Boston now has full control of this Eastern Conference series, with Derrick White scoring a career-high 38 points on Monday night, April 29, and leading the top-seeded Celtics past the eighth-seeded Heat, 102-88, to take a 3-1 lead in their opening-round NBA playoff series.
MIAMI — The good news for the Miami Heat is that the Boston Celtics might not be back in South Florida for a few months.Boston Celtics guard Derrick White scores over Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball first-round game, Monday, April 29, in Miami.
Jayson Tatum added 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics, who got 17 points from Jaylen Brown and 11 from Jrue Holiday.Bam Adebayo finished with 25 points, 17 rebounds and five assists for Miami, which had a sellout crowd — including Lionel Messi — but played again without injured starters Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier . The Heat managed only 84 points in Game 3 and struggled again on offense in Game 4.
The Celtics can advance to the second round on Wednesday when they host Game 5. The Boston-Miami winner will meet the Cleveland-Orlando winner in the East semifinals; that Cavaliers-Magic series won’t end until at least Friday. This is the 29th time a Boston team has taken a 3-1 lead in a best-of-seven series. The Celtics won all 28 of the previous series, including seven times in the NBA Finals and a first-round series against Miami in 2010 — the last games the Heat played before luring LeBron James and Chris Bosh to South Florida and forming a superteam around Dwyane Wade.
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