Miami Heat 130, Boston Celtics 124 — Recap

May 9, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 130, Boston Celtics 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 36-23 BOS; Q2 MIA 43-30 BOS; Q3 MIA 26-31 BOS; Q4 MIA 25-40 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Evan Fournier (BOS) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 29 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Jimmy Butler (MIA) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Duncan Robinson (MIA) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Bam Adebayo (MIA) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists on 5-of-5 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Evan Fournier

30 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 7 3PM · 11-16 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

29 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 11-16 FG

Scoring · MIA

Jimmy Butler

26 PTS, 8 REB, 11 AST, 1 3PM · 9-14 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
MIA	36	43	26	25		130
BOS	23	30	31	40		124

🧮 How They Scored

MIABOS

42Points in the paint52

14Fast-break points20

8Second-chance points13

18Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

67.1%Effective FG%62.7%

10.7%Turnover %13.0%

9.7%Offensive rebound %15.8%

0.268Free-throw rate0.301

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jimmy Butler G-F	40	26	8	11	2	0	3	9-14	1-3	7-8	+10
Trevor Ariza F	36	19	4	1	3	1	0	8-13	2-7	1-1	+6
Duncan Robinson F	34	22	3	1	1	0	1	7-13	6-10	2-2	+4
Bam Adebayo C-F	33	20	6	3	2	0	3	5-5	0-0	10-11	-3
Goran Dragic G	29	9	3	7	0	0	1	3-10	3-5	0-0	-5
Kendrick Nunn G	24	12	2	2	0	0	0	5-11	2-6	0-0	+2
Tyler Herro G	17	12	3	0	0	0	1	5-9	2-3	0-0	+7
Dewayne Dedmon C	15	6	5	2	0	1	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	+9
Andre Iguodala G-F	12	4	1	3	0	0	2	2-4	0-1	0-0	0

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kemba Walker G	40	18	2	6	2	0	4	5-12	1-4	7-8	+6
Jayson Tatum F	38	29	5	6	1	2	3	11-16	2-6	5-6	-14
Evan Fournier G-F	35	30	3	8	0	1	0	11-16	7-11	1-1	-2
Marcus Smart G	34	16	2	4	2	0	6	7-14	1-4	1-2	+4
Tristan Thompson C-F	32	2	12	0	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-2	+9
Aaron Nesmith G-F	19	16	4	1	1	0	0	5-9	2-5	4-4	-6
Robert Williams III C-F	11	4	2	2	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-13
Carsen Edwards G	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	2-2	-1
Grant Williams F	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Payton Pritchard G	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	-1
Luke Kornet F-C	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jimmy Butler	Bench	40	26	74.2	23.9	+10.4	17.3
Duncan Robinson	Bench	34	22	79.3	20.5	+5.6	11.2
Bam Adebayo	Bench	33	20	101.6	18.1	-0.6	13.4
Trevor Ariza	Bench	36	19	70.7	16.7	+6.3	11.7
Tyler Herro	Bench	17	12	66.7	25.6	+19.4	9.1
Kendrick Nunn	Bench	24	12	54.5	19.6	-3.5	5.4
Goran Dragic	Bench	29	9	45.0	16.7	-12.2	5.1
Dewayne Dedmon	Bench	15	6	100.0	8.8	+31.3	13.0
Andre Iguodala	Bench	12	4	50.0	20.7	-5.1	5.5

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Evan Fournier	Bench	35	30	91.2	19.5	-2.7	18.5
Jayson Tatum	Bench	38	29	77.8	25.0	-14.1	14.6
Kemba Walker	Bench	40	18	58.0	21.7	+7.1	7.0
Marcus Smart	Bench	34	16	53.8	26.3	+5.6	3.0
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	19	16	74.3	23.4	-16.5	14.2
Carsen Edwards	Bench	9	5	64.4	18.2	-4.8	8.8
Robert Williams III	Bench	11	4	100.0	8.3	-56.5	12.4
Luke Kornet	Bench	4	2	50.0	20.0	-40.0	4.5
Grant Williams	Bench	8	2	25.0	23.5	-41.3	-1.8
Tristan Thompson	Bench	32	2	53.2	4.0	+11.8	5.2
Payton Pritchard	Bench	8	0	0.0	22.2	+1.0	-6.7