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Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat

December 19, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Heat 129-116 on 2025-12-19 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Jordan Walsh. The Heat started Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel'el Ware, and Kasparas Jakučionis. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 10 points (2/4) in his matchups, with Jordan Walsh as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 14 points (4/16) in his matchups, with Jaime Jaquez Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

BOS

Boston Celtics 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White GS	35:40	33	5	6	0	4	1	1	11-20	9-14	2-2	+27
Jaylen Brown GS	34:43	30	9	7	1	0	5	3	9-18	2-4	10-11	+8
Payton Pritchard GS	26:52	9	4	4	2	0	0	1	2-8	2-8	3-4	-2
Neemias Queta GS	25:01	10	3	3	1	1	1	1	4-6	0-0	2-3	+5
Jordan Walsh GS	21:34	6	7	1	0	2	1	0	2-6	0-4	2-2	-6
Hugo González	29:27	10	8	0	2	1	2	4	4-7	1-2	1-2	+22
Anfernee Simons	28:53	14	4	1	0	0	1	4	6-10	2-5	0-0	+13
Sam Hauser	25:14	15	4	3	0	0	2	2	5-6	5-6	0-0	+13
Josh Minott	6:51	2	1	0	2	0	1	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Baylor Scheierman	5:45	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-10
Totals		129	46	25	8	8	14	19	44-82	21-43	20-24

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Luka Garza (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIA

Miami Heat 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaime Jaquez Jr. GS	36:19	14	8	4	0	0	4	1	5-15	1-5	3-4	-25
Bam Adebayo GS	36:06	16	10	4	1	0	3	5	6-13	0-1	4-6	-15
Kasparas Jakučionis GS	35:36	17	6	4	0	0	1	3	5-13	5-8	2-2	+3
Norman Powell GS	34:26	18	4	3	1	0	1	3	7-21	1-11	3-5	-12
Kel'el Ware GS	27:34	24	14	2	0	1	0	2	8-12	6-7	2-2	-9
Simone Fontecchio	30:28	12	2	4	0	0	1	0	4-13	4-9	0-0	-4
Dru Smith	21:09	7	1	4	3	0	3	2	2-10	0-4	3-5	-18
Myron Gardner	16:32	5	2	1	1	0	0	4	2-4	1-3	0-0	+3
Keshad Johnson	0:55	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+6
Vladislav Goldin	0:55	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Totals		116	47	27	6	1	13	20	40-102	19-49	17-24

Did not play: Tyler Herro (DND - Injury/Illness), Davion Mitchell (DND - Injury/Illness), Andrew Wiggins (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Jordan Walsh Starter 10.5 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Sam Hauser · Hugo González 7.9 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Hugo González 6.6 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 5.0 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Sam Hauser · Josh Minott · Hugo González 3.0 min

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Kel'el Ware · Kasparas Jakučionis Starter 15.6 min
Bam Adebayo · Dru Smith · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Myron Gardner 9.6 min
Norman Powell · Dru Smith · Simone Fontecchio · Kel'el Ware · Kasparas Jakučionis 6.8 min
Bam Adebayo · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Myron Gardner · Kasparas Jakučionis 3.1 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Kasparas Jakučionis 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Celtics defense

Norman Powell 10 pts (2/4) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (22 %, 2 pts) · Derrick White (15 %, 2 pts) · Anfernee Simons (14 %, 2 pts)
Bam Adebayo 22 pts (8/11) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylen Brown (22 %, 1 pts) · Neemias Queta (17 %, 0 pts) · Hugo González (14 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Bam Adebayo: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 13 poss., 11 pts (4/6)
Derrick White	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 28 poss., 11 pts (4/9) · Norman Powell: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Hugo González	Bam Adebayo: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Simone Fontecchio: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Anfernee Simons	Kasparas Jakučionis: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Dru Smith: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Payton Pritchard	Kasparas Jakučionis: 23 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Norman Powell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Simone Fontecchio: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bam Adebayo: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Neemias Queta	Kel'el Ware: 22 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Bam Adebayo: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh	Norman Powell: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Josh Minott	Bam Adebayo: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kel'el Ware: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Simone Fontecchio: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Myron Gardner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Jaylen Brown 14 pts (4/16) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Jaime Jaquez Jr. (29 %, 2 pts) · Kasparas Jakučionis (16 %, 3 pts) · Dru Smith (15 %, 2 pts)
Anfernee Simons 10 pts (3/5) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Kasparas Jakučionis (36 %, 2 pts) · Dru Smith (21 %, 0 pts) · Simone Fontecchio (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Norman Powell	Payton Pritchard: 33 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Derrick White: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/7)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Jaylen Brown: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/4) · Derrick White: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Bam Adebayo	Hugo González: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jordan Walsh: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Anfernee Simons: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/6)
Simone Fontecchio	Sam Hauser: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hugo González: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Kel'el Ware	Neemias Queta: 23 poss., 17 pts (5/7) · Hugo González: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dru Smith	Anfernee Simons: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Myron Gardner	Jaylen Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vladislav Goldin
Keshad Johnson