The boston celtics They eliminated this Sunday the Miami Heat (3-4)who won at home in an exciting seventh game of the Eastern final (96-100), and will play the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors.
The Celtics, who have 17 rings (the most successful team in history along with the Los Angeles Lakers), they had not reached the NBA Finals since they lost in 2010 precisely before those in purple and gold.
The first match of the Finals will be played on Thursday June 2 on the field of the Warriors in San Francisco (USA).
After blowing the opportunity to close out the East final in Boston in Game 6 because of the 47 points of an extraordinary Jimmy Butlerthe Celtics left this Sunday through the big door in a very exciting seventh game in Miami that was not decided until the last seconds.
Boston was ahead on the scoreboard all night, but a clumsy and sloppy finish by the Celtics allowed the Heat to get to just 2 points at the last minute after trailing 13 at 3.35 from the end.
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The opportunity to complete an incredible and historic comeback was Butler’s, but the great figure of the Heat missed the crucial triple with 16.6 seconds left and the Celtics were able to claim victory from free throws.
Jayson Tatum (26 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists), Jaylene Brown (24 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists) and Marcus Smart (24 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists) were the best for the Celtics.
Also, Tatum won the Larry Bird Award to the MVP of the Eastern finals.
For the Heat, Jimmy Butler (35 points and 9 rebounds) and Bam Adebayo (25 points and 11 rebounds) were left too alone in the Miami attack for most of the game (Kyle Lowry was the third leading scorer with 15 points).
Especially commendable was the effort of Butler, who did not rest for a single second and that he played the 48 minutes of the game.
The Celtics will have home court advantage against the resurrected Warriors of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, who will play their sixth Finals in eight years (three rings in that span) after missing the playoffs the past two seasons due to an injury ordeal.