Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Ruled Out Tonight Against Boston Celtics

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Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET
Where: Miami-Dade Arena
TV: Bally Sports Sun
Betting line: -1.5
VITALS: The Miami Heat and Boston Celtics meet for the fourth and final matchup this regular season. So far this season, Boston holds a 2-1 series advantage. The Heat are 52-80 all-time versus the Celtics during the regular season, including 29-38 in home games and 23-42 in road games.. For the Heat, Nikola Jovic (back), Duncan Robinson (finger), Jimmy Butler (back) and Omer Yurtseven (ankle) are out. For the Celtics, Danilo Gallinari is (knee) is out.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Tyler Herro
G Kyle Lowry
C Bam Adebayo
F Max Strus
F Caleb Martin
CELTICS
F Jayson Tatum
F Al Horford
C Robert Williams
G Marcus Smart
G Derrick White
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Heat center Bam Adebayo on the rivalry with Celtics: "“Obviously before we were here, it’s history. And some people still carry that weight, and it’s one of those things that you just have to inherit. Some people just don’t get it, they don’t get it. But when the Celtics come in, we always try to make it a dogfight.”
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