The Miami Heat “rejected” this Monday to become the first team to fall to the play-offs of the North American Basketball League (NBA) after a 3-0 lead, when they won in Boston 103-84, in Game 7, qualifying. for the final
Like the 150 previous teams that won the first three bouts of a series, the Heat will also continue in front, even though by tangents 4-3, like the Knicks (1951), Nuggets (1994) and Blazers (2003), a bout that they will dominate completely.
After three consecutive victories, in response to three Heat wins to open, the Celtics, playing at home, seemed favorites, but everything went wrong, starting with a bad sprain by Jayson Tatum in the first attack, to play in pain until the end
The local team continued to win by five points (5-0, 7-2 and 9-4), against a Heat that only hit two of the first 11 ‘shots’ from the field, but, later, they recovered and closed the first period already from seven to the top (22-15), after a partial of 18-6.
Erik Spoelstra’s formation gained this advantage and did not lose it until the end of the game, managing to reach an 18-point lead in the first half (38-21), which the Celtics, however, reduced to eight (47-39). . .
The outsiders came around the second half with an 11-point advantage (52-41) and still increased to 16 (59-43), then appearing Derrick White, who, in a great way, reduced the Celtics to seven (66-59, 69-62 and 71-64).
It seemed that the game was restarting, but the Heat closed the third half with 10 more points (76-66) and started the fourth with a ‘big’ start, increasing the lead to 21 (92-71 and 94-73) and then to 23. (96-73), to ‘despair’ from TD Garden.
Jimmy Butler, who received the Larry Bird Trophy for MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals, led the Heat with 28 points, seven rebounds and six assists, along with Caleb Martin, who scored 26 points, on 11-of-16 in the ‘ shots’ from the area. field, included four of six in ‘triples’, and 10 rebounds.
“We stuck together as a group, knowing we could win Game 7, which we did,” said Jimmy Butler, explaining the Heat’s secret to avoiding a fourth straight loss.
Bam Adebayo, almost with a ‘triple double’, with 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, despite being somewhat discouraged offensively, was also important, as were Gabe Vincent (10 points) and substitute Duncan Robinson (10).
In the home team, Tatum was a ‘shadow’, visibly diminished physically, standing at 14 points, plus 11 rebounds, while Jaylen Brown was not in his days either (8 of 23 shooting from the field), despite the 19 points. eight rebounds and five assists.
Derrick White, with 18 points, turned out to be the best, in a team that “abused” the “triples” -42 attempts, against 40 two-point “shots” -, with only nine achieved, by the “poor” 21 .5%, against 50% of the Heat (14 of 28).
The NBA final starts on Thursday, with the Denver Nuggets, who ‘swept’ the Los Angeles Lakers (4-0) in the Western final, to host the Heat.
Source: TSF
