On April 30, Beijing time, the Celtics defeated the Heat 102-88 away, leading 3-1. In this game, Green Kai played very smoothly in the Heat away from home, showing a crushing situation at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the person who laid the victory for Green Kai was called Derrick White, who did not explode in the previous 3 games and only had one 20+, but he did not expect him to complete 30+ this time.
Spo's strategy for this game was to let go of White, who he believed was the only point that could be let go of Green Kai's starters, but White was 6-of-8 in the first quarter, 4-of-5 from three-point range, and scored 16 points, with a three-point shooting rate of 80%, which made Spo quite helpless.
In the second quarter, Spo followed the strategy of the first quarter, White made 2 of 4 three-pointers from the outside, and White made 6 of 9 three-pointers in the half, scoring 22 points, 2 blocks and 0 turnovers, and he helped Green Kai lead by as many as 17 points at halftime, and he even let Herro not score a point in 3 or 0 in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, White focused on attacking, and the Heat began to defend his three-pointers, but White scored 11 points by breaking through 5-of-8 + 1-of-4 three-pointers in a single quarter, and played 13-of-21 in the third quarter, 7-of-13 from three-point range, scoring 33 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, and a plus/minus of +16.
White also blocked the Heat's All-Star center Adebayo, White obviously wanted to break the record of 36 points in the final quarter, but unfortunately only hit one mid-range shot 4 times in a row, but also completed 35+, and then White hit a three-point shot to create a new playoff single-game high of 38 points, and the game ended very quickly.
White finished the game in 41 minutes, 15-of-26, 8-of-15 three-pointers, scored 38 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, shooting 57.7% from the field and 53.3% from three-point range.
White set multiple records: a career-high playoff high of 1.38 points;
2. White became the fourth person in NBA history to hit at least seven three-pointers in a single game against the Heat in a playoff game: Danny Green, Forbes, Ray Allen, White.
3. White became the opponent's first player to play a single playoff game with 38+8 three-pointers + 3 blocks;
4. White's 8 three-pointers in a single playoff game are also career highs;
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream