Miami Heat-Boston Celtics Injury Report, Betting Lines, How to Watch, Lineups & More

A full preview of Thursday night's game in Miami.

Dec 19, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. (11) drives the ball against Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) in the first quarter at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images | David Butler II-Imagn Images

Game date, time and location: Thursday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m. EST, Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun (South Florida), NBC Sports Boston

Radio: 104.3 FM (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale), ESPN 106.3 FM, (West Palm Beach), FOX Sports Radio 105.9 FM (Ft. Myers/Naples), 1450 AM (Suart), 97.7 FM (Florida Keys), WAQI 710 AM (Spanish-language broadcast, South Florida), 98.5 FM The Sports Hub (Boston)

VITALS: The Miami Heat (21-19) and Boston Celtics (24-15) meet for the second of four regular season matchups. Earlier this season, the Celtics recorded a, 129-116, win in Boston on December 19. The Heat are 54-87 all-time versus the Celtics during the regular season, including 30-42 in home games and 24-45 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Davion Mitchell

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Norman Powell

F Andrew Wiggins

CELTICS

G Payton Pritchard

G Derrick White

C Neemias Queta

F Jaylen Brown

F Sam Hauser

Betting Lines (via FanDuel Sportsbook)

Spread: Heat +2 (-112), Celtics -2 (-108)

Moneyline: Heat +108, Celtics -126

Total points scored: 233.5 (over -110, under -110)

INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Jaime Jaquez Jr.: Questionable - Knee

Tyler Herro: Probable - Toe/Ribs

Davion Mitchell: Doubtful - Shoulder

Nikola Jovic: Probable - Knee

Terry Rozier: Out - Not with team

CELTICS

Josh Minott: Out - Hamstring

Jayson Tatum: Out - Achilles

QUOTABLE

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra: "I think now we have positive teaching points from this. We're going to conquer the third quarter. We've had so many incredible first halves, even in the games that we've lost. If we can get some of these games, like even where we play poorly in the third, just get to the fourth, we have great competitors in our locker room.

They love these kind of moments where it's electric in there and you have to make big plays. So it was good to see us overcome the third quarter, there was a little bit of a glitch there where we kind of went back to some of the things that get us in trouble."

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Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at Twitter: @tropicalblanket

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