The Boston Celtics defeated the Miami Heat 119-111, thus taking a small revenge for the defeat suffered in the 2023 Conference Finals.
Match within the framework of a close rivalry that has resulted in the presence of these two teams in three of the last four Eastern Finals.
Intense head to head once again between these two teams. The Celtics are quite remodeled compared to last season and the Heat are in a very different bet, pointing to the permanence of a formula that has given them success.
Local triumph in a tight final not exempt from the occasional referee controversy, a final in which Boston has shown notable mettle when it comes to resolving, with Derrick White y Jalen Brown They were the two strongholds of the Boston offense in the last quarter, with 14 and 12 points scored in the final period.
The fourth quarter was decisive, with Boston defending at a very good level, losing only one ball in the last 12 minutes and being successful from three-point range. Faced with these virtues, Miami plummeted in the decisive stretch, presenting a 21.1% accuracy rate from the field, which ended up killing their expectations of victory.
With the score at 114-111, the play reached the limit, the play that the referees had to review to decide if it had been a foul on Derrick White or if he had gone backfield. Tricky decision that was resolved with free throws in favor of White, which put the Celtics up 116-111 with 47.4 seconds left. Miami didn’t get it right and Jaylen Brown killed the game with a final triple, which made it 119-111.
White, a man who defends at a very high level, allowed himself the luxury of scoring 28 points, to which he added 6 rebounds and 3 blocks, a tremendous one when Jimmy Butler He penetrated to score on the counterattack. White was very successful from the triple, with a series of 5 of 7.
Jaylen Brown added 27 points, Jayson Tatum added 22 and 8 rebounds, Jrue Holiday offered a very complete performance with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 7 basket passes and Kristaps Porzingis He contributed 17 points and 9 rebounds. Once again the starters imposed their law, with the substitutes contributing very little.
In Miami, 28 points of Tyler Herrowho started the game like a shot, 27 and 7 rebounds from Bam Adebayo and a gray game by Jimmy Butler, who had 14 points with 3 of 11 shooting.
The match featured the Dominican Al Horford on the local side (0 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists in 25 minutes) and the Mexican Jaime Jaquez Jr. on the visitor (0 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 14).
2023-10-29 01:03:06
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