Follow usJayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each notched 22 points, and the Boston Celtics defeated the Miami Heat 104-84 at Kaseya Center in Miami, FL, to take a 2-1 lead in their 1st-round postseason matchup.
Game 3 ✅ pic.twitter.com/K5UY3AwDNT
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 28, 2024
Jayson also had 10 boards and 6 assists for Boston, who led tonight wire-to-wire and reclaimed the home-court advantage they lost when the Heat beat them in the previous match. Kristaps Porzingis scored 18 points, and Derrick White added 16 for Boston, who used runs of 12-3, 11-0, and 20-8 in the 1st half to decide the game early.
Bam Adebayo notched 20 points for the 8th-seed Heat, which plays without Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier because of injuries. Nikola Jovic and Tyler Herro each notched 15 for Miami.
Game 4 is at the beginning of the week as Jimmy Butler is very unlikely to play, where Boston is 9-2 in their last 11 matches and 6-1 in their last 7 postseason clashes.
DWhite with ANOTHER putback in Miami 💥
His hustle play from Derrick is tonight's @DraftKings Play of the Game pic.twitter.com/ZchIgEyPW4
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 28, 2024
It was a campaign low in points for the Heat and also a campaign low allowed for Celtics.
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