Charles Barkley Hilariously Trashed the Celtics for Playing So Badly in Game 7 Loss to Heat

Chuck did not hold back.

Andy Nesbitt | May 30, 2023

Charles Barkley Hilariously Trashed the Celtics for Playing So Badly in Game 7 Loss to Heat /

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The Celtics had a chance to make NBA history in Sunday night’s Game 7 against the Heat. Instead, they came out flat and never really put up a fight at home and saw their season come to an end with a humiliating 103–84 loss that will sting for quite some time.

Jayson Tatum, who tweaked his ankle in the first minute of the game, finished with just 14 points. The Celtics as a team hit just 9-of-42 three pointers and could never string together enough made shots to really threaten the Heat.

Charles Barkley teed off on Boston at halftime, trashing them for playing some really bad basketball:

That bad play continued in the second half for the Celtics and it ended up costing them a trip to the NBA Finals.

Miami, meanwhile, moves on to face the Nuggets with Game 1 on Thursday night.

Published May 30, 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.