The Miami Heat, led by Jimmy Butler, who played a fantastic second half, beat the Boston Celtics 118-107 at the start of the Eastern Conference playoff finals.

Miami was weakened by the absence of Kyle Lowry, while Boston was missing Al Horford and Marcus Smart, but despite the absence of key basketball players, both teams dominated after one half.

Boston was a better team in the first half when they gained an advantage of 13 points, but went on vacation with a plus eight.

But in the third quarter, Miami literally "blew up" the Celtics, winning this part of the game with 39:14 and solving the dilemmas about the winner. Miami's first star, Jimmy Butler, showed an incredible game with 41 points, 27 of which he gave in the second half.

In addition to Butler, Miami featured Tyler Herrow with 18 points and Gabe Vincent with 17, while in the ranks of Boston the best were Jason Tatum with 29 points and Jalen Brown with 24 points and 10 rebounds.