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The Boston Celtics made a mistake in the last game as they gave a chance to Miami Heat to complete two double-digit comebacks. It is different in today's game, Miami Heat was able to cut 20 points Boston Celtics' lead 5 points but Boston's players hold their composer and win a game.
Gordon Hayward makes his comeback for the Celtics in this playoffs. Gordon Hayward's comeback boosts the Boston Celtics' strength in many ways. Boston Celtics registered a wire to wire victory and this is only second lost to Miami Heat in this year's playoffs.
Quarter 1
Smart off the dribble and got inside, made a layup, and drew a foul for 3 points play. 8:34 to go, Kemba Walker with a 3-pointer gave 5 points lead to the Celtics. After 6 minutes of play in the quarter, Boston Celtics got 7 points lead with Theis's follow up a bucket. 5:48 to go, Duncan Robinson made a 3-point jumper for the Heat. 4:41 left. Crowder made a 3-pointer that cut 6 points lead to 3. 41.2 seconds to go, Kanter made his both free-throws to gave 7 points lead to the Celtics. 8:7 seconds left in a quarter, Jayson Tatum's 3-pointer gave 9 points lead. After the first half Boston Celtics took 9 points lead.
Quarter 2
Tyler Herro started a quarter with a stepback jump shot for Heat. On the next play, Kemba Walker made 3-pointer on Hayward's assist but Herro replied with a 3-pointer. 9:32 to go, Derrick Jones Jr made a 3-point jumper to cut a lead to 6 points. 8:39 left, Kemba made 2 points shot for 10 points lead to the Celtics. Tyler Herro made back to back 3-pointer to cut a lead to 4 points. Dragic scored 1 point on a technical free-throw. 8:10 to go, Miami Heat was able to cut a lead to 3 points. 3:22 to go, Miami Heat within a reach of the Boston Celtics lead but after this in the last 3 and half minutes Boston Celtics made a 12-2 run to get 13 points lead in a game.
Quarter 3
9:01 to go, Grant Williams made 3-pointer on Brown's hook pass for15 points lead to Boston. 8:11 to go, Grant Williams with a hook shot gave 17 points lead to Boston. Jimmy Butler made one free-throw and missed one on the next play. 7:53 minutes to go, Tatum made 2 points shot on Smart assist for 18 points lead. Midway through the quarter, Crowder got 4th foul of a game, Brown made both of his free-throws. 4:43 to go, Jaylen Brown made one of his 2 free throws for 19 points lead to the Celtics. 4:11 to go, Butler made a driving jump shot and scored a free throw which cut a lead to 16 points. Bam Adebayo's 2 free-throws cut a lead to 15 points. 2:19 to go, Goran Dragic made a driving floating jump shot. In the next play, Goron Dragic made both of his free throws to cut a lead to 11 points. Miami Heat made an 11-1 run with Herro's driving layup with his left hand. Boston Celtics with a 4-0 run took a double-digit lead of 13 points. 24.9 seconds to go, Jayson Tatum made a dunk and drew a foul after Hayward stole a ball. Boston Celtics had 15 points lead after 3 quarters of play.
Quarter 4
Jayson Tatum made driving layup wich gave 19 points lead to Boston Celtics before this Jayson and Gordon made 3-pointers. 7:13 to go, Smart's free-throw gave 20 points lead to Boston Celtics. 6:52 left, Jimmy Butler made a driving layup and drew a foul as he scored 3 points on one play. 5:26 to go, Duncan Robinson made a 3-point jumper which cut a lead to 14 points. 3:27 to go, Miami Heat cut a lead to 10 points. Tyler Herro had a chance to cut a lead to single-digit but he missed a 3-point jumper. 1:12 to go, Duncan Robinson made a 3-point jumper on Herro's assist which cut a lead to 8 points. 1:03 left, Jaylon Brown got a 4th personal foul and it is a flagrant foul. Duncan missed 1 and made 1 free-throws. Bam Adebayo made 2 point shot to cut a lead to 5 points. 46.9 to go, Marcus Smart drew a foul on Duncan Robinson as he made both of his free throws for 7 points lead to Boston Celtics. Marcus Smart made clutch free-throws to seal a game for Boston Celtics. Boston won a game with 117-106.
.@FCHWPO was everywhere tonight #BleedGreen pic.twitter.com/qekC6Ll7fh
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 20, 2020
Boston's Scorers
Jaylen Brown led Boston Celtics with 26 points, 7 boards, 5 assists, 3 steals, and a block with a +15 rating. Jayson Tatum dropped 25 points, 14 boards, 8 dimes with a +23 game-high rating. Kemba Walker added 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 2 assists. Marcus Smarts put a number of 20 points, 4 rebounds. 6 assists.
Bench Players
Williams made 5 points, Hayward played 31 minutes in his playoff return game as he scored 6 points with 5 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and a block. Kanter added 4 points and 4 boards. Wanamaker scored 2 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, and 1 steal.
Miami Heat's Scorers
Bam Adebayo led with a game-high 27 points, 16 boards, 1 assist, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. Jimmy Butler scored 17 points, 8 rebounds, 33 assists, and 2 blocks but he was on the bench at the last some minutes of a game. Crowder scored 10 points with 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block. Goron Dragic scored only 11 points with 5 assists and 5 turnovers in a game. He was the scoring leader for Miami Heat in his last 2 games. Robinson scored 13 points with 4 3-pointers.
Bench Players
Tyler Herro was superb in a game with 22 points, 3 boards, 4 assists, and a steal. Olynyk and Jones Jr scored 3 points each coming off the bench.
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steal & slam pic.twitter.com/XkahUx21id
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 20, 2020
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