The NBA regular season continues, with the East facing a focus battle, with the Celtics playing at home against the Heat, and also the first battle in the East. Before the game, the Heat suffered a four-game losing streak, the team's main performance was sluggish, and the Celtics also stopped their progress after a six-game winning streak, but the green army was more dominant in morale. In the first quarter of the game, the Celtics played at home performed better, blasting a wave of 10-0 small climax at the end of the quarter, leading by 4 points at the end of the first quarter; in the second quarter, the Heat's offense had a clear improvement, a number of main players stepped forward, and at the end of the quarter, relying on a wave of 6-0 to overtake the score, the first half of the battle, the Celtics fell behind by 1 point. In the third quarter, the Heat continued the offensive firepower at the end of the second quarter, the opening game was 14-2 to open the point difference, of course, the Celtics were not willing to show weakness, scored 16 points to wipe out the point difference, the third quarter was excessive, the Green Army led by 4 points; in the fourth quarter, the two sides entered a tug-of-war, the score alternately rose, and at the critical moment the Heat played a 17-6 attack wave to lock in the victory, and finally, after four quarters of competition, the Heat 106-98 Rick Celtics.
In this game, the Heat played the first style in the East, and many players performed well, including Butler who scored 24 points on 9-of-17 shooting, compared to the downturn in the previous games, he finally ushered in a big explosion; Adebayo scored 17 points and 12 rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting, and Lowry scored 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting, Strus also scored 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting, and the 4 main players all shot 50%, laying the foundation for winning, and the best performance on the bench was the young Giro. He had a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds, and for Coach Spoo, for Victory, said the previous four-game losing streak made you humble and forced you to make the necessary adjustments. Judging from the course of the game, the Heat still won above the defense, and only let the Celtics score 6 points in the last 5 minutes, and the moves between the masters were all defensive. It is worth mentioning that Lowe's absence has a considerable impact on the Celtics.
Brown was the Green Army's best performer, shooting 9-of-22 from the field, including 28 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists on 5-of-9 three-point range. Tatum has a bad feel, although he scored 23 points, but lost all five three-pointers, as the future of the Celtics, Tatum should improve his ability to play in key moments. Smart was a bit of a drag, scoring 10 points on 3-of-15 shooting and shooting just 20 percent from the field, and Theis was the best player on the bench, shooting 6-of-6 from 100 percent. After the game, the Heat returned to the first place in the East with 49 wins and 28 losses, while the Celtics fell to the fourth place in the East after suffering 2 consecutive losses, compared to before, the pattern of the top four in the East has slowly become clear, personally I think the Heat and bucks will compete for the first place in the East, and the 76ers and Celtics will compete for the third and fourth places.