The Best of the East | Celtics vs Heat preview with Keith Smith

05/17/22 • 34 min

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The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics meet for the second time in three years in the Eastern Conference Finals. Miami has been mostly unchallenged in these playoffs but things should change against this familiar foe. Warren is joined by one of the most measured minds on NBA Twitter in the form of Keith Smith from Celtics Blog and NBA Front Office show to break down this battle of the titans.

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The Miami Heat made light work of the Atlanta Hawks despite injuries to Kyle Lowry and Jimmy Butler to close their first-round series. Warren recaps the series and highlights the play of Victor Oladipo in the final two games and looks ahead to the matchup with the Philadelphia 76'ers who will be without MVP candidate Joel Embiid indefinitely. Chris Barnett from Hoop Spaces joins the show to discuss if the Sixers can trust James Harden to deliver or if Miami will use Philly as a tune-up for the Eastern Conference Finals.

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