Tkachuk will be on set at Kaseya Center before the Miami Heat try to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals
Tkachuk will be on set at Kaseya Center before the Miami Heat try to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals
The Florida Panthers are a hot topic right now.
Still waiting to find out when and where they will begin the Stanley Cup Final, the Panthers are back in their comfort zone, working their daily routines of recovery and preparation.
With the gap between Florida’s four-game sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes in the conference final and the start of the championship series lasting at least another four days (or seven, depending who wins in Vegas tonight), the Panthers are enjoying the opportunity to spend some extended time in South Florida.
For superstar Matthew Tkachuk, that will include a visit to the Kaseya Center on Saturday night.
He’ll be taking in Game 6 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals between the hometown Miami Heat and Boston Celtics.
A win for Miami will send the Heat to the NBA Finals.
In addition to enjoying one of the biggest basketball games of the season, Tkachuk will also be visiting one of the biggest, literally, new Panthers fans.
According to ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski, Tkachuk will join Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and the rest of the NBA Tip-Off pregame show on TNT as a special guest prior to Saturday’s game.
Perhaps someone will ask Tkachuk which team he’s rooting for, as one of his best friends is Celtics star Jayson Tatum dating back to when both were kids in the St. Louis area.
Game 6 between the Heat and Celtics begins at 8:30 p.m. from Downtown Miami (not South Beach).
TNT’s NBA Tip-Off starts an hour earlier, at 7:30 p.m.