Butler strong down stretch, Heat hold off Celtics 130-124

— Jimmy Butler had 26 points and 11 assists to help the Miami Heat hold off the Boston Celtics 130-124 Sunday as the teams fight for position in the tight Eastern Conference playoff race.
May 9, 2021, 10:16 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--MIA
0%
--BOS

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Kendrick Nunn misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Duncan Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Evan Fournier misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Evan Fournier makes layup (Kemba Walker assists)
  • Duncan Robinson makes layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Robert Williams III makes driving layup (Evan Fournier assists)
  • Kendrick Nunn makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Trevor Ariza blocks Kemba Walker 's 5-foot two point shot
  • Kendrick Nunn makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Kemba Walker misses three point jumper
  • Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kendrick Nunn misses pullup jump shot
  • Marcus Smart makes two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Evan Fournier assists)
  • Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Duncan Robinson makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Kendrick Nunn assists)
  • Jayson Tatum blocks Duncan Robinson 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Kendrick Nunn makes 2-foot layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Duncan Robinson makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Marcus Smart misses two point shot
  • Marcus Smart makes 24-foot jumper
  • Duncan Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kemba Walker misses layup
  • Goran Dragic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart misses two point shot
  • Aaron Nesmith makes two point shot
  • Bam Adebayo makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Evan Fournier blocks Goran Dragic's driving layup
  • Aaron Nesmith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Trevor Ariza makes two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Kemba Walker makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes 19-foot two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Evan Fournier misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Goran Dragic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Andre Iguodala assists)
  • Aaron Nesmith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Tyler Herro makes 2-foot dunk
  • Goran Dragic makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Kendrick Nunn makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dewayne Dedmon assists)
  • Aaron Nesmith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Robert Williams III makes 4-foot layup (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Tyler Herro makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Payton Pritchard misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tyler Herro misses driving layup
  • Tyler Herro makes 14-foot two point shot (Andre Iguodala assists)
  • Grant Williams misses three point jumper
  • Payton Pritchard misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Andre Iguodala misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jayson Tatum makes two point shot
  • Andre Iguodala makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Grant Williams makes 3-foot layup (Robert Williams III assists)
  • Kendrick Nunn misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Grant Williams misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tyler Herro makes three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum makes 3-foot two point shot (Grant Williams assists)
  • Tyler Herro makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bam Adebayo assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes 8-foot two point shot (Robert Williams III assists)
  • Jayson Tatum blocks Goran Dragic 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Kendrick Nunn makes 2-foot layup (Andre Iguodala assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes two point shot
  • Andre Iguodala makes 7-foot two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes driving layup
  • Trevor Ariza makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Kendrick Nunn assists)
  • Grant Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Tristan Thompson makes two point shot
  • Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Duncan Robinson assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes 28-foot step back jumpshot (Kemba Walker assists)
  • Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kemba Walker misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Trevor Ariza makes layup (Bam Adebayo assists)
  • Jayson Tatum misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 27-foot three point jumper (Evan Fournier assists)
  • Bam Adebayo makes driving layup
  • Aaron Nesmith misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Trevor Ariza makes dunk (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Duncan Robinson makes 25-foot three pointer (Bam Adebayo assists)
  • Evan Fournier makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Jayson Tatum makes 3-foot two point shot (Evan Fournier assists)
  • Trevor Ariza makes driving layup
  • Jayson Tatum misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Evan Fournier makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Duncan Robinson misses two point shot
  • Evan Fournier makes 27-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Kendrick Nunn misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Evan Fournier misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Kendrick Nunn misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart misses driving layup
  • Duncan Robinson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Evan Fournier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Duncan Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kemba Walker misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kendrick Nunn misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Evan Fournier makes 6-foot two point shot (Kemba Walker assists)
  • Evan Fournier makes driving floating jump shot (Kemba Walker assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Evan Fournier misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marcus Smart makes two point shot (Evan Fournier assists)
  • Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Evan Fournier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Evan Fournier misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Trevor Ariza makes 4-foot layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Duncan Robinson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
  • Dewayne Dedmon blocks Marcus Smart 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Jayson Tatum makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Evan Fournier assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses driving floating jump shot
  • Goran Dragic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dewayne Dedmon assists)
  • Luke Kornet makes dunk (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Carsen Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes alley oop layup (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Goran Dragic misses two point shot
  • Aaron Nesmith makes 3-foot dunk
  • Dewayne Dedmon makes 5-foot two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Dewayne Dedmon makes layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Goran Dragic misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Luke Kornet misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Dewayne Dedmon makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Payton Pritchard misses two point shot
  • Aaron Nesmith makes layup
  • Aaron Nesmith makes 25-foot three pointer (Kemba Walker assists)
  • Goran Dragic misses 19-foot two point shot
  • Kemba Walker makes two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Carsen Edwards makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kemba Walker assists)
  • Andre Iguodala misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Nesmith misses two point shot
  • Tyler Herro misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Payton Pritchard misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Carsen Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Tyler Herro misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes driving layup
  • Tyler Herro misses 21-foot jumper
  • Evan Fournier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Bam Adebayo makes 4-foot driving dunk
  • Kemba Walker misses driving layup
  • Kemba Walker makes driving layup
  • Marcus Smart misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kemba Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum makes two point shot (Evan Fournier assists)
  • Goran Dragic misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Kemba Walker makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes 28-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum makes two point shot
  • Evan Fournier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Duncan Robinson makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Duncan Robinson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Bam Adebayo makes two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Evan Fournier assists)
  • Bam Adebayo makes 20-foot jumper
  • Kemba Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 3-foot dunk (Aaron Nesmith assists)
  • Evan Fournier makes 26-foot three pointer (Jayson Tatum assists)
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