- The cliche "tale of two halves" was perfectly illustrated in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals as Boston held court for the first before being blown off of it by Miami in the second.
- After his heroics in Game 7 against the Bucks, Last Man In Grant Williams had a much more subdued start to his Conference Finals. He had more turnovers than three-pointers made, netting Lou just 10 PRA.
- Bam Adebayo didn't have a vintage Bam performance by any means, but his 15 PRA was enough to put Ryan in a tie with the blanking Colin for the first time since mid-January.
- Our other Heat selection only fared a hair better with Max Strus going for 17 PRA which pushed Matt past the 5600 PRA threshold.
- That left the Time Lord to take home the top score for the pair of Al and Trevor. Robert Williams' full-time return to the starting five didn't end in victory on the court, but his 28 PRA showed that he can be a force once again (only Celtics starter with a positive +/-) and when Al Horford returns from health and safety protocols there will be questions to answer for the Heat.
- Optimally, Jimmy Butler had himself another playoff performance to remember filling the stat sheet way past the PRA parameters even though he did have 55 of those particular statistics. Tyler Herro sparked several momentum shifts on the evening and finished as the bench bargain with 29 PRA for Miami.
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