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Boston Celtics tie the Eastern Conference finals at two games apiece on Sunday.

Monday, June 04 2012 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Boston Celtics defeated the Miami Heat 93-91 in overtime on Sunday to tie the Eastern Conference finals at two games apiece on Sunday.

    Script:

    Celtics guard Rajon Rondo scored the final three points of his side's 93-91 overtime victory, taking 15 points and 15 assists in the process.

    The Heat host Game 5 on Tuesday 5 June in Miami.

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics Guard:

    "I didn't want to be too aggressive because I already had four offensive fouls but I was trying to get my teammates involved - it is not a one-man show, it is not a two-man show - we have five guys on the court that put the ball in the hole and we look for each other so I didn't feel like I had to force anything, I just tried to call the sets which, for Kevin Ray and Paul, you know they delivered."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Doc Rivers, Boston Celtics Head Coach:

    "Our execution in the first half was flawless - it was as good as maybe we've had - and we got completely away from it, we really did. And then I thought Miami just got in to us, I thought they physically got into our airspace and took us out of everything. And, you know, in the overtime I just, all we kept saying was 'we're in overtime, one bucket at a time, let's lean on our defence and we're going to go pick and roll for the most part.' We tried to keep it as simple as possible."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Mario Chalmers, Miami Heat Guard, on Boston's big start:

    "It wasn't that we didn't match our intensity, they hit a lot of shots, you know that was the main thing. They got a lot of wide open looks and our defence wasn't as crisp as it normally is and then the second half we turned it up."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Erik Spoelstra, Miami Heat Head Coach:

    "The second half we really got into the grind, into the fight, had to expend a lot of energy to get to that point but it doesn't matter how you get to that point, we had a couple of opportunities to win it and we didn't

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