On April 22, 2024, Beijing time, in the first round of the NBA playoffs, the Boston Celtics hosted the Miami Heat. The Celtics have a complete lineup, starting with the strongest lineup in the regular season, which is Tatum, Brown, Holiday , White and Porzingis.
The Celtics got off to a good start, but a three-pointer allowed the Heat to close the score
In the first quarter of the game, at the beginning of the game, the Celtics increased their aggressiveness, Tatum played a single in the low post, threw himself and grabbed himself, assisted Brown to shoot three points, Brown, Porzingis and Tatum also scored inside in the next three rounds, and the Celtics played a 9-0 start. And the Heat handed over to Adebayo in the first round, the mid-range shot Porzingis missed, Herro's shot was also interfered with, and Harkes broke through the inside dunk and missed!
Judging from the opening performance, the Heat's tactics were unwise from the start, and against a team like the Celtics, they tried to compete with each other for individual ability! They should play more pick-and-rolls and off-ball, and that is their way out.
After the timeout, Herro missed a single White shot, Holiday made a three-point shot, Adebayo missed a pass, and Porzingis scored on a mid-range shot, making it 14-0 for the Celtics. In the end, Adebayo scored 6 points on a single Pozin shot, and Hawks scored on a single White score, and the Heat began to intensify on the defensive end. Celtics Brown missed consecutive offenses, not even two free throws, Pritchard continued his stability, shot a three-point shot in the bottom corner, Porzingis also hit a long-range three-pointer, but then Tatum and Horford missed three-point shots in a row, and had to rely on Pritchard, and the ultra-long three-point shot also hit!
The Celtics shot a lot of three-pointers, making a total of 26 shots, including 18 three-point shots, but unfortunately the back was not good, allowing the Heat to fight back. Not only that, but the Heat's rotation lineup is better than that of the Celtics, especially Love, which continued the form of the last game against the Bulls.
Hauser hit four three-pointers and Porzingis hit two three-pointers to save the Celtics!
In the second quarter of the game, the Heat began to look for misalignment, Harkes singled Hauser to complete a layup in the low post, Harkes missed a layup, Love completed a layup and scored, and the Celtics relied on Hauser to respond with three three-pointers, stopping the Heat in just 2 minutes. After the pause, Knight made a mistake in the first round, Tatum converted an offensive layup and was fouled and scored a free throw, but fortunately, the offensive end improved, Adebayo scored a layup in the air, Dunroe scored three points by blocking and dismantling, but immediately let Hauser return a shot, Hauser made the fourth three-pointer in a single quarter, Horford and Tatum scored 4 points in a row, Tatum caused a foul free throw and scored 2 points, and the Celtics played a wave of 9-0.
Then the Heat Herro and Martin hit a three-point iron, relying on Adebayo to score 6 points in a row, and then Porzingis began to defend closely, successfully defending for two consecutive rounds, and also sent a block, it is not easy for Adebayo to score. And the Celtics began to relax after the lead was too big, Brown and Tatum hit consecutive irons, White didn't have three points, and finally relied on Porzingis to shoot three points. Herro and Martin finally hit three-pointers in the final moments, Porzingis returned a shot (Porzingis shot by Jovic's finger and returned to the locker room early), White scored on a single shot, and Halkes completed a layup in the final attack, and the Celtics led the Heat 60-45 at halftime.
The Celtics were loose and tight, giving the Heat enough opportunities, but unfortunately they didn't take it
In the second half, Brown and Holiday made three-pointers, the Celtics grabbed offensive rebounds in a row, and the second offense was a three-point drill, Tatum made two shots, and Porzingis and White missed one. The Heat relied on Harkes to score 6 points, and Jovic assisted Jovic to shoot a three-pointer, and the Heat once chased the score to 12 points, Porzingis stole Herro, Tatum completed a layup, and White made a converted three-point shot to pull the score away.
After the Heat timeout, Martin missed two three-pointers, Brown hit a three-pointer, and the difference came to 20 points, the Celtics began to relax again, Jokic scored a three-pointer! Holiday missed a layup, Horford hit a three-point iron, the Heat did not convert three times, Porzingis felt hot, threw a three-point shot, and Horford also made his first three-pointer of the game, and the difference returned to 23 points. Then the Heat's offense was powered off, White scored four points in a row, Brown broke through for an easy layup, White made a three-pointer, and Spo called a timeout in a row but failed to change the situation, and the Celtics led the Heat by 32 points at the end of the third quarter 91-59.
At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics shot 19 of 43 three-pointers!
The maximum lead was 34 points, but it was almost reversed because of relaxation
In the final quarter of the game, Horford received the ball at the top of the arc and broke through the inside line to score, Knight made three three-pointers, Celtics Horford and White scored three points, after a timeout, the Heat began to chase points, Herro threw two three-pointers, Adebayo, Martin and Harkes scored 6 points in a row, Knight made two three-pointers (Knight made 5 of 5 three-pointers in a single quarter), and once chased the score to 15 points. The Celtics' relaxation gave the Heat another chance and recovered 17 points. The reason why Celtic is not recognized by everyone is enough to reflect that they can't get rid of the attributes of a pseudo-strong team.
After another timeout, White made a three-pointer, but then Tatum and Porzingis missed three-pointers, Adebayo scored four points in a row, Porzingis fouled on offense, and White caused Adebayo to shoot a foul and score on a free throw. With little game time left, the Celtics finally kept the victory to the end, and finally the Celtics defeated the Heat 114-94, the Celtics led the Heat 1-0 in the series, and Tatum also ushered in the first playoff triple-double of his career, with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Full-time player stats
Celtics: Tatum had 23 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals on 7-of-18 shooting and 1-of-8 three-pointers, Brown had 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists on 6-of-12 shooting and 3-of-5 three-pointers, White had 20 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Porzingis had 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, Holiday had 6 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Hauser had 12 points, Horford had 10 points and 7 rebounds, and Pritchard had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
Heat: Herro shot 4-of-13 from the field and 3-of-9 from three-point range with 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Bam Adebayo shot 10-of-18 from the field and 0-of-2 from three-point range with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Harkes had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Jovic had 10 points and 6 rebounds, Martin had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Knight shot 6-of-7 from the field and 5-of-5 from three-point range to get 17 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 2 steals, Love had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and Dunroe had 5 points.
Full game summary
The Heat are missing Butler and Rozier, which not only affects the defense, but also has the greatest impact on the offensive end. Herro, who was supposed to stand up, performed very poorly in this game! The Heat basically relied on three people to score on the court, and Hakes, Adebayo, and Love obviously couldn't compete with the Celtics! In the last quarter, the Celtics relaxed and gave the Heat a chance again, Herro scored 2 three-pointers, Knight made 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, and once chased the score to 15 points, but unfortunately after the Celtics increased their intensity, the Heat had difficulty scoring!
And the Celtics don't seem to take the Heat seriously at all, shooting a lot of three-pointers, in fact, this is not a good thing, whenever the Heat increase the intensity, the Celtics' outside shooting rate will plummet, and the Heat will narrow the score many times. Fortunately, the overall level of the Heat is too different, and the Celtics always have someone who can shoot three-pointers. But in the final quarter, the Celtics were also punished for their relaxation, leading by a maximum of 34 points, and finally let the Heat chase 15 points, and then began to take the game seriously, and finally stabilized the situation and won the victory.
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