NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 Boston-Miami, May 29, 2023. From left, Miami's Jimmy Butler and Boston's Robert Williams III.
New York – The Miami basketball players won the seventh final match of the NBA Eastern Conference in Boston 103:84 and will play for the title with Denver. The Celtics thus failed to complete a turnaround from 0:3 per game and it remains the case that no club has been able to do so in the playoffs of the elite overseas league.
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Leading the winners in the decisive game were Jimmy Butler with 28 points and seven rebounds and Caleb Martin with 26 points and 10 rebounds. Miami avenged Boston's elimination at the same stage last year, advancing to its second final in four years. “We stuck together as a team. We're happy, but not satisfied. We still have one more series to go,” Butler said.
In addition to Martin and Butler, who was named conference finals MVP, the Heat were led by Bam Adebayo with 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven final passes. Scorers Vincet Gabe and Duncan Robinson also added 10 points each.
“Sometimes you have to suffer for the things you really want,” said coach Erik Spoelstra, who started as the Heat's video coach in 1995 and now awaits his sixth NBA Finals from the bench. perseverance and also collective spirit,” he praised his team, which at the decisive moment came knocking from three defeats in a row.
The disappointed home team was led by Jaylen Brown with 19 points and eight rebounds, who hit only eight of 23 shot, including one of nine three-pointers, and Derrick White with 18 points. Star Jayson Tatum sprained his ankle in the first action of the game, but still finished the game with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
“This didn't work out at all. We let ourselves down and let the whole city down. Despite all the circumstances, we got to a point this year where we had a big opportunity and we didn't take advantage of it,” Brown regretted not repeating last year's final.
The climax of the season will begin on Thursday in Denver, which will seek the first title in history. Miami is a three-time champion, but has lost the last two finals.
NBA Eastern Conference Playoff Finals – Game 7:
Boston – Miami 84:103, final state of series 3:4.
