Boston's iron defense made Miami miserable: "That's how you win games"
The Celtics stopped the hit at 17 percent (!) In the third quarter, Iduka admitted: "We are putting a lot of pressure on the rivalry."
Taitum warned: "It's far from over."
And also: A nightmare for Baron James and the victory numbers
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26/05/2022
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Attacks are said to win games, but defenses bring titles.
Defense is the commodity that Boston has had in abundance in the last two games in which it defeated Miami, went up to 2: 3 in the Eastern Conference Finals and is only one win away from the Grand Finals, probably against Golden State.
After stopping Miami on 33 percent from the field in the fourth game of the series, Boston once again miserable the hit and stopped them with 32 percent, including a horrific off-arc percentage with just seven lashes from 45 attempts (15.6 percent).
Jaylen Brown (25) and Jason Taitum (22) did their job as usual in the offensive section and the Celtics, who only ranked 11th in the East in January, will be able to complete their marvelous comeback on Friday night in front of their home crowd at Boston Garden and return to their first final since 2010 "I think the mental pressure we're putting on the rivalry with our defense is what's helping us win a lot of games in this playoff," Celtics coach Idaoka said after the game.
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On the way to the first final since 2010. Tatum and Smart are celebrating (Photo: GettyImages)
Like almost all of the games in this playoff, the game was decided unilaterally, but that was not the story in the first half that Miami finished with a five-point lead.
But in the middle of the second quarter in a situation of only 58:59 to Boston, the Celtics made a 2:24 run along with the one-sided third quarter in which Boston had already climbed to a record advantage of 60:83.
Miami, by the way, stopped at 17 percent (!) In its shocking third quarter where it scored 17 points and conceded 32.
"The first half was tough because we didn't score shots and recorded a lot of losses," Al Horford concluded, "but the key for us was to keep doing what we are. "We do the defense and offense to play as we know it. In the end, we managed to get back to our game flow."
Kobe Bryant's numbers in the playoffs.
Taitum
Getting better.
Brown (Photo: Reuters)
Boston has not qualified for the NBA Finals since 2010, but it has been very close to that several times.
She has reached the Eastern Conference Finals four times since.
Twice she lost to Cleveland and twice to the same Miami.
She was also twice in exactly the same situation: before Game 6 where a win would have sent her to the final.
But twice the one who spoiled her dream was LeBron James.
He once shelled out 45 points in Game 6 of the Miami uniform in 2012 and in 2018 he scored 35 points and sent Cleveland to the finals.
To Boston's delight, LeBron James is in the Lakers and this time the Celtics are not going to miss this opportunity, certainly not in front of the home crowd.
Jaylen Brown, who opened the playoffs hesitantly but looked great in the last two games, said after the game: "It's a playoff. If you want to do something special, you have to win games where things don't go. There will always be ups and downs, but a good team finds a way Win games. "
"It's far from over," Taitum warned. ".
On his chemistry with Jaylen Brown: "He's been a member of my team for five years. I'm trying to find him for shooting. We've been a great collaborator in recent years. We talk a lot during games."
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