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Gabriel Nnamdi Vincent Scores 29-Points as Miami Heat Obliterate Celtics’ Hopes of a Comeback

By Ikio Biobelemoye

May 21, 2023

Miami Heat has gone 3-0 up in the series and is one win away from sweeping the current Eastern Conference Champions, Boston Celtics. No team in history has recovered from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series.

The Heat took a commanding lead against the Celtics in what was called an ” Embarrassing performance by Boston’s Jaylen Brown, winning by 128-102.

Caleb Martin

Gabriel Nnamdi Vincent locked in 29 points, shooting 11-of-14, including 6 of 9 from downtown to ensure that the Heat got the victory at home.

Caleb Martin scored 18, Jimmy Butler added 16, Bam Adebayo had 13 and Max Strus put in 10 for Miami.

It took just two minutes and 26 seconds for a nine-point Celtics deficit to enlarge to 20. Spoelstra’s men were up 30 at the end of the third quarter and with the Celtics bad series history in the fourth quarter, the game was already over.

Bam Adebayo

The Heat annihilated Boston on both ends of the court, they were more aggressive, physical and intentional and they implemented their game plan perfectly, Boston Celtics stood no chance.

There has been an obvious improvement in the Heat, who were the league’s fourth-worst 3-point shooting team, according to percentage, during the regular season, now shooting 43%.

Gabriel Vincent

You know what they say, the playoff’s energy is always different, you might have been the best in the regular season and still get booted by a” lesser side” Ask the Milwaukee Bucks.

This is no fluke, the Heat in the “Miami Heat” name is not for decoration, they do bring the heat and leave their opponents in search of a pile of snow to jump in.

Jimmy Butler

The not-so-good news for Boston Celtics is that every team in NBA history that has won the first three games of a best-of-seven has ultimately prevailed; the Heat are 8-0 in that situation. (Dailymail)

The coach of the Miami Heat, Erik Spoelstra said “That was a solid, mature, professional approach” while speaking on his side’s Game 3 performance.

Meanwhile, the coach of the Boston Celtics said ” I just didn´t have them ready to play… Whatever it was, whether it was the starting lineup or an adjustment, I have to get them in a better place, ready to play. That´s on me.”

The NBA Finals has been slated to start on the 1st of June and with both Conferences one win away from a sweep, there would be a lot of time for the teams to kick back.

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