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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Celtics | 23 | 27 | 38 | 28 | 116 |
 Heat | 29 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 99 |
BOSTeam statsMIA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | 43-8451.2% | 18-4540.0% | 12-1866.7% | 39 | 28 | 10 |
| MIA | 34-7843.6% | 8-3225.0% | 23-2882.1% | 44 | 18 | 15 |
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Boston Celtics116| 42 | 33 | 14-22 | 4-9 | 1-2 | +21 | +7.5 | ||||||||
| 37 | 17 | 7-16 | 1-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −4.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 11 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | +15 | −0.3 | |||||||
| 27 | 16 | 5-10 | 3-7 | 3-3 | +7 | +3.8 | ||||||||
| 25 | 12 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +23 | +3.4 | ||||||
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| 29 | 14 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 0 | 2-2 | +15 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 22 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −4.2 | |||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 116 | 43-8451.2% | 18-4540.0% | 39 | 28 | 10 | 24 | 12-1866.7% | 7 | 8 | 8 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Blake Griffin (coach’s decision).
Miami Heat99| 39 | 29 | 9-21 | 1-4 | 10-12 | −20 | +6.6 | ||||||||
| 36 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.6 | |||||
| 35 | 10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −21 | −8.2 | ||||||
| 28 | 17 | 5-10 | 1-4 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 12 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +0.4 | ||||
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| 35 | 16 | 6-9 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 28 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3.5 | |||||||
| 13 | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.5 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −6.3 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.4 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.6 | |||
| Team | 99 | 34-7843.6% | 8-3225.0% | 44 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 23-2882.1% | 12 | 5 | 2 | |||
Bench 28 points on 10 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Udonis Haslem (coach’s decision).
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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.
Jayson Tatum had 33 points (8 during an 18-0 run in the third quarter) and 11 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics went on a 29-10 run in the third quarter to beat the Miami Heat 116-99 to avoid elimination in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.
The Heat led 61-52 with 10:39 left in the third quarter. Jaylen Brown’s driving layup put the Celtics ahead for good with 7:53 left in the quarter. Tatum scored 10 points and Marcus Smart made 2 3-pointers during the run. The Celtics led 81-71 with 3:12 left in the quarter and by as many as 18 in the fourth quarter.
Tatum and Smart set each other up for 5 baskets and 12 points, 2 of them during the 29-10 run.
For the Heat, Jimmy Butler III had 29 points (15 in the third quarter) and 9 rebounds.
The Celtics shot 51.2% from the field and 40.0% from 3 to the Heat’s 43.6% and 25.0%. The Heat forced 10 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Celtics’ starters outscored the Heat 35-25 in 13 minutes 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).
104 points from the field on 84 shots: 10.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-22 | 72.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 4-6 | 66.7% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-11 | 45.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-16 | 37.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-29 | 41.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Martin | 31 | 12 | 6-8 | −1 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 20 | 3 | 1-4 | −5 |
| Max Strus | 7 | 9 | 4-7 | +6 |
| Bam Adebayo | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 8 | 3-3 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 35 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabe Vincent | 21 | 6 | 3-5 | −2 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 21 | 0 | 0-4 | −8 |
| Caleb Martin | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Kyle Lowry | 7 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 12 | 5-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Strus | 23 | 8 | 3-5 | +3 |
| Gabe Vincent | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Kyle Lowry | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 50 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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
Smart 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Tatum 3 AST)
Q3 6:52
11.1%
43→32
Martin 26' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Strus 1 AST)
Q2 5:16
10.7%
47→58
Strus 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS)
Q3 10:39
10.6%
68→79
Brown 1' Running Dunk (13 PTS) (Horford 4 AST)
Q4 9:05
10.4%
24→14
Smart 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Williams 1 AST)
Q3 4:21
10.1%
40→29
