BOSTON — Chemistry has been tough to come by for the Boston Celtics this season, but you wouldn’t know it from their first-quarter performance Monday night.
Hosting a Heat team in desperate need of a win, the C’s simply throttled Miami in the opening 12 minutes, outscoring it 36-17.
The first quarter featured plenty of fireworks, with a couple impressive passes and dunks highlighting the stanza.
First was this sweet pass from Kyrie Irving off a loose ball. Irving quickly gathered possession and threw a behind-the-back pass to Jayson Tatum in transition, who lobbed it to Al Horford for an alley-oop.
Irving whips a behind-the-back pass to Tatum on the break, who then lobs it up for the Horford slam! https://t.co/LbeKL0sZEL
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 1, 2019
Then there was this hustle play by Irving to save a possession. Though the Heat briefly got the ball back, Boston returned the favor, with Tatum hitting Gordon Hayward with a behind-the-back pass before Hayward threw it down with authority.
THE HUSTLE 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/thWWpuq8HZ
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 1, 2019
This is some of the best basketball we’ve seen the Celtics play this season.
