The Celtics did not go into detail in Florida. Surprised at home during match 2, they produced two high-flying performances away from home, each time keeping the Heat below 90 points, and now lead 3-1 in a series that they will seek to complete at home. them, during the night from Wednesday to Thursday.
Best record in the league at the end of the regular season, Boston found what made its strength all year during Game 4: an iron defense, which notably made it possible to limit Miami to only 36 points at the end. break (53-36), and decisive bench players, like Derrick White who came out of the hat and had one of his greatest career matches by scoring 38 points (15/26 on shots), including 16 nothing than in the first quarter.
Porzingis out with injury
The Celtics widened a gap of more than twenty points after returning from the locker room and were then in management, like their leaders Jayson Tatum (20 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists) and Jaylen Brown (17 rebounds), but everything was not perfect since they lost their interior Kristaps Porzingis early, visibly injured in a calf and forced to come out just before the break. The Latvian will undergo examinations to find out the severity of his injury.
In a packed room that included Lionel Messi, Bam Adebayo (25 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists) struggled to try to keep the Heat in the game, in vain. The Floridians, still deprived of Jimmy Butler (knee), did not have the weapons to compete with the favorite of the Eastern Conference in the last two duels and will have to surpass themselves in Boston, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday during the game 5, to hope to stay alive in this series.
