Important road win for the Celtics, who were again without Jayson Tatum or Enes Kanter. Boston moved to within a half game of the Heat in the East standings and owns a 2-0 head-to-head advantage.
1. Gordon Hayward’s aggressiveness
We’ll say it: he’s looking like his former all-star self. Hayward had an impressive stat line in Miami, with game-high 29 points on 10-of-14 shooting, adding 8-of-10 from the line (a sure sign he was attacking the rim), 9 rebounds and 2 assists. He even went up and threw down an alley oop pass.