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Tatum on Game 5: Celtics ‘shouldn’t relax’
MIAMI — In three of the primary 4 video games of the Japanese Convention finals, the crew main on the finish of the primary quarter has come out on high every time.
So, because the Boston Celtics put together to tackle the Miami Warmth in Sport 5 at FTX Area on Wednesday night time, with the collection knotted at two video games apiece, they’re conscious they should zero in on a robust begin to this recreation to return away with a desperately wanted highway victory.
“No matter occurred final recreation is final recreation, regardless if we gained by 25 or 2,” Celtics star Jayson Tatum stated after Boston’s shootaround Wednesday morning. “All of them depend as one [win]. So we should not really feel any higher about ourselves as a result of we blew them out [in Game 4].
“And I feel we should not loosen up. We should always form of take a look at it as a brand new collection, and tonight is a must-win recreation. And I feel while you method one thing as a must-win and have extra sense of urgency, particularly to start out, I feel that is how we must always method tonight, and that goes in with the primary 5, six minutes of the sport.”
For the previous two rounds, courting again to the beginning of the Japanese Convention semifinals towards the Milwaukee Bucks, the Celtics are actually a pristine 5-0 after they misplaced the earlier recreation. However coming off wins, Boston is a dismal 1-4, with its lone victory coming at residence in Sport 7 towards Milwaukee.
If Boston is to get out of this collection and attain the NBA Finals for the primary time since 2010, that document should change — and the Celtics should win one other recreation in Miami after successful Sport 2 right here final week.
Along with beginning the sport off nicely, the opposite apparent distinction in every recreation is Boston’s skill — or lack thereof — to handle the ball. Within the Celtics’ two victories, they’ve dedicated solely a handful of turnovers. Of their two losses, they’ve thrown the ball everywhere in the fitness center, permitting the Warmth to get one straightforward transition basket after one other.
“I feel we’re assured,” guard Payton Pritchard stated. “We all know what we have now to do, handle the ball, set the tone defensively, however we have been on this state of affairs within the final collection.”
“It simply begins from the bounce … it begins with our depth. Each time we come off a loss, we play like our backs are towards the wall. We bought to take that mentality into each recreation, and clearly simply handle the ball. The video games we misplaced, we had 39 turnovers. The video games we gained, we had 18 turnovers, in order that’s an enormous distinction.”
Boston can also be ready to see whether or not guard Marcus Sensible and middle Robert Williams III can play, as each are listed as questionable for a second straight recreation. Sensible is coping with the correct ankle sprain that held him out of Sport 4, and Celtics coach Ime Udoka stated he nonetheless has “ache, swelling and soreness” forward of Sport 5. Sensible will once more get therapy all through the day main as much as tipoff earlier than a call is made on his standing, Udoka stated.
Williams, in the meantime, can also be coping with ongoing soreness, and his stems from the left knee that has given him a wide range of points for the previous two months. Williams had surgical procedure on his meniscus late within the common season, inflicting him to overlook most of Boston’s first-round collection towards Brooklyn, then missed three video games within the Milwaukee collection due to soreness stemming from a bone bruise.
He additionally sat out Boston’s Sport 3 loss on this collection with soreness in that knee, then returned in Sport 4 — and he seemed to be limping at instances within the third quarter.
As with Sensible, Udoka stated Williams will obtain therapy all through the day earlier than his standing might be decided.
The Deacs took care of business on the road today with an 88-78 win over the Miami Hurricanes, avoiding what would have been a catastrophic loss to a team that has now lost 12 of their last 13 games. Wake had several chances to push the lead out and win this game in blowout fashion, but it’s hard to complain about a double-digit ACC road win.
On offense, the Deacs pretty much did whatever they wanted in this one. The Canes tried to play small ball for basically the entire game, and Wake was completely dominant inside with a whopping 50 points in the paint. When the Deacs weren’t getting layups down low, it was Cameron Hildreth torching them from distance—Hildreth finished the game with a game high 31 points and made 6 of his 8 3-point attempts. If the Deacs can get that version of Hildreth to show up in their remaining games, they should have no problem competing for the top of the ACC.
