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Miami defeated the missing Boston 107: 118 and climbed to a 0: 1 advantage in the Eastern Conference final - Walla! sport

2022-05-18T03:56:35.868Z


The Celtics held on for one half without the injured Smart and Horford entered the Corona Protocol, but a crushing third quarter of the Heat made the difference


Miami defeated the missing Boston 107: 118 and climbed to a 0: 1 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals

The Celtics held on for one half without the injured Smart and Hereford entering the Corona Protocol, but a crushing third quarter of the hit and a typical Jimmy Butler rise in money time with 41 points, made all the difference.

29 of Taitum and 24 of Brown were not enough for Boston

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 6:30 p.m.

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The Celtics held out for two quarters, and then came the moment when the Heat broke every opponent in the playoffs: Miami climbed this morning (Wednesday) to a 0-1 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals, after beating Boston 107: 118 in Florida.

Eric Spolstra's team took full advantage of the freshness and depth advantage over Aime Yudoka's side, who came into the standings after a grueling seven-game series against Milwaukee, missing two key players in the form of Marcus Smart (injury) and Al Horford (Corona Protocol).



The Celtics got Robert Williams back and hoped that he and Grant Williams, the X Factor of Game 7 against Milwaukee, would rise and cover for the Heat's clear advantage in the face positions.

In the first two quarters it worked not bad at all: the first quarter ended with a 3-point lead for the Celtics, in the second quarter their offense continued to wash and flow (no small feat against the tough defense of the Heat), and at the break they went down by a plus 8.

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Jimmy Butler (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Reaves)

Looks like a superstar at times, and that's not enough.

Taitum (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Reaves)

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But then came the third quarter, and with it the regular blitz of Miami: until this game the Heat defeated their rivals in the playoffs by a cumulative difference of 77 points in this quarter, and the trend continued this time as well.

Jimmy Butler did everything from everything, Tyler Hiro and Gabe Vincent got into things and a 2:22 run changed the picture.

The quarter ended in a crushing 14:39 and gave the hit a promising 17-point lead, from which the Celtics had no way back.

The difference peaked at over 20, and even a late awakening by Jaylen Brown that helped Boston offset the difference to just 10 did not change the picture in the end.



Miami got another typical transcendence from Jimmy Butler, who proved for the who-knows-how time that he is a Money Time player.

The tough small forward did everything from everything: he scored from every corner and finished with 41 points in a great percentage (12 from 19 from the field, 17 from 18 from the penalty spot), dropped 9 rebounds, handed out 5 assists, added 4 steals and also contributed 3 blocks - and became the first player in history The playoffs have recorded such a stat line since they began counting steals and blocks in 1974.

Butler already has five games with 40 points or more in the hit uniform - all in the playoffs.

Another blitz in the third quarter.

Gabe Vincent (Photo: Reuters)

Woke up too late.

Brown (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Reaves)

Tyler Hiro with 18 points, Gabe Vincent with 17, Max Strauss with 11 and Am Adbaio with 10 and 4 blocks helped him and reached double digits, and on the other side Jason Taitum scored 29, dropped 8 rebounds, handed out 6 assists and looked for moments like the deciding superstar The previous two Celtics series, but that was not enough.

Jaylen Brown added 24 and also contributed 10 rebounds, Robert Williams and Peyton Pritchard had 18 each, but to record an away win over the Heat in Game 2, the Celtics will have to find a formula to stop Jimmy Butler, and especially score better off the arc after Who finished with 11 threes at 32 percent.

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