Tatum and Brown avoid the elimination of the Celtics and force the sixth game in the Eastern Conference

Jayson Tatum

contributed a double-double of 31 points, 10 rebounds and six assists that put him at the forefront of the Boston Celtics, who beat the Miami Heat 121-108 this Friday in the fifth game of the Conference finals. East.

The victory allowed the Celtics to avoid elimination and remain in the best-of-seven series that now continues in favor of the Heat (3-2).

On Sunday, the Miami team will once again have a chance to reach the NBA Finals in Game 6

Along with Tatum,

was also inspired by the Celtics' offensive game and had 28 points, eight rebounds, two assists and recovered a ball.

While four other Celtics players also finished with double-digit numbers, including German

, who was decisive in the actions within the paint by contributing a double-double of 15 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks, which were decisive.

had 15 points and seven assists, while

had 10 points, and

had eight touchdowns in the 10 minutes he was on the court, most in the second half when the Celtics took control of the game. .

Although the Celtics were down by up to 12 points on the scoreboard and went into the break with a partial deficit of 51-58, from the third period they were unstoppable and overwhelming by beating the Heat.

Goran Dragic

scored 23 points as the Heat leader, while

reached 20 points.

Jimmy Butler scored 17, rookie

and

each had 14 points, but neither could get the decider in the second half.

Bam Adebayo

, who reached 13 points, also could not overcome the individual duel with

in the interior game, so the Heat were left without weapons to face the Celtics in the second half.

The Miami team scored just 7 of 36 3-point attempts, and are now 25 percent in their last 13 quarter-games, having reached 38% in the playoffs before missing shots.

Brown hit two 3-pointers in a row in the fourth quarter to convert an eight-point lead into a 103-89 margin with 8:05 minutes to go.

The Celtics' starting guard blew a kiss to the Miami team bench after the second, reminiscent of something Herro starred in during his 37-point display in Game 4.

The opening minutes did not go as planned for Boston, which missed 11 of its first 12 shots, had four turnovers in that stretch to make matters worse and slipped into a partial 5-17 deficit early.

The Heat scored the first basket of the third quarter, but the next few minutes were all for the Celtics, who posted a 13-0 run in a stretch of just 3:06 minutes to turn a nine-point deficit into a 64-60 lead. , and the game changed that fast.

The Boston team continued on another 7-0 streak, Walker hitting a 3-pointer with 4:26 minutes remaining for a 77-67 lead, the first with more than 10 points, which later expanded to 14. But by reaching the fourth period, the advantage was nine for the Celtics (92-83).

"In all honesty, the first time I've seen Celtics basketball in the last few games," said

, coach of the Boston team.

"We did things very well on the pitch.

This was the 18th postseason game in Celtics history in which they scored at least 41 points in a quarter, and probably not surprising, they are 18-0 in those games.

While the only other time Miami allowed 41 points in a postseason quarter was on June 10, 2014, when the Heat had an adverse 25-41 quarter in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio. Spurs, who later lost.

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