Photo: Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images Eastern Conference finals MVP Jayson Tatum led the way with 26 points, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart each added 24 and the Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 100-96 on Sunday night to earn a berth in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors. After a 47-point Game
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The Heat remain without starting guard Kyle Lowry. Here’s the Miami Herald: The Heat will be without Kyle Lowry for an eighth time in postseason, and a fourth game in a row, when Miami meets Boston in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday (8:30 p.m., ESPN). Lowry was listed as out for
Kyle Lowry had returned, and he had returned home. The Miami Heat point guard and Philadelphia native’s next step is to reclaim his identity. Lowry was plainly out of sorts in the Heat’s 99-79 road loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night, cutting the Heat’s lead to 2-1 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal.
“These are stressful times for everybody,” Spoelstra said, with the NBA having had to reshuffle officiating schedules due to the same coronavirus health-and-safety protocols that have sidelined nine Heat players this season. “Look, Kyle is extremely passionate. I don’t know exactly what he said. You just hope you can manage the game, keep the talent