After the third match in Miami and a convincing defeat, Boston was written off, waiting only for the final result of the series.
Six days after that defeat, the Celtics earned the right to write history in the seventh game at TD Garden and become the first team to come back from a 3:0 deficit, after they beat the "heat" last night in an incredible way (103:104). .
"Celts" led over 40 minutes, and it seemed that they had everything under control when Jayson Tatum hit both throws for plus nine with three minutes left (91:100).
However, Hit didn't just lay down their arms in front of the home fans. For the umpteenth time in these playoffs, Jimmy Butler showed what kind of player he is and after Gabe Vincent's layup (93:100) tied 10 of his points for Miami's lead 103:102.
The visitors from Massachusetts have 3 seconds left to bring the series back to Boston once again.
Derrick White took the ball, Markus Smart almost scored for three from a difficult situation, and his miss was picked up by White who scored from the "volleyball" and became the hero of the "greens".
White was the "x-factor" for all 48 minutes, played great defense on Butler (limiting him to 5/21 from the field), and also hit two 7,24-pointers in the last quarter, which becomes even more important when you consider that Boston made only seven shots from behind the line in the entire match, XNUMX.
Tatum was the most efficient for the guests with 31 points (8/22 from the field, 0/8 for three) and 12 rebounds, Jaylen Brown scored 26 (9/16 from the field, 0/4 for three), with 10 caught balls, Marcus Smart added 21 (7/15 from the field, 4/11 from three), and White finished the match with 11 points (4/10 from the field, 3/7 from three), four rebounds, six assists and three blocks.
Butler led Miami with 24 points, 11 rebounds and eight successful passes, Caleb Martin had a double-double (21-15), Gabe Vincent scored 15, Duncan Robinson scored 13...
The home team shot excellent three-pointers (14/30, 46 percent), but they were costed by a disastrous two-point shooting (19/63, 30 percent).
The seventh game is scheduled for the night between Monday and Tuesday, starting at 02:30.
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