8 Miami Heat vs 2 Boston Celtics
Game 1 · Conference Finals
FINAL · TD Garden Boston, MA TNT
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10/10
Heat 123, Celtics 116 – MIA lead 1-0
Butler scores 35, Heat rally to beat Celtics 123-116 in East finals opener ESPN
— The Miami Heat were in need of a calming presence following a sluggish start to their latest conference finals showdown with the Boston Celtics.
| MIA | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | OR | DR | PF | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Butler | 35 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12/25 | 2/4 | 9/10 | 5 | 43 |
| B. Adebayo | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9/13 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 18 | 36 |
| G. Vincent | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4/6 | 3/5 | 4/4 | 12 | 35 |
| M. Strus | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 15 | 34 |
| K. Love | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 8 | 16 |
| C. Martin | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6/11 | 3/7 | 0/0 | -5 | 29 |
| K. Lowry | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6/12 | 3/5 | 0/0 | -11 | 27 |
| C. Zeller | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | -6 | 9 |
| D. Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | -1 | 6 |
| DNP: U. Haslem, H. Highsmith, N. Jovic, O. Yurtseven | ||||||||||||||
| BOS | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | OR | DR | PF | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Tatum | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9/17 | 1/3 | 11/11 | -10 | 41 |
| J. Brown | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10/21 | 1/6 | 1/2 | 3 | 38 |
| R. Williams III | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6/6 | 0/0 | 2/3 | -14 | 25 |
| M. Smart | 13 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3/7 | 2/4 | 5/8 | -3 | 33 |
| A. Horford | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3/8 | 1/5 | 0/0 | -3 | 31 |
| M. Brogdon | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7/14 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 0 | 36 |
| D. White | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4/6 | 3/5 | 0/0 | -5 | 20 |
| P. Pritchard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | -3 | 11 |
| DNP: J. Champagnie, B. Griffin, S. Hauser, L. Kornet, M. Muscala, G. Williams | ||||||||||||||
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