The Miami Heat evened the Eastern Conference series with the No. 1 seed Boston Celtics.
The Heat defeated Boston 111-101 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals (best-of-seven) of the 2023-2024 NBA Playoffs on Friday night at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 카지노 to even the best-of-seven series at one game apiece.
Miami got a solid performance from five players in double figures, led by Tyler Hiro’s 24 points, Bam Adebayo (21 points), Caleb Martin (21 points), and others.
Boston got 33 points from Jaylen Brown and 28 from Jayson Tatum, but they were unable to overcome a Miami offense that showed a variety of scoring options.
Game 3 will be played on Feb. 28 at Miami’s home court, the Casey Center.
Leading 85-79 heading into the final quarter, the Heat cut the deficit to 94-84 on a three-pointer and three-point play by Boston’s Derrick White with just over six minutes left.
But Miami answered with a Haywood Highsmith 3-pointer followed by back-to-back Jaime Haquez Jr. 3-pointers to make it 100-91.
Boston pulled to within 101-109 on a layup by Tatum with 35 seconds left in regulation, but there wasn’t enough time to pull out the win.