Jaylen Brown and Derrick White each scored 25 points and the Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the short-handed Heat 118-84 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
Boston will face the winner of the Cleveland-Orlando series. The Cavaliers lead 3-2, with Game 6 in Orlando on Friday night.had 16 points and 12 rebounds. The top-seeded Celtics never trailed and led by as many as 35 points before ultimately winning by 34, tying their third-largest win in a playoff game in franchise history.
Including the regular season and playoffs, the Celtics have won 11 games by 30+ points this season, tied with the 1986-87They also got a measure of revenge a year after the Heat routed them in Game 7 of the conference finals in Boston. The Celtics won three games in this series without trailing, tied for the second most by any team in a series in the last 25 postseasons.had 15 for Miami, which made its first exit from the playoffs prior to the conference finals since 2021.
The highlight of the opening 12 minutes came courtesy of White, who pulverized Miami from long distance with 8 3s in Game 4. He stayed on the attack early Wednesday, faking a 3-point attempt and then driving in for an uncontested one-handed dunk. White finished with 5 3s on Wednesday, giving him 13 in his last two games -- the most over a two-game span in Celtics postseason history.
White played to the home crowd afterward, holding his hand in front of his face as he backpedaled up the court. After the Heat called a timeout, a courtside fan near the Celtics' bench could be seen pantomiming fanning White on the sideline.
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