Derrick White and Jaylen Brown each tossed in 25 points to help the Boston Celtics wrap up their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the visiting Miami Heat with a 118-84 victory in Game 5 on Wednesday.
Jayson Tatum added 16 points and 12 rebounds for the top-seeded Celtics, who won the final three games in the best-of-seven series.Boston will play either fourth-seeded Cleveland or fifth-seeded Orlando in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Cavaliers have a 3-2 lead over the Magic in that series, which resumes Friday.White and Sam Hauser each made five 3-pointers in the Celtics' win. Hauser finished with 17 points off the bench.
The Heat, who didn't have Jimmy Butler or Terry Rozier for the series, was also without rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. on Wednesday. Jaquez was diagnosed with a right hip flexor strain that also caused him to miss the fourth quarter of Game 4.Boston played Wednesday without Kristaps Porzingis, who will be sidelined for an unspecified amount of time with a soleus strain. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said Porzingis would be re-evaluated next week.
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