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Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics

January 15, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Heat 119-114 on 2026-01-15 on the road against the Heat. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, and Pelle Larsson. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 12 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Andrew Wiggins as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 11 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Payton Pritchard as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Andrew Wiggins GS 34:51 16 8 4 0 0 1 3 5-10 3-6 3-3 +3
Bam Adebayo GS 33:04 22 4 5 0 0 1 3 8-19 3-7 3-4 +13
Norman Powell GS 31:47 26 3 2 1 0 0 2 10-15 1-3 5-5 +11
Tyler Herro GS 30:59 22 2 3 3 1 1 3 9-15 4-7 0-0 -11
Pelle Larsson GS 29:43 7 3 2 0 0 0 1 2-6 0-3 3-4 +1
Kasparas Jakučionis 27:21 12 5 8 0 0 3 5 3-4 3-4 3-4 -6
Simone Fontecchio 16:48 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-2 3-3 0
Nikola Jović 15:09 3 5 0 1 1 2 1 1-6 0-4 1-4 -19
Dru Smith 11:30 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0-4 0-2 0-0 -9
Kel'el Ware 8:49 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1-5 1-4 0-0 -8
Totals 114 40 25 7 2 10 20 39-87 15-42 21-27

Did not play: Jaime Jaquez Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Davion Mitchell (DND - Injury/Illness)

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Derrick White GS 36:09 8 6 5 0 2 2 3 1-7 0-3 6-6 +12
Jaylen Brown GS 30:14 27 7 0 0 0 5 3 9-24 2-7 7-7 -10
Sam Hauser GS 29:14 17 3 3 1 0 0 1 6-11 3-8 2-2 +1
Payton Pritchard GS 24:01 2 3 8 1 1 1 1 1-4 0-2 0-0 -20
Neemias Queta GS 19:45 9 9 0 1 1 2 5 4-5 0-0 1-2 -1
Anfernee Simons 34:19 39 4 4 1 0 2 0 13-28 7-16 6-6 +18
Luka Garza 28:00 11 4 1 1 0 1 4 4-8 1-3 2-2 +5
Jordan Walsh 19:49 4 8 1 0 1 0 3 2-2 0-0 0-0 +1
Hugo González 13:31 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 +19
Baylor Scheierman 4:58 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 119 51 22 5 5 13 22 41-91 13-39 24-25

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Bam Adebayo Neemias Queta: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Luka Garza: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/7)
Andrew Wiggins Jaylen Brown: 18 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Sam Hauser: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Norman Powell Payton Pritchard: 23 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Derrick White: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Tyler Herro Jordan Walsh: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Pelle Larsson Derrick White: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anfernee Simons: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis Anfernee Simons: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Brown: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Simone Fontecchio Anfernee Simons: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sam Hauser: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Jović Derrick White: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Hugo González: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dru Smith Baylor Scheierman: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kel'el Ware Neemias Queta: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Luka Garza: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Derrick White Pelle Larsson: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Norman Powell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Anfernee Simons Kasparas Jakučionis: 19 poss., 11 pts (3/5) · Dru Smith: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Brown Andrew Wiggins: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Pelle Larsson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Sam Hauser Tyler Herro: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Norman Powell: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luka Garza Bam Adebayo: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Payton Pritchard Norman Powell: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta Bam Adebayo: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kel'el Ware: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Tyler Herro: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González Simone Fontecchio: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Jović: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Baylor Scheierman Dru Smith: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Herro: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)