Butler scores 35, Heat rally to beat Celtics 123-116 in East finals opener

— The Miami Heat were in need of a calming presence following a sluggish start to their latest conference finals showdown with the Boston Celtics.
May 18, 2023, 02:28 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--MIA
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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jaylen Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum misses driving layup
  • Al Horford misses three point jumper
  • Bam Adebayo makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jaylen Brown misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bam Adebayo misses 18-foot jumper
  • Marcus Smart misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Robert Williams III makes two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Jaylen Brown makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum misses two point shot
  • Robert Williams III makes two point shot
  • Bam Adebayo makes 7-foot hook shot
  • Robert Williams III makes 3-foot dunk (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Jayson Tatum makes 1-foot dunk (Al Horford assists)
  • Bam Adebayo makes 9-foot two point shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
  • Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Gabe Vincent makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Al Horford misses 13-foot jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaylen Brown misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Bam Adebayo misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes 26-foot three point shot (Jayson Tatum assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes driving layup
  • Jayson Tatum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Gabe Vincent makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Gabe Vincent makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Malcolm Brogdon misses driving floating jump shot
  • Caleb Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Jaylen Brown misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Jaylen Brown makes tip shot
  • Kyle Lowry blocks Malcolm Brogdon 's 6-foot two point shot
  • Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jaylen Brown makes 4-foot layup (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses driving floating jump shot
  • Caleb Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Caleb Martin makes driving layup
  • Jayson Tatum makes driving layup
  • Cody Zeller misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Malcolm Brogdon misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jayson Tatum misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Derrick White makes 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses driving floating jump shot
  • Caleb Martin misses two point shot
  • Payton Pritchard misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Kyle Lowry misses 46-foot three point jumper
  • Kyle Lowry makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bam Adebayo makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Kyle Lowry makes 27-foot three point jumper (Caleb Martin assists)
  • Malcolm Brogdon misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kyle Lowry makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot (Bam Adebayo assists)
  • Derrick White misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes driving layup (Derrick White assists)
  • Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Bam Adebayo makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jayson Tatum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Duncan Robinson misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Robert Williams III misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Robert Williams III makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gabe Vincent misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Duncan Robinson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Derrick White misses three point shot
  • Jaylen Brown makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Kyle Lowry makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Jayson Tatum misses driving layup
  • Robert Williams III makes two point shot
  • Robert Williams III makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kyle Lowry makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marcus Smart makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Marcus Smart misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Jayson Tatum makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
  • Kevin Love makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
  • Al Horford makes driving layup (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Caleb Martin misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jaylen Brown makes two point shot
  • Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kyle Lowry misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Al Horford makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes two point shot (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Max Strus makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Al Horford makes 4-foot layup (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes driving layup
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jimmy Butler makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jayson Tatum makes driving layup (Al Horford assists)
  • Gabe Vincent makes 27-foot three point jumper (Bam Adebayo assists)
  • Caleb Martin blocks Jaylen Brown 's 5-foot driving dunk
  • Caleb Martin misses 26-foot three point shot
  • Caleb Martin makes two point shot (Bam Adebayo assists)
  • Robert Williams III makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Kyle Lowry misses driving floating jump shot
  • Bam Adebayo makes pullup jump shot
  • Gabe Vincent blocks Jaylen Brown 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Robert Williams III makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Marcus Smart assists)
  • Marcus Smart makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Bam Adebayo makes 6-foot two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Bam Adebayo makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marcus Smart misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Max Strus makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Al Horford misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gabe Vincent makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marcus Smart misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Smart blocks Max Strus 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Max Strus makes two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum misses driving layup
  • Jaylen Brown makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Bam Adebayo makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Bam Adebayo misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jaylen Brown misses pullup jump shot
  • Max Strus makes two point shot (Bam Adebayo assists)
  • Marcus Smart misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Bam Adebayo misses tip shot
  • Marcus Smart makes 23-foot three point shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
  • Bam Adebayo misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes tip shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jayson Tatum misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Jayson Tatum blocks Max Strus 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Bam Adebayo makes two point shot
  • Jaylen Brown makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Gabe Vincent misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Love makes layup
  • Max Strus makes 28-foot three pointer
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Malcolm Brogdon misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Marcus Smart misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Marcus Smart makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Max Strus misses three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot (Payton Pritchard assists)
  • Malcolm Brogdon misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jimmy Butler misses driving layup
  • Jimmy Butler makes 22-foot three point jumper (Caleb Martin assists)
  • Derrick White makes driving floating jump shot (Malcolm Brogdon assists)
  • Caleb Martin makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Jayson Tatum makes driving layup
  • Kyle Lowry makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Al Horford misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Max Strus makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
  • Malcolm Brogdon misses driving layup
  • Derrick White makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Brown assists)
  • Robert Williams III blocks Cody Zeller 's 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes 10-foot step back jumpshot (Jaylen Brown assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses driving layup
  • Jaylen Brown makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Kyle Lowry misses driving floating jump shot
  • Gabe Vincent makes 26-foot three point jumper (Caleb Martin assists)
  • Jaylen Brown makes driving layup
  • Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Caleb Martin makes driving layup (Bam Adebayo assists)
  • Payton Pritchard misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kyle Lowry misses 31-foot step back jumpshot
  • Derrick White makes 27-foot three point shot (Jaylen Brown assists)
  • Bam Adebayo makes two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Jaylen Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler makes two point shot
  • Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jaylen Brown makes 5-foot layup
  • Jimmy Butler misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaylen Brown misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Caleb Martin misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Al Horford misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Max Strus misses three point jumper
  • Jimmy Butler misses driving floating jump shot
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Malcolm Brogdon misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Caleb Martin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
  • Jimmy Butler misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Malcolm Brogdon misses two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Marcus Smart makes driving layup
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gabe Vincent makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Gabe Vincent makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaylen Brown misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Malcolm Brogdon makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Jimmy Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jaylen Brown misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
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