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Injury Report:
Miami Heat:
- Jimmy Butler (personal reasons) — OUT
- Dru Smith (knee) — OUT
- Cole Swider (G-League) — OUT
- Alondes Williams (G-League) — OUT
Boston Celtics:
- JD Davison (G-League) — OUT
- Drew Peterson (G-League) — OUT
- Jaden Springer (ankle) — OUT
- Xavier Tillman (knee) — OUT
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Terry Rozier, G
- Tyler Herro, G
- Jaime Jaquez Jr., F
- Caleb Martin, F
- Bam Adebayo, C
Boston Celtics:
- Jrue Holiday, G
- Derrick White, G
- Jaylen Brown, F
- Jayson Tatum, F
- Kristaps Porzingis, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 2:00 PM EST
- TV: ABC
- Radio: AM 560 Sports WQAM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)
- Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)
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So close. Good fight I guess? The game was 3am here! Tried to watch but the zzzzzs got me. No JB just lost by 4. But not good losing Terry and hopefully not JRich too long. Celts fans are rejoicing they sweep the season series. Maybe still can’t get over last po beating lol
dunc yard wanted a piece of brown .
Oohh gotta watch that later thanks
i gained alot of respect for the dunc yard dog.he wanted a piece of jb.if there werent other players stopping the dog .dunc would have fought him.and dunc yard was mad and usually the mad guy wins the fight.btw the other heat players are soft not one got in browns face if ud were on ct that would not have been the case
The dunc yard dog, doesn’t mess around, jb lucky he didn’t get Strangled with a chain lol
bam grabbing porzingis nuts,dam that was bad and porz got the foul,go heat hope we see the cs in playoffs.
Weak ass lame posters like stone wait til the whistle blows to show up here. It’s been 16 years, again 16 YEARS!, since Celtics last won anything, and you come here to gloat? A total joke. Crawl back in your hole with the other cockroaches.
It is incredibly lame, I feel sorry for them
There are nothing but losers, even lakers won a title more recently then them scrotum sacks. They supposedly got all that talent but can’t even win a championship.
Yup. Tatum and Brown are too soft, like that poster
No doubt his butt cheeks were clenched yelling at the TV in his chowda-head accent about firing Mazzula and trading Jalen
jalen brown in the playoffs gl boston youll need it.
This heat team is a joke. Erick Spoltra will never win a championship with his outdated style of playing small. He places his team at unnecessary disadvantages much to often with his style of playing small at almost each and every position
This is popular for those that just want to complain, but Boston shot 42% from 3 and the Heat shot 30%. Please explain how a big would have changed that. Show your work, too
I am surprised by the stats, that we have actually outrebounded the celtics. Good effort by Bam especially on the boards.
Your spelling of Eric spolestra is a joke, that play style isn’t outdated, evident by multiple teams still using that style. For all that size Boston barely outrebounded us, also we got 14 offensive rebounds compared to Boston 6.
Big guy, quick, it’s spoelstra. Edit. 😀
Lmaooo 😭 too late, spell check messed Me up
Bruh when you’re a playoff team theres no such thing as moral victories in games y’all lost nobody cares about injuries, every team has injuries and good and bad games throughout the year. Btw keep thinking you’ll turn up the heat in the playoffs when you’re 0-3 against the celtics, 0-2 against the bucks and 0-2 against the knicks hahahaha trash team this year. Only win against a legitimate eastern conference contender is one against the cavs
btw if we’re playing the “oh oUr PlAyErS wErE iNjUrEd” game the one win against the cavs was heat at full strength against cavs without mitchell lmfao
I love how you are here and none of us are nowhere near what ever shit team you root for. Come around and again and show us how much the Heat are in your head
Excellent reply. His action showed the man is what he is.
Hahahaha! Clearly the Heat has whooped your teams ass several times, whoever that may be. Good luck failing again, dip shit. Now go back to what ever cesspool you briefly escaped from
Just let this lame troll talk to himself
Last time I checked regular season doesn’t matter you troll, come playoff time your more talented celtics will fold again, and probably won’t even be in the finals lol.
its clear, that we cant match boston in the way we are playing right now.
we need to find a different way
Only reason we couldn’t match them tonight was injuries, AND THAT’S THE ONLY REASON.
i disagree… we were behind the whole game.
