Celtics bounce back from consecutive losses to beat Heat

Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum had 25 and 14 rebounds as the Boston Celtics recovered from back-to-back tough losses to beat the Miami Heat 117-106 in Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

Kemba Walker added 21 points and Marcus Smart 20 as the Celtics avoided falling behind 3-0 in the best-of-seven series.

Bam Adebayo had 27 points and 16 rebounds, and Tyler Herro scored 22 to lead six players in double figures for the Heat, who lost for just the second time in their 12th playoff game.

Jimmy Butler had 17 points.

[Source: Reuters]