Miami Heat 129, Boston Celtics 121 — Recap

May 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 129, Boston Celtics 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 28-28 BOS; Q2 MIA 34-28 BOS; Q3 MIA 31-23 BOS; Q4 MIA 36-42 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Kemba Walker (BOS) 36 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 14-of-27 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 33 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Tyler Herro (MIA) 24 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Bam Adebayo (MIA) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Duncan Robinson (MIA) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Kemba Walker

36 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 14-27 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

33 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · MIA

Tyler Herro

24 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 10-15 FG

Season highs

Kemba Walker · Season-high 36 points

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	28	34	31	36		129
BOS	28	28	23	42		121

🧮 How They Scored

MIABOS

44Points in the paint42

11Fast-break points12

7Second-chance points8

15Points off turnovers20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

69.1%Effective FG%62.5%

13.4%Turnover %10.3%

17.1%Offensive rebound %7.5%

0.272Free-throw rate0.193

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyler Herro G	35	24	11	3	1	0	3	10-15	4-7	0-0	+10
Bam Adebayo C-F	35	22	7	5	1	2	4	10-15	0-0	2-3	+8
Duncan Robinson F	33	22	2	3	0	1	2	6-10	5-9	5-6	+11
Kendrick Nunn G	33	18	7	1	2	0	1	7-11	1-3	3-3	-14
Trevor Ariza F	30	4	7	2	2	0	0	1-6	0-2	2-2	+6
Goran Dragic G	25	17	1	2	1	0	3	6-11	5-7	0-0	+9
Andre Iguodala G-F	18	3	3	4	0	1	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	+1
Jimmy Butler G-F	17	13	2	3	0	0	0	4-8	1-1	4-5	+9
Dewayne Dedmon C	13	6	3	2	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	0-1	0

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	39	33	8	6	1	1	4	12-21	5-8	4-6	+4
Kemba Walker G	38	36	7	4	1	0	1	14-27	4-11	4-6	-8
Evan Fournier G-F	36	20	4	8	1	2	1	7-15	4-7	2-3	-6
Marcus Smart G	32	10	2	5	1	1	3	4-10	2-6	0-0	-2
Tristan Thompson C-F	28	2	3	1	2	0	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	-11
Grant Williams F	20	5	3	2	1	1	0	2-3	0-0	1-2	+3
Aaron Nesmith G-F	17	6	3	2	0	0	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	-16
Payton Pritchard G	13	7	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	1-2	0-0	+6
Carsen Edwards G	13	2	0	3	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Semi Ojeleye F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tyler Herro	Bench	35	24	80.0	24.0	+15.6	16.6
Bam Adebayo	Bench	35	22	67.4	26.3	+12.7	11.9
Duncan Robinson	Bench	33	22	87.0	19.7	+12.0	10.6
Kendrick Nunn	Bench	33	18	73.1	16.7	-22.4	12.2
Goran Dragic	Bench	25	17	77.3	25.5	+12.2	7.4
Jimmy Butler	Bench	17	13	63.7	25.0	+21.5	15.2
Dewayne Dedmon	Bench	13	6	67.6	12.5	0.0	9.8
Trevor Ariza	Bench	30	4	29.1	10.1	+9.2	5.5
Andre Iguodala	Bench	18	3	79.8	7.3	-1.1	5.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kemba Walker	Bench	38	36	60.7	35.3	-8.4	14.4
Jayson Tatum	Bench	39	33	69.8	32.2	+6.3	13.7
Evan Fournier	Bench	36	20	61.3	21.5	-9.8	12.4
Marcus Smart	Bench	32	10	50.0	17.3	+0.3	4.3
Payton Pritchard	Bench	13	7	87.5	13.8	+16.5	8.1
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	17	6	100.0	6.7	-43.7	9.4
Grant Williams	Bench	20	5	64.4	8.3	+3.9	4.7
Tristan Thompson	Bench	28	2	25.0	8.1	-20.8	0.0
Carsen Edwards	Bench	13	2	100.0	7.1	-13.6	9.5
Semi Ojeleye	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	16.7