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Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat

February 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Heat 98-96 on 2026-02-06 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Luka Garza, and Sam Hauser. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, and Pelle Larsson. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 18 points (6/8) in his matchups, with Derrick White as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 19 points (7/8) in his matchups, with Andrew Wiggins as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 98

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White GS	41:16	21	3	5	1	4	0	1	6-20	4-12	5-5	+6
Sam Hauser GS	35:18	2	3	2	1	1	0	2	1-7	0-6	0-0	+3
Jaylen Brown GS	33:05	29	7	2	0	1	7	2	11-25	1-7	6-10	-16
Neemias Queta GS	21:50	2	11	1	0	0	2	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Luka Garza GS	10:09	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Payton Pritchard	35:38	24	1	1	1	0	2	3	8-15	4-6	4-4	+4
Nikola Vučević	27:53	11	12	4	2	0	2	1	4-8	0-1	3-4	+11
Baylor Scheierman	18:38	5	7	2	1	1	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	+17
Hugo González	16:13	2	3	0	1	0	1	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Totals		98	50	17	7	7	14	16	35-84	10-36	18-23

Did not play: Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Walsh (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIA

Miami Heat 96

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Wiggins GS	38:22	26	6	0	2	0	1	2	10-16	5-7	1-2	+5
Norman Powell GS	34:57	24	3	4	4	0	3	2	9-15	3-7	3-3	+1
Bam Adebayo GS	34:39	16	7	1	1	0	0	2	5-13	2-6	4-6	+8
Davion Mitchell GS	29:30	13	2	6	0	1	2	3	5-11	2-6	1-2	+5
Pelle Larsson GS	11:37	0	5	3	0	0	2	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	+15
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	31:02	11	7	7	0	0	2	2	4-9	1-3	2-3	-6
Simone Fontecchio	19:28	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0-5	0-3	2-2	-8
Dru Smith	18:31	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-1	0-0	-7
Kel'el Ware	9:32	2	5	0	1	0	1	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-2
Nikola Jović	6:22	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-5	0-4	0-0	-14
Myron Gardner	6:00	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7
Totals		96	42	23	9	3	12	18	35-84	13-40	13-18

Did not play: Kasparas Jakučionis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser Starter 7.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser 9.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 6.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 4.0 min
Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 3.9 min

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson Starter 5.2 min
Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. 10.1 min
Andrew Wiggins · Dru Smith · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Kel'el Ware 7.0 min
Andrew Wiggins · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Simone Fontecchio · Myron Gardner 4.9 min
Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Norman Powell 18 pts (6/8) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick White (21 %, 7 pts) · Sam Hauser (19 %, 0 pts) · Hugo González (13 %, 0 pts)
Bam Adebayo 12 pts (5/15) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Vučević (35 %, 2 pts) · Neemias Queta (18 %, 0 pts) · Jaylen Brown (12 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Derrick White	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Norman Powell: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Sam Hauser	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Norman Powell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Payton Pritchard	Dru Smith: 19 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Davion Mitchell: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Brown	Andrew Wiggins: 26 poss., 7 pts (3/9) · Davion Mitchell: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Nikola Vučević	Bam Adebayo: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kel'el Ware: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Bam Adebayo: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kel'el Ware: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Baylor Scheierman	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Simone Fontecchio: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Norman Powell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luka Garza	Bam Adebayo: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Norman Powell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Heat defense

Jaylen Brown 19 pts (7/8) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Andrew Wiggins (37 %, 11 pts) · Davion Mitchell (18 %, 0 pts) · Pelle Larsson (11 %, 0 pts)
Derrick White 9 pts (3/12) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Norman Powell (32 %, 7 pts) · Jaime Jaquez Jr. (11 %, 0 pts) · Andrew Wiggins (9 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Andrew Wiggins	Jaylen Brown: 22 poss., 11 pts (4/4) · Sam Hauser: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/7)
Norman Powell	Derrick White: 24 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bam Adebayo	Nikola Vučević: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Luka Garza: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Sam Hauser: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Davion Mitchell	Payton Pritchard: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylen Brown: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Simone Fontecchio	Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dru Smith	Payton Pritchard: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pelle Larsson	Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kel'el Ware	Nikola Vučević: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nikola Jović	Nikola Vučević: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Derrick White: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myron Gardner	Derrick White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)