Adebayo scores 30 and the Heat beat the Celtics. Other NBA results – Sports Poster

MIAMI (AP) – Bam Adebayo won’t hear his name when the NBA announces the All-Star starters Thursday night. He knows.

But All-Star reserves are chosen by the coaches. Their ballots for the February 19 game in Salt Lake City are due early next week.

And Adebayo earned their votes on Tuesday night. He scored 30 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and put Miami ahead with 20.4 seconds to go, leading the Heat to a 98-95 victory over the Boston Celtics.

“They knocked us out in the Eastern Conference finals last year,” said Adebayo, who is averaging 21.6 points and 10.2 rebounds so far this season. “I feel like a lot of guys still carry that.”

Miami used a 15-0 run in the quarter to erase a 10-point deficit and held Boston to 13 points in the fourth quarter – tying the Celtics’ fewest points in any period this season.

Adebayo had nine points and eight rebounds in that quarter.

“It’s not my nature to go out and campaign,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “I just think he’s an All-Star and he’s shown it tonight. It is a great victory. He was on TV. I hope people notice.”

The Celtics led 26-3 at halftime and 30-3 after three quarters. They led 58-50 at halftime, 82-75 in the quarter and extended that margin to 87-77 early in the fourth quarter.

Jayson Tatum finished with 31 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists for the Celtics. Derrick White scored 23 points, and Robert Williams III had 11.

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