Match winner for Boston was top star Jason Tatum with 22 points, twelve rebounds and nine assists, Jalen Brown collected 25 points as the best thrower. “We mustn’t think it’s over,” Tatum said. “The task is not over yet.”
Throwing weakness of the Heat
After a mostly balanced first half, the guests started a run in the second half. They turned a 59:58 into a 83:60 and made the decision.
The Heat once more showed an enormous throwing weakness, because only 32 percent of all throws found their target. The rate for the three-point throws was even weaker at 16 percent. The best pitcher of the heat was Bam Adebayo with 18 points.
Last title is 14 years ago
It would be the first final for the Celtics since 2010, they won their 17th and last championship title so far in 2008. In the series once morest Miami they turned a 1-2 deficit, before that they eliminated defending champions Milwaukee Bucks.
The Dallas Mavericks with the German national player Maximilian Kleber and the Golden State Warriors determine the second finalist in the west. The Warriors have the next match point of the series thanks to a 3-1 lead Thursday night.
Source: sid/dpa