The Miami Heat rallied from an early 17-point deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 106-101 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals near Orlando. 

Six Miami players scored in double figures, as Goran Dragic scored a game-high 25 points, Bam Adebayo led a big third-quarter rally to finish with 21, Duncan Robinson scored 18 points, Jimmy Butler had 14, Jae Crowder 12 and Tyler Herro 11.  

"We like to make it hard on ourselves," Butler said. "We like being down double-digits and being the comeback kids."

Kemba Walker emerged from a slump and put up 23 points to lead the Celtics, and Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown scored 21 apiece. 

The Celtics led 31-28 after a tightly contested first quarter. Boston blew the game open in the second, grabbing their first double-digit advantage, 43-33, on back-to-back 3-pointers by Brad Wanamaker with 8:37 left. The margin reached 17 with 3:19 to go, but Miami cut its deficit to 60-47 at the break. 

The Heat outscored the Celtics 37-17 in the third quarter to take an 84-77 lead into the final period. Boston roared back with a 10-2 run in the middle of the fourth, knotting the score at 89 on a Brown basket with 5:37 remaining. 

The Celtics maintained momentum and led 94-89 after a 3-pointer by Walker with 4:25 to go. But the Heat countered with a 13-1 run to seize control, Jae Crowder's layup with 1:26 on the clock giving Miami a 102-95 edge. 

"Just a lot of mistakes," Walker said of the blown leads. "We make too many minor mistakes that really hurt us. We've got to clean that up in order to beat these guys."

Game 3 will take place Saturday night.  

(With input from agencies)