Heat fans’ wild wedding celebrations are going viral as they get redfaced after thinking Miami had reached the NBA Finals with seconds left
A contingent of Miami Heat fans prematurely celebrated the frantic end of Game 6 against the Boston Celtics at a wedding, and footage of their hilarious mistake went viral on social media.
The Heat was on the verge of advancing to the NBA Finals after a 3-0 start to the series, and it looked like Jimmy Butler and Co. would finally beat the Celtics this weekend.
The small forward made all three free throw attempts after fouling from behind the arc with 3.0 seconds remaining.
What’s more is that during an indoor wedding reception on Saturday, a few devoted Heat fans decided to secretly tune in to the last few seconds of the game, hoping to get their team to the final for the second time in three years. phase of the postseason.
They were caught yelling “defense” as the Celtics had the last possession of the game – a play out of bounds. It almost looked like Miami had sealed the win after Marcus Smart’s three-point miss and the clock seemed to be running, with guests rising from their seats and jumping around in ecstasy.
A group of Miami Heat fans prematurely celebrated their team’s Game 6 victory at a wedding
“Let’s go Heat,” chants echoed throughout the venue, and some of the wedding-goers even pulled out a few Heat flags they’d brought to the reception and waved them proudly because the night was still young.
Emotions ran high and all the guests seemed to be having a good time, but unfortunately for them, Derrick White ruined the party.
With just 0.3 seconds left, the Celtics guard crashed onto the board along with Jayson Tatum, after Smart’s miss, banking into a putback with just 0.1 seconds left to give Boston a 104-103 win, forcing Game 7.
“We thought we won…,” the TikTok video captioned.
In defense of the revelers, they weren’t the only ones who assumed the Heat had emerged victorious from Saturday’s game with so little time left in the game.
Derrick White, of the Boston Celtics, shoots the game winner just before the buzzer goes off
Even TNT’s Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller could hardly believe the outcome of the game at first, refusing to acknowledge that White’s putback had beaten the buzzer.
However, a replay confirmed the wild finish, and the Celtics will attempt to make history by becoming the first team to win an NBA playoff series after trailing 3-0 and still go through.
Game 7 will be played at TD Garden on Monday at 8:30 PM. Heat fans will want to avoid crashing their team out of the postseason after losing to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals last year (4-3 series loss).
The winner will face the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals on June 1.