The Miami Heat face a significant challenge as they head into Wednesday’s NBA playoff elimination game against the Boston Celtics without rookie forward Jaime Jaquez Jr., sidelined due to a strained right hip flexor.
The Miami Heat are a team full of swag just like the city they represent. But their play against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference playoffs has shown otherwise according to Heat forward Caleb Martin.
Miami's injury woes are multiplying with the Heat trailing the Boston Celtics 3-1 in the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. Already without starting guards Jimmy Butler (knee) and Terry Rozier (neck), rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr.
The last few weeks have not been kind to the Miami Heat when it comes to staying healthy. Several key players have been out of the lineup at an inopportune time, missing games near the end of the regular season, NBA Play-In Tournament and postseason.
It has been an ugly showing for the Miami Heat on offense as they dropped the past two games against the Boston Celtics at home with their last being Monday night in Game 4, 102-88.
Boston Celtics Derrick White has been a problem for the Miami Heat in each of the past two postseasons. He led the Celtics to a 3-1 series lead over the Miami Heat Tuesday by scoring a career-high 38 points in a 102-88 victory.
The Miami Heat feel it's the least they can do. Their fans were treated to a pair of bad losses to the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The Miami Heat are already facing a huge task against the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. They are down 3-1 entering Wednesday's Game 5 in Boston.
The Boston Celtics went up 3-1 on Monday after a convincing 102-88 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 4. Boston’s big win, however, was mired by a potentially serious injury to Kristaps Porzingis, who was seen in a walking boot after the game.
The Miami Heat find themselves down 3-1 in the NBA Playoffs first round series against the Boston Celtics after dropping their second straight Monday night, 102-88.
The Miami Heat received another disheartening defeat against the Boston Celtics Monday night, going down 3-1 in the series. Honestly, it just wasn't meant to be.
The Miami Heat's blowout loss to the Boston Celtics on Monday came with a potentially longer-lasting effect: a possible injury to rookie forward Jaime Jaquez Jr.
The end seems near for the Miami Heat in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. After suffering a 102-88 loss to the Boston Celtics at home in Game 4, Miami finds itself down 3-1 in the series.
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo was the recipient of a Flagrant 1 foul for shoving Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum during the fourth quarter of Game 4 on Monday.
The Miami Heat made nine three-pointers in Game 4. Derrick White made eight by himself.
The Miami Heat drop a second straight game to the Boston Celtics Monday night, 102-88, to give them a 3-1 series deficit in the first round of the playoffs.
The Phoenix Suns will have no other choice but to think long and hard about their future after the Minnesota Timberwolves embarrassed them via a first-round sweep.
Two years after making a controversial call from the NBA's replay center during a Celtics-Heat playoff series, one NBA official will be back on the court as the two Eastern Conference powers wage another playoff battle.
Down 2-1 to the Boston Celtics in First Round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs, the Miami Heat face the unenviable task of defeating a team that went 64-18 in the regular season in three of the next four games.
The Heat star is facing a lot of criticism online for his brazen pregame prediction, especially since he's unable to influence the outcome on the floor due to an injury.
Miami Heat reporter Anthony Chiang thinks wing Josh Richardson could return to the team this offseason. Richardson has a $3.05 million player option next season, and Chiang thinks the 30-year will likely pick it up.
Jimmy Butler may not be playing in the Eastern Conference first-round series between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, but he is very much setting his team’s mentality from the sideline.
Caleb Martin can become a free agent this offseason, so the Miami Heat will have to decide soon whether they’ll be able to keep him for a few more years.
The Heat rode a franchise playoff record 23 three-pointers to stun the Celtics on their home floor by double digits, winning 111-101.
Jaquez Jr. took a different path to consistent NBA role player than most prospects. Perhaps that should change.
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