At 7:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 25, the NBA playoff matchup is in full swing, with the Boston Celtics sitting at home to face the Miami Heat. The G2 battle between the two sides is on the verge of breaking out, and in the first game, the Celtics defeated the Heat by 20 points at home, crushing the whole process. In last year's Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat team counterattacked and eliminated the Celtics through a tie-break, and this year the Heat came to the playoffs again as a black eight, but the situation is completely different from last season. On the one hand, their star Butler is seriously injured and will not be able to play in the entire first-round series, and will need to miss at least 1-2 months, and there is no miracle. On the other hand, this year, the Celtics team has evolved again, with the addition of two star players, Holiday and Boshen, and the double tanhua is also continuing to improve.
In this regard, Adebayo, the core of the Heat interior, still said: "We need to get on the court and then try to compete." You can't say for sure who's going to win until the game is even played. Although the outside world does not believe us, we believe in ourselves. As long as we still believe in ourselves, we still have a chance. Celtics core Jaylen Brown also said: "Every game is a battle, we want to win, and it has to be learned, which is very important, and we accept that because it makes us a better and smarter team." We are willing to leave everything on the pitch and we are able to match the opponent's physical confrontation and not back down. "This season's Green Army is indeed very dominant, riding the regular season and ranking first in the league with a 64-18 record.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Heat side is sending Herro, Martin, Harkes, Jovic and Adebayo, and the Celtics are sending Holiday , White, Jaylen Brown, Tatum and Porzingis. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Porzingis jumped to win, the Celtics took the lead in getting the ball, White got up to the restricted area and threw a small throw, scoring the first goal of the game, Jovic hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc, and also opened for the Heat, Tatum singled with his back, forced to squeeze under the basket and dropped two points, Jovic's three-point shot in the bottom corner blossomed again, Adebayo tried to step into the middle distance to win the hand, Tatum also scored a three-pointer at the top of the arc, Brown assisted Tatum to catch a violent dunk in the air, and Herro and Hakes had two three-pointers in a row。
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams launched a battle against each other, the score chased me and took the lead alternately, Brown rampage broke through the layup and dropped two points, Herro frontal three-point knife fell, the first quarter of the game ended, the Heat led the Celtics 28-27 by 1 point. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Hauser chased a three-point shot into the center of the net, helping the Celtics to take the next city, Tatum strode the meteor basket and hit the basket also scored, Harks shook a shot under the basket, and scored two points on the defense, Holiday hit a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle decisively, Horford ambushed in the bottom corner, and shot a bow and arrow outside the three-point line. Not to be outdone, Highsmith fought back from the outside of the open wing, Martin drove straight into the acceleration to break through to the layup to make a kill, stood on the free throw line and hit both free throws, and Adebayo turned his back and threw a jumper into the net.
The scores of the two teams were still very close, and the difference remained within 5 points, and at halftime, the Green Army led the Heat by 3 points at 61-58. In the first half, the duo was on fire, with Brown scoring 21 points and 5 rebounds, and Tatum scoring 18 points and 3 rebounds. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Jovic's large three-point shot pierced through the basket, opening the third quarter of the game, Herro also had a three-point shot, although Brown then responded with a three-pointer, but the Heat followed by a three-point rain, Martin, Jovic, Herro and others even hit three-point shots, and the Heat team's outside shooting rate exceeded 50%. At the same time, the Green Army's efficiency began to decline in the second half, and the offense began to be dumb, and soon it was in a passive situation, Tatum broke into the inside line and hit a strong hand to help the Green Army stop the bleeding a little.
At the end of the third quarter, the Heat outscored the Celtics by 6 points 85-79. In the final quarter, the Heat became more and more courageous, not giving the Green Army any chance to approach the score at all, Adebayo dominated the basket and gave what he wanted, and scored a continuous dunk, Harkes confidently hit a three-point shot, and Highsmith also had a small throw in the paint area, and the point difference has been maintained at about 10 points, and the Celtics who were fighting at home completely collapsed, and in the end, the Heat defeated the Celtics 111-101, and the score came to 1-1. It is worth mentioning that the Heat shot 23 of 43 in this game, and the number of three-point shots hit broke the single-game record in the playoffs in team history.
In terms of statistics, Tyler Herro had 24 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists, Bam Adebayo had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Caleb Martin had 21 points, Jaime Harkes Jr. had 14 points, Nikola Jovic had 11 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, Haywood Highsmith had 9 points and 3 rebounds, Duncan Robinson had 6 points and 2 steals, and Dronwright had 5 points and 4 rebounds. On the Celtics' side, Jaylen Brown had 33 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist, Jayson Tatum had 28 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Derrick White had 13 points and 4 assists, Jrue Holiday had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 steals, Kristaps Porzingis had 6 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, Al Horford had 6 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, and Sam Hauser had 6 points.