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Charles Barkley On Eastern Conference Finals: "I Don't Think Miami's Got A Good Chance At All"

TNT's Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith both pick Boston Celtics to defeat Miami Heat in Eastern Conference finals
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Charles Barkley On Eastern Conference Finals: "I Don't Think Miami's Got A Good Chance At All"
Charles Barkley On Eastern Conference Finals: "I Don't Think Miami's Got A Good Chance At All"

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The Miami Heat know they are underdogs against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals. 

In case they forgot, all they had to do was watch the pregame show on TNT. Analysts Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith both picked the Celtics to win the series. 

"I don't think Miami's good got a chance at all," Barkley said. 

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 8:30 p.m., ET

Where: TD Garden

TV: TNT

Betting line: Heat +8

VITALS: The Miami Heat and Celtics met four times this regular season with the teams splitting the series, 2-2. Miami is 53-80 all-time versus Boston during the regular season, including 30-38 in home games and 23-42 in road games. The teams enter this postseason having faced each other five times in the playoffs, including three times in the East Finals (2012, 2020, 2022), once in the Semifinals (2011) and once in the First Round (2010). The HEAT has recorded a 3-2 playoff series record against the Celtics over that span. For the Heat, Cody Zeller (head) is questionable and Victor Oladipo (knee) and Tyler Herro (hand) are out. For the Celtics, Danilo Gallinari (knee) is out.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Max Strus

G Gabe Vincent

C Bam Adebayo

F Kevin Love

F Jimmy Butler

CELTICS

F Jayson Tatum

F Al Horford

C Robert Williams III

G Jaylen Brown

G Marcus Smart

QUOTABLE

Celtics forward Jaylen Brown on the rematch: "Nothing about last year matters. I don't think Miami is thinking about last year. I think they're coming out and ready to play basketball, if anything a tone from last year. We just got to come with a great, fresh mind and execute what's in front of us. I think that's that key. I'm looking forward to it. I think it will be a great challenge."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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