Today, the Boston Celtics faced off against the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The two starting guards Marcus Smart and veteran forward Al Horford, who were absent from Game 1, were in this game. Returned to the Celtics and helped the team beat the Heat with a 127-102 lead of 25 points. The two sides tied the series with 1 win and 1 loss.

Headman Jayson Tatum contributed 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for the Celtics. The 2022 Defensive Guard Smart returned from injury and made 8 of 22 shots in 40 minutes, including 5 3-pointers, 24 points, 9 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals two pairs of data. And guard Jaylen Brown also scored 24 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Grant Williams had 19 points and 4 rebounds in 32 minutes.

Heat veteran Jimmy Butler had a game-high 29 points, six rebounds and three assists. Guard Gabriel Vincent had 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 24 minutes, and 30-year-old guard Victor Oladipo contributed 14 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. Sixth Man of the Year, 22-year-old Tyler Herro had 11 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists in 24 minutes.

At the beginning of the first half, the Heat took the lead in scoring a jumper from outside, and Brown of the Celtics also responded with a long shot. Then Tatum also hit a three-pointer, and Horford, who returned today, also threw into the net to score, helping the Celtics take the lead. The Celtics recovered from their first loss and were hot in the first quarter, hitting 9 of 11 3-pointers to extend their lead to double digits. The Heat's Butler hit a 3-pointer to stop the bleeding, but still trailed the Celtics by 11 points.

The Celtics chased after the victory, Tatum led Brown and Smart to continue to maintain firepower and scored 8 points, and then expanded the score gap to more than 20 points. The Heat's offense was suppressed by the Celtics' tight defense, and the Celtics continued to take advantage of the situation to shoot and score directly to establish a 29-point lead. The Heat left Butler alone and scored 4 points, but the whole team was still in a passive state. At the end of the first half, the Heat trailed the Celtics by 25 points, 70-45.

At the beginning of the second half, the Celtics' Smart and Brown scored jumpers. Not to be outdone, the Heat's Butler launched a counterattack and scored consecutive points. He became the only player for the Heat to score in double figures at the beginning of the third quarter and chased the score closer. to 18 points. But the Celtics' Tatum scored 4 points, and Williams and Smart also scored successively to continue to lead.

Smart hit 2 three-pointers, and Tatum also netted three-pointers to widen the score gap to 25 points again. During this period, the Celtics once extended their lead to 37 points, and the Heat continued to chase points without giving up. But in the end, the Heat lost their first home game of the playoffs to the Celtics 127-102. The Celtics made a total of 20 of 40 three-pointers this season, while Tatum, Williams, Smart, Horford and Brown all hit at least two three-pointers. As for the Heat's 10-for-34 3-pointer, or 29.4 percent, it's 44.2 percent from the field.