On April 30, Beijing time, in the first round of the NBA playoffs G4, the Miami Heat played at home against the Boston Celtics. In this game, the Celtics still had a big lead at the beginning, Jaylen Brown didn't feel good at the beginning, Tatum was also decent, and guard White went straight away, this is the strength of the Celtics, their starting five, everyone may be the main point of attack on the court, and everyone has the ability to change the game.
At the start of the game, Holiday took the lead, and Jovic hit a three-point shot to color. White then scored eight straight points to help the Celtics pull away. Bam Adebayo hit a jumper, Tatum made a foul and went to the free throw line to hit both free throws, and Harkes also had an empty dunk. Tatum hit another three-pointer, and Adebayo answered with two points. At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led the Heat 34-24.
In the second quarter, the Heat did not score for 3 minutes, and Porzingis and Holiday scored five points in a row to continue to open the gap. The Heat still haven't regained their sense of play, but White is still in hot form, chasing three-pointers and hitting again. The Heat repeatedly missed, Brown made one of two free throws, Martin finally scored three points, and Tatum immediately responded with a three-point shot.
At halftime, the Celtics 53-36 Heat. Derrick White exploded with 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting in the half and 6-of-9 from three-point range. Tatum didn't shoot much! In the first half, he scored 8 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists on 2-of-5 shooting. Bam Adebayo scored a team-high 12 points and 9 rebounds on 6-of-12 shooting in the half.
In the second half, the two sides started a tug-of-war around the 20-point difference, and both sides replaced some substitutes in the final quarter, Herro made shots one after another to help the Heat chase within 20 points, but Holiday three points and Tatum could respond strongly with a dunk, and the Heat continued to chase points with a wave of 7-0, but White could still respond after Adebayo's first-level malicious foul, and the Celtics firmly held the double-digit lead, and finally the Celtics beat the Heat and got the match point 3-1.
Player stats:
Heat: Bam Adebayo 25 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists, Martin 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Herro 19 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Harkes 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Jovic 3 points and 3 boards, Wright 2 points and 4 boards, Mills 9 points, Highsmith 3 points and 2 boards
Celtics: White 38 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Tatum 20 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, Brown 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Porzingis 7 points and 3 boards, Holiday 11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Horford 7 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Kornet 2 points and 4 boards
Both sides start
Celtics starters: Holiday White, Brown, Tatum, Porzingis
Heat starters: Herro, Harkes, Martin, Jovic, Adebayo
Highlights of the competition
Derrick White hit two back-to-back dunks to pull the score away
Herro hit Horford with this ball misplaced, and he decisively broke through to the inside line and threw it in!!
Jaylen Brown received White's pass in the transition and glided and split the dunk to stop the Heat directly!
The ball Brown is closed eyes!!