On defense, the Deacs struggled a little more. Miami’s small ball lineup diced up Wake’s 1-3-1 zone with what seemed like a million 3-pointers. Whenever the Deacs got the lead up to 13-14 points, Miami would hit a 3 and get it back to 10 points—Wake just never could find the kill shot to put this one out of reach. One reason for that was Wake’s inability to rebound out of the zone, even against Miami’s small ball lineup. The Canes finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds and 16 second chance points, which is definitely something that the Deacs must address as they approach the toughest portion of their schedule.
Down the stretch, Hunter Sallis took the game over for Wake Forest, scoring 15 of his 22 points on 6-7 shooting in the 2nd half. Despite Miami never going away, it really never felt like the outcome of the game was in jeopardy. Even when the Canes were throwing in 3-pointers, there was never a doubt that the Deacs could just get the ball down low and answer immediately—Miami seemingly had no interest in playing any defense in this game. That’s not really surprising, as the Canes have a 300+ ranked defense on KenPom on the season.
The Deacs have two Quad 3 games remaining before a string of nine straight Quad 1 and 2 games that will show us exactly what this team is made of. As long as Wake avoids any mishaps over the next 2 games, they have a chance to play themselves right into an NCAA Tournament spot.
Go Deacs!
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The nightmare season continues as the Miami Hurricanes (4-12, 0-5 ACC) drops its fifth straight game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons (12-4, 4-1 ACC) 88-78.
The first half was the same as other halves this season. The Hurricanes show promise in the first opening minutes then Lynn Kidd finds himself in early foul trouble. Without Kidd on the floor, the offense and subsequently the defense drastically dips.
The Watsco Center crowd has been loud despite the losses but they still can’t give energy to the team when simple mistakes continue to hold them back. This is highlighted defensively as they don’t have any defense and it continues to get worse game after game.
The Hurricanes allowed 50 paint points in this game as the season trend of atrocious interior defense continues. Not only that, Wake Forest’s Cameron Hildreth was electric for the Demon Deakes all game. He finished the game with 31 points, 11-16 FG, 6-8 3FG, and the Canes just struggled to stick with him during the game. Anytime a player blinked the ball was already through the net.
Miami finished the game shooting, 40 percent from the field, 30 percent from three-point range, and finishing with 14 turnovers. Matthew Cleveland finished the game with 22 points leading the Canes with star Freshman Jalil Bethea and Austin Swartz following with 13 and 12 respectively.
Bill Courtney knows that losing sucks but this won’t change the preparation and the effort the team will give as they have a big task ahead of them.
“Losing sucks,” Courtney said after the loss. It is very difficult these kids are working their tails off and deserve to win. It’s our job as a coaching staff and their jobs as players to figure out a way. We were right there tonight. We couldn’t get a stop but keep encouraging us. Give credit to Wake Forest.”
The Hurricanes now have the projected No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick in the Duke led Cooper Flagg to worry about who is also coming off a career game. There are still 15 games to go this season, but the countdown begins for the new era of the Miami Hurricanes.
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Miami fans will have to wait a while to see quarterback Carson Beck on a football field, but the Hurricanes’ newest transfer is already making his impact felt in the content game.
Beck and girlfriend Hanna Cavinder, a guard on Miami’s basketball team, celebrated his arrival in South Florida in a video she posted to TikTok:
Having spent the last four years at Georgia, Beck was eligible to enter the 2025 NFL draft, and he was generally expected to test the pro waters. He was the No. 37 overall prospect on Bleacher Report’s 2025 big board that was posted on Jan. 2.
Instead, the experienced signal-caller will suit up for Miami next season.
In addition to the fact his girlfriend is already a student there, CBS Sports’ John Talty and Chris Hummer reported Beck is expected to collect $4 million in total NIL money with the transfer.
For some perspective, Caleb Williams has a $795,000 base salary from his rookie deal with the Chicago Bears. As the No. 1 overall pick in 2024, he also received a $25.5 million signing bonus.
The payouts dropped precipitously as you get further down the first round. Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr., who was picked 23rd overall, got a $7.5 million signing bonus.
Getting $4 million to play another year of college ball and potentially improving your draft stock in the process could be a shrewd decision.
Beck had a somewhat underwhelming final year at Georgia. In 13 games, he threw for 3,485 yards, 28 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.
Cam Ward parlayed his one year with Miami into becoming one of the top QBs in the 2025 draft, so maybe Beck could be on a similar trajectory.
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