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Sam Hauser celebrates with Al Horford after hitting one of his five 3-pointers Wednesday against the Miami Heat. The Celtics wrapped up the best-of-seven first-round series with a 118-84 win in Game 5. Charles Krupa/Associated Press BOSTON — Jaylen Brown and Derrick White each scored 25 points and the Boston Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the short-handed Miami Heat 118-84 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
Boston will face the winner of the Cleveland-Orlando series. The Cavaliers lead 3-2, with Game 6 in Orlando on Friday night. Brown also had six assists, and White hit five 3-pointers.
Sam Hauser added 17 points and Jayson Tatum had 16 points and 12 rebounds. The top-seeded Celtics never trailed and led by 35 points. They also got a measure of revenge a year after the Heat routed them in Game 7 of the conference finals in Boston.
Bam Adebayo scored 23 points and Tyler Herro had 15 for Miami, which made its first exit from the playoffs prior to the conference finals since 2021. The Heat struggled throughout, going 3 of 29 from 3-point range. Boston played for the first time this postseason without center Kristaps Porzingis after he strained his right calf in the Celtics’ Game 4 victory.
His teammates filled in the gaps, as the Celtics’ lead reached 30 points in the first half. Boston exploited a Heat team that was the most injured it’d been in the series. Jaime Jaquez Jr.
sat out after suffering a hip injury in Game 4. He was replaced in th.
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