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

These predictions never go well for Chuck.

Andy Nesbitt | May 24, 2023

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

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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:

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:

Published May 24, 2023

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.