The Miami Heat faced an extremely tall order in their first round series with the Boston Celtics. Not only did they have to find a way to beat the team that ran away with the NBA’s best record four times, they would need to do so without Jimmy Butler.

Sunday afternoon’s Game 1 in Boston was an inauspicious start to that effort from Miami, and an impressive statement from the Celtics to open up their pursuit of an ever-elusive championship. The Heat battled early, but the Celtics offense just kept raining threes on them in the middle quarters, opening up a 32-point lead going into the fourth quarter — and going on to win 114-94.