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The Miami Heat are just a win away from reaching the NBA Finals. The Heat, after stealing a pair of games at TD Garden to start the series, ran over the Boston Celtics on Sunday night in South Florida. The Heat cruised to a 128-102 win over the Celtics, which gave them a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals and put them on the cusp of reaching their first NBA Finals since 2020.
The Heat flew ahead in the first half, and at one point took a 21-point lead in the second quarter. While Boston rallied a bit and cut the deficit to 15 at the break, it still marked the Celtics’ largest halftime deficit so far this postseason. Their 46 points was their lowest-scoring first half in the playoffs so far, too. The Celtics just looked out of it.
That didn’t get any better in the second half. The Heat opened the third quarter on a huge 28-10 run. Just like that, they were up by 33 points — which matched their largest lead all season. Absolutely nothing was going right for Boston, which managed just 17 points in the period, and the Heat took full advantage.
By then, the game was essentially over. The Heat held on to take the 26-point win, as both teams rested their starters the rest of the way, which moved them to a 3-0 series lead.
Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with just 14 points in the loss. He added 10 rebounds, but shot just 6-of-18 from the field. Jaylen Brown finished with 12 points. Those two were the only Celtics players to hit double figures. They've also shot a combined 7-of-40 from behind the arc so far in the series with Miami, and made just one combined 3-pointer on Sunday night. As a team, Boston shot 6-of-31 from the 3-point line. Mazzulla also agreed there is a disconnect between among the team.
Gabe Vincent led the Heat with 29 points in the win. He shot 6-of-9 from the 3-point line. Duncan Robinson and Caleb Martin put up a combined 40 points off the bench, and Jimmy Butler finished with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
The Heat shot better than 54% from the 3-point line as a team, and nearly 57% from the field. Miami is now the first No. 8 seed in league history to win a playoff game by 25 or more points, too.
Game 4 of the series is set for Tuesday night in Miami. If the Celtics don’t show up again then like they failed to do on Sunday night, the Heat may be looking at a clean sweep en route to another Finals appearance. Even if they don't win on Tuesday, no team in NBA history has ever successfully rallied from a 3-0 deficit.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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