Sign up for NBC South Florida newsletters. Tip-off to Game 6 from Miami is set for 8:30 pm ET, make sure you clear your calendar because that’s going to be a must see matchup from Kaseya Center.Get South Florida local news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox. The Celtics have won four of their last five games in Miami, so they will be more than confident of taking care of business on the road. Boston have the momentum, but have to hit the road and steal one in Dade County before thinking about coming back home and potentially making history as the only team to comeback from an 0-3 deficit to start a series. We are headed back to Miami on Saturday nightīy the middle of the final quarter the game was out of reach and both teams went to their benches as the focus shifts to an all important Game 6 in Miami. They forced 16 turnovers, 13 of those were steals, and grabbed 12 offensive rebounds as they cruised to victory. Boston shot 16/39 from downtown on a night in which just about everything went right for the C’s. Marcus Smart seems like he has finally blown the lid off of the rim after struggling terribly from the field in this series, the former Defensive Player of the Year went for 23 points and hit four of his six three point attempts. Gabe Vincent was sidelined for Miami after twisting his ankle in the second half of Game 4, and with one of their main scorers sidelined the Heat didn’t have enough fire power to get back into the ball game. Jimmy Butler was kept quiet by Boston’s ferocious defense, scoring just 14 points and sitting the entire fourth quarter. Celtics starters carry Boston to Game 6Īfter scoring a postseason low 20 points in the first quarter, the Heat tried to pull back into the game in the second by closing the gap to 11, but Jaylen Brown and Boston pulled away before halftime as Brown went into the break with 15 of his 21 on the night and the lead stretched to 20 right before both teams hit the locker room. It may have been a quiet night scoring but Tatum ended the game with 21 points, adding 8 rebounds and 11 assists to his stat sheet, while three other Celtics starters finished with 20+ points. Tatum quieted down for the rest of the game, but he didn’t have to be great as the rest of the cast would keep a comfortable cushion over the. The Celtics defense forced four turnovers in the first five minutes of the game as the lead stretched out to 15 thanks to seven threes to start the game. Jayson Tatum had 12 in the opening quarter, but it was the defense, and the hustle that allowed White and Tatum to jump out to hot starts from TD Garden. He scored 11 in the first quarter of Game 5 and hit three early threes as the home side went up big early on.
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White made his third straight start in the series after making a big impacting the Celtics Game 4 win scoring 11 first half points to give a spark to Boston’s offense. Derrick White led all scorers with 25 points, hitting a playoff career high six three pointers, in the 110-97 victory on Thursday night. The Boston Celtics are staying alive in the Eastern Conference Finals after a second straight win over the Miami Heat to force a Game 6 in Miami on Saturday night.
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