NBA: Boston Celtics is trying to make a comeback with a win over Miami Heat In the ECF.

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NBA Eastern Conference Finals: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and co. save Boston from going out of the tournament.  Miami Heat leads a series even after this win by Boston to 3-2.


Jayson Tatum scored 31 points with 10 boards. He scored 17 points alone in the 3rd quarter from where Boston made a turn around in a game. Miami Heat had 12 points lead in the game but 3rd quarter 41-25 outscoring by Boston to Miami Heat turn a game around. Jaylen Brown scored 28 points in a game. 



Denver Nuggets already made a 3-1 deficit in 2 series in this playoffs. So it is not impossible for Boston to do the same against Miami Heat. Miami Heat had a chance to take a series and make it into the NBA finals when they have 12 points lead but they unable to hold a lead. 


Quarter 1


Miami Heat took a lead of 12 points in the first 7 minutes of the quarter. Boston Celtics replied with 8-0 run in the quarter to cut a lead to 5 points. Miami was able to take a lead of 8 points after the first quarter of play. 


Quarter 2


Jayson Tatum started a quarter with a driving floating jump shot which cut a lead to 6 points. Miami took a lead of 11 points with a 5-0 run where Olynyk made a 3-pointer and Robinson made a driving layup. 6:55 to go, Bam Adebayo's hook shot gave 12 points lead to Miami Heat. Miami Heat made a 16-8 run to cut 12 points lead to only 4 points. Once again Miami made a run and took 9 points lead. At the end of the 2nd quarter, Miami took a lead of 7 points over the Boston Celtics.


Quarter 3


Miami started a quarter with 7 points lead. Bam Adebayo's shot gave 9 points lead to the Heat at the starting of the quarter. After that Boston Celtics made a 13-0 run in 4:06 minutes when before 7:19 left in the quarter. This run of Celtics gave them 4 points lead in the game and this is the first quarter for the Celtics in the game. Boston Celtics made another run of a 13-7 to take a lead of 10 points in the game. 


1:49 to go, Jayson Tatum made 2 free throws to give 12 points lead to Boston Celtics. Miami Heat's Goran Dragic replied with 2-pointer. 1:05 to go, Boston Celtics took a lead of 14 points with Jayson Tatum making a dunk. 30.9 seconds to go, Tyler Hero made 3-pointer at the end of the quarter and Dragic's 2 points shot cut a lead to 9 points.


Quarter 4 


Tyler Hero made a difficult shot to cut a lead to 7 points for Miami Heat. 10:50 to go, Jalen Brown scored a bucket that gave 10 points lead to the Celtics. After this Boston took command of the game. 7:07 to go, Hayward made a layup shot to take a lead of 14 points. Gordon Hayward made pull up jump shot to get 16 points lead to Boston Celtics. 5:55 to go, Crowder made a bucket and drew a foul by making a contact for 3 points play. 4:32 to go, Jayson Tatum missed a shot but Daniel Theis scored on the offensive board and scored 1 point on a free throw.  Dragic fouled out from the game.


3:24 to go, Jayson Tatum made 2 points shot and scored a point from free-throw for 19 points lead to Boston Celtics in the game.  Boston Celtics made won a game with a big points margin. 


Boston Celtics' Scorers


Jayson Tatum led Boston Celtics with 31 points, 10 boards 6 assists, and a steal. Jaylen Brown made 28 points with 8 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal. Daniel Theis scored 15 points with 13 rebounds includes five offensive boards, 1 assist, and 3 blocks. Kemba Walker scored 15 points with 2 boards, 7 assists, 1 steal. Smart scored 12 points with 8 boards, 8 assists, and 4 steals. 


Bench Players


Hayward scored 10 points with 3 boards, 2 assists, and a block. Kanter made 8 points. 


Miami Heat's Scorers


Once again Dragic led a Heat with 23 points, 4 boards, 4 dimes. Bam Adebayo scored 13 points with 8 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. Butler added 17 points, 8 boards, 8 assists, 1 steal, and 1 blocks in a game. Crowder made 14 points with 6 boards, 3 assists, and 1 steal. Robinson also played well in a game with 20 points. 


Bench Players


Tyler Herro scored 14 points with 3 boards and 1 assist. Olynyk scored 5 points.


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