NBA East Finals: The collapse of Boston’s victory over Miami until the series 2-2

The Boston Celtics became strong at home and authoritatively defeated the Miami Heat 102-82 in the fourth game equal to Eastern Conference Finals of the NBA, which is now tied at 2-2 and will resume from 9:30 pm (Argentine time) this Wednesday, at the FTX Arena.

The first minutes of the confrontation are a kind of preview of what will be resounding success final at TD Garden. It is that, when the clock marked the passage of the first eight minutes, the local franchise prevailed on the scoreboard 18-1.

This unusual initial advantage on the scoreboard can be explained, primarily, by the low efficiency of the visiting team. Without walking yet, Miami missed 15 of its first 16 shots.. The contribution of Jayson Tatum, who converted half of those 18 points to Boston. He will finish the night with 31 goals on his sheet, the highest number of players in the game.

“We’re very clear how important this game is. We face it with an attitude of urgency, “Tatum, who has been an All Star three times at the age of 24, told a press conference.

Undoubtedly, the five Heat starters did not have their best night. Between Jimmy Butler (six points), Kyle Lowry (three), PJ Tucker (none), Max Strus (none) and Bam Adebayo (nine) they were just seven of the 36 shots in the hoop. Because of their poor performance, coach Erik Spoelstra watched them in the fourth quarter from the substitutes ’bench.

“No reason. They outnumber us in every way. We could never plug into the game, ” the 51-year-old coach, who has led Miami since 2008, was honest.

The winner of this series will face the winner in the Western Conference Final, which could end this Tuesday at the American Airlines Center. It’s that if the Golden State Warriors get victory as a guest, they can reach a definite 4-0 against the Dallas Mavericks ’Luka Doncic.

The narrative of Boston’s victory over Miami

The Celtics took a bite from the first second, leading the offense with a Tatum that added twelve points, five rebounds and two assists after the first period, where the Heat needed fifteen attempts to get their first points off the field (1 in 15).

The first score came from the free throw line, the work of Bam Adebayo, while Oladipo, off the bench, hit the first field goal after almost nine minutes of play.

A dominance of points, rebounds (19-8), determination on split balls that didn’t satiate the hunger of the Celtics, who kept stepping on the accelerator and crushed some Heat where only Victor Oladipowith 18 points, was able to break a series of setbacks.

The Celtics also fouled Erik Spoelstra’s staff and threw 26 free throws in the first half to build a 57-33 halftime leadwith another twelve points from a Tatum close to double-double (24 points and 8 rebounds).

Ime Udoka’s men’s advantage, with seven more points from Tatum and a Horford who cleared the paint with five rebounds and two shots, reached 32 points in the third quarter and the Heat couldn’t lift their lead. head, despite cutting the margin sometimes. at 23 points.

Ang 76-52 where the Celtics reached the final stage and the opening triple by Payton Pritchard and Al Horford shot the Udokas and frustrated all sorts of return hopes for the Heat, where few protagonists, like Tucker o Butler remained on the bench meditating and thinking about the fifth game.

The last minutes turned into a party in the Gardenwith Horford sealing a massive barrier to Gabe Vincent and Pritchard signing an 88-57 return to put more than thirty points in between, with an eight-minute game.

With information from the AFP.

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