The Boston Celtics have lived to see another day.
On Tuesday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the two-seeded Celtics staved off elimination with an emphatic 116-99 beatdown of the eight-seeded Miami Heat. With the Heat holding a 3-0 series lead and looking to complete the sweep at home, Boston came out and shot over 51 percent from the floor while knocking down 18 three-pointers to stay alive. The Celtics hadn’t made more than 11 triples in any of their previous three contests. Miami went just 8-32 from deep.
Part of the reason Boston was able to control the game in the second half was the poor play out of Miami center Bam Adebayo, who finished with just 10 points (4-7 FG) and five rebounds with four turnovers in a total of 35 minutes.