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Boston Celtics at Miami Heat

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Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

BOS

Season leaders, per game

MIA
The teams side by side: Boston Celtics and Miami Heat compared, with league ranks
BOSStatMIA
56–26Record43–39
Offense
7.9(better), 4th in the leagueNet rating13th in the league, 2.2
118.1(better), 2nd in the leagueOffensive rating13th in the league, 114.5
97.1, 30th in the leaguePace1st in the league, 105.4
55.3(better), 11th in the leagueeFG%17th in the league, 54.2
10.5(better), 1st in the leagueTOV%4th in the league, 11.2
29.2(better), 6th in the leagueOREB%17th in the league, 25.4
0.207, 30th in the leagueFT rate14th in the league, 0.268(better)
Defense
110.2(better), 4th in the leagueDefensive rating14th in the league, 112.3
52.3(better), 4th in the leagueOpp. eFG%8th in the league, 54.0
11.0, 26th in the leagueOpp. TOV%17th in the league, 12.2(better)
75.7(better), 4th in the leagueDREB%8th in the league, 74.9
0.245, 6th in the leagueOpp. FT rate4th in the league, 0.240(better)

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Boston Celtics

Nobody listed.

Miami Heat

  • Myron GardnerQuestionable· back Oct 1
    Report note

    Gardner's Summer League is over because of an ankle sprain he suffered in Friday's California Classic opener in San Francisco against the Spurs. The swingman is missing out on valuable reps as he competes for a rotation spot with the Heat, but he does have plenty of time to recuperate for training camp in the fall.

    Cost -0.5 per 100
  • Ryan ConwellQuestionable
    Report note

    Hip

Key players · BOS: Boston Celtics key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Derrick White34.116.54.45.411.2 / 3.2 / 4.05.0
Payton Pritchard32.417.03.95.217.8 / 2.8 / 5.61.8
Paul George30.617.35.33.615.0 / 4.6 / 2.62.4
Neemias Queta25.310.28.41.713.2 / 8.4 / 2.63.9
Sam Hauser24.79.23.81.511.2 / 4.2 / 2.61.5
Key players · MIA: Miami Heat key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Bam Adebayo32.420.110.03.218.0 / 10.0 / 5.84.2
Andrew Wiggins30.415.44.82.713.0 / 2.6 / 2.6-0.6
Giannis Antetokounmpo28.927.69.85.427.0 / 8.0 / 5.24.8
Davion Mitchell28.59.32.76.513.8 / 2.4 / 6.22.0
Tim Hardaway Jr.26.613.52.61.48.4 / 2.4 / 1.20.8

Last five games

Boston Celtics: Boston Celtics: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 2 vs PHILost 100–109––
Apr 30 @ PHILost 93–106––
Apr 28 vs PHILost 97–113––
Apr 26 @ PHIWon 128–96––
Apr 24 @ PHIWon 108–100––
Miami Heat: Miami Heat: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 14 @ CHALost 126–127––
Apr 12 vs ATLWon 143–117––
Apr 10 @ WASWon 140–117––
Apr 9 @ TORLost 114–128––
Apr 7 @ TORLost 95–121––
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1DET6022.732–8-2
2BOS5626.68348-2
3NYK5329.64676-4
4CLE5230.63487-3
8ORL4537.549157-3
9CHA4438.537166-4
10MIA4339.524175-5
11MIL3250.390283-7
12CHI3151.378292-8

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

BOS attack against MIA defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards51.9 (lg 49.8) , 5th in the league15.4 (lg 13.6) , 1st in the league15.4 (lg 14.2) , 3rd in the league
Forwards38.8 (lg 37.4) , 8th in the league17.0 (lg 15.3) , 4th in the league7.1 (lg 7.0) , 17th in the league
Centers10.8 (lg 10.7) , 14th in the league7.6 (lg 7.5) , 13th in the league1.7 (lg 1.9) , 20th in the league
MIA attack against BOS defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards46.0 (lg 49.8) , 29th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 18th in the league13.7 (lg 14.2) , 19th in the league
Forwards34.4 (lg 37.4) , 28th in the league13.9 (lg 15.3) , 28th in the league6.1 (lg 7.0) , 28th in the league
Centers9.3 (lg 10.7) , 26th in the league6.8 (lg 7.5) , 27th in the league1.4 (lg 1.9) , 28th in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.