With a dramatic, buzzer-beater from Derrick White, the Boston Celtics forced their NBA Eastern Conference Finals series with the Miami Heat to a winner-take-all game seven with a 104-103 win in South Florida on Saturday. CDNDigital
“Ball came to me, I made the shot. That’s what I saw,” said White, reflecting on the game-winning moment.
“That thing just bounced a different way. That’s the only place it could have bounced to hurt us. I thought we had a lot of things covered on that play and sometimes things just don’t break your way,” he said. Butler went into the fourth quarter with just nine points but ended with 24, while Caleb Martin provided 21 points for Miami.“I told the guys in the locker room, if I play better we are not even in this position,” said Butler, who vowed to be back to his best in game seven.
Boston opened up another double-figure lead in the third, but once more couldn’t quite shrug off Miami, and the Heat found a way to grab the lead with a Butler tip lay-up making it 83-82 with 7:57 left in the fourth.
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