Who saw that coming? Nobody.
Gabe Vincent scored a career-high 29 points leading the eight-seeded Miami Heat to a dominating 128-102 win over the Boston Celtics to take a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
Every team in NBA history that has won the first three games of a best of seven has prevailed. The Heat are 8-0 in that situation.
Jimmy Butler scores 27, Miami beats Boston 111-105 to take 2-0 lead in East finals
“I try to be a voice for coach Spoelstra on the court,” Vincent said.
Vincent scored more than the 26 points Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum combined for the Celtics.
The second-seeded Celtics got within 61-49; the rest was all Miami, who led by as many as 33.
Game four is Tuesday in downtown Miami.
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