Joe Mazz "opted to pull the plug."

After the Celtics scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to pull within four points, the Heat put the game away with a 20-9 spurt to increase its lead to 15 with 5:04 to play and force a Celtics timeout.

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla then opted to pull the plug, returning from that timeout by subbing out Boston’s best players and emptying the bench.

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The Heat really just made the Celtics QUIT with 5 minutes left in the game 😭

They DID. Unbelievable. -15 with over 5 mins left??? That's NOTHING for this "Celtics" team.