On May 24, Beijing time, the Celtics beat the Heat 116-99 on the road to make it 1-3 on aggregate and avoid being swept out. Tatum had 33 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, and Butler had 29 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. In the face of a desperate situation, the Green Army finally won back a city, where did the Heat G4 lose? In this issue of "Data Don't Lie", let's discuss this topic.
Defeat 1: Green Three Madness is online
The biggest factor for the Celtics to win this game was their strong performance in the third quarter, and the Green Three went online. In this quarter, the Celtics scored 38 points, allowing the Heat to score only 23. The Green Army's accuracy in the third quarter was terrible, shooting 60.9 percent from the field and 58.3 percent from three-point range. Tatum scored 14 points in a single quarter and led the team to an 18-0 offensive wave that completely turned the game around.
Tatum himself surpassed Pierce (219) in his playoff career three-pointers to rise to the first place in Green Army history. On the Heat side, although Butler scored 15 points in a single quarter in this quarter, one more than Tatum, the rest of the Heat players were muted. Butler was 5-of-9 in the quarter, while the rest of the Heat were just 3-of-13.
Defeat 2: Tatum no longer pulls his crotch
In the first three games, Tatum's final performance was a disaster. At the end of G1, Tatum did not shoot in the sports battle, at the end of G2, Tatum was 0 in 3, and at the end of G3, the Green Army was too far behind, and Tatum did not play. With 9:41 left in the final quarter of G4, Tatum returned to the ring, this time without pulling his crotch.
He hit a mid-range shot 19 seconds after he came up, which was Tatum's first athletic goal in the final quarter of the Eastern Conference finals, and then Tatum hit another hand from outside the three-point line to further open the gap. He also assisted Smart on layups and hit three-pointers, and his performance was very comprehensive, sweeping away the gloom of the previous three games. His goals continued, and in the end, Tatum scored 33 points and 11 points in the final quarter.
Defeat 3: The Heat are inferior to the Green Army with three-point accuracy
In this game, the Green Army's three-point shot obviously regained its touch, and the head pressed the Heat. The Heat once ranked first in three-point shooting in the playoffs, but this game, they seem to be back to the regular season. This season's regular season, the Heat only ranked 27th in the league in three-point shooting.
In G4, the Celtics shot 19-of-45 from three-point range, shooting 42.2 percent, while the Heat shot 8 of 32 from three-point range, shooting 25 percent. This is a huge contrast to the first three games. The data shows that the Green Army has played 39 games this season with a 37-2 record (31-1 in the regular season and 6-1 in the playoffs).
In the first three games of the Eastern Conference finals, the Green Army shot just 29.2 percent from three-point range (31 of 106), while the Heat shot 47.8 percent from three-point range (44 of 92).
Defeat 4: The Green Army made a mistake and counterattacked
In this game, the Green Army also performed better than the Heat in terms of catching mistakes and counterattacking. In the game, the Heat had 15 turnovers, while the Green Army caught those 15 errors and scored 27 points, while the Green Army had only 10 turnovers and only allowed the Heat to score 14 points through those 9 turnovers. In terms of fast-break scoring, the Green Army also led the Heat 18-10.