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FINAL

Boston Celtics 116, Miami Heat 99 — Recap

May 23, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Boston Celtics 116, Miami Heat 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 23-29 MIA; Q2 BOS 27-27 MIA; Q3 BOS 38-23 MIA; Q4 BOS 28-20 MIA.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 33 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 14-of-22 shooting; Jimmy Butler (MIA) 29 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Gabe Vincent (MIA) 17 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-10 shooting; Caleb Martin (MIA) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

33 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 14-22 FG

Scoring · MIA

Jimmy Butler

29 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 9-21 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

17 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 7-16 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	23	27	38	28		116
MIA	29	27	23	20		99

🧮 How They Scored

BOSMIA

40Points in the paint46

18Fast-break points10

15Second-chance points17

27Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.9%Effective FG%48.7%

9.8%Turnover %14.2%

17.9%Offensive rebound %27.3%

0.214Free-throw rate0.359

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	42	33	11	7	1	2	5	14-22	4-9	1-2	+21
Jaylen Brown G	37	17	4	4	2	0	1	7-16	1-5	2-5	+9
Marcus Smart G	35	11	3	6	2	0	1	4-11	3-9	0-0	+15
Grant Williams F	29	14	6	2	1	1	0	4-7	4-6	2-2	+15
Derrick White G	27	16	2	2	2	2	1	5-10	3-7	3-3	+7
Al Horford C-F	25	12	7	4	0	1	0	4-7	3-6	1-2	+23
Robert Williams III C-F	22	7	1	0	0	2	1	3-5	0-1	1-2	-6
Malcolm Brogdon G	17	2	5	3	0	0	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-1
Payton Pritchard G	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	0
Justin Champagnie F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Sam Hauser F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Luke Kornet F-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Mike Muscala F-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jimmy Butler G-F	39	29	9	5	1	1	2	9-21	1-4	10-12	-20
Max Strus G	36	9	7	1	0	0	0	4-9	1-5	0-0	0
Caleb Martin F	35	16	4	1	0	1	2	6-9	2-5	2-2	-12
Bam Adebayo C-F	35	10	5	0	1	0	4	4-7	0-0	2-4	-21
Gabe Vincent G	28	17	1	4	0	0	1	5-10	1-4	6-7	-16
Kyle Lowry G	28	5	8	6	2	0	4	2-8	1-5	0-0	0
Cody Zeller C	13	5	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	3-3	+4
Kevin Love F-C	12	6	4	0	1	0	0	2-6	2-4	0-0	-5
Duncan Robinson F	11	2	1	1	0	0	2	1-5	0-4	0-0	-12
Haywood Highsmith F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Nikola Jovic F	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Omer Yurtseven C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	42	33	72.1	30.4	+22.7	20.2
Jaylen Brown	Bench	37	17	46.7	23.8	+12.3	6.2
Derrick White	Bench	27	16	70.7	20.7	+17.2	12.3
Grant Williams	Bench	29	14	88.8	11.9	+20.2	15.7
Al Horford	Bench	25	12	76.1	15.1	+49.7	14.4
Marcus Smart	Bench	35	11	50.0	15.4	+18.4	9.1
Robert Williams III	Bench	22	7	59.5	13.7	-18.2	1.2
Payton Pritchard	Bench	1	4	106.4	66.7	0.0	72.7
Malcolm Brogdon	Bench	17	2	20.0	15.4	-5.8	6.3
Luke Kornet	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Justin Champagnie	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+100.0	0.0
Sam Hauser	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blake Griffin	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike Muscala	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jimmy Butler	Bench	39	29	55.2	33.7	-23.3	16.5
Gabe Vincent	Bench	28	17	65.0	22.6	-28.6	9.9
Caleb Martin	Bench	35	16	81.0	15.4	-13.9	11.2
Bam Adebayo	Bench	35	10	57.1	17.3	-29.0	1.9
Max Strus	Bench	36	9	50.0	11.3	0.0	7.2
Kevin Love	Bench	12	6	50.0	22.2	-20.8	12.5
Kyle Lowry	Bench	28	5	31.3	19.0	-2.0	5.0
Cody Zeller	Bench	13	5	75.3	9.1	+11.2	10.9
Duncan Robinson	Bench	11	2	20.0	25.9	-50.0	-8.0
Haywood Highsmith	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-75.0	0.0
Nikola Jovic	Bench	1	0	0.0	20.0	0.0	0.0
Udonis Haslem	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Omer Yurtseven	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

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