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Jayson Tatum Takes Another Shot At Miami Heat During Finals Celebration?

Shandel Richardson

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This Miami Heat-Boston Celtics rivalry just keeps getting better and better.

First, it was the Celtics knocking off the Heat in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Then it was Jayson Tatum winning a championship for Boston before Jimmy Butler could do it for Miami.

Next, it was the Celtics choosing to celebrate their title in Miami for a few days before Friday's championship parade in Boston.

And now, it's Tatum apparently taking another shot at the Heat.

After the parade, Tatum was interviewed by Celtics television host Brian Scalabrine inside TD Garden for the celebration.

Here was the exchange:

Scalabrine: "You guys have been on a lot of hard-fought trips to Miami. Was this one a little sweeter?"

Tatum: "They're always easy."

Shots fired.

The Celtics won all but one meeting against the Heat in the regular season and playoffs. Tatum's remarks just add to the fire of the NBA's best rivalry. The Heat and Celtics have met in the playoffs in four of the last five seasons.

The series is tied at 2. After the Heat defeated the Celtics in the 2020 conference finals, Boston came back to win at the same stage in 2022 when Butler missed a winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. The Heat got their revenge the following year when they upset the top-seeded Celtics in seven games on their home court.

This year, Butler did not play because of a knee injury but you can believe this is nowhere near over.

Shandel Richardson is the publisher of Inside The Heat. He can be reached at shandelrich@gmail.com

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Shandel Richardson

SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here