Caleb Martin, an undrafted player who was in the G League last season, finished off a series for the ages with 26 points and 10 rebounds. He received four votes for ECF MVP.
, the hero of Game 6, added 18 points. He scored 13 in the third quarter, when the Celtics cut a 16-point deficit down to six .
The Heat needed to win a Play-In finale just to make the playoffs, and trailed in that game to Chicago in the fourth quarter. They won, obviously, and then shocked the NBA by upsetting the NBA’s best regular-season team, theMiami advanced past the Knicks in six games, and took the first three of the conference finals.
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