The Boston Celtics (16-11) defeat the Miami Heat (15-13), 129-116, behind a combined 63 points from Derrick White and Jaylen Brown.

116 - 129

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: TD Garden

Officials: Zach Zarba, Jacyn Goble, and Biniam Maru

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Miami Heat	29	29	31	27	116
Boston Celtics	30	28	34	37	129

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Miami Heat	116	40-102	39.2%	19-49	38.8%	17-24	70.8%	17	58	27	20	6	13	1
Boston Celtics	129	44-82	53.7%	21-43	48.8%	20-24	83.3%	6	55	25	19	8	14	8

PLAYER STATS


Miami Heat	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jaime Jaquez Jr.^SF	36:19	14	5-15	1-5	3-4	1	7	8	4	0	0	4	1	-25
Bam Adebayo^PF	36:06	16	6-13	0-1	4-6	4	6	10	4	1	0	3	5	-15
Kel’el Ware^C	27:34	24	8-12	6-7	2-2	5	9	14	2	0	1	0	2	-9
Norman Powell^SG	34:26	18	7-21	1-11	3-5	0	4	4	3	1	0	1	3	-12
Kasparas Jakučionis^PG	35:36	17	5-13	5-8	2-2	5	1	6	4	0	0	1	3	3
Simone Fontecchio	30:28	12	4-13	4-9	0-0	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	-4
Dru Smith	21:09	7	2-10	0-4	3-5	1	0	1	4	3	0	3	2	-18
Myron Gardner	16:31	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4	3
Keshad Johnson	00:54	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Vladislav Goldin	00:54	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Tyler Herro	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Davion Mitchell	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Wiggins	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Jović	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pelle Larsson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Rozier	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jahmir Young	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boston Celtics	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jaylen Brown^SF	34:43	30	9-18	2-4	10-11	0	9	9	7	1	0	5	3	8
Jordan Walsh^PF	21:33	6	2-6	0-4	2-2	1	6	7	1	0	2	1	0	-6
Neemias Queta^C	25:00	10	4-6	0-0	2-3	2	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	5
Payton Pritchard^SG	26:52	9	2-8	2-8	3-4	1	3	4	4	2	0	0	1	-2
Derrick White^PG	35:40	33	11-20	9-14	2-2	0	5	5	6	0	4	1	1	27
Anfernee Simons	28:53	14	6-10	2-5	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	4	13
Josh Minott	06:51	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	-5
Sam Hauser	25:14	15	5-6	5-6	0-0	0	4	4	3	0	0	2	2	13
Hugo González	29:27	10	4-7	1-2	1-2	2	6	8	0	2	1	2	4	22
Baylor Scheierman	05:44	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-10
Chris Boucher	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luka Garza	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Tillman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Harper Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Shulga	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jayson Tatum	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amari Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

jpaxlux | BOS

129 | 8 hours ago

Derrick White is Miami’s father unfortunately

PapaSheev7 | Celtics

51 | 8 hours ago

Unfortunately?

Throwawayforme3123 | Celtics

29 | 8 hours ago

Im glad a player is showing the same level of hate I have for the heat

It’s fucking great

Efficient_Art_1144 | Celtics

15 | 7 hours ago

You’ve never seen a parent ashamed of their own kid before?

archerarcher0 | Celtics

88 | 8 hours ago

White and brown were great but fucking shoutout to Hugo

Kid is an absolute maniac and one of the most impactful/versatile rookies on the defensive end that I’ve ever seen

It takes a lot for Joe mazzulla to believe in you, ESPECIALLY as a rookie and we have games where he will legit play Hugo for like 10-20 minutes straight because he we cant afford to take him off the floor

namblaotie | BOS

15 | 8 hours ago

Bill Simmons had this to said this about Hugo, I thought it was hilarious.

Scroll back from my timestamp to hear is overall take on the Celtics this year, I think he makes some pretty good points about this years Celtics team.

EutaxySpy | Celtics

67 | 8 hours ago

Derrick White is a Heat killer and turns into Prime Steph Curry when he plays against them, always turns it on when he sees them. Even hit career-high in 3s this game lmao

Western-Animator1005

1 | 3 hours ago

White heat lol

TatumBrownWhite | Celtics

63 | 8 hours ago

Did Spo call 3 timeouts in like 60 seconds?

That stretch of 3s was amazing.

