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After a long overdue bounce back victory that snapped the Miami Heat’s five-game losing streak in Brooklyn against the Nets, they are right back to work on Friday evening.
For the second night of a back-to-back, and the second of three road games in a four-day span, Miami heads to TD Garden to face the rival Boston Celtics. The Celtics started out the season slow, as their superstar in Jayson Tatum is still recovering from a torn achilles from the 2025 postseason. They are coming off two straight losses, including their most recent to the top seed Detroit Pistons. However, they have turned things around as of late.
Boston is 7-3 over their last 10 games and have risen to the current fourth seed in the wide open Eastern Conference.
At now a 15-12 record, the Heat are just .5 games behind the 15-11 Celtics. This game doesn’t just have impact on the standings, but it would be a great step forward for the Heat to build on after their recent losing skid. Miami would jump Boston entirely in the standings and potentially get back to top-four in the East with a win.
Miami’s injury report has not been released yet, but Tyler Herro is expected to still be sidelined with his toe injury. Look for coach Erik Spoelstra to stick the Bam Adebayo-Kel’el Ware double big starting lineup after the win in Brooklyn— where Ware shined as a starter again with a dominant 22 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks double-double.
Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):
Boston Celtics:
- Sam Hauser (ankle) — PROBABLE
- Josh Minott (back) — PROBABLE
- Jayson Tatum (Achilles repair) — OUT
- Ron Harper Jr (g-league) — OUT
- Max Shulga (g-league) — OUT
- Amari Williams (g-league) — OUT
Miami Heat:
- NOT YET SUBMITTED.
Projected Starting 5 (subject to change):
Boston Celtics:
- Payton Pritchard, G
- Derrick White, G
- Jaylen Brown, G/F
- Jordan Walsh, F
- Neemias Queta, C
Miami Heat:
- Davion Mitchell, G
- Norman Powell, G
- Andrew Wiggins, F
- Bam Adebayo, F/C
- Kel’el Ware, F/C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 7:00 PM EST
- TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun (Eric Reid & John Crotty)
- 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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I will be late to the party, but will check my phone for the box score. Let’s go Heat!
I would be very surprised if Heat win one of those two games.
Have to see the injury report. If it is the same as last night, we have a chance tonite. If KAT returns, we will be distinct underdogs against the Knicks.