The Boston Celtics crushed the Miami Heat 118-84 to complete an emphatic 4-1 series victory Wednesday and book their place in the second round of the NBA playoffs.Boston head coach Joe Mazzulla could afford to rest his frontline players for the fourth with the game effectively won against an injury-hit Miami team missing Jimmy Butler and Jaime Jaquez Jr. Mazzulla said the Celtics had not been thinking about last year's series loss to Miami.
Al Horford stepped up for Boston in Game 5, and now the real test begins for the Celtics, who will likely be without their starting center for the conference semifinals.
The Celtics have eliminated the depleted Heat. It's not worth celebrating. It's just the required first step for a team with NBA title aspirations.
No. | Player | Pos |
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12 | SF | |
7 | SF | |
20 | PG | |
30 | PF | |
4 | PG | |
42 | C | |
40 | C | |
50 | SF | |
13 | PF | |
8 | PF | |
11 | SG | |
88 | C | |
44 | PG | |
0 | SF | |
26 | PF | |
27 | SF | |
9 | SG |