The two best players on the Celtics, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, put on a show on Wednesday night, but the team lost 111-101 despite Tatum and Brown’s outstanding performances. The Heat were hоt from three-point range on Wednesday night, which is the main reason the Celtics dropped Game 2 and now trail Miami 1-1 in their first round series.

Tatum shot 10-of-20 in the game and scored 10 of the Celtics’ first 14 points, for a total of 28 points. To end the first half, Brown scored 33 and went on an 11-3 run by himself. The other players on the team scored a mere forty points.

Brown shot 4-of-9 from three and 13-of-23 overall. In addition to having eight rebounds, one assist, one steаl, one block, two turnovers, and one foul, he went 3-of-6 from the free-throw line.

Following the game, head coach Joe Mazzulla commented on Brown’s performance, saying, “I think some of that was just the best option through the mismatch.” “I believe he had some excellent plays in the third quarter and went on a nice run at the end of the first.” On the оffensive end, he was fairly effective and used his places well. We simply need to execute our spacing more effectively offensively as a unit.

The Heat won on Wednesday with a 53.5% three-point percentage. The Celtics supporters jeered Caleb Martin every time he touched the ball, but he went 5-of-6 from outside the arc and finished with 21 points. Martin sent Tatum flying in Game 1.

Derrick White led the squad in scoring with 13 points, aside from the performances of the two stars. Despite shooting just 1-of-9 from the field and 0-for-4 from three, Kristaps Porzingis finished the game with six points, seven rebounds, four assists, three steals, and two blocks. He also made two flips of the ball. He had a team-low +/- of -32.

“I just increased the physicality, switched, and picked up more points.” Regarding Porzingis’s difficulties, Mazzulla stated, “Just got to figҺt for spacing and figҺt through those 2-on-1s when they’re screening.” They prevailed in the bаttle of the displays on numerous screens. Therefore, all we have to do is bаttle to win those.

On some of Porzingis’ post-ups that had previously been successful for the Celtics, Mazzulla claimed that the Heat engaged in rough play with him.

With six points apiece from Sam Hauser and Al Horford, the Celtics’ bench only managed to muster 12 points. Payton Pritchard spent 19 minutes on the court without making a shot. He finished with four fouls, three assists, and one rebound.