All rights reserved.BOSTON - After everything they did to get to this point, the Celtics suddenly had the rug pulled from under them. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. Heat: Continue three-game road trip at Minnesota on Saturday. The remembrances also included a pregame moment of silence. In addition, the Celtics donned a “Maine” band on their jerseys in honor of the state as it recovers after a shooter killed 18 people and wounded 13 at a bowling alley and a bar there. Boston players wore the warmups of their G League affiliate, the Maine Celtics. The Celtics began the night by honoring the victims of this week’s mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine with several acknowledgements. But for Game 2 of what we're trying to get to it was a good start.” We still didn't play great fourth-quarter basketball. “Tonight we were intentional,” Mazzulla said. The Celtics pushed the ball up the floor and Brown sealed it with a 3 from the wing. Herro got open for another 3-point try but came up empty. White was fouled and connected on both free throws. Butler then knocked down two free throws to cut the Celtics' lead to 109-104.īoston got it back up to 112-104 on a layup by Brown and free throw by Tatum.īut another Heat flurry, capped by a 3-pointer by Kevin Love, cut the lead to 114-111 with 59 seconds to play. "It’s the only way you can describe it.”Ī turnover by White gave the ball back to Miami and Butler drew Kristaps Porzingis’ sixth foul on a putback attempt. They were just sick plays," Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. Butler collected the loose ball, sprinted ahead and was going in for a dunk when a trailing White chased him down and blocked Butler’s dunk attempt. Miami led 88-87 entering the fourth quarter before Boston nudged in front 96-90 led by White, who scored eight straight Celtics points.īoston’s lead grew to 109-102 with just over four minutes to play before Adebayo blocked Brown’s shot from behind. "You just want to compete against teams you respect and have had battles with. That’s the way life goes,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. And literally it’s been a privilege to face them so many times. “We’ve had this with them for four years since the (Florida) bubble. Jimmy Butler finished with 14 points on 3-of-11 shooting. But Game 2, I think there's a lot to take away from tonight.”īam Adebayo added 27 points and seven rebounds. “Obviously, there's no moral victories in this. Tyler Herro, who sat out the conference finals with a hand injury, had 28 points and five of Miami’s 16 3-pointers. There were six ties and six lead changes on the night. Neither team led by more than five points at the end of any of the first three periods, as both teams hovered near 50% shooting from the field. Miami then emerged in the playoffs after a seven-game slugfest in which it had a 3-0 series lead erased before beating the Celtics in Game 7 in Boston to advance to its seventh NBA Finals.įriday’s matchup, the first of their three this season, at times felt like an extension of that series. He didn't, and the Celtics improved to 2-0 with a new-look roster that is showing a poise late in games that it didn't at times last season.īoston and Miami split their four meetings last season. I try to tell him to always be aggressive, don't just look for me.” Said Tatum: "The talent has always been there. “I'm just trying to get people in the right spots and lead from that way.” “I've been here a couple of years and I know where guys are supposed to be at," White said. On a team that has ridden the exploits of Tatum and Brown during their most recent playoff runs, this time it was White who shined down the stretch, scoring 14 fourth-quarter points. Jayson Tatum finished with 22 points in the latest matchup of the East rivals, who’ve met in the conference finals three of the past four seasons. Jaylen Brown added 27 points and six rebounds. It hasn’t taken an ounce out of the rivalry’s intensity.ĭerrick White had 28 points, including five 3-pointers, and the Celtics rallied to beat the Heat 119-111 on Friday night in a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference finals. White scores 28, Celtics outlast Heat 119-111 in rematch of Eastern Conference finalsīOSTON - So much has changed for the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics since their seven-game slugfest in the playoffs last season.
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