On May 30, Beijing time, the NBA East finals seven battles began, the game between the Celtics and the Heat, the final score was 84-103, and the Celtics lost miserably at home! Throughout the game, the Celtics, like the Rockets without Paul, were obsessed with three-pointers and felt very bad. In addition, Tatum stepped on Vincent in the opening period, resulting in a broken foot, which also became the main reason for the Celtics' poor offense, when Tatum could not contribute energy steadily, the Celtics relied on Jaylen Brown's inefficient singles, and White's occasional burst of light, it was difficult to match the Heat's energy. As O'Neill said after G6, the Celtics won three games in a row, but if G7 loses, nothing makes sense in front of them. Congratulations to the Heat, the Black Eight miracle continues, eliminating the Bucks + Knicks + Celtics all the way, and the Nuggets are waiting for them.
Start with Butler. Today Butler played 43 minutes, 12 of 28, scored 28 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, the Heat started very hard, Vincent hit iron + turnovers, Strus threw three points, Martin had to make up consecutive baskets to hit. With only 6 points in the first 6 minutes, Butler steals Brown and makes a 1-on-3 layup, which became the first turning point of the game! Butler's fighting spirit today is different from before, very determined, the opponent is wrapped, breaks through and immediately shoots, Martin outside the three-point bounce is empty. Including the misplaced naming of Lowe, Butler drove the Heat outside to bloom, Lowry came on and took over the game, until the middle of the second quarter, the Heat quickly opened a 17-point gap. When the Celtics chased single digits in the second quarter, Butler drifted a difficult three-pointer, completely unreasonable!
Including eating White alone, Butler only scored 11 points in the entire first half, but the offensive and defensive ends drove his teammates. At the beginning of the third quarter, it was Butler's three-point shot + accelerated throw, stopping the Celtics again, the Heat's full-court tearing defense, Butler consumed a lot, but obviously made the Celtics very uncomfortable. In addition, in the first six games of the Heat, the overall shooting percentage of the Celtics in the United Defense Round was only 37%! Butler was full of confidence after the G3 taunt, from G4 to G6 after the defeat, saying that the team would win, the key is that the previous role players have performed well, Butler is more struggling. But the big difference today is Martin's outburst! Especially the beginning of the second half of the third quarter directly became the final straw that broke the Celtics!
When the Celtics chased down only 7 points again in the second half of the third quarter, Martin received Butler's breakthrough pass and hit a 3-pointer! After that, Martin held the ball against Tatum and hit a jumper after completion! At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Martin swung White back for three points, including a counterattack with Butler, and the Heat once stretched the gap to 20 points! Played 45 minutes, 11 of 16, got 26 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Martin is really too strong, three points + jump shot + breakthrough has not been lost, the key is to be able to hold the ball, physical fitness, his explosion helped Butler reduce physical consumption! In addition to Butler and Martin, Lowry also contributed today, with a 26-point net victory, and his bridging section helped Dunro and Adebayo blossom in a row, and although the Heat did not score high overall, but they defended to the extreme, the Green Army only had three players to score double-doubles.
Statistics show that the Heat became the first play-off team in NBA history to reach the Finals, and the probability of the Heat advancing to the Finals was only 3%! At the same time, the Heat have equaled the best record of the Black Eight team in NBA history, which is to reach the Finals! The Knicks did this in 1999, but lost 4-1 to the Spurs in the Finals! According to reporter Slater, the Heat had booked a flight to Denver before the game, and they seemed to have known that they would beat the Celtics in the Big Seven. Then the American media "538" announced the probability of winning the Finals this season, the probability of the Heat winning the championship is only 32%, the Nuggets is 68%, the Heat has not been optimistic along the way, the probability of advancing before playing the Knicks is less than 50%, but it has created miracles again and again!
After the game, the NBA officially announced that Butler was elected the Eastern Conference MVP, and it is more embarrassing that the Eastern Conference MVP trophy is named after Celtics famous Larry Bird, and the Western MVP trophy is named after the Lakers famous Magic Johnson, the core of the two winning teams, but to hold the trophy with the name of the opponent to celebrate. According to the Heat reporter, in the East finals MVP voting session, there were 5 people who chose Butler: 4 people chose Martin, including Reynard, Skuhlman, Wharton, Vasburn and other reporters all supported Martin, Butler narrowly won! The Cavaliers' reporter posted the law of Eros after the game: Since Love came to the East, his team entered the playoffs and eventually reached the Finals! In addition, Love has a 15-0 record in the Eastern Zone Series!
The finals will start on June 2, Beijing time, the specific time is: G1 is 8:30 a.m. on the 2nd (home of the Nuggets); G2 is 8 a.m. on the 5th (Nuggets home); G3 is 8:30 a.m. on the 8th (home of the Heat); G4 is 8:30 a.m. on the 10th (home of the Heat); The last three games, if necessary, will be played at No. 13 (Nuggets' home court) + No. 16 (Heat's home court) + No. 19 (Nuggets' home game), and the specific time has not yet been determined. Congratulations to the Heat, creating the legendary myth of Black Eight, and congratulations to the Nuggets, this year's finals, depending on who is tougher.