The rivalry between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics doesn’t go back very far, but it still comes with plenty of difficult stories.
Former Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside was abused during a game against the Celtics. The Heat fan favorite shared the story of an elderly woman who insulted him The OG Show.
“I got my retina scratched. I remember it vividly, like I was holding my eye,” Whiteside shared. “You can’t see anything when you get your retina scratched. All I heard was, ‘Stop acting like a [expletive] and play the game!” I look up and it’s a 70-year-old woman. I see red. I see a 70-year-old woman. I’m like, “Dude, what the hell is this?” [expletive]“I thought, ‘Man, this can’t be a real place.’”
Whiteside played for the Heat between the two best eras in franchise history: the Big Three and Jimmy Butler years. He made a huge impact inside, averaging 14.1 rebounds in 2017 and 3.7 blocks in his second year in Miami. He finished third in Defensive Player of the Year voting but landed on the All-Defensive Second Team due to positional restrictions.
It’s safe to say that once Whiteside announced his retirement, he was happy to no longer play at TD Garden.
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