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• Tatum on White's buzzer-beater: 'That s*** was crazy!'

  Boston Celtics hero Derrick White said "It just had to be won" after his buzzer-beating tip-in forced the Eastern Conference finals to Game 7, as Jayson Tatum added: "That s*** was crazy!"

  From 3-0 down against the Miami Heat, the Celtics have fought back to 3-3 in the series, and are now just one win away from making history.

  White grabbed and then sank the rebound from Marcus Smart's failed three-pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining to seal a 104-103 victory in Miami on Saturday.

  The Celtics are now on the brink of the greatest comeback in NBA playoffs history, needing a win at home in Game 7 on Monday to become the first team to win a series after losing the first three games.

  Boston are only the fourth NBA team to erase a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series to force a deciding game.

  Reflecting on the game-winning moment, Tatum told reporters: "I'm still, like, in disbelief. That s*** was crazy.

  "That felt like the longest 10 seconds ever waiting for confirmation if he made it or not."

  White told TNT: "It had to be won. Whatever it takes, our backs against our wall, it just had to be won.

  "We're a resilient group. We pick each other up, we bond for each other.

  "The job isn't done yet, we've got a tough one Game 7, we've got to find a way to get one more win."

  White had tears sparkling in his eyes, but explained: "I'm just happy. So far, so good."

  It is just the second time in league history that a player has hit a buzzer-beater when his team was down and facing elimination, after Michael Jordan's legendary "The Shot", way back in 1989.

  "Derrick White, like a flash of lightning, just came out of nowhere and saved the day, man," team-mate Jaylen Brown added. "An incredible play."

  The Heat can only lick their wounds as they head to Boston for Monday's winner-takes-all matchup.

  Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said: "It's a seven-game series. There's nothing better than Game 7s.

  "I don't know how we're going to get this done, but we're going to go out there and get it done, and that's what the next 48 hours is about.

  "There's been nothing easy about this season for our group, and so we just have to do it the hard way."

  Jimmy Butler did his best for Miami, with 24 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.

  "We've got to go on the road and do something special, but we've got a special group," Butler said.

• Harry Hall bounces back from double blow to keep share of lead

  Harry Hall survived back-to-back double bogeys to head into the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge tied for the lead in pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory.

  The 25-year-old Cornish rookie heads into the final round alongside American Adam Schenk with Harris English a shot further back.

  With the scoring average at Colonial Country Club rising to more than one over par in the third round as the greens toughened up, Hall opened with a three-stroke lead and five straight pars before he hit trouble – an errant approach at the sixth and an iron into a muddy creek at the seventh leading to a pair of sixes.

  Two birdies on the way home gave him a round of 72 and a place in the final pairing with Schenk – also chasing his first win after six years on tour – who shot a bogey-free 67 to tie at 10 under par.

  “I’m never going to stop fighting,” Hall said. “I’m always going to keep trying.

  “This game brings you new challenges every day and I’m equipped to deal with them. I think I showed that today, I kept a lot of patience and I kept to my game plan.”

  “I’m ready. Just get on the green and make some putts.”

  English was on course for a share of the lead before bogeying the last to lie a shot behind.

  American Justin Suh and Emiliano Grillo of Argentina are three strokes further back with Viktor Hovland among a group on five under par.

  England’s Aaron Rai shot a third round 67 to be tied for 10th in a group on four under par which includes world number one Scottie Scheffler after his 72, a score matched by Justin Rose who is a shot further back.

• Harry Hall opens three-stroke halfway lead at Charles Schwab Challenge

  Cornish rookie Harry Hall fired four consecutive birdies around the turn as he took a three-shot halfway lead in the Charles Schwab Challenge.

  Hall followed his opening round 62 with a 66 as he moved to 12 under par, three clear of American Harris English who lit up his round of 66 with a hole in one at the eighth hole at the Colonial Country Club at Fort Worth, Texas.

  Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo is a shot further back after a best of the day round of 65.

  Former Walker Cup star Hall is chasing his first PGA Tour win after chalking up two top 10 finishes in his rookie season to date.

  Starting at the 10th, he bogeyed the 13th before getting that shot back two holes later and grabbing four straight birdies around the turn to strengthen his position at the top of the leaderboard.

  That run was ended with a bogey at the third, but he birded the seventh and holed his second attempt to escape a greenside bunker at the eighth after plugging into the side.

  English fared much better at the 170-yard eighth where he produced the first ace at the hole since Jim Furyk in 2011.

  Adam Schenk, Byeong Hun An and Robby Shelton were tied for fourth, a stroke behind Grillo and one ahead of Andrew Novak and world number one Scottie Scheffler, who lost in a play-off 12 months ago and had his second consecutive round of 67.

  Justin Rose, who won at Colonial five years ago, was tied for ninth at 5 under after a bogey-free 66.

  Michael Block, the 46-year-old club pro from California who earned an invitation after tying for 15th at the US PGA Championship, finished last in the 120-strong field at 15 over par but improved on his opening round of 81 by seven strokes.