It was Miami's lowest-scoring first quarter in its last 197 games, dating back to the 2022 playoffs — also against Boston, when the Heat managed 11 points in the opening 12 minutes of Game 4 of that East finals series. Midway through the second quarter, it — briefly — seemed lik...
Mindful that Boston’sAl Horforddirected a timeout signal toward the Miami bench during Game 1 when the Celtics were on a second-quarter spurt to build a comfortable lead, Butler did the same to Horford as the Heat were running away in the third quarter of Game 3. Besides, the Heat ralli...
Bam Adebayo had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and new Celtics nemesis Caleb Martin also had 21 points for the Heat, who shot 53.5% (23 of 43) from beyond the arc to bounce back after a Game 1 blowout. That broke Miami's playoff record of 20 3-pointers, set against the Bucks in the...
Derrick White had 24 points, including six 3-pointers, and the Boston Celtics dominated the Miami Heat 110-97 on Thursday night in Game 5 to extend the Eastern Conference finals. Marcus Smart had 23 points and five steals. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown finished with 21 points apiece a...
Yup. All that and more on Saturday evening when the Cs tossed away a game late against the Pacers. This Pacers team is solid and they play hard. Huge win for them.Kyrie Irving bailed out the offense late with two threes and the Celts were on fire from 3PT land, but they blew the ...
The Celtics were firing on all cylinders Thursday to even the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat; Game 3 will be Saturday in Boston. With the Celtics returning home to TD Garden Saturday night for Game 3 against the Heat, bars and restaurants are anticipating bi...
Heat vs. Celtics Predictions, Odds The Celtics are favored to win this first-round playoff series, having been one of the most dominant teams in the NBA this year. However, Miami defeated Boston in last year’s Eastern Conference finals, taking it 4-3 in the best-o...
The Eastern Conference finals shift to Miami on Sunday with the Heat already ahead two games to none. The Celtics find themselves in the proverbial "must win" game and will be looking to their players to produce more than expectation to try to get back in the series. But the Heat hav...
That set tone, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Boston controlled this game from the tip,” he said. “They won the big muscle areas. Definitely won the 3-point line and the majority of the areas in between.” Boston didn’t have reserve big man Luke Kornet after he strained his rig...
BOSTON -- Kristaps Porzingisbeing sidelined with a calf injurycould have thrown the Boston Celtics all out of sorts in Game 5 against the Miami Heat. But the Celtics inserted Al Horford into the starting lineup and Boston just kept rolling. ...