finals. the heat denied the celtics a historic comeback last night, recovering from a blown 3-0 lead in the series to beat boston at the garden in an elimination game. jimmy butler who was named eastern conference finals mvp led 29 points, kaleb martin was brilliant andeded 26. the miami heat defeat crushed the celtics 103-84. miami now joins the 1999 new york knicks as the only nba seat to ever make the nba finals. they will play the western conference champion denver nug nugts for the nba tilet. as for the celtics this was an embarrassing performance particularly at home. they showed a lot of heart. the shots simply didn t fall. they didn t make any coaching adjustments. tatum got hurt on the game s first play and clearly hobbled the rest of the way.
Series
Heat
Finals
Garden
Comeback
Lead
Elimination-game
Beat-boston
-0
3
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