But he does have the brace off and he’s able to do ballhandling and some shooting.” “He is starting the process,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
Heat guard Tyler Herro, who broke his right hand in Game 1 of Round 1 at Milwaukee, has his brace off and is resuming workouts. Its longest win streak of the regular season was four games, back in December. … Miami was bidding for its first five-game winning streak of the season - not the postseason, the whole season. Heat: Vincent left early in the fourth quarter after turning his left ankle. … Tatum’s jumper with 9:22 left put Boston up seven, stopped a Heat spurt - and was his first fourth-quarter field goal of the series. … Boston’s last four-game losing streak was in May 2021, late in the 2020-21 regular season. The Celtics kept the lead the rest of the way.Ĭeltics: Tatum’s second 3-pointer of the night was the 220th of his postseason career, passing Paul Pierce for the most in Celtics playoff history. Boston’s edge was 88-79 going into the fourth, after winning the third quarter 38-23, with 21 of those points coming on 3-pointers. Miami got within four late in the third, only to see another lightning-fast spurt by the Celtics - this time, seven unanswered points in 40 seconds. The Celtics were 6 of 7 from the floor during the run, 4 of 4 from 3-point range, Tatum had nine of the 18 points and just like that the defending East champions - who won three playoff games on Miami’s home floor in last year’s playoffs - were rolling again.
Boston’s season was officially on the brink.Īnd the Celtics responded - most emphatically.Īn 18-0 run took Boston from down nine to up nine, a huge turnaround that took only three minutes.
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