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Miami Heat Have "All Hands On Deck" With Delon Wright Back In Lineup For Game 4 Vs. Boston Celtics

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Apr 14, 2024; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat guard Delon Wright (4) is back in the lineup tonight against the Boston Celtics after missing last game for personal reasons - Jim Rassol/USA TODAY Sports
Apr 14, 2024; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat guard Delon Wright (4) is back in the lineup tonight against the Boston Celtics after missing last game for personal reasons - Jim Rassol/USA TODAY Sports | Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports

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The Miami Heat are dealing with enough injuries, so they are fortunate for the return of any player.

That is the message Heat coach Erik Spoelstra expressed during pregame before facing the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Guard Delon Wright is back after missing Game 3 for the birth of his daughter.

"It's great to have him back," Spoelstra said. "It's also a beautiful weekend for Delon, an amazing blessing. We need all hands on deck right now. The disruptiveness, the intangibles that he brings definitely fit."  

The Heat are playing without key players Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier.

Here's the game preview:

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Kaseya Center, Miami

TV: TNT, Bally Sports

Betting line: Heat +10.5

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 2-1.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Caleb Martin

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Jaime Jaquez

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

Delon Wright: Probable - Personal matter

CELTICS

None

Heat center Bam Adebayo after losing Game 3: "We just made mistake after mistake on offense. Not communicating, throwing the ball away, turnovers that shouldn't happen in the playoffs. We need to check that box. "If you watched the game, we had lackadaisical turnovers, unforced turnovers for no reason. I feel like that was the difference." 

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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