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Andy Nesbitt

NBA Fans Ripped Charles Barkley for His Wild Game 5 Prediction in Heat-Celtics Series

Charles Barkley Celtics Heat NBA Game 5

The Celtics saved their season Tuesday in Miami by beating the Heat, 116–99, in Game 4 and now will need to win Game 5 in Boston on Thursday to extend the series once again.

Jimmy Butler and the Heat wanted to sweep the Celtics and clinch a date with the Nuggets in the NBA Finals but that didn’t happen in front of their home crowd. The Celtics hit a ton of three-pointers and played great defense all night, all just a few days after looking so bad in Game 3.

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So what’s going to happen in Game 5? Charles Barkley thinks it’s going to be an easy win … for the Celtics:

"I think Game 5 is gonna be a cakewalk for the Celtics" 👀

Chuck is confident that the C's will carry their momentum into next game 🍿 pic.twitter.com/0fqMBDMUV2
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 24, 2023

Barkley's predictions tend to go pretty badly for him so that’s probably not what Celtics fans want to hear.

NBA fans had fun with Barkley:

He literally said the series was over at halftime. https://t.co/apTkbXGY0q
— The Commonest Man in Festo (@hottakeharry) May 24, 2023

He had just said the series was over at halftime 😂😂😂

These half wits on tv are delusional. https://t.co/gPK6edVf1Z
— Taylor Rooster Monk (@Rooster7XC) May 24, 2023

Lmao means Heats for the W cause Chuck is always saying Opp https://t.co/PsjQ0Zn1NC
— iBK ⚡️ (@ibkoriginal) May 24, 2023

So they went from quitters to getting a cakewalk win in game 5. “Analyzing” sports is funny. https://t.co/x2mlNeIxuC
— Shade Wilson (@GeNes1S21) May 24, 2023

That’s the energy we need from you Chuck… keep those guarantees over there with Boston. https://t.co/0FmivRYZSZ
— Seymone J (@seymonejackson) May 24, 2023

I’m glad he guaranteed for the Celtics cause it’s his guarantee that Miami wins game 4 that got us here https://t.co/qVLWDspdHP
— #RastaChristian (@kiiza_lambert) May 24, 2023

Chuck jinx might be top 3 all time https://t.co/vduOZ4ukdt
— Can You Give Me 1 More Gates? (@TrustSwisho) May 24, 2023

He said the same thing today about the Heat I’m sure so this can only be good news. https://t.co/QNDD1mw9Ht
— Heat in Five (@AllWadeAllDay) May 24, 2023

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