On March 31, Beijing time, the Celtics hosted the Heat, the third place in the East and the first place in the East! The two teams are one win apart, the First place in the East or the change of ownership, so this game is particularly important. The last heat won the King and finally ended a four-game losing streak! Hiro's comeback has helped the team a lot, and this season the Heat have averaged 40.2 points per game on the bench, ranking first in the league!
The Celtics lost 112-115 to the Raptors, ending their previous six-game winning streak! This season, the Green Army's defensive efficiency of 105.9 points is the highest in the league. According to the official news of the team before the game, Tatum and Brown will play in this game. This season, Tatum is averaging 27.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 0.6 blocks and 0.9 steals per game; Brown is averaging 23.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1 steal per game.
The two teams played quite glue, and the Celtics fouled continuously at the end of the second quarter, sending Butler to the free throw line continuously, and with Dedmond hitting 1 of 2 free throws, the Heat successfully surpassed the Green Army by 1 point at the end of the half, 53-52!
The Heat scored in double figures, with the highest score being JB. Butler made 3-of-8 shooting in the half and 5-of-5 from the free throw line for 11 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal. Substitute Hiro followed, contributing 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-8 shooting, 4-of-4 three-pointers. The last attack of the first quarter on the Heat ball right, Hiro raced against the clock to run all out to ignore the double save and force the three-point shot!
There's Hero Butler on the offensive end and Edmund on the defensive end. In the face of Brown's breakthrough, Lao Dai directly jumped up high to give the other party a big hat!
The Green Army relied on two probing flowers in the first half, Tatum had 11 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 5-of-9 shooting, and failed to hit three shots from the outside. With more than forty seconds left in the first quarter, Smart actively defended to complete the steal, Tatum received the ball and a dragon quick attack counterattacked the basket and hit the foul, playing 2+1 Hi turned the whole field!
The highest score was Brown, 4 of 8 shooting, 4 of 5 three-pointers, contributing 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists! Brown's form started early today, starting with 3 of 4 three-pointers and 11 points before the first quarter was over. How to cast the outside line how to have.
Yi Bian fought again, Tatum and Lowry began to swim, the small steel cannon finally exerted its strength, and the third quarter came up with the outside line gun to bombard the basket, boiling hot three points one after another, and the Heat once pulled the point difference to double digits. At the critical moment, White scored 2+1, and the Green Army responded with a 12-0 climax. With the final counterattack, the green army completed the counter-overtaking in the third quarter of the battle 83-79.
Tatum exploded again, and in the third quarter, the Otter Rabbit scored 10 points on 3 of 5, attacking and defending, stealing and counterattacking, flying and dunking to lead the team to chase points wildly.
The final quarter of the showdown between the two teams you and me, the final stage of the Green Army's shooting rate began to decline, the Heat continuous defense successfully grabbed the counterattack, as Butler completed the dunk, the game left more than 1 minute the Heat led by 6 points.
Timeout back Tatum quickly got 2 points, helplessly the next leg was created by the Heat an offensive foul, the team failed to respond, and finally could only use foul tactics, continuously sent Adebayo to the free throw line, the game left 10.8 seconds Green Army trailed by 8 points, there is no suspense. Congratulations to the Heat for their 106-98 away win over the Celtics.
It is worth mentioning that the final 10.8 seconds left in the game have been decided. During Adebayor's free throw, Smart was chatting with the referee, who directly expelled him! Good guys, this is a sentry expulsion. After the referee's whistle sounded, Gang mei and her opponents and teammates high-fived one by one, and then left the stadium.
Lowry 23 points and 8 assists, Butler 24 points, 3 boards and 2 assists, Adebayo 17 points, 12 boards and 8 assists, Strus 14 points, 7 boards, 3 breaks, 2 caps, Hiro 12 points, 10 boards and 5 assists; The Green Army side, Brown 28 points, 10 boards and 6 assists, Tatum 23 points, 5 boards and 6 assists, Smart 15 shots 10 points, 5 boards and 8 assists 3 assists, Horford 6 points, 15 boards, 4 assists, 2 assists, Andes 15 points.
As a result, the Heat's record has reached 49 wins and 28 losses, and since the Cavaliers lost today, the Heat officially locked in a playoff seat and did not need to play a playoff! The Heat were the first team in the East to lock up a playoff and the fourth in the league, with the first three being the Suns, Grizzlies and Lone Rangers. Are you bullish on this year's Heat?