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Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics

April 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Heat 147-129 on 2026-04-01 on the road against the Heat. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell, and Pelle Larsson. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, and Sam Hauser. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 7 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Tyler Herro as his primary defender. Bam Adebayo (Heat) scored 19 points (7/18) in his matchups, with Neemias Queta as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 129

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Davion Mitchell GS 40:23 21 2 7 0 0 0 2 8-15 5-10 0-0 +7
Tyler Herro GS 40:20 18 3 7 0 1 3 5 5-15 4-10 4-4 -11
Pelle Larsson GS 37:51 18 3 6 3 0 1 2 7-13 2-4 2-4 +7
Bam Adebayo GS 37:51 29 10 2 2 0 3 2 10-21 5-10 4-8 -23
Andrew Wiggins GS 32:07 13 4 2 0 2 0 2 4-7 3-4 2-2 -17
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 29:46 17 10 2 0 1 2 1 7-16 2-5 1-1 -23
Kel'el Ware 12:52 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 2-3 2-2 2-2 -5
Simone Fontecchio 4:57 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1-4 1-2 2-2 -7
Dru Smith 3:53 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -18
Totals 129 37 27 5 4 9 16 44-95 24-47 17-23

Did not play: Myron Gardner (DNP - Coach's Decision), Vladislav Goldin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kasparas Jakučionis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Jović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trevor Keels (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 147

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylen Brown GS 37:20 43 3 7 0 0 1 3 17-29 4-10 5-7 +9
Jayson Tatum GS 37:15 25 18 11 2 0 2 2 9-21 4-13 3-4 +7
Derrick White GS 34:25 6 5 4 0 1 3 1 3-4 0-1 0-0 +6
Neemias Queta GS 33:05 16 11 3 0 3 0 3 5-7 0-0 6-8 +28
Sam Hauser GS 28:40 23 3 0 1 1 0 1 9-11 5-7 0-1 +23
Payton Pritchard 31:09 14 3 4 0 1 0 2 5-9 4-7 0-0 +20
Baylor Scheierman 17:48 8 2 4 1 0 1 3 3-4 2-2 0-0 +14
Luka Garza 14:47 12 2 0 0 1 0 2 5-10 2-4 0-0 -10
Jordan Walsh 5:15 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -7
Hugo González 0:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Max Shulga 0:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 147 48 34 5 8 7 17 56-96 21-44 14-20

Did not play: Charles Bassey (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), John Tonje (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
Tyler Herro Jaylen Brown: 36 poss., 5 pts (1/5) · Derrick White: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Davion Mitchell Payton Pritchard: 29 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Derrick White: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Pelle Larsson Sam Hauser: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Jayson Tatum: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bam Adebayo Neemias Queta: 39 poss., 18 pts (6/13) · Luka Garza: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Andrew Wiggins Jayson Tatum: 25 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Derrick White: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kel'el Ware Baylor Scheierman: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jayson Tatum: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Simone Fontecchio Baylor Scheierman: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Payton Pritchard: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Dru Smith Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaylen Brown Tyler Herro: 25 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Andrew Wiggins: 15 poss., 16 pts (6/8)
Jayson Tatum Pelle Larsson: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Andrew Wiggins: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Neemias Queta Bam Adebayo: 33 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Andrew Wiggins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derrick White Davion Mitchell: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pelle Larsson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser Tyler Herro: 22 poss., 8 pts (4/4) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Payton Pritchard Davion Mitchell: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Baylor Scheierman Tyler Herro: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Bam Adebayo: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kel'el Ware: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Tyler Herro: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pelle Larsson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)