The Celtics force the seventh against the Heat in the last breath

MADRID, 28 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Boston Celtics are one game away from making NBA history after equaling their ‘Playoff’ for the Eastern Conference title (3-3) after beating the Miami Heat 103-104, thanks to a basket on the buzzer that will allow them to play the seventh and decisive game on their court.

Everything seemed decided in favor of Erik Spoelstra’s men, who had clearly dominated the series, but who have not been able to close it by letting two chances pass on their own pitch, this Saturday’s also with a final full of emotion and which he crowned local point guard Derrick White.

He was in charge of giving Joe Mazzolano’s team the victory thanks to an offensive rebound that he converted into the decisive basket just as the horn sounded. The Heat were already touching the final against the Denver Nuggets with their fingers when the hoop repelled Marcus Smart’s desperate triple, but they did not close the rebound and White, who was the one who had taken the band, appeared by surprise to practically slap it to give the triumph.

Now, the Celtics, the most successful franchise in the history of the American league, have the option of making history since no other team has been able to come back from 3-0 in a ‘Playoff’. Only the Knicks (1951), the Nuggets (1994) and the Trail Blazers (2003) matched it, but they ultimately fell in the decider.

The sixth game was tense and even, where Jayson Tatum, despite his 31 points, had a bad shooting night (8/24 with 0/8 in triple), but was well accompanied by Jaylen Brown (26) and Marcus Smart (21), while Jimmy Butler flirted with the ‘triple-double’ (24 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists), but it wasn’t good for the Heat either (5/21).

However, everything seemed already decided for the visitors, who dominated 88-98 with almost five minutes to play, but from then on they got stuck and only added six more points. Miami tightened everything with good actions by Butler, who with three free throws put the 103-102 lead with two seconds left, leaving his rival on the edge of the precipice, who avoided the fall thanks to White.