Game Story:

The Miami Heat (32-14) are looking to get their first win over the Boston Celtics (30-15) this season. The Heat, coming off last night’s home win over the Magic, will see the Celtics without one of their main contributors, Jayson Tatum.

Miami is 7-1 vs the other +.500 teams in the East (76ers, Bucks, Raptors and Pacers). But they are 0-1 against the Celtics this year. And this will be the second time they play Boston on the back end of a back-to-back.

The Heat’s biggest advantage in this game will be their bench contribution. The Celtics don’t offer very much scoring from a second unit — especially with Tatum out. If Dragic, Herro and the rest of the crew can play well, it puts a lot of pressure on the Celtics. This should be a really good game.

FiveThirtyEight has the Heat with a 47% chance to win this game.

Probable Starters:

Heat:

• Jimmy Butler
• Bam Adebayo
• Meyers Leonard
• Duncan Robinson
• Kendrick Nunn

Celtics:

• Gordon Hayward
• Jaylen Brown
• Daniel Theis
• Marcus Smart
• Kemba Walker

Broadcast Info:

Game time: 8:00pm

TV: TNT

Radio: The Ticket 790AM & The HEAT Radio Network (Mike Inglis, Ruth Riley Hunter)

Spanish Radio: WAQI 710AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda, Joe Pujala)