Miami Heat he again silenced TD Garden on Friday night prevailing against Boston Celtics 111-105, taking a 2-0 lead in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. With Jimmy Butler as a figure, the away team made a 12-point comeback and was left with the win.
The Heat are no longer a surprise. They reached the playoffs via play-ins and are now positioned as one of the big title candidates. The higher the pressure, the better the results. Their absolute leader, Butler, with whom he closed his module tonight 27 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals.
Also, Miami had the great contribution of Bam Adebayowho came close to the triple double with 22 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists, ea gabe vincenzo overtime who converted 25 points coming off the bench.
For their part, the Celtics were unable to maintain the lead they had gained in various parts of the game. After wasting 13 points on them in the first half, they were unable to defend the 12 margin they had in the fourth quarter. In that final quarter, when the locals prevailed by 9 points, Grant Williams faced Butlerwho took that provocation as motivation and was in charge of overturning the score.
“It’s healthy competition and I love it. I’m always here to compete. I like to talk sometimes. As long as we win, that’s fine with me,” Butler said of that spat with Williams. And he completed, “These guys never give up. We never give up. We like to play as a team. We have so much faith and trust in each other.”
Boston’s most outstanding player was Jason Tatum, who finished with 34 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, but only scored from the free throw line in the fourth quarter, when his team needed him the most. appeared further back Jaylen Brownwith 16 points and a very low percentage of field goal successes, with only 7 conversions of 23 attempts.
The series now moves to Miami for the next two episodes. There is one fact that excites Heat: Never lost a home game this postseasonin which they eliminated Chicago Bulls in play-in, a Milwaukee Buck already in the first round New York Knicks in the semifinals.
The numbers speak for themselves: The franchise that led 2-0 in a playoff series has advanced 312 of 339 times in NBA history. If they win the next two matches, Miami will advance to the grand finale for the ring, where they will face the winner of the match between Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggetswho win 2-0.
Source: Clarin
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