Celtics vs Heat

The point spread is against the Miami Heat, but thus far the points are on their side. After three quarters it's looking more and more like their ...

- Nov 28, 2016 - Boston 112 vs. - Dec 04, 2019 - Boston 112 vs. - Jan 28, 2020 - Boston 109 vs. - Sep 15, 2020 - Miami 117 vs. - Sep 17, 2020 - Miami 106 vs. - Sep 19, 2020 - Boston 117 vs. After two games on the road, the Boston Celtics are heading back home. - Sep 23, 2020 - Miami 112 vs. After three quarters it's looking more and more like their high-powered offense is just too much for the Boston Celtics as Miami lead 87-72. - Sep 25, 2020 - Boston 121 vs. Boston's point guard Marcus Smart was one of the most active players for the team, shooting 5-for-12 from beyond the arc and almost finishing with a triple-double on 24 points, 12 assists, and nine boards. Center Bam Adebayo has led the way so far for the Heat, as he has 23 points and six assists along with eight rebounds and four steals.

Bam Adebayo bounced back in style, pouring in 31 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals to lead the Heat to a 109-103 win on the road.

8:54 p.m. — Gabe Vincent checks into the game as Kyle Lowry heads back to the locker room. 9:17 p.m. — Caleb Martin joins the party with a triple to make it 6-of-8 for the Heat from deep. Boston has to find a way to keep him out of the paint. We'll continue to monitor the situation. Despite Boston's crisp ball movement, the help defenders are arriving on time and forcing turnovers and misses. They lead by 26 points with 9:41 remaining in the second. His second foul of the game. 8:49 p.m. — A perfect start for the Heat who have gone 6-of-6 from the field to start the game as they race out to a 16-4 lead. Jaylen Brown leads the Celtics with 26 points heading into the fourth quarter, while Al Horford has a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double. He leads Miami with 16 points and six assists. 9:42 p.m. — Jayson Tatum caps off the first half with a big triple to make it a 10-0 run for the Celtics as they cut the deficit to 15 points. 9:59 p.m. — A big blow for the Heat as Jimmy Butler will not return for the remainder of the game due to right knee inflammation.

The NBA Eastern Conference finals resumes Saturday with Game 3 between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat from TD Garden in Boston. The Celtics defeated the ...

Bam Adebayo even hit a floater off the glass right after the buzzer just to run it in. Just saying expect the unexpected. There is a murmur in the crowd. Two huge injuries, one on each side. This place got so loud after the jumbotron showed him coming back from the locker room. •7h ago The Celtics didn't use Derrick White or Daniel Theis in that third quarter. •7h ago Tatum may have just suffered a stinger if he is improving as rapidly as he appeared, but that was a scary moment for the Celtics. Tatum started to feel more significant pain and eventually had his head stabilized by trainers while they talked to him on the ground. But he somehow has them down 6 still. Boston kept finding a way, only to find themselves standing in their own over and over.

The Celtics nearly erased a 26-point deficit Saturday night against the Miami Heat at TD Garden but fell just short in a wild Game 3 that featured injury ...

Brown stepped up in a huge way, pouring in 14 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter to help the Celtics roar back. Adebayo racked up 12 points in the first quarter alone, taking advantage of Robert Williams' absence to score at will in the paint. The good news: Boston got a combined 50 points from Tatum and Brown. The bad news: Only 10 of those points came from Tatum. After racing out to early leads in Games 1 and 2, the Celtics looked disjointed on offense in the early going and may have trailed by more than 21 points at the end of the first had Brown not bailed them out with 11 of their first 18 points. Tatum took a queue from Smart, however, and ran out of the tunnel shortly after to finish the game. Jaylen Brown exploded for a game-high 40 points to help the Celtics mount their comeback, while Al Horford added 20 points and 14 rebounds and Marcus Smart chipped in 16 points.

Then Bam Adebayo made sure it was enough - just barely - to give Miami a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Heat center scored 31 points with 10 rebounds ...

The Heat also had nine turnovers that led to nine Celtics points. The Heat forced 24 turnovers in all to lead to 33 Miami points. The Celtics played without center Robert Williams III, who missed three games in the second round against Milwaukee with soreness and a bone bruise in his surgically repaired left knee. The situation was repeated when Tatum went down in obvious pain with five minutes left in the fourth. I went to the back, got it checked on, and started to gain some feeling back and got it checked by the doctors and ran some tests and decided to give it a go.'' Miami still led by 15, 87-72, after three, and made it a 17-point game on Adebayo's basket to start the fourth. After losing Game 2 at home by 25 points, the Heat opened a 62-37 lead with under three minutes left in the second quarter. ''We didn't think that it was all of a sudden going to be an easy series and they were going to roll over,'' Boston coach Ime Udoka said. Smart returned just five minutes later, drawing a huge cheer when the scoreboard showed him walking down the tunnel back toward the court. ''Then, when Jimmy was out in the second half, he just stabilized us,'' Spoelstra added. ''Six turnovers, and no field goals in the second half - that is unacceptable,'' Tatum said. Adebayo also had six assists and four of the Heat's franchise postseason record 19 steals.

