If that forecast proves accurate, it would be the third-weakest annual expansion in three decades, behind only the deep recessions that resulted from the 2008 global financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. In an annual report, the World Bank, which lends money to poorer countries for development projects, said it had slashed its forecast for global growth this year by nearly half, to just 1.7 percent, from its previous projection of 3 percent. While the Finals unfold, your Celtics will be spitting out pieces of their broken luck, wondering if their kid coach may have a new role, and if maybe we’ve seen the last of the Tatum/Brown/Smart Green Team.WASHINGTON (AP) - The global economy will come “perilously close” to a recession this year, led by weaker growth in all the world’s top economies - the United States, Europe and China - the World Bank warned on Tuesday. The NBA Finals start Thursday night in Denver. The Heat were presented with the Bob Cousy conference final trophy (ouch) and Butler got the Larry Bird conference final MVP hardware (double ouch). This marked the 12th home loss in the last two playoff springs for the Celtics.
The fourth quarter was bloody for Boston as boos rained down from the Garden’s upper decks. A 15-7 Celtic run led by White (his Dave Roberts moment will fade quickly because of the way this ended) cut it to 7 late in the third, but there was no cooling Caleb Martin (11-for-16 shooting, 26 points) and the Heat. Butler ripped off a quick 5 points and Mazzulla had to call yet another timeout when the lead was up to 16. The Celtics cut it to 52-41 by intermission, but the first seconds after halftime were bad. But a three by dinosaur Kyle Lowry and a Princeton backdoor layup by Duncan Robinson pushed Miami’s lead to an unthinkable 38-21 as the Heat feasted on Boston’s stand-around defense. Finally, Al Horford struck gold from out top, putting an end to the dirty dozen. White missed Boston’s first attempt after the break. Boston’s kid coach would rather stick needles in his eyes than call time to stop a run by the other team, but all the rules went out the window for Game 7. When the Heat ripped off 5 quick points to start the second to push their lead to 27-15, Mazzulla did the unthinkable: He called time to stop the bleeding.
It felt like we were watching the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. Fifteen points and four turnovers was not what the Celtics were looking for out of the gate. Brown and new local hero Derrick White were both 0 for 3 from beyond the arc in the first 12 minutes.
The Celtics took a brief 5-point lead early, but missed all 10 3-point attempts in the first quarter and trailed, 22-15, after one. Poor Joey M was pantsed by Hall of Fame-bound Erik Spoelstra, and Miami assassin Jimmy Butler (28 in Game 7) had his way. In the end, they lost to a team that needed two play-in games to make the postseason, was outscored during the regular season, and played without two of its rotation players (Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo). It’s “the hard” that gave these Celtics trouble. The Celtics managed to claw back into the series, but only because that was easy.
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