NBA players react to Derrick White’s miraculous Game 6 buzzer-beater

From a 10-minute surge in the final minutes to another late collapse, Boston’s entire season came down to just three seconds in Saturday’s Game 6. Enter Derrick White, whose clutch putback got away from Marcus Smart’s in-and-out 3-pointer. left his hand with just 0.1 seconds on the clock, shocking the Heat and giving the Celtics a historic win with the potential to do even more in Game 7 (8:30 ET, TNT).

The Celtics have already become the fourth team to make it this long after going 3-0 in the best-of-seven series. With Monday’s win, they are the first of 150 to ever overcome such a huge deficit. If so, they can credit White’s instincts and drive, which earned him all the accolades of his peers:

Boston beats Miami now .. it’s over!

– Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) May 28, 2023

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Let’s go ooooo-

— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) May 28, 2023

– Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) May 28, 2023

WHITE!!!!!!! Wowwwwwww

— Dejounte Murray (@DejounteMurray) May 28, 2023

D White OMGGGG

— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) May 28, 2023

This game was wild

– Josh Hart (@joshhart) May 28, 2023

Oh god, it’s going to be seven

– Jalen Brunson (@jalenbrunson1) May 28, 2023

Wow!

— Bobby BP Portis (@BPortistime) May 28, 2023

Wow, what a game, what a finish

— Nikola Vucevic (@NikolaVucevic) May 28, 2023

– Clint Capela (@CapelaClint) May 28, 2023

YOOOOOOOO

– Immanuel Jaylen Quickley (@IQ_GodSon) May 28, 2023

OMG

– Nicolas Batum (@nicolas88batum) May 28, 2023

Wow

— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) May 28, 2023

What game

– Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) May 28, 2023

Yes the script is crazy this year

— CJ Miles (@masfresco) May 28, 2023

This was a game. Game 7 in Boston. Wow. I love this game!!!!

– Steve Smith (@steve21smith) May 28, 2023

Wow
Game 7

— Royce O’Neale (@BucketsONEale00) May 28, 2023

Wowwwwwwwwww

Game 7 in Boston!!!

This is what the playoffs are all about!!

– Damion Lee (@Dami0nLee) May 28, 2023

GAME 7 BABY

– Juancho Hernangomez (@juanchivirus41) May 28, 2023

#Game7 let’s go

– Jason Collins (@jasoncollins98) May 28, 2023

D Whiiitttteee!!!!

– Danny Green (@DGreen_14) May 28, 2023

DERRICK WHITE!!!!

– Devin Vassell (@Yvngdevo) May 28, 2023

It was wild

– Theo Pinson (@tpinsonn) May 28, 2023