BOSTON -- One game into their first-round series with the Boston Celtics, the underdog Miami Heat realize they can't afford to be outshot from the 3-point line nearly as drastically as they were Sunday.
Boston, which had the league's highest 3-point attempt rate by far during the regular season, hit a franchise playoff record 22 3-pointers in Game 1. Every single Celtics player that took the court finished with at least one 3-pointer, the first time in NBA history a team has accomplished that feat in a playoff game.
Through three quarters Sunday, Boston was outscoring Miami by 42 points from the 3-point stripe, and had more threes in that third period (seven) than the Heat had for the entire game to that point (five).