The win moved them to within one victory of an NBA finals berth which they will try to secure in game five on Friday. Rising star Tyler Herro scored a career-high 37 points and Jimmy Butler chipped in 24 as the Miami Heat seized command of their Eastern Conference final series with a 112-109 win on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time). The 20-year-old rookie Herro made five of 10 threes as Miami took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series in the NBA's quarantine bubble in Orlando, Florida. The win moved them to within one victory of an NBA finals berth which they will try to secure in game five on Friday. Kemba Walker scored 20, Gordon Hayward 14 and Marcus Smart had 10 points and 11 assists. Miami went on a 10-4 run at the end of the first half after Hayward hit a pair of free throws to tie the score 40-40 with 3:38 left in the second. In the second half, Herro nailed a three pointer with just over four minutes left in the fourth quarter to give Miami a 98-90 lead. Brown made a three pointer and Smart dropped in a layup to get the Celtics within three, but Dragic and Butler each made baskets to pad Miami's lead. Dragic responded from beyond the arc and Herro added a layup to put Miami up by nine with 56 seconds left in regulation. Boston got within three again on a Brown three-pointer with 16 seconds to go, but free throws by Herro and Butler sealed the victory.Game 4. Quarter 4. Time for Herro ball.@raf_tyler scores 1⃣7⃣ in the 4th.. Game 5 is Friday at 8:30 PM ET on ESPN! #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/JgNjz8PAkJ
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