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 — Jaylen Brown and Derrick White each scored 25 points and the Boston Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the short-handed Miami 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.
Brown also had 6 assists, and White hit 5 3-pointers, giving him 13 in his past two games — the most over a two-game span in Celtics postseason history.
Sam Hauser added 17 points and Jayson Tatum 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 franchise playoff history.
Including the regular season and playoffs, the Celtics have won 11 games by 30 or more points this season, tied with the 1986-87 Los Angeles Lakers for the most in a season in NBA history.
