Boston’s basketball team won the Eastern Conference finals for the second time in a row and closed the gap behind Miami to -1. It was 110:97 in TD Garden.
If after the opening three games of the series Boston fans had already given up, so to speak, now they are certainly in a better mood and have already begun to hope for an incredible turnaround. No team in the history of the NBA League has ever managed to reach the finals after trailing 3-0, judging by the course of the last games, this may even happen this year, but the next game in Miami will be crucial.
The hosts in TD Garden found the key to success in an excellent defensive game, with which they forced the basketball players from Florida into 16 turnovers, of which they converted as many as 27 points. The first five was played like not for a long time, four basketball players finished the match with more than 20 points, the first name of the meeting was Derrick Whitehe collected 24 of them.
Miami’s first star Jimmy Butler did not do well on the court, this time he collected a modest 14 points for him, four less than the first scorer Duncan Robinson, who started the match from the bench. Game 6 of the conference finals is scheduled for Sunday night.
There was no doubt about the winner this time. Miami kept in touch with the Bostonians only in the opening minutes, the result was eventually tied at 4:4, and then the wards Joe Mazzulla with a partial score of 19:3 and held a double-digit advantage until the end of the match. This was the highest ten minutes before the end, when it Jayson Tatum with the second free throw he scored +24 (96:72).
“We were pushed into a corner with our backs. We didn’t think we’d be 3-0 down, but when it happened you could see the test of our team. When we fell into a deep deficit, we didn’t got confused and went our separate ways, we stayed together” he said after the match Jaylen Brownwho contributed 21 points to the victory of the green and whites.
NBA playoffs
East, final, fifth game:BOSTON (2) – MIAMI (8) 2:3 110:97 (35:20, 26:24, 29:28, 20:25) White 24 (8/11 from the field, 6/11 for three), Smart 23 (4/6 for three), Brown (3/ 5 for three) and Tatum 8/16 from the field, 1/6 for three, 11 assists and 8 rebounds) 21 each, Horford (11 rebounds), G. Williams and R. Williams 6 each, Hauser 3; Robinson 18 (7/10 from the field, 2/3 from three), Adebayo 16 (8/15 from the field) and 8 rebounds, Highsmith 15 (3/4 from three), Butler (5/10 from the field, 0/2 for three) and Martin each 14, Love 6, Lowry 5, Zeller 4, Strus 3, Yurtseven 2.
They play for four wins according to the 2-2-1-1-1 system.
Source: Rtvslo
