BOSTON — If we have learned anything from three Eastern Conference finals meetings between Miami and Boston over the last four years, it is that the Heat never quit, but with 18 seconds left in a two-possession game on their second night of a new NBA season, they had little other choice against the retooled Celtics.
Derrick White, the leading scorer in a lineup boasting four All-Stars, lured Tyler Herro and Kyle Lowry 30 feet from the basket. White found Jrue Holiday, who drew Bam Adebayo and Kevin Love to the free-throw line. The attention paid to Boston's fourth and fifth options left an All-NBA wing on his own, so Holiday swung the ball to aThis is not the team that failed in its attempt to erase a 3-0 conference finals deficit against Miami. Boston added Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis.
"We still didn't play great fourth-quarter basketball," figured second-year Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla in full growth mindset."For Game 2 of what we're trying to do, it's a good start, but we've got a long way to go." Starting with White and Holiday, Boston's All-Defensive backcourt, who combined for four blocks ... again.
"If we want to have a chance to maximize our talent and our team, each guy has to be at their best, and so that is where the sacrifice comes in," said Mazzulla, also more poised than in his chaotic rookie season."We're not going to be able to replicate this every night, but what we saw was each individual guy being their best and playing together. So, the the more we replicate that, the more we can maximize who we are.
It helps to have Holiday, the unselfish final piece to Milwaukee's 2021 championship puzzle. The Bucks dealt him in favor of Lillard, so he made his way to Boston via the Portland Trail Blazers for training camp. But here's the thing: They don't have to do all that much when the starters are averaging more than 100 points per game. They can hyper-focus on their roles, and for Oshae Brissett on Friday that was banging the offensive glass, which he did twice to jumpstart the first-quarter scoring. Boston out-rebounded Miami by a wide margin, including 16 offensive rebounds that the Celtics turned into 23 second-chance points.
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