Butler's 47 points propel heat past Celtics 111-103, extends series to decisive Game 7
The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals 111-103 to force a Game 7 Sunday night.
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The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals 111-103 to force a Game 7 Sunday night.
Jaylen Brown scored 25 points, Jayson Tatum added 22 and the Boston Celtics moved to the brink of a berth in the NBA Finals.
The Boston Celtics took their turn pounding the Miami Heat early, jumping out to a 26-4 lead and cruising to a 102-82 victory.
The NBA announced that Miami Heat big-man Bam Adebayo was named to the 2021-22 NBA All-Defensive Second Team.
The Eastern Conference finals are all knotted up, the series about to shift to Boston with the Celtics now holding the home-court advantage.
Jimmy Butler doesn't like being called a scorer, but after putting his foot on the gas this postseason, some may have something to say about that.
His team was down by eight at halftime, and Miami coach Erik Spoelstra went into the locker room ready to deliver a big speech.
The Celtics announced those updates about three hours before the series opener against the Miami Heat. Derrick White was added to the starting lineup in Smart's place, and Grant Williams was starting in place of Horford.
Erik Spoelstra coaches the Miami Heat, Ime Udoka is in his first season coaching the Boston Celtics, and one of them will be representing the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals.
Jimmy Butler knocked Joel Embiid out of the playoffs, then walked over to his former 76ers teammate and hugged him, told him he loved him and was proud of him.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to a shooting at 1:34 a.m. Monday when Adreian Payne was identified and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, Max Strus added 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Miami Heat moved one win away from a trip to the Eastern Conference finals by topping the Philadelphia 76ers 120-85 on Tuesday night.
Kyle Lowry's leg issue forced the Miami Heat to rule out their starting point guard for Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers.
James Harden scored 31 points, Joel Embiid had 24 points and 11 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers beat Miami 116-108 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
He averaged 20.7 points, nearly four more per game than any other reserve in the league, plus had a huge role in Miami securing the No. 1 seed for the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds, and the Miami Heat topped the shorthanded Philadelphia 76ers 106-92 on Monday night in the opener of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
The Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers meet in a second-round playoff series that may have turned before it even started.
Individual game tickets for Round 2 home games of the 2022 White Hot HEAT Playoffs will go on sale to the general public Wednesday, April 27th at 4:00 p.m.
The Miami Heat edged out the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night to win Game 5 of their series and advance in their quest to win a 4th NBA title.
The Heat beat the Hawks 110-86 while again shutting down Trae Young on Sunday night to take a 3-1 series lead.
These are Jimmy Butler's three highest-scoring games in a Miami uniform: 40 points against Milwaukee, 40 points against the Los Angeles Lakers, 45 points against Atlanta. Those efforts have quite a bit in common - all three happened in the playoffs.
Jimmy Butler scored a playoff career-high 45 points, including a personal 7-0 run in the final moments, and the Miami Heat held off the Atlanta Hawks 115-105 in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Tuesday night.
The pressure will be on the Miami Heat Tuesday night heading into Game 2 of the NBA playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks at FTX Arena.
Duncan Robinson set a franchise playoff record with eight 3-pointers, and the Miami Heat forced Trae Young into matching the worst-shooting game of his career on the way to a 115-91 win over the Atlanta Hawks in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference first-round series Sunday.
Miami had two things for practice Saturday that it didn't have on Friday — an opponent, and a starting center. The Hawks earned their playoff spot by beating Cleveland in a play-in game Friday night, and on Saturday morning Bam Adebayo was back at practice for the first time all week after clearing the NBA's health and safety protocols.