The Miami Heat stunned the Boston Celtics at home, beating them 109-103 at TD Garden in Boston.

Brown stepped up in a huge way, pouring in 14 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter to help the Celtics roar back. Adebayo racked up 12 points in the first quarter alone, taking advantage of Robert Williams' absence to score at will in the paint. The good news: Boston got a combined 50 points from Tatum and Brown. The bad news: Only 10 of those points came from Tatum. After racing out to early leads in Games 1 and 2, the Celtics looked disjointed on offense in the early going and may have trailed by more than 21 points at the end of the first had Brown not bailed them out with 11 of their first 18 points. Tatum took a queue from Smart, however, and ran out of the tunnel shortly after to finish the game. Jaylen Brown exploded for a game-high 40 points to help the Celtics mount their comeback, while Al Horford added 20 points and 14 rebounds and Marcus Smart chipped in 16 points.

The seven-game series has become a best-of-five. The homecourt advantage is now with Boston. Robert Williams is likely out and Kyle Lowry is likely back.

He had an MRI Friday before boarding the team plane to Boston and is questionable for Game 2 with irritation in the knee. “It did feel good to have unit out there that we know when we’re out there what we can do.” Boston coach Ime Udoka said the consensus after Game 1 was that the Heat out-hustled his team. “If he’s not ready to go, though, everybody else has to be ready to go. In Game 2, he contributed 24 points and 12 assists in the Celtics’ 127-102 victory. “We pride ourselves on being one of the tougher teams,” Udoka said. Down 25 entering the fourth, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra elected to rest his starters. fuboTV - If you have cable, you can use the login credentials from your TV provider to watch via WatchESPN. If you don’t have cable, you can watch ESPN coverage via DirecTV and fuboTV, which both offer a free trial. “I just kept telling myself, Game 2 you’re playing,” Smart said. The Celtics are 4-0 following a loss this postseason. What time does the game start? The seven-game series has become a best-of-five.

The Miami Heat stormed out to a 26-point lead over the Boston Celtics in Game 3 on Saturday night only to hold on for a 109-103 victory at TD Garden ...

In addition to the turnovers, the Celtics got another dud from Tatum, who finished with just 10 points to tie his lowest-scoring game of the postseason. The Heat were terrific to start this game, and deserve a lot of credit for how they started and then managed to hang on down the stretch without Jimmy Butler. That being said, the Celtics could have, and probably should have won this game. Kyle Lowry had not played since Game 4 of the Heat's second-round series with the Philadelphia 76ers due to a hamstring injury, and there was no clear timeline for when he might be back. He nearly matched his total from the first two games in the first quarter of this one, as he had 12 points to help the Heat build an early double-digit lead. By the final buzzer, Adebayo had 31 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals in by far his best performance of the entire postseason. In the first two games of this series, though, he was largely invisible, finishing with a total of 16 points, 13 rebounds and three assists. Late in the game, with Butler out of commission, he stepped up again. He was demanding the ball early and often, and hitting an array of mid-range jumpers and shots around the rim. In the end, Butler's absence during the final two quarters was not enough for Boston to pull off the comeback as Bam Adebayo finished the win with a team-high 31 points to go along with 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals. On the other end of the spectrum, Jaylen Brown was fantastic for Boston finishing the game with 40 points and nine rebounds. Smart and Tatum actually returned to the game, despite the fact that their injuries seemed more severe. The problem only got worse on Saturday, as Smart, Jayson Tatum and Jimmy Butler all made their way to the locker room at various points.

The Heat raced to a 39-18 lead, but the Celtics pulled within one late in the fourth quarter before a final surge carried Miami to victory.

Tyler Herro (18 in Game 1; 11 in Game 2) and Gabe Vincent (17 in Game 1; 14 in Game 2) are possibilities, but Game 2 was more in tune with the type of defense the Celtics can play. Finn: Heat making a conscious effort to push the ball more, and the Celtics have been caught napping a bit. “I think I got a bit selfish on the offensive end,” said Butler, who scored 29 in Game 2 after a 41-point performance in Game 1. P.J. Tucker will remain in the starting lineup after exiting Game 2 with a left knee contusion. Yang: The fans at TD Garden are getting a little antsy with the Celtics down big, 24-7, to start this one. For all of the Celtics’ hints at a comeback, the Heat actually built their lead in the third from 12 to 15. He had one turnover – same as his total for the entire game in Game 2 – and made some weird decisions. Finn: Celtics end the first half on a 10-0 run. He drilled a three-pointer with 6:05 left in the period, and Miami called timeout after seeing its lead cut to 10, 72-62. Jayson Tatum connected for a three-pointer with 1.4 seconds left to trim the lead to 15 after it had been as high as 26 points in the first half. He was replaced in the Miami lineup by Victor Oladipo to start the second half. Celtics have more turnovers (18) than assists (15). Celtics have 24 free throws to the Heat’s 5.