Miami — Jaylen Brown Earn 25 points, Jayson Tatum Adding 22, the Boston Celtics moved to the brink of the NBA Finals Bath, defeating the Miami Heat 93-80 on Wednesday night, after half-time to take the lead of 3-2 in the Eastern Conference title series. I ran away.
Al Horford 16 points and Derrick White Added 14 to the Celtics. Tatum finished with 12 rebounds and 9 assists.
Idris Adebayo The heat scored 18 points and 10 rebounds. Heat shot 32% in the game after shooting 33% in Boston’s 20-point victory in Game 4. Namdi Vincent Added 15. Jimmy Butler 13 and Duncan Robinson Scored 11 points in Miami.
The heat was 45 to 7 from the 3 point range.
Game 6 will take place Friday night in Boston, where a pair of new-named trophies named after the Celtics legend awaits.The Bob Cousy The trophy is the East Champion, the Larry Bird Trophy is the East Finals MVP, and the Celtics are one win from the first team to pull them up.
There was a lot of momentum in this series. Game 1 ran 44-14 Miami, Game 2 ran 60-21 Boston, Game 3 ran 46-20 Miami to open Game 3, and Game 2 ran 57-33 Boston. , And the Celtics spurt 26-4 to open Game 4.
The execution of Game 5 was just as one-sided.
Six and a half minutes score in the second half: Celtics 24, Heat 2. The turnaround was from 59-58 Boston to 83-60 Boston, and that was it.
Boston beat Miami 32-16 in the third quarter, limiting the heat to 17% during that period. At that point the margin was only 11, but soon the game was unquestionable. The 14-2 run was Boston’s way of opening the fourth quarter, with Brown holding back a bunch of momentum by creating three three-pointers in two and a half minutes, with a lead of 23.
Brown then sealed the problem with a down-the-lane dunk. With 5:19 left, the lead was 18 at that point and the Boston countdown began.
The Celtics haven’t reached the NBA Finals since 2010. Since then, he has had four East Final trips, losing to Miami twice and to Cleveland twice. There were two chances when the Celtics had a chance to win the conference title just by winning the match on the home floor. Round 6 of the 2012 Heat Battle and Round 7 of the 2018 Cavaliers.
They lost both, Lebron James Acting as an official jammer both times, he scored 45 points to save Miami in the 2012 match and 35 points to lift Cleveland in the 2018 Clincher.
He won’t get in the way of the Celtics on Friday night.
Miami needs someone to provide something like spoofing.
There was a lack of attacks in the first half, but Miami’s defense seemed to give hope to the heat. Miami led 1 to 19-17, leading 42-37 in the break. Tatam shot 1-9 during breaks, Butler 8-2, and the team shot 37.8% from the field and 21.6% from the 3-point range.
This was the first half of the conference finals’ lowest score since May 28, 2014, when Heat and Indiana scored 75 points in the final 93-90 Pacers victory break.
And Miami somehow got cold to start the second half. I didn’t do the Celtics.
After a break, the heat missed the first nine shots from the field and let Butler dodge contact to keep Miami within 49-48 and score nothing on the third drive, leaving 6:53. It was.
But soon the Celtics took control. Of the game. And the series.
Hint-INS
Celtics: Marcus smart We picked up two fouls at the first 3:51 of the first quarter and then two more fouls at the first 3:15 of the third quarter. … with white Robert Williams III The first half was 7 to 8, but the remaining teammates were 6 to 26.
heat: Tyler herro (Crotch) Missed 2 games in a row. .. .. Max Strus In the case of 9, it was 0 Kyle Lowry With 6-0, the Heat Starting Guard is a combination of 28-1 in the last two games. … Miami missed the first 6 shots. This has improved significantly after missing the first 14 shots to start Game 4.
HORFORD WATCH
Game 6 will be Horford’s 140th playoff game. No one has participated in any more postseason contests without participating in the NBA Finals. He and the Celtics can change by winning Miami again.
Celebrity
DJ Khaled returned to his regular seat near the heat bench. Other stars in the sold-out crowd include Alex Rodriguez, Paul Pogba, Jimmy Buffett, Xavien Howard, and Brooks Koepka.
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