On April 30, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Heat played at home against the Celtics, and the Heat fell behind 1-2 after the first three games. In this game, the Celtics quickly took the initiative, White felt hot, and scored consecutive points with internal and external shots, helping the team take the initiative, and the Heat counterattack was also unsuccessful. In the end, the Celtics defeated the Heat 102-88, and the series score came to a 3-1 lead.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams came up with a good hand, Jovic hit a three-point shot, White responded, and Herro chased a three-point rush and fell into a tug-of-war, and the point difference was not opened. But then the Heat's hand declined, White burst inside and outside to score consecutive points, and the Celtics launched a wave of 16-2 offensive under his leadership, and the score came to 29-14. Martin broke through the layup to stop the bleeding, Adebayo scored points in a single, Hakes scored a dunk in the air, Tatum scored three points, Adebayo continued to score points, and finally staged an empty dunk, the Heat fell behind 24-34 after the first quarter of the game, and White scored 16 points in a single quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Porzingis came up and hit a three-pointer, but the Heat was unable to break the deadlock, playing more than 3 minutes and relying on Highsmith to score 2+1, Adebayo broke through and scored, and the Celtics felt a decline during this time. The two teams tied 5-5 in the first quarter, Holiday broke through and scored, and White scored two three-pointers in a row, and it was enough to solve the problem. But Porzingis had an injury on his side and limped back to the locker room, Adebayo made a basket to stop the bleeding, Hakes scored three points, and the Heat bit the score again. However, Tatum responded with a three-pointer and Horford dunked, giving the Celtics a 53-36 lead at halftime.
Yibian fought again, Porzingis did not return, and Brown scored 5 points in a row on an inside and outside shot, stretching the difference to more than 20 points. Harkes scored a basket to stop the bleeding, Herro scored a three-pointer, Tatum scored a heads-up, White continued to dunk in the air, and Brown counterattacked and scored a dunk, and the score came to 66-43. Mills' second offense stopped the bleeding, but the Celtics' offense was still hot, White continued to score points, Harkes scored 2+1, Mills scored three points, the two teams went back and forth on the offensive end, and the Heat couldn't close the point difference, Adebayo hit a three-pointer, and the Heat fell behind 59-81 after the third quarter of the game.
In the final quarter of the game, the Heat did not give up, Mills hit two of three free throws, Martin scored three points, but unfortunately Horford responded, Tatum completed the dunk, and the Heat was still struggling to catch up. Then Bam Adebayo received a first-degree malicious foul, and the game lost suspense, and the Celtics beat the Heat 102-88 to take a 3-1 lead.
White was the star of the game, scoring 38 points on 8-of-15 three-pointers and scoring a career-high playoff high, while Tatum had 20 points and 11 rebounds and Brown had 17 points. On the Heat side, Bam Adebayo scored 25 points and 17 rebounds, without enough help, and the difference in strength between the two teams is still obvious.