The Latest Breaking News from Jaylen Brown

Derrick White scored a buzzer-beating basket to secure an enthralling win for the Boston Celtics against the Miami Heat to force a Game Seven in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals

The Boston forward opted for a less-heralded choice.

The Celtics are taking their talents back to South Beach after extending the Eastern Conference finals behind a 110-97 Game 5 victory.

MIAMI — The Celtics had a choice of two paths to follow after Sunday’s embarrassing Game 3 loss put them in a hole that no team in NBA history has ever overcome in 150 tries. They could have given in to what seemed inevitable, or fought for their lives.

"We want to make sure that we stayed together. We wanted to make sure that we looked each other in the eye and came out today and put our best foot forward," said Brown.

MIAMI — As Robert Williams sat among a sea of media along the baseline of the Kaseya Center, hours before a do-or-die game for the Celtics, Al Horford walked off the court after a workout and looked at his teammate.

Jayson Tatum scored 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Derrick White and Jaylen Brown each added 16 points and the Boston Celtics staved off elimination in the Eastern Conference finals by running away in the second half to beat the Miami Heat 116-99 in Game 4 on Tuesday night

Boston lives to fight another day after a big Jayson Tatum performance and a gutsy Game 4 win Tuesday night in South Beach.

MIAMI — More than 30 minutes after the final buzzer sounded, Jaylen Brown took a seat at his locker. He had just taken a shower, and was only in a towel. The Celtics All-Star was still trying to process what had just happened. He sat there, staring into the abyss.…