

"Danny Ainge needs to shut the f- up and manage his own team," Riley said, via that hand-delivered statement. That night in New Orleans, a Heat public relations official approached the team's traveling media contingent with a message from team president Pat Riley that would immediately go into the annals of history. To understand the depths of animosity between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics entering this year's NBA Eastern Conference finals, you have to go back to an otherwise nondescript regular-season night in March 2013. NBA playoffs 2023: The Miami Heat and Boston Celtics have postseason history - a lot of itĮditor's note: This story was originally published in May 2022 and has been updated to reflect Boston and Miami facing each other in the 2023 Eastern Conference finals. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
