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It wasn't pretty, but the Boston Celtics took the Eastern Conference finals lead for the first time, and the Miami Heat are facing elimination in a road Game 6 less than 48 hours after yet another battle of attrition. Neither team could find the net in the first half, but the Celtics unleashed a 24-2 run over six minutes spanning the end of the first quarter and the start of the fourth. The avalanche turned the first back-and-forth game of the series into a fifth straight lopsided victory. Boston's top-rated defense held Miami to 32% shooting from the field and 16% accuracy from 3-point range in the 93-80 win that titled a tied series. Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 10 points on 16 shots in the first half, but they made all five of their attempts to start the fourth quarter, including four 3-pointers, to extend their lead to 83-60. Brown scored a game-high 25 points, and Tatum finished one assist shy of a triple-double (22 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists) to lead Boston within a game of its first Finals appearance since 2010. "We're just playing basketball," Brown told the ESPN broadcast after the victory. "It's the playoffs. One game, you win. The next game, [Jimmy Butler] can come out and score 40 points, so we've just got to be great from game to game. This game only counts as one. We've got to be ready for the next one."