Gabe Vincent scored a career-high 29 points, Duncan Robinson added 22 and the eighth-seeded Heat rolled past the Celtics 128-102 on Sunday night. Miami leads the series 3-0, with a chance to finish off a stunning sweep on Tuesday night at home in Game 4,
“That was a solid, mature, professional approach,” said Spoelstra, now on the brink of a sixth trip to the NBA Finals as Miami’s coach. “There’s a lot of pent-up stuff here and we’re getting closer, but we still have to finish this off.”
Caleb Martin scored 18, Jimmy Butler finished with 16, Bam Adebayo had 13 and Max Strus added 10 for Miami. Every team in NBA history that has won the first three games of a best-of-seven has ultimately prevailed; the Heat are 8-0 in that situation.
HEAT TAKE A 3-0 LEAD ON THE CELTICS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/C4NaCejYx3
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 22, 2023
Miami Heat
– Two play-in games
– No. 8 seed
– Defeats No. 1 seed Bucks in 5 games
– Defeats No. 5 seed Knicks in 6 games
– Up 3-0 vs. No. 2 seed Celtics
– 1 win away for the NBA FinalsNothing but respect. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/EQe360FMh8
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 22, 2023
