Friday, May 27, 2022. 2:57 PM
Follow Game 6 between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics starting at 8:30 p.m. on RDS and RDS Direct.
PRE-MATCH
It is in front of their supporters on Friday night that the Boston Celtics will be able to finish off the Miami Heat and join the Warriors in the NBA Finals.
Boston seems to have taken the momentum of the series, thanks to its victories in the last two games. The Celtics defense has done a colossal job in the past two games, holding the Heat to 81 points per game on average.
The Celtics will be looking to reach the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010. The team also took a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Finals in 2018, but LeBron James and the Cavaliers took control of the series thereafter to make up the shortfall.
Jayson Tatum was a rookie then and things have changed since then.
“I’m much better. Jaylen Brown is too. We’re just older. And we went through some really tough times,” Tatum explained.
“We have to go home as if we were down 3-2. We have to have that sense of urgency in a game that we absolutely have to win. »
In the Heat camp, the team will need its best elements to stay alive. Visibly hampered by his right knee injury, Jimmy Butler has been limited to 19 points in the last two games. It’s not much better for Kyle Lowry, who has managed only a thin basket in the last two games, for a total of three points.
It will be a good challenge for Miami tonight in Boston. In their history, the Celtics have maintained a record of 48 wins and only 19 losses when they can win a series at home.
On Thursday, the Warriors beat the Mavericks 120-110 to advance to the Finals after a five-game win over Dallas.
