BOSTON — A familiar atmosphere emanated from the visitors' locker room of TD Garden on Wednesday night. The Miami Heat, just as they did after Game 7 of last season's Eastern Conference finals, raucously celebrated another road victory over the Boston Celtics. Players cheered. Pacificos flowed. Music blared.
This may have been only Game 2 of a first-round NBA playoff series, but these Heat had extra fuel.
"We code red," one player could be heard shouting from the locker room following Miami's 111-101, series-tying upset. "We code redding s***."
He was referencing a comment made by former Celtics forward turned broadcaster Brian Scalabrine in the aftermath of Boston's blowout Game 1 win.