MIAMI– Previous Marlins GM/Yankees legend Derek Jeter, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel and PGA champ Brooks Koepka, were front row at Kaseya Center Tuesday night.
They were anticipating an Eastern Conference-title event for the Miami Heat – as was the rest of South Florida.
The Boston Celtics didn’t follow the script of a historical Miami sweep.
Behind a monstrous 18-0 third-quarter green avalanche, the Celtics revealed life in a 116-99 victory and have actually required a Video game 5 Thursday at Boston’s TD North Garden with Miami still in control at 3-1.
Having a hard time all series, Jayson Tatum woke up in the nick of time scoring 33 points– 23 in the 2nd half.
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Boston created a spellbinding 18-0 run in the 3rd quarter that put the Celtics up 70-61 as Tatum got rid of a terrible very first half.
Miami sputtered with 4 turnovers and 0-for-4 shooting throughout the Celtics’ landslide run.
The Heat had 10 turnovers in the 2nd half – uncharacteristic. Miami likewise didn’t get much in the 2nd half from huge male Bam Adebayo (10 points) and the Celtics surpassed the Heat from the 3-point line, turning the tables.
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Miami was contending for its 2nd Eastern title in 4 years. The Heat, after a routine season of irrelevancy, are still one win far from being the 2nd 8 seed to advance to the NBA Finals in history.
Nikola Jokic’s magnificent Denver Nuggets, who swept the Lakers, are resting and waiting for the winner.
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Heat guard Tyler Herro, who broke his right-hand man in Video game 1 of the preliminary at Milwaukee, has his brace off and is resuming exercises.
” He is beginning the procedure,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra stated. “There’s no schedule. However he does have the brace off and he has the ability to do ballhandling and some shooting.”
Contributing: Associated Press
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