They certainly didn’t make it easy, but the Miami Heat are officially headed to the NBA Finals after fending off the Boston Celtics 103-84 in game 7 of the playoffs.
Caleb Martin dropped 26 points and shot 11-of-16 from the field in what turned out to be a blowout win in Boston.
That snapped a three-game win streak for the Celtics, and kept the Heat from landing on the wrong side of NBA history.
The Celtics were just the fourth team in league history to even force a Game 7 after falling into a 0-3 series hole.
No team has ever successfully rallied from that deficit and won the series in 151 attempts.
The Celtics were just the fourth team to ever force a Game 7 after starting in that hole.
The Heat are now headed to their second NBA Finals in four seasons where they will meet the Denver Nuggets at 12.30pm this Friday for game 1.
[Source: Yahoo Sports]
