After saving his life in the Miami quarter, and knowing how badly he was doing in his fifth games in these qualifiers, everything was to be expected. The Celtics are back? The problem is that They are still behind in the overall of these Eastern Conference finals, and the series travels again to Florida for another game in which they need to win to avoid losing, but there has been an improvement compared to what was seen in the first three days.
Those of Mazzulla won 110-97 in this game 5 to his competitor for seeing himself in the NBA Finals with the Denver Nuggets, who has been waiting since the 22nd. 3-2 still favorable to Miami in the tie. The next duel, at the Kaseya Center on the night of the 27th (2:30 p.m.).
Boston pulled not only from their famed pride, which is a good vindication in the low point in which they found themselves but it is not everything, but from a combinative game that emptied the mind of Miami in a way that had never happened before. The green team has found the key that opens their rival’s ring and now it just remains to be seen, unless they have another existential crisis, if this remedy has not fallen too late into their trembling hands.
A cascade of triples received the Heat in the first half and their defeat was based on it. On the whole of the match, 16/39 (41%). The Celtics shrewdly moved the ball and also controlled possessions better, losing less. They had four players over twenty -White (24), Smart (23) and the two Jays, Tatum and Brown, with 21- and they were the ones who made the second half of the game almost useless. The Heat didn’t give up like the Celtics did in Game 3, despite the review, but they did find themselves handcuffed by the scary version of Massachusetts: the classic 3+D that so many teams like, defense suffocating and terrifying punishment on the outside line.
Three straight three-pointers from the left corner of the Garden broke the Heat first. That side of the track, fatally defended, made the visitors try to swing and it was worse. White punished from the other side with two others. And the one at the end of the quarter, he the icing on a sweet cake for the fans who were the majority in the pavilion. The set with which Spoelstra’s men were most surprised was 16-1. Seven shots from three scored, with early distances of -16, seemed too much for the Floridians. And nothing got better. The technician proposed an area, even, to try to reduce the local success. The flow continued to be too much. Not only in static, with the generous leadership -this time yes- of Jayson Tatum, but also in transitions: the Celtics transformed 16 rival losses into 27 points in their favor. They also won individual duels, with varied options to undermine Jimmy Butler and Horford’s dark work that today did miss a grown Adebayo. Before the break, after having landed, the Heat seemed to want to get hooked, they clung to the psychological barrier of ten points, but another two three-pointers from White and Smart broke their hopes again. And in the second part, control and little change of scenery. Vincent’s loss, added to that of Herro, subtracts the Heat’s scoring potential in games like this, in which the opponent is at the optimum point of play, and his recovery for the sixth game will be key; because no one has come back from 3-0 in the NBA Playoffs and Boston, runner-up, has already added two in that comeback and is fighting to reach seventh alive, which would be ultra-flattering.
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36
Marcus Smart
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42
Al Horford
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57
Mike Muscala
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91
Blake Griffin
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7
Jaylen Brown
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13
malcolm brogdon
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0
Jason Tatum
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9
Derrick White
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40
Luke Kornett
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44
robert williams iii
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12
Grant Williams
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eleven
Payton Pritchard
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30
sam hauser
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99
Justin Champagne
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| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
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36
Marcus Smart
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29 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5/6 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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42
Al Horford
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29 | 6 | eleven | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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57
Mike Muscala
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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91
Blake Griffin
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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7
Jaylen Brown
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36 | twenty-one | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 6/13 | 3/5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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13
malcolm brogdon
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7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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0
Jason Tatum
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40 | twenty-one | 8 | 0 | 8 | eleven | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4/6 | 7/10 | 1/6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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9
Derrick White
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37 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 6/8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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40
Luke Kornett
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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44
robert williams iii
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17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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12
Grant Williams
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26 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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eleven
Payton Pritchard
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4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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30
sam hauser
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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99
Justin Champagne
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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7
Kyle Lowry
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22
Jimmy Butler
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42
Kevin Love
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44
Cody Zeller
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40
udonis haslem
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13
Bam Adebayo
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55
Duncan Robinson
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24
Haywood Highsmith
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31
Max Strus
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16
Caleb Martin
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77
Omer Yurtseven
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5
Nikola Jovic
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| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7
Kyle Lowry
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30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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22
Jimmy Butler
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33 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4/6 | 5/8 | 0/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
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42
Kevin Love
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13 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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44
Cody Zeller
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4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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40
udonis haslem
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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13
Bam Adebayo
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31 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 8/15 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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55
Duncan Robinson
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27 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 5/7 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
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24
Haywood Highsmith
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36 | fifteen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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31
Max Strus
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24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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16
Caleb Martin
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31 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 3/7 | 2/5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
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77
Omer Yurtseven
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3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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5
Nikola Jovic
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
