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MIAMI (AP) — Derrick White dribbled down the left side after a play missed. He made the decision to turn and shoot, and hit a tilted 3-pointer with Duncan Robinson protecting him all the way around the perimeter. Tyler Herro singled it out to find his sixth 3-3 a play later, firing a pass to White on a turnover. White pulled another through the run and was successful. White ruled so much that they admitted to occasional warmth checks.
“I’m just trying to be aggressive, but just read what the game tells you,” White said. “Don’t force anything, just do what I have to do. I think I had some clever looks at first, and then my team did a wonderful job of locating me and giving me the means to continue to be aggressive. A lot of the credits go to those guys. . . I think anyone who gets a couple and starts doing some tricky ones, it feels like they can’t fail. This basket is huge. It’s wonderful. It’s a lot of fun. I just have to go through it to move on to the next one, because I know it’s not going to be easy. I’ve had some clever ones. Games in the future in the playoffs and I haven’t responded well. So I’m not going to repeat that.
White had combined for six points and seven shooting attempts in the first two games in Boston before worrying more about the Celtics by building his 24-point merit in the first half of Game 3. He finished the first two games with a combined 4 or 3 in the fourth quarter, but they didn’t score any points in the fourth on Saturday in Miami.
Their inconsistent use seemed to reflect the overall top-down offensive play in the series, which stretched into Monday’s Game 4 (four 1. 9% shooting from the field). The goalkeeper deserved every shot Miami gave him, inside and outside. for arguably the most dominant start to his career. He finished with a career-high 38 points on 15-of-26 shooting as the Celtics held off Miami Rally in the second phase to win, 102-88.
More central to everyone’s brain after: A second-quarter injury to Kristaps Porzingis, which started with an ankle circumference chasing an offensive rebound, followed by a stumble as bodies converged on a filtering action over the three-point line and ended without him capable. move when the Celtics returned to the defense a play later.
Porzingis put both hands on his head and tripped over the bench as the game unfolded, pulled his uniform over his face and walked out to the locker room. Boston called it a calf sprain, while ESPN reported that he underwent a torn Achilles tendon check at the scene. He tested negative and would be tracked through imaging at home on Tuesday. He didn’t return to the bench and left the game with a walking boot.
– Josue Pavón (@Joe_Sway) April 30, 2024
“It was hard to watch,” Luke Kornet told CLNS Media after the game. “Obviously you knew at the time he got injured, which is tough, but I think everybody realizes that, you’re in a position to go ahead and do whatever it takes to win the game right now. . . He’s a vital player. It’s part of what we do, however, we’ve been gambling all year (without it), we’ve been depressed and looking for a way to win is part of who we are. . . I was pretty calm (at half-time). . . Al (Horford) said anything to Xavier Tillman and I to be in a position to play and warm up well so that we are in a position to intervene. . . Things like that are going to happen. . . It’s the process of going back, seeing where you’re comfortable, remedying it, and putting a little load (on the calf). . . Taking it one day at a time and doing what you can.
Al Horford spoke to him and Xavier Tillman, telling them to warm up well and be fit to get through pic. twitter. com/gVVBNDbMiK
– Bobby Manning (@RealBobManning) April 30, 2024
The Heat opened in a dominance that first limited the Celtics to 1-of-5 at the start of 3. Jrue Holiday missed his first two, however, White fired three from the sidelines, hitting all in the first seven minutes to build a 23-14 lead, which also delayed Holiday’s second miss. Jaylen Brown attacked inside the arc, making four loose shots in that stretch. Miami dominated Boston early on on 3-point attempts, 8-7, started 2-for-8 and hesitated to take several, leading to a clumsy turnover through Bam Adebayo. The zone didn’t work, White made a layup and hit defenders 3-on-two to score thirteen points in seven minutes.
White pulled him out of the timeout with a block on Herro, who stayed in front of the anti-fall defense and a 3-pointer in the other direction that propelled the Celtics forward to the 15th. Herro and Adebayo played their pick-and-roll to paint under 10 in the American League in the fourth, Delon Wright interfering with a lob to Jaime Jaquez Jr. offering some offense as Miami shot 2 of 9 from deep. Kevin Love, Duncan Robinson and Patty Mills made brief unsuccessful appearances in the loss that propelled Miami to the brink.
They went on an 8-0 run that held the Celtics to a 0-for-6 drought by expanding the tension of the ball in the second. Haywood Highsmith hit Porzingis in the elbow and forced a delayed pitch clock error. Wright pressured Tatum all over partes. la court and forced a turnover after blocking it in a past practice. Of course, White solved this problem.
When a play was interrupted and sent to Payton Pritchard, who shot 0-for-4, around a Brown screen, White picked up a shot from Pritchard and dribbled from the basket to the left wing, turned around and hit a 3-pointer. He dribbled through the ground after Herro flipped the ball over and scored one, starting 6-of-7 from deep.
White missed the first game of the second half before Brown rushed to put him back in his place. Brown was given near the next property to increase Boston’s lead to 22, but not without a lingering fear among Celtics enthusiasts about Porzingis’ prestige before halftime. Anyway, he announced him as doubtful to return due to a calf strain.
Boston escaped the next quarter, 28-23, obviously lacking Porzingis’ projection when his threes dwindled, but lost the second half, 52-49. They had six scoreless outright possessions early before he set up a two-pass play for White for a dunk under the rim. White hit his seventh 3-pointer of the period, scoring 31 points 4 minutes before the end of the game. Tatum, who shared his frustration with the referees on his bench and Horford the third, scored on two loose shots but closed the third 1-for-5, and his last shot was a forced jump shot at the buzzer. Boston led as many as 22.
“I haven’t realized what happened and I still haven’t received any updates,” Mazzulla said of Porzingis’ loss. “(But) nothing changes, we bring the same mentality, the same intentionality, the same resistance and the same main goal. “Aim for the next game. . . Throughout the year we had guys stepping in and betting, so the most important thing is to execute the game plan. . . That was it. Develop other game tactics at both ends of the season. I thought the guys had adapted well to that. That’s something we’ve tried to focus on: no matter who’s there, we have other identities.
Miami was given as close as 16 to start the quarter, navigating the paint through Herro before Holiday hit her first 3-pointer on her fourth down. Herro tried to succeed at the rim again, tripping over the TNT camera under the rim when Horford stopped him. And he couldn’t get back on the defense. Tatum found a clear path this time and unloaded a dunk on Caleb Martin to take a 20-point lead.
The fourth ended with fireworks and some other illness, Martin and Adebayo brought the Heat to under 13, and then Adebayo got into an argument under Tatum’s feet after the whistle, drawing Horford’s ire. The game ended after a lengthy review with Adebayo being flagrantly fouled, Horford a technical foul and Mills fouled for pushing White around the filtering action to bring the ball to the dead ball. At first, Tatum appeared concussed, clutching his left ankle, before making any of the fumbles to freeze the game.
“Everybody’s noticed. Then I shot the ball and landed on his foot,” Tatum said. “The same ankle that I hurt in Game 7 last year, that I hurt against the Warriors, that I sprained against the Warriors. “Clippers. No I felt smart at first. . . I don’t need to make it more serious than it is. . . I evolved, I kept betting. . . I got angry, because it’s the same ankle, I still sprained my ankle 1000 times playing this game, so it’s exciting, but I guess the adrenaline made it go away.
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