NBA: Celtics rally past Heat to prevent sweep
Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics controls the ball towards the Miami Warmth through the first quarter in sport 4 of the Japanese Convention Finals at Kaseya Heart on Might 23, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Megan Briggs/Getty Photographs/AFP
Jayson Tatum collected 33 factors and 11 rebounds because the visiting Boston Celtics staved off elimination with a 116-99 victory over the Miami Warmth on Tuesday in Sport 4 of the Japanese Convention finals.
Tatum made 14 of twenty-two pictures from the ground — together with 4 of 8 from 3-point vary. He additionally had seven assists for the second-seeded Celtics, who path 3-1 within the best-of-seven collection heading into Thursday’s Sport 5 in Boston.
Jaylen Brown scored 17 factors and Derrick White added 16 to assist the Celtics forestall Miami from changing into the second eighth-seeded crew to advance to the NBA Finals. The 1998-99 New York Knicks completed the feat throughout a lockout-shortened season.
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Grant Williams scored 14 factors off the bench and Al Horford added 12 factors and 7 rebounds for the Celtics, who turned the tide by outscoring the Warmth 38-23 within the third quarter.
Boston shot 51.2 p.c from the ground (43 of 84) for the sport and 40.9 p.c from 3-point vary (18 of 44).
Miami’s Jimmy Butler overcame a gradual begin to report 29 factors and 9 rebounds. Gabe Vincent scored 17 factors and Caleb Martin added 16 off the bench for the Warmth, who fell to 6-1 at dwelling within the playoffs.
Down by 11 factors late within the third quarter, Miami trimmed the deficit to 5 earlier than Boston countered by scoring 12 straight factors to safe a 100-83 lead with 7:25 to play within the fourth. Tatum and Marcus Good every had 5 factors throughout that surge.
The Warmth moved inside 13 with 4:27 to play earlier than Brown transformed a three-point play to halt the momentum. The Celtics weren’t severely threatened the remainder of the way in which.
Max Strus sank a 3-pointer to stake Miami to a 61-52 lead early within the third quarter earlier than Boston ignited an 18-0 run. Tatum transformed twice from past the arc and added a jumper throughout that sequence.
The Warmth pulled inside 81-77 earlier than Tatum made a jumper and a layup and Williams sank his fourth 3-pointer of the evening.
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