Miami are with out star wing Jimmy Butler and starter Terry Rozier by harm and, after Sunday’s 114-94 defeat, many thought the Celtics would wrap up a four-game sweep.
“We understood what number of missed alternatives we had hesitating to shoot the threes in sport one, and we had the mentality coming in of simply let it fly,” stated Caleb Martin, who added 21 factors.
“We had been hungry. The one method you beat a workforce like that’s to come back in and attempt to play on the identical degree.”
Boston’s Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 33 factors whereas Jayson Tatum completed with 28 factors, however the Celtics had been restricted to 12 three-pointers from 32 makes an attempt.
The perfect-of-seven collection strikes to Miami for the third sport on Saturday.
Elsewhere on Thursday, the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder claimed a commanding 2-0 lead of their Western Convention play-off collection in opposition to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander produced his best-ever scoring complete in a post-season sport, scoring 33 factors because the Thunder cruised to an emphatic 124-92 victory.
Recreation three is on Saturday in New Orleans.