#Boston celtics score last night series

“That game just says a lot about our experience and mental toughness,” said Brown, who also had 15 rebounds. Boston then erased Los Angeles’ 106-93 lead in the final 3:40 with a 17-4 run capped by Tatum’s tying jumper with 17.8 seconds left. The old rivals played a wild second half in which the Lakers rallied from an 81-61 deficit midway through the third quarter with a 45-12 surge. Marcus Smart hit four 3-pointers and scored 18 points for the NBA-leading Celtics, who wrapped up their six-game trip by avoiding their first three-game losing streak of the season. LOS ANGELES - Jayson Tatum scored 44 points, Jaylen Brown added five of his 25 in overtime, and the Boston Celtics blew a 20-point lead in the second half before rallying from a late 13-point deficit for a thrilling 122-118 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Lowry played 31 minutes, scored five points and finished with four turnovers.Celtics blow big lead, rally back, beat Lakers 122-118 in OT His presence was missed as Miami struggled early on the offensive end, swarmed by a Celtics’ defense that forced the Heat into 10 first-half turnovers that led to 17 Boston points. Vincent, the Heat’s third-leading scorer this postseason, got hurt late in Miami’s Game 4 loss when he landed awkwardly while trying to save a loose ball near the Heat bench. It was Lowry’s first start since 2 February. The Heat started Kyle Lowry at point guard after Gabe Vincent was ruled out with a sprained left ankle earlier in the day. The Heat cut into it, but Boston kept knocking down 3s and grew its edge as high as 96-72 in the fourth quarter.īoston’s fans reignited a “Beat the Heat!” chant that hadn’t been prevalent since Game 1. They dove for loose balls, outfought Miami for rebounds and found each other for layups and dunks in transition as they built as much as a 20-point lead in the first half.

But with a raucous home crowd behind them, the Celtics thrived on their energy. “We’ve got to raise ours now as well.”īoston entered the day just 4-5 at TD Garden this postseason. “I don’t want to say we’re surprised by it, but they raised their level,” Robinson said. He had 16 points in Game 3, a blowout win by Miami. It was Butler’s lowest-scoring game of the playoffs. Butler had 14 points, five rebounds and five assists, but sat out the final 9:47 of the game. Bam Adebayo added 16 points and eight rebounds. Photograph: Charles Krupa/APĭuncan Robinson led the Heat with 18 points. Heat forward Jimmy Butler watches from the bench during the second half of Thursday’s game at TD Garden in Boston. That’s all we just have to focus on right now.” It’s about collectively preparing and putting together a great game. “One game doesn’t lead to the next game,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We just have to close it out at home.”Ī day after the Florida Panthers punched the franchise’s first ticket to the Stanley Cup final since 1996, for the second straight game the Heat were denied a spot in the NBA finals. “We’re always going to stay positive, knowing that we can and we will win the series,” the Heat’s Jimmy Butler said.

Game 6 is Saturday in Miami, where the Heat will try again to become the second No 8 seed to reach the NBA finals in the current format, which dates to 1984. “It just says that our backs are against the wall and we’re sticking together and we’re competing at a high level to give ourselves a chance,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. Teams that fell behind 3-0 are 0-150 all-time in series. “We’ve got to do whatever it takes to get a win,” White said.īoston also survived two elimination games in the second round against the 76ers. The Celtics are halfway to becoming the first team in NBA history to overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a series.

#Boston celtics score last night series

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown finished with 21 points apiece as the Celtics won their second straight and trimmed Miami’s series lead to 3-2. Marcus Smart had 23 points and five steals.