’s so unhealthy to look at them play. There’s no ball motion,” Barkley added. “There’s no physique motion. It’s simply irritating watching a crew with this a lot expertise simply play silly.”

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Within the final two video games of the collection, Boston shot simply 16 of 77 from the three-point line after ending second within the NBA in three-pointers made per recreation throughout the common season. 

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The Celtics fell behind by as a lot as 23 factors earlier than dropping 103-84 as Miami earned its second journey to the NBA Finals in 4 seasons.

Jayson Tatum, #0 of the Boston Celtics, after twisting his ankle throughout the first quarter of Recreation 7 of the NBA Jap Convention Finals in opposition to the Miami Warmth on the TD Backyard on Monday in Boston Might 29, 2023 ( Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald by way of Getty Pictures)

“We bought punked,” Celtics ahead Grant Williams informed ESPN. “We did not play our recreation from begin to end. Defensively, we simply misplaced all of it. After which offensively, we have been scrambled and attempting to do all the pieces ourselves and simply did not go our method.

“You hate to have that be the top of your season, particularly with the struggle that we have proven.”

It was a tumultuous 12 months for the Celtics, who discovered themselves with their third coach in three years after Ime Udoka was suspended for the 2022-23 season for “violations of crew insurance policies.” 

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The Boston Celtics starters sit on the bench as they lose 103-84 throughout Recreation 7 of the NBA Jap Convention Finals in opposition to the Miami Warmth on the TD Backyard on Monday in Boston Might 29, 2023. (Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald by way of Getty Pictures)

Joe Mazzulla was named the interim coach earlier than having the interim tag eliminated in February. 

Boston wanted six video games to defeat the Atlanta Hawks within the first spherical earlier than getting back from a 3-2 deficit in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers. 

The Celtics fell behind 0-3 to Miami earlier than forcing a Recreation 7 on Monday.