The Miami Heat got some bad news en route to losing Game 7 on Sunday.
That Max Strus 3-pointer that cut their deficit to 56-54 early on the third quarter? It didn't count. In a 100-96 Boston Celtics win that came down to the wire, those three points loomed large in the end.
Strus 3-pointer counts ... and then it doesn't
Nearly three minutes of game time after Miami registered three points early in the second half, the NBA took them off the board. League officials reviewed the Strus bucket and determined that he stepped out of bounds prior to launching a corner 3 with 11:03 left in the third quarter.