The Miami Heat dropped their second game of the series to the Boston Celtics, losing 110-97 on Thursday night to bring the Eastern Conference finals to 3-2. Here’s what went wrong.
Turnovers
Here’s a crazy stat: Before surrendering in the fourth quarter, the Heat actually shot nearly as well (54.5%) as the Celtics (55.6%) through the first three quarters. Miami’s problem was that it took eight fewer shots in that time and coughed up 15 turnovers that led to 25 Celtics points. There’s been a lot of talk about the Celtics being hot from deep over these last two games, but they’ve shot 40% from 3 after shooting 39% in the regular season.