Led by Jayson Tatum, they beat the Heat in Miami to discount the series of the Eastern finals, now they fall 1-3
Jayson Tatum’s excellent play led the Boston Celtics to a 116-99 victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night, keeping them alive in the NBA Eastern Conference Final.
At the Kaseya Center in Miami, the Celtics got their first victory in this series to the best of seven games, although the Heat still dominate the fight 3-1. The Heat are looking to earn a ticket to their second NBA Finals appearance in four seasons, but they will have to wait until Thursday to wrap up the series.
A blowout 128-102 victory in the previous game gave Miami a commanding 3-0 lead. In NBA circles, no team in league history has overcome a 3-0 deficit, yet.
The Heat can become the second team in history to reach the Finals on Thursday, being the eighth seed in their conference, after the 1999 Knicks. The Miami five are just one win away from fighting for the fourth ring in their history , after those of 2006, 2012 and 2013, in a seventh Final.
The last of these resulted in a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2020 playoffs, which were played behind closed doors at Disney World (Florida) due to the pandemic.
Tatum inspired the Celtics to victory, as in addition to the 33 points he scored, he grabbed 11 rebounding balls while five other players reached double figures.
“We were down 3-0, we didn’t put too much pressure on ourselves. We tried to play one game at a time. We weren’t thinking about winning four tonight, we were just trying to save our season and win tonight and we did,” Tatum clarified after the game. game.
The winner of this series will face the Denver Nuggets in the Grand Final, who swept LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 for their first NBA final.
Star Jimmy Butler scored 29 points for Miami, but made just one of four 3-pointers and his team made just eight of 32 from that range.
Instead, Boston made 19 of 45 3-pointers. The Celtics are 30-6 when they make 18 or more 3-pointers in a game.
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2023-05-24 20:35:21
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