The Celtics torch early, even a series with a 102-82 blast

BOSTAN – “Miami Heat” left Jason Tatum lying on the court with neck pain in the last minutes of the 3rd game.

The Celtics All-Star Game made its contribution to make sure the Hit hits after 4 games.

Tatum scored 31 points, and “Boston” in turn defeated Miami early, breaking away with a score of 26-4 and winning with a score of 102-82, which equaled the final of the Eastern Conference in two games.

“Obviously, we knew how important this game was,” Tatum said. “Everyone just had to come up with a different sense of urgency.”

Miami missed 15 of the first 16 shots as this amazing series yielded another game that ended 12 minutes later. The Heat led 39-18 after the first quarter of the 3rd game.

Boston has improved to 5-0 this postseason after losing. Coach Name Udoka said the challenge is to find more consistency.

“We just had to gather the same energy when we won and lost,” Udoka said. “Now it’s a series of three games. It’s not always possible to just turn our thinking around when we lose and despair.”

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Game 5 will take place on Wednesday in Miami.

Peyton Pritchard scored 14 points for the Celtics. Derrick White added 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists, while Robert Williams scored 12 points and nine rebounds.

“We just wanted to step up the effort a lot,” Williams said.

In the second quarter, the Celtics led by 27 points and increased the lead to 32 in the third. Each game in this series played at least 20 points, and none were closed throughout the segment.

Victor Aladzipo led the “Hit” with 23 points. Miami’s top five stars: Jimmy Butler (six points), Kyle Lowry (three points), PJ Tucker (no points), Max Strus (no points) and Bam Adebayo (nine points) – 7 points out of 36. They all served fourth quarter.

“They came out and jumped on us,” Heath coach Eric Spoelstra said. “We are not excused. Tonight they definitely outplayed us. We could not control the game. “

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And the Celtics stopped Heath without top defender of the year Marcus Smart, who sat with a right ankle sprain that he got in the second half of Game 3.

The Heath did not have Tyler Herr, who suffered a groin injury at the end of Game 3.

Butler was in the starting lineup after missing the second half of Game 3 due to swelling of his right knee. Lowry (left hamstring tension), Concussion (hamstring tension) and Tucker (left knee irritation) checked their injuries before the game before they were allowed to walk.

“It’s part of the playoffs. “You’re learning to adapt,” Adebayo said.

Williams from Boston returned after missing the game due to pain in a surgically repaired left knee.

Although the Celtics were very defeated, they enjoyed the earliest start of the series. Starting instead of Smart, White scored the first seven points of the game when Boston took an 8-0 lead.

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He quickly rose to 18-1, and Miami gave a misfire in the first 14 shots. The Heat didn’t get their first points before Adebayo’s free throw at 7:56. Miami scored their first goal of the game at 3:22, a three-pointer by Aladip, and finished the quarter 3 in 20.

In the second quarter, the Celtics led 29-11 and led 57-33 in the first half.

PARAVED

Heating: shot 33% (30 of 90). … Finished with 64 points. … Miami had one point in the first eight minutes, the lowest score among any team in a playoff game in the last quarter of a century, according to ESPN Stats & Info.

The Celtics beat Miami 20-8 in the first quarter. … Several current and former New England Patriots were in the crowd, including Devin and Jason McCorthy, Malcolm Butler and Damien Harris.

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According to ESPN statistics and information, the 18 points scored by Miami’s starting teams are the lowest of the top five in the playoffs since the start-ups were first tracked since 1970-71.

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TURN FORMULA

Finishing with 23 turns in Game 3, the Celtics had nine in Game 4. They improved to 10-2 this postseason when they had 15 or less turns. Boston is 0-3 if he has 16 or more gifts.

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