G2KY | Celtics

25 | 8 hours ago

Yes and still could not stop Derrick and Sam

cl353 | Heat

20 | 8 hours ago

cant even be mad at the loss cuz genuinely how do u win a game when the opponents do that lol

COMMENTASIPLEASE | Celtics

48 | 8 hours ago

Now you know how we felt when Caleb Martin and Gabe Vincent randomly turned into 99 overall created players against us

Throwawayforme3123 | Celtics

16 | 8 hours ago

Except D White and Sam are actually good shooters

Both those bums look to be out of the league in 1-2 years

EutaxySpy | Celtics

2 | 7 hours ago

AND they are both NBA champions while Caleb Martin and Gabe Vincent got blasted in the Finals, so I’ll take it

hailmamba | BOS

10 | 7 hours ago

Fakest series of all time from those 2😂

NoShameInternets | Celtics

2 | 6 hours ago

Literally all time team 3pt shooting performance in a series by the Heat against the C’s that year, as far back as I bothered to look.

instantur | Celtics

5 | 6 hours ago

Most fraudulent run I have ever seen. I’m glad their luck wore out in the finals.

__BURRITOBRAWL

3 | 6 hours ago

That’s what we dealt with last week in Milwaukee when Kuzma and Portis turned their sliders all the way up when no one was looking, if that’s any consolation.

thepeachgod | Celtics

46 | 8 hours ago

The death of Derrick White was greatly exaggerated

igonnawrecku_VGC | Celtics

18 | 8 hours ago

People really thought he wasn’t good because it took him longer than 3 games to adjust to being a second option

JoJonesy | Celtics

7 | 8 hours ago

Like it’s still not his ideal role but I would’ve been shocked if he’d kept playing like he was in the first 10-15 games. Too good of a shooter, even if he’s taking tougher shots

thepeachgod | Celtics

1 | 8 hours ago

Yea he definitely hit some shots he had no business hitting tonight but I guess that’s just getting back to the mean after he spent the first month making 25% of his open threes

Kyler1313

46 | 8 hours ago

I’ve seen too much Hauser disrespect lately (mostly from Celtics fans themselves). I don’t care if he is 0 for his last 100, I will always trust his shot, he is one of the premier shooters in the world.

Glad to see him have one of his crazy hot shooting games. He is definitely due for more…

JesseJamesGames449 | Celtics

20 | 8 hours ago

He is actually a very underrated defender too.. stays in front of his man way more often then not, is in good position and usually gets other teams bench scorers to force up bad shots.. the amount of times i have seen bench players who think they are good just kill their teams set play to run ISO on sam hauser and then not score is insane..

Stiff_Tacos | Celtics

1 | 5 hours ago

https://youtu.be/VzAYHZCHu7U?si=D_s2DM4sAlnXB9Sb

3:37 Jrue said it best

TatumBrownWhite | Celtics

6 | 8 hours ago

Still pretty clear that despite the shooting slump, Joe trusts Hauser a lot more than Minott and to a degree Walsh as well.

UpvoteIfYouAgreee | BOS

5 | 7 hours ago

hes clearly been fighting ticky tack injuries for a while too

deets23_ | Celtics

2 | 8 hours ago

I agree!!!

King_Of_Pants | BOS

1 | 35 minutes ago

Hauser disrespect lately (mostly from Celtics fans themselves).

A lot of it is tied to his contract situation.

We’re expecting to try and shave ~12m in salaries at the deadline, and Simons and Hauser are really the only ways we can get close to that.

I think people would be more patient with his issues this season if they felt like he was going to stick around.

Mkaayy1986 | Warriors

37 | 8 hours ago

Are the Celtics back? When is Tatum returning? Its wild that they lost half their championship team and are right back in the playoffs

DreTownblues | Celtics

22 | 8 hours ago

Febuary/march it sounds like.

Mkaayy1986 | Warriors

16 | 8 hours ago

Wow that is so impressive

Deviljho12 | Celtics

14 | 8 hours ago

Probably sometime around March

Mkaayy1986 | Warriors

14 | 8 hours ago

Thats great news for yall

PuzzleheadedClue9837 | Supersonics

1 | 4 hours ago

Mazz is a great coach

ayeno

37 | 8 hours ago

Derrick White took what Norm said personally

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1 | 7 hours ago

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ayeno

2 | 7 hours ago

Norm just listed a few players he thought he was better than. And Derrick was one of the few players he felt he was better than.

sstphnn | Celtics

32 | 8 hours ago

Heat fans hating on Derrick White is undestandable

whyenn | Celtics

18 | 8 hours ago

Derrick White hate is never understandable.

cl353 | Heat

16 | 8 hours ago

im trying to love him but he wont love me back :(

IntelligentAd5460 | Grizzlies

28 | 8 hours ago

the chicago miami play in invitational is back on

TatumBrownWhite | Celtics

10 | 8 hours ago

Hawks in there too for good measure.