Doesn’t matter, if we had jrich or rozier, that would of given us more offensive punch. Haywood is good defensively, but offense is near nonexistent. He gave us 23 minutes with just 2 points, that won’t cut it.
I prefer a consistent player on offense than what the player’s potentials on paper may be.
I agree with that, that’s why prefer Cain over Highsmith, he gives better offense with close to the same defense. But you know spo gonna play who he trusts more.
mia can beat any team in the east the west no
that caleb foul was so dum what was he thinking
I can’t tell anyone how to feel but I feel as close as you can to good about this losing effort. Now, let’s hope our players are not hurt too bad. We may have grown a little as a team today.
Win or lose , the played admirably. Down jimmy,jrich, and rozier. They played there heart with effort, intensity, and hustle. That’s all we could ask for.
Yeah that was close to being as a big of a regular season win in a long time. No doubt we put some doubt and fear in to them, especially Jalen. The Heat are the last team they want to see in the playoffs, especially once we have Jimmy back and sign Thad Young and Gallo lol (jk on that)
Shid I rather have thad or Gallo taking that pivotal Highsmith missed open 3.
gallo yes thats not thads game.rather have thad than gallo.
Great effort
Herro gotta take the shots
think ty needs to be pg going forward .rozier is more of a 2 anyway
If Rozier is healthy, he’s the pg. No doubt.
hes more of a 2 though.hes small but hes looking to score first
I don’t see him exactly that way because he’s had an incredible assist to turnover ratio, including 6 with 0 turnovers today. And he is assisting all year at a pretty high rate. But, yeah, he could be either 1 or 2.
bams not a guy thats scores in crunch time
I thought that was out
Injuries finally catching up to us
We had a legit chance even with everyone out. The Heat are not scared of Boston. If they play in a series Boston has to make plays to win 4 games. It will not be given to them like the 76ers gifted them that series last year
Yes we did and that’s all we could of hoped for , and heat most definitely not scared of any team in the east .
Not the player I want taking that shot, but he was open
Me either, but had no choice with all the injuries.
dum foul caleb
Not a good foul
Awesome game ,if we can pull this out this would be our signature win of the season.
tatum brown too much hero ball,they dont move ball
Duncan D!
Herro!
Herro on fire
What a play by Highsmith!
Much needed. He knew he needed to do something, anything
BOY WONDER !
Score again
We are scrapping with them. All effort and hustle. Very impressive no matter how the game ends up.
No Jimmy. No Terry. No Jrich. And we’re helping them by playing Highsmith lol
He playing good D tho
Yes but we need more. Too shorthanded
bam put that up with left hand not getting blocked
I like the intensity
we have to score
Yes badly
Brown folding playoff style
Yeah he seems to easily lose focus
Yes, hopefully Boston continues running the offense through him instead of tatum.
Duncan d!
donde esta
bam couldnt over power brown thats stud d
Bam went beastmode for that bucket !
5 pt possession
Well done Bam
Playoff intensity lol
can dunc fight?
dunc yard dog love it
Agree
HA! Might be your best post.
dunc should of acted like his arm was hurt
You didn’t see him holding his shoulder and grimacing?
at the beginning only should have maintained it
I hope Martin and dunc are ok
broke the leg of the morron
Gotta be a flagrant
Agreed
Funny. What’s his problem?
Amazing shot from Martin
crotty would say that shouldnt count
Haywood a fouling machine smh
browns a hard guard lots pump fakes
Heat saying knee for Terry. Interesting as it looked more like an ankle.
Spo said it was ankle just a few minutes ago. So idk 🤷♂️
I trust Spo. Ira is saying knee
grabbed his knee when on ground
Yes
porz playing great with cs .prob best off season pickup holiday might be second best
Duncan>…………………………………………………………………………………………..Haywood
The Heat are playing with very strong effort. Too bad about the injuries. But proud of the team nonetheless.