The Miami Heat (48-28) begin their final, and arguably their toughest, road trip this regular season when they face the Boston Celtics (47-29) tonight in a nationally televised game on ESPN.
Boston has been one of the hottest teams in the NBA, having won 11 of 12 games and 24 of their last 28 games to make a dramatic climb up the Eastern Conference standings since January before 115-112 Monday’s overtime loss to the Toronto Raptors. Playing without four starters on the second night of a back-to-back set, they rested Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum while Al Horford was away from the team for personal reasons.