BOSTON — Derrick White dribbled the ball up the floor, sized up Bam Adebayo, used Luke Kornet to screen him onto Nikola Jovic and stepped into a three. His fifth make of the night in 10 tries.
“Each game is different,” White said this morning. “I doubt I’ll take, what, 26 shots again?
Instead, he nearly took as many threes and shot 61.5% from the field two days later in a runaway 118-84 win that secured the series, 4-1, over the Miami Heat. Finally drawing even following their fourth series in five years, and moving onto the second round without incident despite Kristaps Porziu0146u0123is going down in Game 4.