‘The first reverse sweep ever? The Miracle of the No. 8 Seed!’… Miami beat Boston to advance to finals

There was no first reverse sweep in NBA history. The 8th seed Miami Heat quelled the rising trend of the 2nd seed Boston Celtics and stepped on the final stage.

Miami beat Boston 103-84 in the 2022-2023 season NBA playoffs (PO, 4 out of 7) Eastern Conference final game 7 away game held at TD Garden on the 30th (Korean time). As a result, Miami, which reached the finals with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses in the series, faced off against the Denver Nuggets of the Western Conference. Miami goes to the finals after three seasons after the 2019-2020 season and challenges its fourth championship ever. Game 1 of the Finals will be held on June 2nd at Denver’s home ball arena.

It is the second time that the 8th seed team advances to the Finals in all-time NBA PO. The first case was the New York Knicks in the 1998-1999 season, featuring Latrell Sprewell and Alan Houston.

On this day, attention was focused on whether or not Boston would reverse sweep after giving away games 1 to 3 and winning games 4 to 6. This is because there has never been a case in NBA PO history where a series was passed with a 4-game winning streak after 3-game losing streak. In addition, Boston was evaluated to be ahead of Miami in terms of objective power, and the possibility of writing a new history seemed higher than ever, as it raised its momentum by holding Game 6 with a buzzer beater that exploded right before the end.

But Miami didn’t go easy on it. With Jimmy Butler scoring 28 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Caleb Martin (26 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists) and Bam Adebayo (12 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists) played a perfect role. . Gabe Vincent and Duncan Robinson (more than 10 points) also helped the team win by scoring two 3-pointers at the right time.

Miami, who finished the first half with a 52-41 lead, continued that trend in the second half. The chase was allowed until the end of the third quarter, 71-64, but Martin responded with a 3-pointer and did not allow a gap. In the fourth quarter, which started with a 76-66, 10-point lead, Martin’s 3-pointer, Butler’s middle shot, and dunk ran to 83-66, virtually solidifying the victory.토토사이트

Boston couldn’t overcome the extreme physical decline. Jayson Tatum (14 points, 11 rebounds) did not show the same destructive power as in the previous three games, Jaylen Brown (19 points, 8 rebounds), Derek White (18 points), and Al Horford (8 points, 8 rebounds) The appearance of exhaustion was evident. In particular, it was painful to try to shoot 42 three-point shots and only hit 9 (21.4% success rate).