Celtics vs Heat

Bam Adebayo bounced back in style, pouring in 31 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals to lead the Heat to a 109-103 win on the road.

8:54 p.m. — Gabe Vincent checks into the game as Kyle Lowry heads back to the locker room. 9:17 p.m. — Caleb Martin joins the party with a triple to make it 6-of-8 for the Heat from deep. Boston has to find a way to keep him out of the paint. We'll continue to monitor the situation. Despite Boston's crisp ball movement, the help defenders are arriving on time and forcing turnovers and misses. They lead by 26 points with 9:41 remaining in the second. His second foul of the game. 8:49 p.m. — A perfect start for the Heat who have gone 6-of-6 from the field to start the game as they race out to a 16-4 lead. Jaylen Brown leads the Celtics with 26 points heading into the fourth quarter, while Al Horford has a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double. He leads Miami with 16 points and six assists. 9:42 p.m. — Jayson Tatum caps off the first half with a big triple to make it a 10-0 run for the Celtics as they cut the deficit to 15 points. 9:59 p.m. — A big blow for the Heat as Jimmy Butler will not return for the remainder of the game due to right knee inflammation.

The seven-game series has become a best-of-five. The homecourt advantage is now with Boston. Robert Williams is likely out and Kyle Lowry is likely back.

He had an MRI Friday before boarding the team plane to Boston and is questionable for Game 2 with irritation in the knee. “It did feel good to have unit out there that we know when we’re out there what we can do.” Boston coach Ime Udoka said the consensus after Game 1 was that the Heat out-hustled his team. “If he’s not ready to go, though, everybody else has to be ready to go. In Game 2, he contributed 24 points and 12 assists in the Celtics’ 127-102 victory. “We pride ourselves on being one of the tougher teams,” Udoka said. Down 25 entering the fourth, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra elected to rest his starters. fuboTV - If you have cable, you can use the login credentials from your TV provider to watch via WatchESPN. If you don’t have cable, you can watch ESPN coverage via DirecTV and fuboTV, which both offer a free trial. “I just kept telling myself, Game 2 you’re playing,” Smart said. The Celtics are 4-0 following a loss this postseason. What time does the game start? The seven-game series has become a best-of-five.

Then Bam Adebayo made sure it was enough - just barely - to give Miami a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. The Heat center scored 31 points with 10 rebounds ...

The Heat also had nine turnovers that led to nine Celtics points. The Heat forced 24 turnovers in all to lead to 33 Miami points. The Celtics played without center Robert Williams III, who missed three games in the second round against Milwaukee with soreness and a bone bruise in his surgically repaired left knee. The situation was repeated when Tatum went down in obvious pain with five minutes left in the fourth. I went to the back, got it checked on, and started to gain some feeling back and got it checked by the doctors and ran some tests and decided to give it a go.'' Miami still led by 15, 87-72, after three, and made it a 17-point game on Adebayo's basket to start the fourth. After losing Game 2 at home by 25 points, the Heat opened a 62-37 lead with under three minutes left in the second quarter. ''We didn't think that it was all of a sudden going to be an easy series and they were going to roll over,'' Boston coach Ime Udoka said. Smart returned just five minutes later, drawing a huge cheer when the scoreboard showed him walking down the tunnel back toward the court. ''Then, when Jimmy was out in the second half, he just stabilized us,'' Spoelstra added. ''Six turnovers, and no field goals in the second half - that is unacceptable,'' Tatum said. Adebayo also had six assists and four of the Heat's franchise postseason record 19 steals.

Bam Adebayo bounced back in style, pouring in 31 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals to lead the Heat to a 109-103 win on the road.

8:54 p.m. — Gabe Vincent checks into the game as Kyle Lowry heads back to the locker room. 9:17 p.m. — Caleb Martin joins the party with a triple to make it 6-of-8 for the Heat from deep. Boston has to find a way to keep him out of the paint. We'll continue to monitor the situation. Despite Boston's crisp ball movement, the help defenders are arriving on time and forcing turnovers and misses. They lead by 26 points with 9:41 remaining in the second. His second foul of the game. 8:49 p.m. — A perfect start for the Heat who have gone 6-of-6 from the field to start the game as they race out to a 16-4 lead. Jaylen Brown leads the Celtics with 26 points heading into the fourth quarter, while Al Horford has a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double. He leads Miami with 16 points and six assists. 9:42 p.m. — Jayson Tatum caps off the first half with a big triple to make it a 10-0 run for the Celtics as they cut the deficit to 15 points. 9:59 p.m. — A big blow for the Heat as Jimmy Butler will not return for the remainder of the game due to right knee inflammation.

The Boston Celtics host the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday night. The game is set to tip off at TD Garden in Boston at ...

MassLive will have updates from Celtics reporters Souichi Terada, Brian Robb and Matt Vautour, as well as Sports Director Jim Pignatiello throughout the game. Heat guard Kyle Lowry will warm up ‘with intent to play’ Game 3 against Celtics The Celtics won Game 2 to even the series at 1-1, but they will be without Rob Williams (knee) in Game 3.

The Celtics and Heat collide in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals! What channel is tonight's Heat-Celtics game on? How can you find a Heat-Celtics ...

If you have a valid cable login, you can stream Game 3 live on the ABC website, ABC app, Watch ESPN, or the ESPN app. Here’s how to watch Game 3 of the Heat-Celtics series live online. Jayson Tatum scored 27 and Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown added 24 apiece as Boston evened the series at 1-1 with a 127-102 Game 2 victory.