
Jimmy Butler Scores 24 To Help Heat Fend Off Celtics 106-98
Jimmy Butler scored 24 points and the Miami Heat rallied in the fourth quarter to hold off the Boston Celtics 106-98 on Wednesday night.
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Jimmy Butler scored 24 points and the Miami Heat rallied in the fourth quarter to hold off the Boston Celtics 106-98 on Wednesday night.
The Celtics played airtight defense for a second consecutive night on the way to easily beating the Miami Heat 95-78 on Thursday.
The Miami Heat clinched a playoff spot and locked the Boston Celtics into the play-in tournament Tuesday night with a 129-121 victory.
The Miami Heat held off the Boston Celtics 130-124 Sunday as the teams fight for position in the tight Eastern Conference playoff race.
Sunday night's game between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat has been postponed.
Payton Pritchard's putback with two-tenths of a second left capped a wild finish, and the Celtics beat the Heat 107-105 in the first matchup this season of last year's East finalists.
The Boston Celtics are pretty heated heading into Wednesday night's game in Miami.
Bam Adebayo is good to go for the Heat as Miami looks to close out the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night.
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The NBA announced the remaining schedule for the Eastern Conference finals between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat.
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If you thought the game itself was ugly, the Celtics locker room was even worse after the team blew another double digit lead and dropped Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Celtics looked so good in the first half of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and then oh so bad in the second half. Now the Heat own a 2-0 series lead after winning Game 2, 106-101.
Make no mistake, the Celtics blew it in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The team's issues with closing out opponents reared its ugly head once again, and now Boston is in an early series hole to a dangerous Miami Heat team.
If Game 1 is any indication of how the Eastern Conference Finals are going to go, it's going to be a heck of a series between the Celtics and the Heat. Unfortunately, Game 1 didn't go the way the Celtics would have liked.
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The Celtics are back in the Eastern Conference Finals, where they'll face the Miami Heat. At the moment, we know when three of those games will be played.
The Boston Celtics are one win away from reaching the Eastern Conference finals. If they get there, they won't have to deal with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Of their eight seeding games ahead of the NBA playoffs, Tuesday night's is the most important tilt for the Boston Celtics.
It's expected to be another quiet trade deadline day for the Boston Celtics. The same cannot be said for their competition in the East.
Jaylen Brown scored a season-high 31 points, Kemba Walker had 28 and the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 112-93 on Wednesday night.
The gunman, identified as an 18-year-old man from the area, was killed by law enforcement, police said.
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Parents held the hands of their children a little tighter Wednesday after a mass shooting at a school in Texas.
The gunman, identified as an 18-year-old man from the area, was killed by law enforcement, police said.
The Uvalde school shooting is painful for adults to process, but for parents, the challenge is especially delicate.
The mass murder of innocent children in Uvalde, Texas, brings flashbacks to family members of Sandy Hook victims.
A heavy fire ripped through a six-unit duplex in Lawrence on Wednesday.
Jonathan McHugh was last seen at Chenery Middle School at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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Chelsea residents gathered Wednesday evening to get answers about the state's dumping of a pile of rubble filled with asbestos.
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Zelle is now a favorite for thieves because once the money is transferred out, it's nearly impossible to get back.
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The "Faces of COVID" Twitter account remembers lives lost during the pandemic.
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While the hearing did reveal some detail, a lot still remains a mystery.
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A well-known chain restaurant near Faneuil Hall is pulling out of Boston for now.
Wayfair is opening a new physical store on the North Shore this week.
Roxbury based and minority-owned City Fresh Foods is taking on the responsibility of providing meals to almost 50,000 Boston Public School students starting on July 1.
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Mill River Winery is creating its own unique blends while celebrating the beauty of its surroundings.
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The Celtics shook off a slow start to Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals and beat the Heat, 93-80, to take a 3-2 series lead.
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Sunday night brought the first total eclipse to the northeast in over three years.