Miami Heat beat Boston Celtics 112-109 in Game 4 and takes 3-1 lead in Eastern Conference Finals behind rookie Tyler Herro’s career night.
Herro become first ever rookie to score 30+ points off the bench in NBA playoffs history. He led all scorers from both teams with 37 points on 14 of 21 shooting from the floor and 5 of 10 shooting from 3-pt range.
Jimmy Butler scored 24 points along with 9 boards and 3 assists.First-time All-star Bam Adebayo grabs another double-double with 20 points & 12 boards on 7 of 11 shooting from the field.Goran Dragic added 22 points for Miami.
Jayson Tatum impressive season continues, he scores game high 28 points on 10 of 22 shooting and grabs 9 boards for Celtics. Jaylen Brown scores 21 points on 4 of 7 shooting from 3-pt range and grabs 9 boards.
Marcus Smart picks-up double-double with 10 points and 11 assists, while Kemba Walker adds 20 points on 6 of 14 shooting.Gordon Hayward scores 14 points off the bench along with 7 boards in 29 minutes.
2019-20 NBA Playoffs Celtics vs Heat Game 4 Highlights
TurnOvers cost the Game4 for Celtics
Celtics shot better than Heat from the field(47.60% to 42.9 %) over all and from three point range (35% to 27%).They out rebounded 46 to 40 and out assisted 28 to 20 Heat. But one metric cost them Game 4 win- Turnovers, Heat scored 17 points out of Celtic’s 19 turnovers contrast to Heat’s 8 turnovers(9 points for Celtics).
Game 5 of this series will be played on Friday, Celtics and Brad Stevens have to get their act together before the big Game of their season. It will be win or go home match for Celtics.
