Final 4:33 UNCUT Celtics vs Heat - Game 7 of the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals! | Extended Version

Start to inbound. Hits Tatum. Spins. Fires. Butter! The lead back up to 10. Tatum with 26. That's a big time move. Navayo fading away and misfiring. Jason Tatum has been in Game 7s before. Brown forces it up. Draws the contact. That'll be 2. Tatum is 3-1 in Game 7s. I've seen this move before. Excellent footwork. Loses Jimmy Butler. What a represent. That's a first-team All-NBA play right there. And Brown knocks down the first of two. Hey, here's the upcoming playoff schedule for you Thursday on ABC. It's the NBA Finals Game 1 in San Francisco at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Then Sunday on ABC, Game 2, beginning at 8. Brown misses the second. For more on these games, please go to nba.com or visit the NBA app. Celtics have not committed a team foul until that moment. They're defending Kyle Lowry and a drop and a pick-and-roll. I'd have them come off pick-and-roll, take threes, or make plays out of it. Struce, deep three. That's going to be way off. This is great defense that we're seeing in a limited Miami team as far as offensive skill. Miami shooting just 41.6% from the field. And they double-teamed Tatum to take it out of his hands. He's matched up against Struce. Smart on the drive, whistle, and he'll get two more at the free-throw line. Boy, Marcus Smart is so much savvy. These will be his third and fourth free throws. But again, I give credit to Jason Tatum. Do your job. Comes off, gets the double-team, gets rid of the basketball. That's how you make guys around you better. Allows Marcus Smart to win his matchup by taking the double-team. This guy just makes winning plays for the Boston Celtics. Knocks down the first of two. I was alluding to their turnaround when the calendar flipped over to 2022. Part of that included Marcus Smart with the ball in his hands a little bit more and the trade which sent away Dennis Schreuder. And he was a guy that looked like he was out the rest of the way with that ankle injury. Give him credit for fighting back. Lowry. Baseline drive, good defense by Williams. Lowry with a contested mid-range. Wow, tough shot. Still an 11-point lead for Boston. The other Celtics, what you want to do right now is eat clock, run your offense, and execute. Marcus Smart with the ball rolled. Allow the clock not to start. Not sure why you would want to do that with the lead. Here's Tatum. Double-team him again. Good closeout by Oladipo. Smart with the middie. And rebounded by the heat. And he scores. Oladipo with confidence. Strokes with a big-time flush. Wow. The lead is 9. Under 2 1⁄2 to play. Smart steps into the 3. Horford with the board and another opportunity for the Celtics. If you have any other Celtic other than Tatum, you've got to be ready to take and make shots off the double-team. Oladipo came to double him. Smart with another 3. And this time the heat finished the possession with a defensive board. Let's go with the rake and take. Out of bounds, Miami basketball. Two minutes to play. Oladipo with the floater. That wasn't even close, and Tatum clears the glass. Almost feels like nothing but a stop will do here for Miami to stay alive. And I like this. No pick and roll, so you're allowed to play one-on-one and see where the help is coming from. Miami loading up at boxes and elbows. Tatum with the feed to Williams who got stripped. What a steal by Lowry. They need a 3 right here. Oladipo in traffic. Got it. And it's a 7-point game with 1.23 to go. Tatum in the frontcourt. They're going to double him. Brown on the drive. Smart takes another 3. And missed. Heat still alive. Makes it a 5-point game on an 8-0 run. Missed it. A late whistle. And James Capers calls a foul. Offensive foul. With an elbow on Jalen Brown. Offensive foul. Strews to make it a 2-point game. An 11-0 run by the Heat. Tatum with 8 on the shot clock. Smart fakes. Fires. Butler for the lead. Loose and Horford. Gonna have to foul. They do. Butler had a clean look, Jeff. And he went for the kill shot. And the lead. I gotta say, I think that's a bad decision by Butler. That's not the strength of your game. You've made this remarkable comeback. You have Al Horford in front of you. They're gonna not help off of Strews. You have so much space there you can attack. Marcus Smart at the free throw line. 79% foul shooter makes the first. I'm in agreement with you, but if he makes that shot, he's a hero. Well, that's what you have to live with as a best player. At 35 in the game. Smart, if he makes this one, it becomes a two-possession ball game. And that's what it is. Up by four with 11.4. Here he is against Smart. Gotta look. Front rimmed it. Loose ball. Whistle. And a loose ball foul gonna go against the Celtics. Rebound by Oladipo. Good call. But without a timeout. You don't mind because they gotta take the ball back out of bounds. So that's good execution. And he's still down four. Here's one more look at it. Clearly a foul. Last time they looked at Strews on the inbound pass. Lowry inbound again here. Strews again. Fires the three. And that might do it. Al Horford with the rebound. Throws it up in the air. And the Boston Celtics will go to the NBA Finals. They complete a wire-to-wire victory on Miami's home court.