The Boston Celtics came into Game 7 as the heavy favorites to defeat the Miami Heat on Boston’s own home floor. They are on the brink of making history by being the first team to ever come back from being down 0-3 in a best-of-7 series. However, based on their forgettable first-half performance, it did not look like the Celtics were in desperation mode.
Charles Barkley was having none of it. The Hall of Famer turned NBA on TNT analyst could not help but air out his frustrations on Boston after what he deemed as a “stupid” first-half performance. Chuck did not hold back:
“Watching these dumba** Celtics is making my head hurt,” Barkley said. “… It’s so bad to watch them play. There’s no ball movement, there’s no body movement. It’s just frustrating watching a team with this much talent play stupid.”
Barkley took exception to how the Celtics kept chucking up shots from distance in spite of their inability to make their treys. Sir Charles called out Boston for their lack of ball movement — something that Barkley seems to believe could doom the Celtics in this one.