You would have thought the Miami Heat's 22-2 run to start the third quarter against the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals lasted two years, given the public reaction to the series opener.
Popular opinion figured those six minutes for an extension of the 2020 conference finals, as if the Celtics were the same team the Heat bullied in the bubble. As if they had not swept Kevin Durant's Brooklyn Nets and eliminated Giannis Antetokounmpo's defending champion Milwaukee Bucks in a Game 7. As if they were not missing Marcus Smart and Al Horford, the brawn and brains behind the NBA's best defense.