January 25, 2023 (Jack87 News) – With the continuation of the NBA regular season, Boston and Miami battled each other on January 25th BK8. Among them, the Celtics suffered a 14-point reversal in the away game and lost to the Heat 95-98. They swallowed two consecutive losses, while the Heat won two consecutive victories. Tatum contributed 31 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists, while the Heat’s Adebayo scored 30 points and 15 rebounds.
In this campaign, the Celtics’ Brown, Smart, Horford and Brogdon were absent, while the Heat leader Butler was on a truce due to injury. After the opening, the Celtics started 7-2, of which Tatum contributed 4 points. Strus and Martin made three-pointers, and the Heat responded with an 8-0 spurt to overtake the score. Since then, the two teams have entered a rotation. Lowry and Oladipo hit singles in turn, while Grant Williams of the Celtics scored two three-pointers in a row. Strus continued his previous three-pointer feeling. He scored two more three-pointers and scored 11 points in a single quarter. Fortunately, Tatum felt hot. He made two consecutive free throws and hit a three-pointer. He scored 7 points in a row and contributed 13 points in a single quarter. In the first quarter, the Celtics trailed by 2 points 30-32 Bet99.
In the second quarter, White scored a three-pointer first, and then made a breakthrough throw to help the Celtics regain the lead. However, White was also replaced because of an early foul trouble. Taking this opportunity, Adebayo led the team to retaliate with a 7-2 spurt. The Celtics’ substitute Jackson hit a 3-pointer, Pritchard scored a free throw and the two teams entered a stalemate again. With 2 minutes left in this quarter, Pritchard and Tatum scored 3 points in a row, while the Heat did not score. After a wave of 11-0 attacks, the Celtics ended with a 58-0 score at halftime. 50 lead by 8 points.
In the third quarter, Robert Williams dunked 2+1, and Tatum was fouled to make two free throws. The Celtics started with a 5-0 spurt to expand the point difference to more than 10 points. White, who reappeared, hit a 3-pointer, expanding the difference between the two teams to 14 points. Adebayo’s hook shot ended the Heat’s sports drought in this quarter. Although the core of the team scored 12 points in a row, his teammates felt bad. White’s consecutive shots with penalties helped the Celtics maintain a lead of about 10 points. Since then, Oladipo made two three-pointers, and he contributed 8 points to help Adebayo share the scoring pressure while reducing the point difference to 5 points. White hit 2+1, Highsmith hit 3 points, Tatum was fouled and made two free throws. He scored 28 points in three quarters and led the Celtics to an 82-75 lead of 7 points after three quarters.
In the last quarter, Boda8 Pritchard scored another 3 points, Robert Williams made an empty dunk, and the Celtics widened the point difference to 10 points again. After the timeout, Highsmith retaliated with two 3-pointers and forced Tatum to play early. With Adebayo’s two single hits, the Heat completed a wave of 10-0 attacks to tie the score at 87. After that, the Celtics missed two shots, Adebayo scored again, Herro hit a 3-pointer and the Heat took the lead. Entering the last 3 minutes, Tatum continued his life with 2+1 singles, and Robert Williams made a tip-up to narrow the point difference to 1 point. At the critical moment, Herro made a free throw and scored, but Grant Williams’ three-pointer tied the score at 95. With 20 seconds left, Adebayo threw his head to kill, but Tatum made a mistake. In the end, the Boston Celtics suffered a 14-point reversal and lost to the Miami Heat 95-98, swallowing two consecutive losses, while the Heat won two consecutive victories.
