Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat take down the Boston Celtics 109-103 to take the series lead 2-1 games on Saturday night. This series has been one of the more physical series in the playoffs thus far with a slew of injuries in game 3 with Marcus Smart injuring his ankle on a nasty fall but despite that returning later in the game, Jimmy Butler injuring his knee in the first half and not returning and Jayson Tatum suffering a shoulder injury in the third quarter but returning also, Jimmy Butler is most likely available for game 4 despite the injury. Bam Adebayo stepped up last night finishing with a double double {31, 10 and 6 on 68.2% shooting}, Kyle Lowry also returned to the starting lineup after missing the last few games with a hamstring injury and finishing with a subtle 11 points.
Tatum has to step up if Boston wants to advance to the finals, Tatum had just 10 points but 6 turnovers is what’s costing Boston these games, Tatum has been good for the most part but he’ll have these games with 10-15 points and a high amount of turnovers. I think if Boston can stay healthy and Tatum can be consistent with 20 points and 2-3 turnovers the Celtics can easily win this series in 6 games but that’s not the case as of now. Since Miami won last night in Boston each team has won a game on the road and this game 4 is huge for the Celtics cause if they lose game 4 and go down 3-1 in the series it’s over.
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