Chris Bosh expected to return in Game 5
Chris Bosh is expected to return for the Miami Heat in Game 5. (ESPN Boston)
According to multiple sources, the Heat are hoping to activate Chris Bosh for Tuesday’s Game 5 if he doesn’t suffer a setback in workouts over the next two days. Bosh declined to discuss his status following the Heat’s 93-91 overtime loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday, which tied the series at 2-2. …
He has been doing on-court workouts for the past week and got on the floor with teammates during practices while the Heat were in Boston. Typically players who return from abdominal strains take awhile to return to full strength and Bosh could be playing on a minute restriction when he comes back.
I don’t care if Bosh’s abdominal muscles are sliced in half and hanging halfway out of his lower stomach. He’ll help. The Heat haven’t had an answer for Kevin Garnett’s offense and they have nobody to keep Garnett occupied when the Celtics are on defense. KG doesn’t even have to think about defending Joel Anthony, and Udonis Haslem –despite a very productive Game 4 — hasn’t shot the ball well all season. Bosh isn’t a perfect big man and he may not be entirely healthy, but he should provide a major upgrade over what the Heat had in Games 1 through 4, even if it’s just as a 6’11″ defender with length to bother KG’s shots and as a skilled, albeit rusty and banged-up, big man to pose a threat when Miami has the ball.
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bosh will help as another body to throw at kg, and probably match up well with kg defensively… but throwing bosh back into the mix adds to the unpredictability the heat have been dealing with in their line ups. unlike the celts the heat have only been here one time as a group with a changing 5 man and whacky rotations. bosh wont demand touches offensively but he will get them, those touches to me are way better than LBJ or Wade with the ball (except first half wade, he can have it) also this is a physical series, even the two worst calls of the night pierce offensive foul and LBJs offensive foul those two contact plays will put a toll on a healthy bosh never mind a weak, working his way back bosh… KG had his way with bosh this season, bosh had his way with kg last post season if i had to pick id say that KG will win this battle this postseason, and the reason the celts move on is because bosh comes back , he wont ruin the flow of the heat because their flow is dead since game one as a team but he adds a question mark and another player that has to find a role… this time of the year is not meant to be finding a role and i think while the heat try to get comfortable again with bosh out there we will be busy stealing game 5 and then coming back home for home cooking… positive thinking yes!! Go celts.
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I agree with merryxmas and believe this is a great thing for the Cs. Bosh is way beyond rusty, game ready, and is going to screw up the new continuity that the Heat have been playing with. It will make rebounding tougher and so they all need to keep concentrating on that as they have. Go Cs…
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God he looks like an idiot in that photo. Suppose it’s just one of those moments. Bosh can come back if he likes…BOSTON GOT THIS.
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The addition of Bosh doesn’t make a difference for the Heat seeing as both these teams are arguably evenly match base on how close the games have been played, and each team has managed to win on their homecourt. Miami may have the best one-two scoring punch in the NBA in James and Wade but Boston’s veteran lineup have given them everything except for the kitchen sink. This series is going seven games.
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