The Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 127 – 125 on a last-second tip by rookie Payton Pritchard in a day upstaged by the violence in the U.S. capitol.
The two teams decided to play despite the chaotic events surrounding the certification of President-Elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election, and they put on quite a show in doing so. The Celtics jumped out to an early, big lead only to see the Heat claw their way back in with their elite 3-point shooting, with the two former 2020 Eastern Conference foes trading leads multiple times until the game’s waning minutes.
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If you missed the game due to yesterday’s chaos, or want to see for yourself the very best plays from one of the better games of the still-young 2020-21 NBA season, watch the video embedded above.
In spite of the chaos that sent all of our day into something like an unexpected tailspin, it remains a bright spot of serenity to look back on.
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