BOSTON — Through the doors of the Miami Heat locker room after their stunning Eastern Conference finals upset of the Boston Celtics rang the Slim Thug lyrics, 'Who the motherf***ing boss?' His teammates' answer, echoing into the hallways of TD Garden's underbelly: 'Jimmy Butler is the motherf***ing boss.'
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MAY 29: Alonzo Mourning presents Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat with the Larry Bird Trophy after Butler was named the Eastern Conference Finals MVP after defeating the Boston Celtics 103-84in game seven of the Eastern Conference Finals at TD Garden on May 29, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Somewhere on the spectrum that spans those players lies the essence of Heat Culture, a once-ridiculed and now-undeniable spirit born from a roster full of longshots and castaways who never stop believing. That faith made Miami the second No. 8 seed in league history to reach the Finals and the first to do so both in a non-lockout season and after trailing in the fourth quarter of a second play-in tournament game.
History was waiting on the other side of Monday for the Celtics, too, only they left their business unfinished. Boston became the fourth NBA team ever to force a Game 7 after trailing a series, 3-0, and the first to host that chance to snap the winless streak for teams in that situation at 0-150. That miracle required another on Saturday, when Derrick White's Game 6-winning tip-in might have broken most teams. But not the Heat.
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