Horford and Smart came back, Boston defeated Miami 102: 127 and tied at 1: 1

The Celtics got back the pair of key players who were absent in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, ran away already in the first half and inflicted a first home loss hit in the playoffs.

27 points for Taitum, 24, 12 assists and 9 rebounds for Smart, while Butler finished with 29 and did not get enough help

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20/05/2022

Friday, 20 May 2022, 06:46

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Summary of the week in world sports (Sports 1)

The Eastern Final is completely open.

Boston equalized tonight (Thursday-Friday) to make it 1-1, after defeating Miami 102-1127 away in a game that was one-sided from start to finish, signaling that the Celtics are not going to stop their marvelous journey.

After a disappointing 1-game appearance in which Jimmy Butler did his best and marched the hit to a comfortable victory, Boston got back two key players - this season's defensive player Marcus Smart (who recovered from injury) and the X Factor of the playoffs Al Horford (who returned from Corona).

Along with them, the balance of power seemed completely different and the momentum changed in an instant.

The Heat still opened the game with a storm and climbed to a double-digit lead after four minutes, but then the Celtics exploded.

The Celtics scored 9 threes from 11 attempts in the first quarter and not only erased the hit advantage, but went up to a double-digit advantage of their own towards the second quarter.

In the next quarter the trend continued: Smart narrowed the steps of Jimmy Butler and continued to contribute in every possible aspect, Jason Taitum had confidence on the offensive side and the Celtics climbed to a record 29 point lead as they completed a 21:60 run (!).

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That's all that was missing.

Smart and Horford Celebrate (Photo: GettyImages, Eric Espada)

Left alone in the campaign.

Jimmy Butler (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Reaves)

The Heat still made comeback votes, mostly thanks to Jimmy Butler shrinking to minus 17 in the third quarter, but he was alone in the campaign, and more shots from Boston off the arc finally decided the game.

Jason Taitum led the Celtics' scoring list with 27 points, but the deciding factor was Marcus Smart, who scored 24, added 12 assists and also contributed 9 rebounds, almost scoring the first triple-double of his career in the playoffs.

Jaylen Brown scored 24 of his own, and both Grant Williams (19), Al Horford (10) and Peyton Pritchard (10 and a plus / minus index of 41+, the second highest ever for a bench player in the playoffs since they started measuring it) reached the literature Duplicates.

Again the prominent slingshot.

Taitum (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Reaves)

The X Factor from the bench.

Peyton Pritchard (Photo: GettyImages, Michael Reaves)

On the other side Jimmy Butler finished with 29 points without playing in Garbage Time's last quarter, but did not get enough help from his teammates.

Victor Oladipo and Gabe Vincent scored 14 each, but if Edbaio was content with just 6 points, Tyler Hiro did reach double digits with 11, but finished with a plus / minus of 33.

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