
Miami Heat at Boston Celtics
· National Basketball AssociationBrown scores 29, Pritchard adds 25 bench points to lead Celtics past Heat 108-89

Derrick White added 19 points as the defending NBA champions won for the eighth time in nine games.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Tyler Herro scored 19 for Miami. Herro was 2 for 10 from 3-point range, and the Heat shot 23% from beyond the arc and 36% from the field.
Both teams were without key players for the second night of a back-to-back after losing on Sunday.
Miami played without Jimmy Butler, who has missed five of the first 19 games with a knee injury. The Celtics were without Jrue Holiday, Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis.
Miami scored the first seven points and then went cold while the Celtics ran off 17 of the next 19 points to take the lead. Boston made it a double-digit lead early in the second quarter and went up by 20 in the third.
Celtics: Have not lost back-to-back games all season.
Regular Season Series
BOS leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | ![]() |
End of Game | 89 - 108 |
4th 0.0 | ![]() |
End of the 4th Quarter | 89 - 108 |
4th 7.1 | ![]() |
shot clock turnover | 89 - 108 |
4th 32.0 | ![]() |
Pelle Larsson makes 24-foot three point shot (Dru Smith assists) | 89 - 108 |
4th 37.2 | ![]() |
Pelle Larsson defensive rebound | 86 - 108 |
Statistics
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31-87 | FG | 39-89 |
35.6 | Field Goal % | 43.8 |
8-35 | 3PT | 19-55 |
22.9 | Three Point % | 34.5 |
19-23 | FT | 11-13 |
82.6 | Free Throw % | 84.6 |
44 | Rebounds | 54 |
11 | Offensive Rebounds | 14 |
33 | Defensive Rebounds | 40 |
24 | Assists | 25 |
6 | Steals | 5 |
1 | Blocks | 9 |
10 | Turnovers | 14 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 3 |
10 | Total Turnovers | 17 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
6 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 18 |
22 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
38 | Points in Paint | 40 |
11 | Fouls | 20 |
7 | Largest Lead | 27 |
Game Information

Location: Boston, MA
Attendance: 19,156 · Capacity:
2024-25 Southeast Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
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32 | 35 | .478 | - | L1 |
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31 | 37 | .456 | 1.5 | L1 |
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29 | 38 | .433 | 3 | L7 |
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17 | 49 | .258 | 14.5 | W1 |
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15 | 51 | .227 | 16.5 | W2 |
2024-25 Atlantic Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
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49 | 19 | .721 | - | W2 |
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42 | 24 | .636 | 6 | L1 |
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24 | 43 | .358 | 24.5 | W3 |
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22 | 44 | .333 | 26 | L3 |
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22 | 45 | .328 | 26.5 | L3 |
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