Miami beats Celtics, is Eastern champion and goes to the NBA Finals

It didn’t pass today, and the one who shouted “he’s a champion” in the East of the NBA was miami heat. For the decisive Game 7, the Florida team ran over the Boston Celtics by 103 to 84, at TD Garden, and confirmed the conference title. Eighth placed in the regular season, the team will face the denver nuggets in the League Finals.

After opening 3-0 in the series, the Florida team was one victory away from the Finals, but suffered three straight losses to Boston and the East’s decision went to Game 7. But the taboo was maintained by the Heat, which avoided the turnaround Historic: To date, no team has gone 3-0 in the playoffs.

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The Heat’s top scorer was Jimmy Butler, with 28 points, but the highlight was Caleb Martin, who took responsibility in the first three periods and left the court with a double-double of 26 points and 10 rebounds. Bam Adebayo had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

On Boston’s side, the scorer was Jaylen Brown with his 19 points; he was even booed by the crowd at TD Garden. Derrick White had 19 points, while the injured and out Jayson Tatum contributed 14 points and 11 rebounds.

The game

In a nervous game, Boston opened a brief lead and started better in the first quarter, but the Heat amended balls of three and managed a good recovery to end the partial lead: 22 to 15. In the second period, Miami managed the advantage on the scoreboard and went to halftime leading by 52 to 41.

The Heat’s standout in the first half was Caleb Martin, who scored 14 points and recorded seven rebounds. With 11 points and five rebounds, Jimmy Butler followed. With Jayson Tatum erased, with just seven points added, Boston’s main name was Jaylen Brown: 13 points.

Boston had its moment at the beginning of the third quarter, but Miami showed more organization, especially in the three-point kicks. Despite the advantage, the Florida team could not shoot at the lead. And the moment did not turn.

With just over three minutes left in the period, the momentum was all for the home team. Without scoring for three and a half minutes, the Heat let Boston touch the scoreboard. But as the match remained tense, the teams exchanged moments: Miami managed to amend two attacks – with the right ball of three by Butler – and returned to open ten points. The Celtics responded in kind, still counting on Tatum to bring it down to seven.

The night belonged to Caleb Martin, who scored 23 points until the third period and led the Heat, which took the advantage for the last quarter to 10 points. Despite Boston’s victory in the fourth, Miami remained firmly in the lead: 76 to 66.

With little more than a minute of the last period, Miami relied on Boston’s turnovers and amended three attacks to apply their biggest advantage in the game, with 16 points over their opponents.

With a lackluster performance and more turnovers than the entire Miami Heat, Jaylen Brown was booed by the crowd at TD Garden. The home team was down and the Florida team opened a 21-point lead (92-73) with just over six minutes to go. Jayson Tatum, who felt his foot on the first play of the game, was unable to collaborate with the Celtics.