Celtics dominate Heat, retake series lead


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WCVB— It was a season low in points scored for Miami, a season low in points allowed for Boston.

CelticsBlog—Derrick White leads another Celtics blowout to clinch Heat series 118-84. BOSTON — Derrick White dribbled the ball up the floor, sized up Bam Adebayo, used Luke Kornet to screen him onto Nikola Jovic and stepped into a three. His fifth make of the night in 10 tries. “Each game is different,” White said this morning. “I doubt I’ll take, what, 26 shots again? Instead, he nearly took as many threes and shot 61.5% from the field two days later in a runaway 118-84 win that secured the series, 4-1, over the Miami Heat. Finally drawing even following their fourth series in...

CBS News—Celtics top Heat 102-88 to take a 3-1 East playoff series lead. MIAMI - Derrick White scored a career-high 38 points, Jayson Tatum added 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 102-88 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series.Jaylen Brown scored 17 points and Jrue Holiday had 11 for the top-seeded Celtics, who lost Kristaps Porzingis in the first half to what the team said was a right calf injury. Boston won at Miami for the sixth straight time and improved to 14-3 in their last 17 games...

WCVB—Derrick White scores 38, Celtics top Heat to take 3-1 playoff series lead. It was a costly win, with Kristaps Porzingis going down in the first half with what the team said was a right calf injury.