He’s having much less success offensively, turning the ball over and not playing as aggressively.ĬF: Bam has 4 of the Heat’s 10 turnovers. NY: The Heat really need Bam Adebayo to step up if they want a chance in this game (or beyond). The Heat lost despite shooting 51.3 percent from the field, undone by 16 turnovers, 17 Celtics second-chance points, and the inability to mount a sustained run.ĬF: Halftime analysis: Keep playing exactly like that. Jayson Tatum had 21 points, 11 assists, and 8 rebounds for the Celtics, who shot 50.6 percent from the field and connected on 16 of 39 3-pointers.īoston slowed down Heat star Jimmy Butler, limiting him to 14 points. Derrick White hit 6 of 8 3-pointers and led a balanced Boston attack with 24 points. The Celtics led by as many as 24 points Thursday and never trailed.
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Boston stormed to a 110-97 win over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals Thursday night to pull within 3-2 in the series, halfway to becoming the first team in NBA history to win a playoff series after losing the first three games.Īs reserves from both teams played the final few minutes because the outcome had been decided, fans at TD Garden began chanting “Celts in 7!” There is still work to do, of course, but the thoroughness of these last two wins combined with the reality that the Celtics were the far superior team during the regular season certainly makes it appear possible. What once seemed quite improbable is now well within reach for the Celtics.
Jaylen Brown steps in front of Max Strus for a steal. We obviously didn’t pick the best time to have a bad week, but we did, and we’re sticking together and fighting like hell to keep it alive, and the guys are really coming together.” The seasons are like nine months long, and we just had a bad week.
On keeping perspective: “One of our assistants put it in great perspective. Just his leadership and his physicality and his attention to detail defensively is big for us.” On Al Horford: “Everything he does is an intangible that you can’t measure. On their best performances in the postseason coming in must-win situations: “It just says that our backs are against the wall and we’re sticking together and we’re competing at a high level to give ourselves a chance.” Is this the best performance in your view in the postseason? And what does it say that you’ve had probably your best two performances back-to-back games here? When he’s locked in and playing both sides of the ball at a different pace, it kind of gives us our identity and our life.” On Marcus Smart: “Yeah, he’s just an emotional key for us. On Derrick White: “He just plays with a defensive versatility and he does a great job paying attention to detail on personnel tendencies.” What Joe Mazzulla had to say after Game 5 - 11:15 p.m. It might behoove the Celtics to procure front-row seats for David Ortiz in Miami, and maybe summon Kevin Millar to the Hub for Monday. The 2004 Curse-busting Red Sox are the only team in 123 Major League Baseball postseasons to recover from a 3-0 series deficit (at the expense of the hated Yankees, no less) and their basketball cousins are a serious threat to make NBA history. The Celtics’ level of confidence has to be high after what we saw in Game 5. Game 6 is Saturday in Miami and Game 7 would be Memorial Day Monday night at the Garden. Marcus Smart (23 points), Jayson Tatum (21), Derrick White (24), and Jaylen Brown (21) burned the Heat from international waters as Boston made 16 of its 39 3-point attempts (41 percent) and dominated Miami with Lawrence Taylor defense. It was 48 minutes of blood and thunder basketball from the locals. The Celtics blew the roof off the Causeway Street gym Tuesday, bolting to a 16-point, first-quarter lead, pushing it to 24 in the fourth, and running the Heat out of town in with a wire-to-wire 110-97 Game 5 victory. One hundred and fifty NBA teams have tried, and 150 have failed, but your Celtics think they can become the first team in league history to recover from a 3-0 playoff deficit.
The Boston Celtics are halfway home to a return to the NBA Finals. It’s been building since they took back the night in the second half of Game 4 in Miami, and now it feels very real. Jayson Tatum slams home two first-quarter points.
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