NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal posed a simple question before TNT’s “Inside the NBA” crew started to break down the “highlights” in Boston’s blowout loss to the Heat in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
“Since the Celtics quit, can we quit?” O’Neal asked.
O’Neal’s dragging of the Celtics was a sign of things to come, as multiple former NBA players opined about Boston’s dreadful showing in a critical playoff matchup on Sunday night.
Whether it be the C’s star players Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown failing to deliver (26 total points) or their defensive fortitude eroding against a Heat team that shot 54.