How to watch Heat vs. Celtics: NBA live stream info, TV channel, time, game odds

Through 3 Quarters

Down five at the end of last quarter, the Boston Celtics have now snagged the lead. After three quarters it’s looking more and more like their high-powered offense is just too much for the Miami Heat as the Celtics lead 69-58.

Boston has been riding high on the performance of power forward Al Horford, who has 16 points in addition to six boards. One thing to keep an eye out for is Marcus Smart’s foul situation as he currently sits at four.

Miami hasn’t had any offensive standouts so far with all players held to ten points or fewer.

they have lost 79% of the time when they were down heading into the fourth quarter this year, so this one seems just about wrapped up

Who’s Playing

Boston @ Miami

Current Records: Boston 2-2; Miami 2-2

What to Know

The Boston Celtics have enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they must head out on the road. They will square off against the Miami Heat at 8:30 p.m. ET Wednesday at FTX Arena. Boston will be strutting in after a victory while Miami will be stumbling in from a loss.

The Celtics are hoping for another win. They blew past the Heat 102-82 on Monday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 57-33. Boston can attribute much of their success to small forward Jayson Tatum, who had 31 points and five assists in addition to eight rebounds. Tatum hadn’t helped his team much against Miami this past Saturday, so this was a nice turnaround for him.

Boston’s win brought them up to 2-2 while Miami’s defeat pulled them down to an identical 2-2. Both teams are in the playoff hunt, so this is a critical game. The Celtics are expected to win this handily, but they should have beaten the Detroit Pistons Feb. 16 easily too and instead slipped up with a 112-111. In other words, don’t count the Heat out just yet.