At the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida:
The NBA Playoffs continued on Tuesday with two games.
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS:
Bam Adebayo (who scored 18 points while dishing out nine assists), blocked Jayson Tatum's shot in the final seconds of overtime as the Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics 117-114 in the opening game of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Goran Dragic paced the Heat with 29 points while Jae Crowder added 22 and Jimmy Butler 20 (three of them on a critical go-ahead three-pointer with 12 seconds left in OT).
The aforementioned Mr. Tatum paced the Celtics with 30 points (while grabbing 14 rebounds) while Marcus Smart added 26 and Kemba Walker 19.
The Nuggets will open the Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday (6:00 PM Pacific Time, TNT).
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS:
In the final game of the Playoffs' quarterfinal round, Jamal Murray scored 40 points while Nikola Jokic added 16 (to go with his 22 rebounds and 13 assists) as the Denver Nuggets completed their comeback from a three-games-to-one deficit to upend the Los Angeles Clippers four games to three in their conference semifinal series with their 104-89 game-seven triumph.
Montrezl Harrell came off the bench to lead the Clippers (still in pursuit of their first conference final appearance after 50 years) with 20 points.
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