The Miami Heat generally try to play team basketball, but in Game 2, they relied on "Herro ball."
Herro sinks Miami's 12th first-half triple pic.twitter.com/56k7TWcfQM
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 25, 2024
Tyler Herro made six three-pointers, scored 24 points and delivered 14 assists as the Heat stunned the Celtics in Game 2 of their first-round series, 111-101. The Heat did their damage from deep, setting a team record with 23 three-pointers, as they evened the series 1-1 without Jimmy Butler or Terry Rozier.
The Heat are MIAMI-HOT from 3 tonight
— NBA (@NBA) April 25, 2024
22 3PM for a new postseason franchise record ‼️
4Q on TNT pic.twitter.com/lUoAHf84SO
The last of those came from Caleb Martin, who had a dominant series last season when the No. 8 seed Heat upset the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. Wednesday night he shot 4-of-5 from three, including a shot over Jaylen Brown with three minutes to go.
CALEB MARTIN. CLUTCH.
— NBA (@NBA) April 25, 2024
Heat go up 9 with under 3 minutes to play on TNT... pic.twitter.com/tm1KbEQY8b
Miami also got a huge game from Bam Adebayo, who was on the receiving end of many of those Herro dimes.
Tyler Herro goes no-look for the Bam slam pic.twitter.com/D5zLSBFKSt
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 25, 2024
Now the Celtics, a dominant regular-season team, have lost home-court advantage in the first round against a team that knocked out a No. 1 seed in the first round last year.
While he was in trade rumors all summer, after this huge game, the Heat are glad they were holding out for a Herro.
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