At seven o'clock in the morning on April 25, Beijing time, in the second round of the first round of the Eastern Conference of the 23-24 NBA playoffs, the Celtics hosted the Heat.
First Half Briefing
At the end of the first half, the Celtics led the Heat by three points at 61-58.
Turnovers scored: 10 for the Greens, 5 for the Heat
Inside scoring: 28 points for the Greens, 10 points for the Heat
The Heat's Jovic had five turnovers and the Greens' Porzingis had three fouls.
Second Half Briefing
The Heat team played as a whole, the Green Army played star tactics, the Heat starters scored all double-doubles, and the Heat once led by 12 points in the third quarter; the Celtics scored 9 points in the first nine minutes of the third quarter; then Hauser hit a three-point shot to break the goal drought, and a wave of 7:0 scores instantly approached a 5-point gap, and the Green Army trailed the Heat by 6 points at 79:85 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final five minutes of the fourth quarter, the Heat led by nine points at 100-91, shooting 22-of-40 three-pointers, a new three-point shooting record in the Heat's playoff history. Then Derrick White hit a three-pointer, Tatum hit two free throws, the Green Army 96:102, the Heat timeout, after the timeout, Martin hit three points again, 23 three-pointers, Herro scored a basket, and finally the Heat won the Celtics away, and the Heat without Butler was still strong, and the two teams tied 1:1.
The Heat played a great trio
Herro: 1-of-2 on two-pointers, 6-of-11 on three-pointers, 4-of-4 on free throws, 24 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists and 1 steal
Martin: 2-of-6 two-pointers, 5-of-6 three-pointers, 2-of-2 free throws, 21 points and one rebound
Bam Adebayo: 9-of-12 from two-point range, 0-of-1 from three-point range, 3-of-6 from the free-throw line, 21 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
The Green Army played a great trio
Jaylen Brown: 9-of-14 from two-point range, 4-of-9 from three-point range, 3-of-6 from the free-throw line, 33 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block
Tatum: 8-of-14 from two-point range, 2-of-6 from three-point range, 6-of-8 from the free-throw line, 28 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block
Derrick White: 3-of-4 from two-point range, 2-of-4 from three-point range and 1-of-1 from the free-throw line for 13 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists
Impressions
The Heat played a steady style of play with all offense and defense, and the Celtics played average except for the double tanhua play, especially Porzingis played 1 of 9 in 30 minutes, with a plus/minus of -32, the lowest in the game.