Taitum: "Not many believed in us."
Brown: "The Biggest Victory of His Career"
Boston celebrated qualifying for the NBA Finals, Taitum being named MVP: "We've finally overcome that hurdle."
Spolstra: "It's heartbreaking to lose like this"
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Stephen Kerry celebrates Golden State's victory in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals (from the official NBA Twitter account)
12 years she waited for it and it finally happened: The Boston Celtics advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010 after a 96: 100 victory in Miami and will already meet Golden State on Thursday for the first game in a series that will stand for the mighty battle that awaits us between Jason Taitum and Steph Kerry.
Boston, which was in the qualifying position for the finals in the sixth game, but saw Jimmy Butler make it to LeBron James and beat it with 47 points, almost saw the nightmare come back in the seventh and decisive game as well.
The Heat came back from the grave with a 0:11 run in the last three and a half minutes, but it was Butler (35 points) who missed a three that could have completed the turnaround and Smart withstood the pressure when he closed the deal with two free throws on the other side.
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Taitum celebrates Eastern Championship (Photo: Reuters)
Boston can be proud of the hard way it did until the long-awaited final.
She swept Durant and Kyrie's Brooklyn, outscored champion Milwaukee in the semifinals and Miami in the Eastern Conference Finals, which finished the regular season with the best balance in the East.
By the way, it was Boston's first win in Game 7 away since the victory over Milwaukee somewhere in 1974.
"Today was our biggest test, not just this year, but in our careers," concluded Jaylen Brown, who came on in Money Time and scored 24 points. ".
To the veteran Horford who was overjoyed after the win, he added: "I was part of a lot of great teams, and a lot of great teammates. This is one of the teams I'm most proud of. And that's what brought us here. It was a great journey for me,
Established his status in this playoffs as a player on.
Jimmy Butler (Photo: Reuters)
"It's amazing to finally overcome that hurdle," said Jason Taitum who was named East Playoff MVP, "The way we did to get here, not many believed in us. We did a very hard way to get here, it's not obvious."
Taitum wore the number 24 in purple on his arm as a tribute to the late Kobe Bryant: "Everyone knew how significant Kobe was to me. He was my idol and my favorite actor. I wanted to have something to show him."
Despite the loss and disappointment in front of the home crowd, Miami can be happy with its season when even in the decisive game it did not lose before giving a mighty fight.
Eric Spolstra, who has already won two championships with LeBron James, experienced a loss in Game 7 for the first time and said after the game: "It breaks the heart when it ends like this. Credit should be given to Boston, we take the hat off to her."
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