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How To Watch Miami Heat-Boston Celtics Game 5, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Lines

Shandel Richardson

Apr 29, 2024; Miami, Florida, USA; Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) drives into Miami Heat - Michael Laughlin/USA TODAY Sports
Apr 29, 2024; Miami, Florida, USA; Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) drives into Miami Heat - Michael Laughlin/USA TODAY Sports / Michael Laughlin-USA TODAY Sports
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Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez has been ruled out for Wednesday's Game 5 against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Jaquez sustained a hip injury in Monday's loss in Game 4.

Here's the game preview:

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Where: TD Garden, Boston

TV: TNT, Bally Sports

Betting line: Heat +14.5

Vitals: The Heat and Celtics met three times this regular season with Boston winning each matchup. The Heat are 53-83 all-time versus the Celtics during the regular season, including 30-40 in home games and 23-43 in road games. The teams enter this postseason having faced each
other six times in the playoffs, including four times in the Eastern Conference Finals (2012, 2020, 2022, 2023), once in the Semifinals (2011) and once in the First Round (2010). The HEAT has recorded a 4-2 playoff series record against Boston over that span, resulting in a 20-17 postseason record against the Celtics .This is the fourth time in five years the Heat and Celtics have met in the playoffs. The Celtics lead the series 3-1.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Caleb Martin

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Duncan Robinson

F Nikola Jovic

CELTICS

F Jayson Tatum

F Jaylen Brown

C Kristaps Porzingis

G Jrue Holiday

G Derrick White

INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Josh Richardson: Out - Right Shoulder Surgery 

Jimmy Butler: Out - Knee

Terry Rozier: Out - Neck Spasms

Jaime Jaquez: Out - Hip

CELTICS

Kristaps Porzingis: Questionable - Foot

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Game 5: "We've proven we can win a bunch of different ways. But I think we have a game. I think we have an offensive game in us .. Our guys really want to get things back to Miami and have just a great game in front of our fans. I know it. Guys have talked about it. That's what we'll focus on."

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Shandel Richardson

SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here