On April 25, Beijing time, in the first round of the NBA playoffs G2, the Celtics hosted the Heat, and in the end, the Heat team toppled the Celtics 111-101, and the series was 1-1. In the whole game, the Heat scored 20+ points with 3 players: Adebayo 21 points, Martin 21 points, and Herro 24 points, and the team made 23 three-pointers, setting a new playoff team record.
G1, the Celtics won, can they go to the next game? Or will the Heat equalize? In the first quarter, White throws, Jovic throws, and Brown rolls over and jumpers. Bam Adebayo hit a shot, the Celtics scored five straight points, Harkes and Herro scored three consecutive points, and White flew to stop the Heat. Dunroe also hit a three-pointer, Brown quickly hit the basket, Martin hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner, and the Heat felt hot on the outside, but still failed to open up the difference, and in the first quarter, the Heat led the Celtics by one point at 28-27.
In the second quarter, the Celtics were 5-0, Harkes made a rebound, Holiday and Horford hit three points in a row, Highsmith stopped the bleeding with three points, and the Heat then overtook again and stopped the Celtics. Bam Adebayo made a dragon, Jovic made a low-handed layup, Herro hit another three-pointer, but the Celtics continued to work the outside to regain the lead. Herro stopped the decline with a three-pointer and Brown made a steal, and after halftime, the Celtics led the Heat by three points.
In the third quarter, Jovic came up and hit a three-pointer, Brown turned and put it in, Adebayo ate cake under the basket, Herro continued to score three points, Holiday forced a basket, Martin forced a three-point follow-up, and as Martin flew to the basket to score, the Heat led by 10 points and forced the Celtics to take another timeout. After the timeout, Martin made a layup, Hauser stopped the bleeding with three points, Tatum dunked, Dunroe continued with a three-pointer in the front, Tatum turned and dunked, and after three quarters, the Heat led the Celtics by six points.
In the fourth quarter, the Heat started the game with a 5-2 break to stop the Celtics. Brown easily split the dunk, Adebayo hit the back and left, White received the ball for three points, and Harkes received the ball with three points, and the difference was nine points. The Celtics chased it to 96-102, and the Heat scored five straight points after a timeout to quickly stop the decline, and then maintained the suppression and still managed to defeat the Celtics.