"Pathetic" Miami collapsed in front of Boston defense: "We heard what they said about us"

The Heat recorded a fall game in Game 4 and promise to recover, Jason Taitum went on to a great playoff and believes the Celtics "changed attitude".

And what will be in Game 5?

Odoka admits: "This is a strange series"

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24/05/2022

Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 09:55 Updated: 10:41

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We ticked off: Today's summary clip, 24.5 (Sports 1)

The series between Miami and Boston is developing unexpectedly.

In Game 1, Miami recorded a 14:39 run in the third quarter and defeated Boston by 11 points.

In Game 2, Boston already had a 34-point lead, settling for a 25-point victory.

In Game 3 Miami had already opened a gap of 26 points, and in the end narrowly won by 6 points.

Game 4?

Was no different.

"This is a weird series, really," Boston coach Ima Odoka admitted, after a game in which Miami looked completely dismantled, failed to score, trailed 18-1 after 8 minutes (missed 15 of its first 16 shots) and surrendered in the first quarter on the way to a 102-point loss. : 82.

Miami's unfortunate game came to me in exceptional figures.

Only one point in the first 8 minutes is the least for a team in the playoffs in the last 25 years.

Miami scored just 33.3 percent from the field and 38.9 percent from the three.

All of the Heat's top five players scored 18 points on 7 of 36 from the field.

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Gave protection.

The Celtics (Photo: GettyImages, Elsa)

Is Miami able to recover from this blow?

"We've already proven we can do it," said Heat coach Eric Spolstra. "There's no room for mistakes here, whether they did it to us or we did it to her. "There are extreme ups and downs, because there are two fairly equal groups here. But we have already proven that we know how to find different solutions in different ways."

Miami's problem among other things is the injuries.

Tyler Hiro did not play due to groin pain, and it is unclear if he will be fit for the next game.

Jimmy Butler, who was injured in the previous game and not a partner in the second half, is suffering from knee pain, but insists he is "not worried" about it.

PJ Tucker and Kyle Laurie also face injuries, but refuse to use it as an excuse.

"Injuries are part of the game, part of the playoffs," said Bam Adbaio.

Butler continues the trend: "I'm fine, it's not an excuse for how I played tonight. It has nothing to do with my knee. I just have to play better. I'll get better. I'm not worried about that."

Butler knows what the solution is: "Keep it simple. When we do it, we play well. When everyone tries to do a home run and do everything themselves, we get into trouble. We lose balls. We take bad shots.

The problem is that they are facing Jason Taitum, one of the stars of the current playoffs.

The Celtics star has once again taken over the game, knowing it is hard and rare to come back from a 3-1 deficit.

This is not the first time Taitum has swept his teammates after a loss.

In the series against Milwaukee after the three losses he scored a total of 105 points.

After the first loss to Miami he answered with 27 points, tonight he answered with 31 points.

He added 8 rebounds and 5 assists, with a plus / minus balance of 37+.

He went to the line 16 times - twice more than all Miami players combined.

"It was a moment to relax," Taitum said of the game preparation, "we came into the game with a sense of alertness on both sides of the pitch, from the first moment to the last. We opened the game better, especially after the previous game. We talked about it a lot, and tonight we did."

Boston is pleased with the defense, and coach Odoka said: "No player from their top five, I think that says it all. We have a team full of pride, one of the best defensive teams in the league, individually and as a team, and we heard some of what was said about us, and we took it into consideration."

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Complaining about the judgment?

Move forward.

Miami (Photo: GettyImages, Elsa)

Now Boston knows it will have to win at least once in Miami in the next three games.

"It's become a new series, a series of the best of three," Taitum said.

And whoever did not like Miami's approach was ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith.

"It was pathetic, just awful, no excuse for a team ranked first in the East, claiming to win the championship, u the whole top five scoring 18 points together ... I do not care if the referees were in favor of Boston, if not whistled for Miami offenses she thought they deserved, even if the complaints "Their willingness is beyond pathetic, they need permission to return to South Beach."

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