Miami Heat beat record champions Celtics 103-84 in Boston. Jimmy Butler was the game's leading scorer with 28 points.
Celtics had won three games in a row after three defeats at the start of the Eastern Conference Finals – only three other teams had previously managed to do so in the NBA playoffs. First of a maximum of seven games for the title in the best basketball league in the world is in the German night to Friday. The Miami Heat will now meet the Denver Nuggets in the Finals.