On April 30, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs ushered in the fourth game between the Heat and the Celtics.
Heat starters: Herro, Harkes, Martin, Jovic and Bam Adebayo;
Celtics starters: Tatum, Brown, Holiday , White and Porzingis.
White dominated the game and the Celtics played a great offense
In the first quarter of the game, the Heat used joint defense at the beginning of the game, Holiday took the lead in scoring inside, Jokic made his first three-point shot, the Celtics used the Heat to counterattack and missed the layup, and they played a counterattack, Brown singled Herro to score a layup, White also hit a three-point shot, but fortunately, Herro was replaced with three points. Both sides had a fast pace in this game, and Hiro was more rational on the court than in the previous game, not only shooting three-pointers, but also breaking through to the layup, which felt good.
Adebayo still played against Porzingis as always, and his hand was still bad, and he continued to hit iron. Celtics White hit three three-pointers and then scored inside to help the Celtics stretch the score to nine points. The Heat fell into a scoring drought, missing consecutive shots, and neither did Adebayo single Horford. After White, Brown began to exert his strength, scoring on the inside in a row, and White hit a three-pointer, and the difference came directly to 13 points. In the end, the Heat still relied on Martin to break through to make a layup to complete the score, and Adebayo didn't resist and pulled away to shoot Horford and finally scored. Brown also came after playing Tatum, broke through and scored 2 points on foul free throws, and the outside three-point dry pull, the Heat found an offensive rhythm slightly, Hakes completed a dunk, Adebayo hit a shot, Herro gave Adebayo an empty dunk, and the Celtics led the Heat 34-24 at the end of the first quarter.
Iron performance, the heat is even better, can be described as a "blacksmith"
In the second quarter of the game, the Heat continued to play iron on the court, and after the last game, they used Mills to prevent Harkes from holding the ball to look for opportunities, so they reluctantly shot many times and did not hit, and the Heat did not score a point at all, and Spo could only replace Herro. Instead, it was the Celtics, Porzingis made a three-point shot, and Holiday completed a layup to make a 5-0 start. In the end, the Heat relied on Highsmith's single Tatum throw to score two plus one, Adebayo singled Porzingis finally there, and gave the Celtics a wave of 5-0, and the Celtics were gone after five points in front.
Then the Celtics or White took the lead to break the deadlock, and White hit two three-pointers in a row to directly stretch the score to 16 points and stop the Heat. There was still not much to be done after the Heat timeout, Adebayo missed a shot, Harkes didn't shoot a three-pointer, Porzingis was broken, and he couldn't play and returned to the locker room! In the end, he still relied on Martin to shoot a three-pointer, but Tatum immediately returned it! At halftime, the Celtics led the Heat 53-36, and both sides were playing iron in this quarter, and the score was 19-12 Heat for the Celtics in a single quarter!
The Heat felt cold to the touch, and White erupted again
In the second half of the game, Porzingis will not return to this game because of calf tension! Brown scored 5 points in a row, the Heat made consecutive mistakes, Herro and Jovic each once! Finally, it was Harkes' turn to score with a single throw, and it was the turn of the Celtics to attack and lose power, and he made consecutive mistakes, Herro scored three points, and Brown walked! Relying on Tatum and White to score 6 points in a row, White assisted Brown to complete the dunk, and the difference came to more than 20 points!
After Spo took a timeout, he replaced Mills again, trying to rely on him to solve the Heat's offensive problem, obviously this move is the problem! The Heat continued to play iron, White scored 7 points in a row, and finally relied on Mills' jumper to score 2 points, Highsmith scored a foul on Tatum and scored a free throw, Harks scored two plus one, Tatum broke through and caused a foul to continue to score free throws, and finally relied on Adebayo to score 6 points in a row, and the Celtics led the Heat by 22 points at 81-59 at the end of the third quarter.
Bam Adebayo fouled in the first place, ending the Heat's comeback momentum
In the final quarter of the game, Mills caused Horford to make a three-point foul and scored 2 points on free throws, the Celtics relied on Brown to break through and score, the Heat began to grab three points in this quarter, Martin scored three points, and Horford responded with three points. Moon's breakthrough completed a layup, and the Celtics began to relax in this quarter, hitting iron continuously, and Herro scored two and one in the middle of the shot, chasing the score to 15 points. Holiday stepped up and hit a three-point shot from the outside! Herro got off on a layup, Tatum converted the offense to complete the dunk! A wave of 5-0 stabilized the situation.
After the Heat timeout, Mills' first three-point shot was blocked by White, Brown missed, Martin made a three-point shot, Herro scored a mid-range shot, Adebayo converted the offense to complete the layup, a wave of 7-0, the difference returned to 13 points, and with 5 minutes and 21 seconds left in the game, the Heat had every chance to chase the score.
After the pause, the Celtics attacked for the first time, Mills pushed down White, after the referee blew the whistle, Tatum shot homeopathically, Adebayo habitually interfered, forming a step, Tatum twisted his foot 90 degrees, looked at the pain and fell to the ground, there was no big problem behind! The referee looked at the replay to determine the nature and gave Adebayo a first-degree malicious foul, the Heat team's unwarranted disaster, chasing the critical moment, Adebayo went to do that, Horford received a technical foul! Herro missed a technical foul and missed a free throw, Tatum maliciously fouled and made two free throws! Brown missed a three-point shot, Martin broke through to hit the iron, and White broke through to complete a layup, helping the Celtics stabilize the situation. Then the Heat had no chance, and in the end the Celtics won 102-88 to the Heat, and the Celtics led the Heat 3-1 in the series.
Full-time player stats
Heat: Bam Adebayo 25 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists, Herro shot 8-of-17 from the field and 2-of-6 from three-point range to get 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Martin 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Harkes 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Jovic 3 points and 3 rebounds, Mills 9 points and 1 rebound, Highsmith 3 points and 2 rebounds, Knight 2 points and 4 rebounds.
Celtics: White had 38 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks on 15-of-26 shooting and 8-of-15 three-pointers, Tatum had 20 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists on 5-of-14 shooting and 2-of-6 three-pointers, Brown had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Holiday had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Porzingis had 7 points and 3 rebounds, and Horford had 7 points and 8 rebounds.
Full game summary
The Heat's offense in this game was very bad, the whole court was playing iron, the Celtics' defensive intensity was not high, and the highlight performance of the second game on the road was just a flash in the pan! In the last quarter of the game, after the Celtics led too much, they began to relax, giving the Heat a chance, and once let the Heat chase 13 points!
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