Jimmy Butler and Miami woke up after being provoked, destroying the Celtics in 6 minutes Game 2
The two home games to open the Boston Celtics' Eastern Finals series both featured the same scenario. They played well in the first half of the game but in the second half they always fell inexplicably.
Miami Heat was led by 2 digits in the 4th round of Game 2 this morning (May 20), but they still completed the comeback with a final victory of 111-105 right at TD Garden.
Having lost the home advantage in the first two matches, the Celtics are leading 2-0 by Heat in the series finals.
Game 3 and 4 of the series will take place on the field of Miami, where Jimmy Butler and his teammates are unbeaten in all 6 matches throughout the 2023 Playoffs.
This means that the Boston Celtics have to face many difficulties, standing in front of the door being "sweep" 4-0 right away.
The Boston Celtics were the team that took the majority of the initiative of Game 2 and seemed to be able to hold the series 1-1. They created a 2-digit difference from the 2nd half and still kept this advantage at the beginning of the 4th half.
Not many people believe in the ability to upstream of the Miami Heat, the away team was clearly held back in the third round. The Celtics scored 12 points more than the Heat this time around, while forcing Miami to throw 3 with a performance of only 1-7 3PT.
But from a particular push, Jimmy Butler personally and a few other Heat players exploded. After a successful 3-point throw, Celtics defender Grant Williams provoked Butler while defending.
Starting from there, Miami Heat continuously had points in 3 consecutive attacks thanks to the hands of Duncan Robinson and Butler.
Interspersed with 4 points of the Celtics, Miami continued to break away with the scoring phases of Max Strus, Bam Adebayo and Butler. The run was now 18-4 to take a 5-point lead when Game 2 had only 1 minute left.
Five free throws were successfully shot by Jayson Tatum over the next 30 seconds to keep the Celtics in pursuit, but it was met with 4 FTs from Gabe Vincent and Max Strus to keep the Miami Heat's six-point win.
Since Grant Williams provoked Jimmy Butler, the Boston Celtics suffered a 24-9 run of points until the end of the game. It is not wrong to assume that the Miami Heat won Game 2 was contributed by the defender wearing the number 12 of Boston.
Jimmy Butler led the Heat with 27 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists. Bam Adebayo had an explosive game with 22 points, 17 rebounds and 9 assists. Caleb Martin scored 25 points to create his own career-high Playoffs milestone.
On the Boston Celtics side, Jayson Tatum led with 34 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists. Jaylen Brown added 16 points. Robert Williams has 13 points and 3 rebounds.
Now the Boston Celtics will have to do what no team has done in this year's Playoffs: win on the Miami Heat field (6-0 record). Game 3 will take place at 7:30 am on Monday, May 22, according to Vietnam time.
