{"id":9884,"date":"2023-05-30T12:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nba-play-offs-miami-heat-beat-boston-celtics-103-84-to-reach-finals\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:09:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:09:50","slug":"nba-play-offs-miami-heat-beat-boston-celtics-103-84-to-reach-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nba-play-offs-miami-heat-beat-boston-celtics-103-84-to-reach-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Play-offs: Miami Heat beat Boston Celtics 103-84 to reach finals"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Butler was named series MVP for his match-winning performances.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Miami Heat halted the Boston Celtics’ remarkable fightback in the Eastern Conference Finals, clinching the deciding match 103-84 to reach the NBA finals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jimmy Butler starred, scoring 28 points, seven rebounds and six assists, as the Heat, who led the seven-game series 3-0 before being pegged back to 3-3, reached this year’s showpiece.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The first eighth seeds to reach the finals since the New York Knicks in 1999, the Heat will play the the Denver Nuggets in the best-of-seven finals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Game one will be played in Denver on Thursday (01:30 BST Friday).<\/span><\/p>\n

Derrick White’s <\/span>dramatic buzzer-beater in game six<\/span><\/a> had tied the series, giving the The Celtics hope of becoming the first side in NBA history to overturn a 3-0 deficit in a play-off final.<\/span><\/p>\n

But alongside Butler’s efforts, Caleb Martin scored 26 points and Bam Adebayo recorded 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as the Heat silenced a passionate Boston crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n

Butler, 33, was named MVP of the series after averaging 24.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 6.1 assists.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We stayed together as a group,” he said. <\/span><\/p>\n

“We talked about going to get a tough one on the road and we did just that. [My team-mates] are the reason we’re here. I know how good a team we are and we made it happen.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said he never doubted his squad’s resilience.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Sometimes you have to suffer for the things you really want,” he said. <\/span><\/p>\n

“This group has shown fortitude when there are inevitable let-downs and failures, but had that perseverance to pick yourself up, that collective spirit to keep on forging ahead.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The Heat are seeking a fourth NBA title and first since 2013, while The Nuggets, who beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference play-offs, are in search of a maiden championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Butler was named series MVP for his match-winning performances. The Miami Heat halted the Boston Celtics’ remarkable fightback in the Eastern Conference Finals, clinching the deciding match 103-84 to reach the NBA finals. Jimmy Butler starred, scoring 28 points, seven rebounds and six assists, as the Heat, who led the seven-game series 3-0 before being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9886,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions\/9886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}