NBA play-offs: Boston Celtics beat Miami Heat 104-103 to level series at 3-3

Jayson Tatum (right) celebrates with Derrick White

Derrick White scored a melodramatic buzzer-beater arsenic the Boston Celtics continued their singular fightback from 3-0 down to level the Eastern Conference semi-finals against the Miami Heat.

No NBA squad has travel from 3-0 down to triumph a best-of-seven play-off series.

The decisive last crippled takes spot connected Monday (01:30 BST Tuesday) successful Boston.

The winners volition look the Denver Nuggets successful the finals, which commencement connected Thursday (01:30 BST Friday).

Although the Celtics led for astir of the contention astatine the Kaseya Center successful Florida, the Heat looked to person secured the triumph - and the bid - aft Jimmy Butler was fouled by Al Horford erstwhile attempting a three-pointer with 3 seconds remaining.

Butler kept his chill to descend each 3 escaped throws and springiness Miami a one-point pb earlier White's precocious intervention.

"Ball came to me, I made the shot. That's what I saw," said White.

"It felt good. Everybody was asking me, 'did you get it off?' And I was like, 'yeah, I deliberation so,' but it was truthful close, you ne'er know.

"I'm blessed we won. Whatever it takes. We got our backs against the wall."

Jayson Tatum scored 31 points and made 11 rebounds and 5 assists for the Celtics with, portion Jaylen Brown ended with 26 points and 10 rebounds.

"It gives you a ultimate boost successful confidence," said Brown. "It doesn't get excessively overmuch worse than being down 0-3. We consciousness similar we've been to hellhole and back.

"We consciousness similar we tin look immoderate adversity that gets thrown astatine america successful the duration of the crippled oregon the duration of the play oregon successful the post-season.

"It each means thing if we don't travel retired and springiness our champion effort connected our location level connected Monday."

Butler scored 24 points, including 15 successful the last quarter, and Caleb Martin 21 for Miami.