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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 29 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 112 |
 Heat | 31 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 102 |
BOSTeam statsMIA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 38-8047.5% | 9-2437.5% | 27-3187.1% | 42 | 25 | 11 |
| MIA | 39-9541.1% | 12-3633.3% | 12-2060.0% | 47 | 25 | 15 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Boston Celtics112| 39 | 16 | 6-17 | 1-3 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +16 | −5.1 | ||||||
| 35 | 21 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +14 | +6.9 | ||||||||
| 32 | 23 | 8-19 | 3-9 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.9 | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +0.3 | ||||||
| 25 | 10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-4 | +1 | +4.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 25 | 5-10 | 3-5 | 0 | 12-13 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +10.5 | |||||
| 24 | 5 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −4 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 13 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −1.7 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −1.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.6 | |||
| Team | 112 | 38-8047.5% | 9-2437.5% | 42 | 25 | 11 | 21 | 27-3187.1% | 6 | 8 | 7 | |||
Bench 34 points on 8 for 21 shooting
Did not play: RJ Hunter, Robert Williams III and Guerschon Yabusele (coach’s decision).
Miami Heat102| 42 | 21 | 8-22 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 37 | 11 | 3-15 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 0 | −4 | −8.3 | |||||||
| 29 | 10 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.3 | ||||
| 26 | 12 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | −5 | +7.3 | ||||||||
| 16 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +1.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 17 | 5-14 | 2-5 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 23 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −8.2 | |||||
| 21 | 18 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-4 | 0 | −2 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −1.8 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.9 | |||||
| Team | 102 | 39-9541.1% | 12-3633.3% | 47 | 25 | 15 | 23 | 12-2060.0% | 16 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 41 points on 17 for 37 shooting
Did not play: Duncan Robinson, Udonis Haslem and Ryan Anderson (coach’s decision).
Celtics112Heat102ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Gordon Hayward scored 25 points (11 in the fourth quarter), and the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 112-102.
Al Horford’s turnaround jumper put the Celtics ahead for good with 10:58 left in the fourth quarter.
The Heat got within 96-94 on Dion Waiters’ 3-pointer with 5:37 to play, but Jayson Tatum answered with 2 free throws, and the Heat got no closer.
Kyrie Irving scored 23 points (10 in the third quarter), and Horford added 21 points and 8 rebounds. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Heat, Waiters scored 21 points with 5 3-pointers. Bam Adebayo had 12 points and 12 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside had 18 points and 15 rebounds on 9 for 11 shooting off the bench.
The Celtics went 27 for 31 at the line to the Heat’s 12 for 20. The Celtics outscored the Heat 17-6 in 5 minutes with Horford, Hayward, Irving, Smart and Tatum on the floor together.
Boston CelticsMiami HeatPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
85 points from the field on 80 shots: 3.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 11-22 | 50.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 11-18 | 61.1% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-16 | 43.8% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-9 | 22.2% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-15 | 46.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dion Waiters | 28 | 5 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Goran Dragic | 24 | 9 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Kelly Olynyk | 24 | 1 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Dwyane Wade | 21 | 2 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 37 | 7 | 1-2 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 134 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Richardson | 25 | 4 | 2-4 | −5 |
| Goran Dragic | 21 | 3 | 1-2 | −5 |
| Justise Winslow | 20 | 0 | 0-4 | −7 |
| Dion Waiters | 18 | 10 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 47 | 6 | 3-12 | −11 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 130 possessions. He usually scores about 48 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Olynyk | 46 | 9 | 4-5 | −2 |
| Hassan Whiteside | 26 | 6 | 3-7 | 0 |
| Justise Winslow | 17 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Bam Adebayo | 15 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 41 | 4 | 2-4 | −5 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 145 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
BOS
50/50
MIA
Highest Leverage Moments
Hayward 26' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Tatum 3 AST)
Q4 3:56
13.2%
27→14
Tatum 25' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Irving 3 AST)
Q4 7:12
12.7%
40→27
Wade 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Waiters 3 AST)
Q3 4:20
12.2%
34→46
Tatum 12' Turnaround Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Irving 4 AST)
Q4 5:59
11.7%
37→26
Waiters 25' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Wade 5 AST)
Q4 5:37
11.7%
26→37
