The Boston Celtics’ strong victory over the Miami Heat in the 2024 Playoffs was almost ruined by Jayson Tatum’s dangerous fall when there was only 1 minute left in the match.

The 47 minutes of competition between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat in Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs passed without any problems. The home team Celtics completely took the initiative and led quite a distance on the day Heat was without No. 1 star Jimmy Butler.

But in the last minute of play, a bit of “drаmа” appeared. Miami pitcher Caleb Martin had a very rough foul on Jayson Tatum. The collision was right in the air and caused the All-Star player to Celtics landed on their backs with quite a force.

Watch Jayson Tatum’s dangerous fall with only 1 minute left in the match

Miami Heat and Boston Celtics have met in all 3 recent NBA Playoffs, and 4 postseasons in the past 5 years. 

Every time the two sides encounter, strong collisions or violent errors always appear. This time was no exception as Martin made a clear mistake with an unnecessary collision. 

After a few seconds lying on the ground in the silence of the TD Garden arena, where more than 19,000 fans watched the situation of the No. 1 star Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum stood up and successfully took both free kicks.

Fortunately for Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics team, there were no injuries

Sharing with reporters, Jayson Tatum said he understands the nature of Playoffs basketball in the NBA, especially when facing a rich rival like the Miami Heat.

“This is the NBA Playoffs, where physicality and contact will increase greatly compared to the Regular Season. I know this and also know well about the Miami Heat, a team with a very physical style of play and many collisions. It’s just a normal situation ,” Tatum said.

Jayson Tatum knows he will be “taken care of” in the NBA Playoffs

As for Caleb Martin, the Miami Heat player said that he was pushed, which is why he collided in the air with Jayson Tatum: “I know that collision was quite strong, it seemed like I was pushed from behind and inertia guided me.” to Jayson’s location. Knowing this was a serious foul, I proactively helped him up .”

Tatum added that being fouled like that is normal: “In that phase, I knew they had committed enough team fouls, so I jumped into the dispute to try to catch the foul. Surely I will have more collisions and more fouls in this series. The important thing is that I have no pаin and no ιnjury.”

Highlights Jayson Tatum’s first Playoffs triple-double

Jayson Tatum finished the match with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, marking the first triple-double he had in the Playoffs. Game 1 ended with a score of 114-94, a strong victory accompanied by a very strong message from Boston.

Game 2 of the first round series between Miami Heat and Boston Celtics will take place on Thursday, April 25 at TD Garden, home of the Celtics.