The Celtics walloped the Heat on Wednesday, slamming the door on their first-round series with a 118-84 victory that started looking like a blowout as early as the first quarter.
Here are the takeaways.
1. Okay, so maybe everybody overreacted a little after Game 2.
In fairness to any Celtics fans (or any members of the media) who may have gone into panic mode over a complete aberration of a shooting performance, the Heat rode a multi-week aberration into the Finals last year. There was no reason to believe last year’s Heat team could make enough 3-pointers to get past the Celtics.