Miami Heat one win away from NBA Finals after blowing out Boston Celtics in Game 3

The Miami Heat, who took two games on the road in Boston to start the Eastern Conference Finals, are just one win away from the NBA Finals after beating the Boston Celtics in Game 3, at home, 128-102.

Last year, after a back-and-forth series, the Celtics eliminated the Heat in seven games. Now, Miami gets its chance at revenge.

And, Game 4 will be in Florida.

The Heat have loved home court this postseason, winning all three home games during their second-round series with the New York Knicks and they kept their momentum Sunday night. 

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The Heat were off to a hot start, winning the first quarter 30-22 and then heading into halftime with a solid 61-48 lead. 

As the Heat has shown, they are a second-half team that can make teams pay with explosive third-quarter production. Once again, that was the case and the Celtics had no answer. 

Miami outscored Boston 32-17 in the third quarter and the recipe for success was something that’s become apparent throughout these playoffs: The Heat have scorers everywhere on the floor. 

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Normally, all eyes are on Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, but this game saw six different Heat players scoring in the double digits, including Caleb Martin and Duncan Robinson off the bench. In fact, they had 11 and 10 points respectively to set the tone in the first half. They finished with 18 points and 22, respectively.

Gabe Vincent was the team’s leading scorer, dropping 29 points with a highly efficient 11-of-14 from the field, including six made three-pointers. He had two rebounds, three assists, one steal, and a block.

Butler and Adebayo also contributed to the dominant win. 

Butler had 16 points with eight rebounds and six assists while notching two steals. 

Adebayo did not have to rebound much as Miami shot 56.8% from the field as a team. He finished with 13 points, three rebounds and two assists. 

For the Celtics, they accepted defeat when their reserves took the floor in the fourth quarter, while the starters pondered how they let the series slip so early. 

Jayson Tatum was among them, as he had a poor night from the floor.

After scoring 30 points in Game 1 and 34 in Game 2, Tatum notched just 14 Sunday night.

He shot 6-of-18, including 1-of-7 from behind the three-point line. He had 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals. 

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Jaylen Brown had a similar line to his All-Star counterpart, tallying only 12 points on 6-of-17 shooting, which included missing all seven of his three-point attempts. 

No one else could pick up the slack offensively, as Al Horford, Marcus Smart and Derrick White — the remainder of the starting five — had single digits in the points column. 

The only negative to pull away for Miami was veteran forward Kevin Love not returning after an apparent injury during the game. 

Game 4 of the series will tip off on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. ET in Miami, and Boston will have to win if they want to defend their Eastern Conference championship. 

New York shooting suspect indicted for allegedly murdering friend at LIRR train station

An Arizona man was charged with murder after allegedly shooting and killing a friend on the Long Island Railroad in New York in February 2022.

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney announced the indictment of Nicholas D’Agostino, 20, who is accused of murdering 20-year-old Yusef Staine in an execution-style shooting.

D’Agostino faces charges of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Investigators claim on Feb. 13, 2022, D’Agostino traveled from Arizona and arrived in Wyandanch to visit Staine. Two days later, the two men, along with two others, took the train into New York City from Wyandanch.

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D’Agostino and Staine returned to Suffolk County during the early morning hours the next day, and surveillance footage provided by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Police showed the two missed their stop at Wyandanch.

Once the train stopped in Ronkonkoma, the two men exited the train and caught the next one heading west, back to Wyandanch.

While getting onto the westbound train, the DA’s office said in a press release, D’Agostino walked behind Staine and shot him once in the back of the head. Stain collapsed to the ground, the DA said, before D’Agostino shot him once more in the torso.

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After the shooting, investigators learned D’Agostino fled the train station. Suffolk County Police collected additional surveillance video that allowed the department to track D’Agostino’s movements leading up to, during, and following the shooting.

Investigators also used cell phone data to track D’Agostino’s movements.

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After a year-long investigation, Suffolk County Police Department detectives arrested D’Agostino on May 18, 2023, in Yonkers, New York, and the next day, he was arraigned in Suffolk County by Acting Supreme Court Justice Steven A. Pilewski.

Judge Pilewski ordered D’Agostino be held without bail. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years to life in prison on the count of murder.

"The defendant allegedly executed someone who considered him a friend. This defendant thought he could get away with it because he was wearing a mask and then fled Suffolk County, but he was clearly wrong," Tierney said. "Due to the great investigative work done by our Suffolk County prosecutors, investigators, and police, we were able to determine the defendant’s identity and charge him with this brutal murder. Let it be clear – if you seek to harm our citizens here in Suffolk, you may run, but you cannot hide, because we will continue to pursue you until you are held responsible for your crimes."