The surprise participant is the Cavs

Aidanator800 | Hornets

1 | 4 hours ago

The Magic have graduated to a ⁵⁄₆ seed this year

neal1701

18 | 8 hours ago

Derrick White is probably best Heat killer I have ever seen

Also, hard for Miami to do anything when Celtics hit like 8 3-pointers in the first 4 minutes of the 4th quarter

Trayswisher_ | Nets

16 | 8 hours ago

Despite being their best player tonight Spo still decides to play Ware 6+ minutes less than every other starter 🔥🔥🔥 maybe next game he’ll bury him on the bench again for a solid 18 mins 💯

SandwitchJ | Celtics

13 | 8 hours ago

Hugo Gonzalez is 19 lol

bigcountryjeeves | Washington Bullets

12 | 8 hours ago

I think we’ve seen enough of Baylor Scheierman. Time for The Law Firm to go

Deviljho12 | Celtics

12 | 8 hours ago

Yeah Hugo and Walsh are the young depth wings behind Tatum and Brown now

AfroHouseManiac

7 | 8 hours ago

Seen it coming from a mile away. I wanted to believe he was an NBA player but just doesnt have it. And his entering the draft video threw me off, he didn’t sound confident in himself about potentially going up against better competition.

JoJonesy | Celtics

1 | 8 hours ago

in hindsight, unfortunate we didn’t grab Filipowksi with that pick— we really could have used him

Son_of_Atreus | Celtics

1 | 3 hours ago

I thought not taking Filipowski was an insane move. I assumed it was all the worry about the Groomer/GF but he is balling out that drama hasn’t affected him at all.

MacJonesisaterrorist | Celtics

10 | 8 hours ago

Heat without Butler😴

second_impression | Celtics

27 | 8 hours ago

Heat without Caleb Martin

PapaSheev7 | Celtics

10 | 8 hours ago

No Butler, no Martin, no Vincent, Adebayo can’t win with these cats.

DreTownblues | Celtics

2 | 8 hours ago

Couldn’t win with them either

second_impression | Celtics

2 | 8 hours ago

I wouldn’t say that 😅

Ice_Dragon3444 | Heat

-6 | 8 hours ago

We are also on a b2b missing 3 starters but ok

idkjay | Celtics

7 | 7 hours ago

we lost our entire frontcourt and don’t have tatum but ok

Unusual-Ask6933 | Celtics

7 | 8 hours ago

Tonight Derrick White showed Norm why he’s the better player

heat_fan_ | Raptors

7 | 8 hours ago

Miami fell off haven’t they

DW the Heat killer

pestobar127 | Heat

8 | 8 hours ago

Funnily enough, this season is the best our team has looked in the regular season since 2020 lol

Aidanator800 | Hornets

3 | 4 hours ago

Not 2022 when you guys finished 1st in the East?

pestobar127 | Heat

-1 | 4 hours ago

Nope. That was one of the worst we looked tbh. Most of our guys were injured that regular season and when we were winning, they were really ugly wins haha

I’d say 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 seasons were the seasons where I felt confident we could win a chip and we genuinely looked good on both sides of the court.

Edit: misremembering the seasons. I was splitting the first andsecond half of 2021-2022 into two different seasons haha

VLHACS | Celtics

6 | 8 hours ago

Derrick White

EarthWarping | NBA

1 | 8 hours ago

Will any Celtics sit for the Raptors game tomorrow?

Jannopan | Celtics

6 | 7 hours ago

Doubt it. But Queta took two big falls this game so I guess it’s possible he rests.

Unusual-Ask6933 | Celtics

6 | 8 hours ago

My guess is no, they don’t normally rest for B2B

Son_of_Atreus | Celtics

1 | 3 hours ago

Wouldn’t be surprised if Queta wakes up sore with a tight back. He could be a late scratch.

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

1 | 8 hours ago

When is Tatum coming back

TatumBrownWhite | Celtics

2 | 8 hours ago

3/1/26 🙏🏾

He wants to come back ²⁄₈ vs the Knicks on Super Bowl Sunday but IMO that is way too soon

Unusual-Ask6933 | Celtics

1 | 5 hours ago

Did Tatum say that or is that fan speculation? I’ve not seen anything about him mentioning specific dates.

TatumBrownWhite | Celtics

1 | 5 hours ago

Supposed fan speculation based on all the hints he’s dropping that basically hint at ²⁄₈.

It would make sense, it’s Super Bowl Sunday against the team he had the injury against, and if I’m not mistaken, it’s the last time the Knicks will play in Boston this season.

Unusual-Ask6933 | Celtics

1 | 5 hours ago

TD gonna be loud as hell when he checks in for the first time🤩

Redditforever12

1 | 4 hours ago

you have to hand it to boston, they were sellers this offseason and still very competitve in the east.