Celtics-Heat (02/04/25): NBA, preview of the match and ratings

Basketball / NBA

03/04/2025 – 01:30

Boston Celtics

VS

Miami Heat

Updated ratings on 31 March 2025 at 11 h 39 min

This night, TD Garden welcomes an always special poster between two rivals in the East: the Boston Celtics receive the Miami Heat for their last confrontation of the regular season.

Kick -off at 01:30, with a clear context: Boston is favorite, but Miami arrives with a small freshness.

Two teams, two dynamics

The Celtics (56 victories – 19 defeats) are no longer content to win: they crush everything in their path. Nine victories in a row, a stifling defense, a Jayson Tatum in pattern mode … Boston seems ready to defend his title to the end.

Opposite, Miami (34–41) returns from afar. After a black series of ten defeats, the men of Erik Spoelstra straightened the bar with five consecutive victories. What revive the hope of a qualification via the play-in, even if the challenge tonight is of a completely different caliber.

Boston has already folded the series

It is the fourth and last time that the two teams meet this season, and so far, the Celtics have left no crumbs: three victories with net deviations (+12, +18, +19).

For the Heat, it is difficult to claim to have an answer to the green machine. And when we add to that the results of the last two seasons (10 wins in 11 games for Boston, Playoffs included), the table is clear: the C’s have control over this duel.

Who will be on the prosecution tonight?

On the Boston side, some uncertainties float. Jaylen Brown (knee), Kristaps Porzingis (sick) and Jrue Holiday (shoulder) are all uncertain. Al Horford is almost sure not to play. Nothing dramatic given the depth of the workforce, but it could change the rotation.

In Miami, the infirmary is also full: Andrew Wiggins, Duncan Robinson, Kevin Love, Nikola Jovic and Dru Smith are all packages. Suffice to say that Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo will have to take out the big game. Again.

What the figures say

• Boston is 3rd in defense this season (107.7 pts collected on average)

• The Celtics run at 116.9 points scored per game (8th in the league)

• Miami scores 109.6 points per game, but concedes almost as much (109.9)

• The Celtics have covered the gap in each of their last six games against Heat

• Miami only won 9 games out of 35 against teams above 50% of victories

NBA forecasts for Celtics-Heat

Prono n ° 1 – Jaylen Brown more than 19.5 points – Cost of 1.80

Brown has exceeded this bar in 77 % of home games this season, including 15 of the last 20. The current MVP of the finals also displays an excellent series against the Heat, having scored 18 or more points in 22 of its last 28 confrontations against this opponent.

Prono n ° 2 – Kristaps porzingis more than 2.5 three -point basket – rating of 2.20

Porzingis has had a great season and has a very good return on this line, exceeding it in 60 % of home games this season. The pivot tries on average almost six three -point shots per game, which places it in a good position to register at least two, with a percentage of success of 40.4 %.