NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: HEAT VS. CELTICS

May 25, 2023

Bam Adebayo

Miami Heat

Game 5: Postgame

Boston Celtics 110, Miami Heat 97

Q. From our vantage point it looks like the Celtics are crowding the lane when they are on defense a lot more and have a lot bigger crowd around you. What are you seeing from the Celtics' defense that maybe you had not seen in the first two games?

BAM ADEBAYO: Definitely more of a packed paint. For me, man, just got to pick up that sense of urgency and watch film and get back to the basics.

Q. Jimmy was just up here a few minutes ago expressing confidence saying you guys are going to take Game 6. Is that confidence still permeating the locker room even after these last two games?

BAM ADEBAYO: Yeah, why would we lose confidence? When we started this journey, nobody believed in us. Everybody thought we were going to be out in the first round. Everybody thought we were going to be out in the second round. And now we are here one game away. For us, we've always had confidence, and that's not going to go away.

Q. You said you had to pick up the urgency, back to the offense and what Boston is doing. What do you have to do when you see this, or your teammates, whether it's getting you the ball quicker or do you need to catch it in different spots? What do you have to change?

BAM ADEBAYO: I feel like we all -- the offense has just got to get a little bit more movement, and you know open shots, we take them. Everybody got to be aggressive.

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