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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heat | 29 | 30 | 15 | 22 | 96 |
 Celtics | 15 | 23 | 36 | 24 | 98 |
MIATeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 35-8441.7% | 13-4032.5% | 13-1872.2% | 42 | 23 | 12 |
| BOS | 35-8441.7% | 10-3627.8% | 18-2378.3% | 50 | 17 | 14 |
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 Celtics98| 41 | 21 | 6-20 | 4-12 | 0 | 5-5 | +6 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 35 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-6 | 0 | 0-0 | +3 | −8.6 | |||||||
| 33 | 29 | 11-25 | 1-7 | 6-10 | 0 | −16 | −7.8 | |||||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.7 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.8 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 24 | 8-15 | 4-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.1 | ||||||
| 28 | 11 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | +11 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 19 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +17 | +2.5 | |||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.5 | |||||
| Team | 98 | 35-8441.7% | 10-3627.8% | 50 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 18-2378.3% | 13 | 7 | 7 | |||
Bench 42 points on 15 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Ron Harper Jr., Jordan Walsh and Amari Williams (coach’s decision).
Miami Heat96| 38 | 26 | 10-16 | 5-7 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +5 | +5.9 | ||||||
| 35 | 24 | 9-15 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 0 | +1 | +7.1 | |||||||
| 35 | 16 | 5-13 | 2-6 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −1.8 | |||||
| 30 | 13 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −2.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 11 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.4 | ||||||
| 19 | 2 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | −8 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −4.1 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.2 | ||||
| Team | 96 | 35-8441.7% | 13-4032.5% | 42 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 13-1872.2% | 10 | 9 | 3 | |||
Bench 17 points on 6 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Keshad Johnson and Kasparas Jakučionis (coach’s decision).
Celtics98Heat96ClickTap 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.
The Boston Celtics rallied from 22 points down in the second quarter to beat the Miami Heat 98-96 for their fifth straight win.
The Celtics trailed 56-34 with 1:50 left in the second quarter and 59-38 at halftime. They outscored the Heat 64-40 the rest of the way.
The Heat had the ball down 2 with 40 seconds left, but Derrick White blocked Davion Mitchell’s driving layup, lifting the Celtics’ chance to win from 72% to 79%. It would have tied the game. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Mitchell missed a corner 3-pointer with 2.7 seconds left that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Celtics outscored the Heat 10-7. White scored 6 of the Celtics’ 10 on 1 for 3 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line.
Jaylen Brown scored 29 points (16 in the paint). Payton Pritchard added 24 points (9 during a 12-0 run in the third quarter) off the bench. White added 21 points and 4 blocks but shot 6 for 20, and Nikola Vučević had 11 points and 12 rebounds off the bench. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Heat, Andrew Wiggins scored 26 points on 10 for 16 shooting, and Norman Powell added 24 points and a season-high 4 steals.
The Celtics outscored the Heat 42-17 off the bench. The Celtics outscored the Heat 25-5 in 7 minutes with Vučević, White, Pritchard, Hauser and Scheierman on the floor together.
Boston CelticsMiami HeatPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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. The Celtics’ chance bottomed out at 12% (3rd quarter, 5:46 left).
80 points from the field on 84 shots: 7.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-16 | 75.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-21 | 38.1% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 5-11 | 45.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-30 | 23.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wiggins | 26 | 7 | 3-9 | −4 |
| Davion Mitchell | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Bam Adebayo | 8 | 6 | 2-6 | +3 |
| Pelle Larsson | 8 | 3 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 8 | 4-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dru Smith | 19 | 5 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Davion Mitchell | 16 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Norman Powell | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 13 | 5-9 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 14 | 0 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Norman Powell | 13 | 7 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 13 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Davion Mitchell | 12 | 6 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 28 | 0 | 0-9 | −7 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 21 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.
Score margin over time — positive = BOS leads, negative = MIA leads
BOS Largest Lead
5
Q4 10:03
MIA Largest Lead
22
Q2 1:50
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
MIA 9-0 run
Q1 11:44 – Q1 9:46
0 → -9
BOS 12-0 run
Q3 5:27 – Q3 3:55
-18 → -6
BOS 8-0 run
Q3 3:14 – Q3 1:13
-9 → -1
