Jaylen Brown has been very effective from the perimeter and has been key for Boston. Photo Andy Lyons/Getty Images/AFP
Boston took a very important step toward the 2022 NBA Finals on Wednesday, winning 93-80 against Miami as a guest. With this success, earned largely thanks to reaction they tried in the third quarterthe Celtics they were ahead 3-2 in the decisive series of the Eastern Conference and put in check with Heat.
Jaylen Brown is the great figure of the party, by scoring 25 points in the nearly 40 minutes he was on the court. His presence was invaluable for the Massachusetts franchise, mainly because of the effectiveness he registered in shooting from the perimeter (5-9).
The shooting guard, who also starred in spectacular plays, completed his roster with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block.
Another prominent player in the winner is Jayson Tatum. Despite having a problem with one of his shoulders, the forward closed his roster with 22 units, 12 balls recovered on the boards and 9 assists.
Sa Miami, who entered the break with a five -point lead which he later squandered, Bam Adebayo stood up, with 18 points, 10 rebounds, an assist and a block. The pivot pulled the Heat car but it didn’t bring it to victory.
Your team is not alone suffered from lack of efficiency in the opposite basket but also the absence of Tyler Herro due to injury and the lackluster performance of a Jimmy Butler with physical problems.
The offense, overall, was thin in the first half, but Miami’s defense seemed to give hope to Heat, who led 42-37 at the end of the opening half.
It was the lowest score in the first half of a conference finals game since May 28, 2014, when Miami and Indiana combined for 75 points at halftime in the event that the Pacers won 93-90.
An important return of the Celtics
Physical and defensive-minded competition was decided on the complementary stage at FTX Arena. The Celtics outscored Miami 32-16 in the third quarter. who went just 4-for-22 from paint in that frame, and closed the stage with a 10-0 run to take the biggest lead at that point.
On board 69-58, Boston opened the final quarter with a 14-2 run., thanks to the invaluable contribution of Brown’s three 3-pointers, to lead 83-60. The Celtics have held off the Heat ever since.
Boston, which progressed to 6-2 on the road to the playoffs this year, has not played in the NBA Finals since 2010, when they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers. His last crown, meanwhile, was achieved in 2008, when they defeated, surely, the Los Angeles cast.
To cross the first of those goals, the Celtics, who in January of this year were in 11th place in the East, will receive this Saturday, from 9:30 pm in our country, a Miami that will try to bring the resolution until the seventh game.
The winner of this series, the best in seven games, will face the winner of the Western Conference finals in the NBA Finals, leading the Golden State Warriors 3-1 against the Dallas Mavericks.
With information from the AFP
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Source: Clarin
