Celtics watched as their lead slipped in the third-quarter

Boston Celtics are aware of their third-quarter struggles as they watched again how points slipped through their fingers, Celtics enterer half time with a positive note but Jae Crowder’s four-point play doomed Celtics as it was downhill ever since Heat outplayed Celtics at every turn and as per Kemba Walker it seemed like Celtics had given up. Celtics have been in a similar situation with Toronto Raptors as well. Jaylen Brown slipped trying to get past Jae Crowder and Duncan Robinson got in a 3-pointer shot, then Jayson Tatum didn’t defend well against Bam Adebayo’s roll to the rim and then he scored later. Miami’s zone defense tied down Celtics to a corner. Celtics came around as well once with 10 point lead but Crowder’s four-point play devastated Celtics. Enes Kanter’s foul cut the lead to one. And little by little Miami lead grew to five by dunks from Robinson, Goran Dragić and Kelly Olynyk and Heat entered the fourth quarter with 84-77 lead and ended the game with the same strategy