The Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics opened the Eastern Conference finals with a bang Tuesday.
Or maybe it was a Bam.
Heat All-Star Bam Adebayo secured Miami's Game 1 victory with a thrilling block of Celtics forward Jayson Tatum in the closing seconds of overtime. It capped a frantic final stretch of the fourth quarter and overtime that saw clutch buckets from Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler and Kemba Walker.
NBA players and celebrities took to Twitter following Adebayo's highlight block and Miami's Game 1 win.
BAM SENDS TATUM'S SHOT BACK 💥
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 16, 2020
HEAT TAKE GAME ONE. pic.twitter.com/27Zzj8rTu0
Bam Adebayo's block on Jayson Tatum's dunk attempt was the best defensive play I've seen ever in the playoffs!!!!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) September 16, 2020
🤚🏾🤚🏾🤚🏾🤚🏾🤚🏾 pic.twitter.com/YiGX91D97t
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) September 16, 2020
BAMMMMMMM!!! MONSTER BLOCK!! @MiamiHEAT
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) September 16, 2020
😱😱 BAM!!
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) September 16, 2020
Big time block for the win. Yeah size is still very important in basketball.
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) September 16, 2020
Wow . That was incredible . Timing and block with the left for the game
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) September 16, 2020
big time block
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) September 16, 2020
Bam with the big block
— Rudy Gay (@RudyGay) September 16, 2020
Bam just had the best block of the year‼️🤯
— Kev (@KevKnox) September 16, 2020
Miami looks like it hasn't lost a step after ousting the NBA-best Milwaukee Bucks one week ago. And if Tuesday's Game 1 is any indication, we're in for an epic series between the Heat and Celtics.
Miami is a good ass team.
— Damian Lillard (@Dame_Lillard) September 16, 2020
Man this ain't healthy for my heart right now
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) September 16, 2020
OMG! This series is going to be great!
— Jordan Clarkson (@JordanClarksons) September 16, 2020
Let's gooooo!!!! @MiamiHEAT
— Teddy Bridgewater (@teddyb_h2o) September 16, 2020
this heat team is spicyyyyy
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) September 16, 2020
The Heat play like the team we thought the Sixers were gonna be
— philz (@RyanPhillippe) September 16, 2020
