The Heat escaped each of its first two trips to the NBA’s play-in tournament with the East’s No. 8 playoff seed, making an improbable run that ended with a loss to the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals in 2023 and then being eliminated by the top-seeded Celtics in the first round of the playoffs last season.

The Boston Celtics returned home to TD Garden after going undefeated on their six-game road trip, and would see their winning streak snapped to the Miami Heat. In a game that Boston came into without Jrue Holiday,

Tyler Herro had 25 points and nine assists and the Miami Heat extended their season-best winning streak to six games with a 124-103 victory over the Boston Celtics.

The Celtics have been red hot lately, but as they entered this contest, their star guard, Jaylen Brown, was on the injury report. Brown landed on their injury report with a knee issue listed as questionable.

We've got another exciting Eastern Conference contest on Wednesday's NBA schedule as the Boston Celtics will host the Miami Heat. Boston is 56-19 overall and 24-12 at home, while Miami is 34-41 and 15-22 on the road.

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Coming off an undefeated 6-0 west coast road trip, the Celtics returned home to face off against the Miami Heat who are in the midst of a five-game winning streak. With two hot teams, it was Miami that snapped Boston’s winning streak as the Celtics lost 124-103.

Boston had its nine-game win streak snapped Wednesday night with a 124-103 home loss to the Miami Heat. The Celtics nearly erased a 22-point third-quarter deficit but faded in the fourth, prompting head coach Joe Mazzulla to play his backups for the final five minutes.

A pair of teams that have gotten used to seeing each other in late April and May are likely playing their final game against each other this season on Wednesday, April 2 when the Boston Celtics host the Miami Heat at TD Garden in Boston.

Boston (56-19) is fresh off a 6-0 road trip that raised the team’s road record to 32-7. It marked the longest road trip without a loss in franchise history, topping a 5-0 stretch in February 1973.

Luke Kornet, who started in this one, was the only player on the roster to finish with a positive +/-. Kornet scored 14 points on 7-9 shooting and grabbed 6 rebounds in 21 minutes. Brown has been impressed with Kornet’s performance this season.