Game ID: 22500381
Miami Heat @ Boston Celtics
Friday, December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BOS 30 28 34 37 129MIA 29 29 31 27 116
BOS vs MIA ScoutingBOS vs MIA Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
BOS availability going into 12/05 · back-to-backOUT Boucher missed 5 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/04 after 2, 8 min since (53% of 16)
NEW Walsh 17 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/07 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 6 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/04 after 2, 5 min since (34% of 16)
NEW Walsh 17 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/11 · 3 days' restOUT Boucher missed 7 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/04 after 2, 5 min since (34% of 16)
NEW Walsh 17 to 28 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/15 · 3 days' restOUT Garza missed 2 since 12/07, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 8 since 11/26, out tonight
NEW Walsh 17 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/19 · 3 days' restOUT Garza missed 3 since 12/07, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 9 since 11/26, out tonight
NEW Walsh 17 to 26 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/20 · back-to-backOUT Garza missed 4 since 12/07, returns tonight: 26 min (166% of 16)
OUT Boucher missed 10 since 11/26, out tonight
NEW Walsh 17 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/22 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 11 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/20 after 4, 26 min since (166% of 16)
BOS availability going into 12/26 · 3 days' restOUT Boucher missed 12 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/20 after 4, 25 min since (162% of 16)
NEW González 14 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 12/28 · 1 day's restOUT Boucher missed 13 since 11/26, out tonight
BACK Garza back 12/20 after 4, 26 min since (165% of 16)
NEW González 14 to 25 min over the last 5
MIA availability going into 12/06 · back-to-backOUT Jakučionis missed 2 since 12/03, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 11/26 after 3, 33 min since (110% of 30)
BACK Jović back 11/29 after 5, 6 min since (33% of 17)
MIA availability going into 12/09 · 2 days' restOUT Herro missed 2 since 12/05, returns tonight: 34 min (110% of 31)
OUT Jakučionis missed 3 since 12/03, out tonight
BACK Jović back 11/29 after 5, 12 min since (70% of 17)
MIA availability going into 12/15 · 5 days' restOUT Jakučionis missed 4 since 12/03, out tonight
BACK Herro back 12/09 after 2, 34 min since (110% of 31)
MIA availability going into 12/18 · 2 days' restOUT Jakučionis missed 5 since 12/03, returns tonight: 8 min (43% of 18)
BACK Herro back 12/09 after 2, 34 min since (110% of 31)
MIA availability going into 12/19 · back-to-backOUT Herro missed 2 since 12/15, out tonight
OUT Larsson missed 2 since 12/15, out tonight
BACK Jakučionis back 12/18 after 5, 8 min since (43% of 18)
MIA availability going into 12/21 · 1 day's restOUT Herro missed 3 since 12/15, out tonight
OUT Larsson missed 3 since 12/15, out tonight
OUT Jović missed 2 since 12/18, out tonight
BACK Jakučionis back 12/18 after 5, 22 min since (121% of 18)
NEW Fontecchio 17 to 22 min over the last 5
MIA availability going into 12/23 · 1 day's restOUT Herro missed 4 since 12/15, out tonight
OUT Larsson missed 4 since 12/15, out tonight
OUT Jović missed 3 since 12/18, out tonight
BACK Jakučionis back 12/18 after 5, 19 min since (104% of 18)
MIA availability going into 12/26 · 2 days' restOUT Herro missed 5 since 12/15, out tonight
OUT Larsson missed 5 since 12/15, returns tonight: 30 min (112% of 26)
OUT Jović missed 4 since 12/18, returns tonight: 21 min (123% of 17)
BACK Jakučionis back 12/18 after 5, 21 min since (117% of 18)
MIA availability going into 12/27 · back-to-backOUT Herro missed 6 since 12/15, out tonight
BACK Larsson back 12/26 after 5, 30 min since (112% of 26)
BACK Jakučionis back 12/18 after 5, 20 min since (111% of 18)
BACK Jović back 12/26 after 4, 21 min since (123% of 17)
NEW Ware 22 to 29 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 109, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 20 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and White at 24 a game. Without Garza (3 straight). 3 days' rest. Miami comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 110, shooting 46 percent and 30 from three, 24 free throws a game; Powell at 22 and Jaquez Jr. at 16 a game. Without Herro (2 straight), Larsson (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Boston at 39 percent from three to Miami's 30. Call it Boston 118, Miami 109.
12/05 vs LAL 126-105 — BOS notes
BOS won 126-105. BOS shot 55% (46 of 84) to LAL's 43%, 24 of 45 from three, and got to the line 12 times to LAL's 29. Brown led with 30 (10 of 22, 3 of 7 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); White added 19, Walsh 17. The hinge was Q1, 39-17: from level to 22 ahead, and the lead reached 29. Walsh was the night's best plus/minus at +28.
12/07 @ TOR 121-113 — BOS notes
BOS won 121-113. BOS shot 48% (44 of 92) to TOR's 49%, 20 of 47 from three, and got to the line 14 times to TOR's 21. Brown led with 30 (9 of 19, 3 of 4 from three, 9 of 9 at the line); White added 27, Pritchard 15. The hinge was Q2, 43-33: a lead of 8 became 18, and the lead reached 23. Brown was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
12/11 @ MIL 101-116 — BOS notes
BOS lost 101-116. BOS took 9 more shots (88 to 79), fed by 13 offensive rebounds, but shot 39% to MIL's 58%, 14 of 49 from three, and went to the line 25 times to MIL's 14 — 19 points from the stripe to their 11. Brown led with 30 (10 of 17, 2 of 4 from three, 8 of 9 at the line); Walsh added 20, Pritchard 11. Q1 was theirs, 35-29, but the other 3 periods went 87-66 against them. They led by as many as 14. Pritchard's -21 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/15 vs DET 105-112 — BOS notes
BOS lost 105-112. BOS shot 46% (38 of 82) to DET's 46%, 10 of 39 from three. Brown led with 34 (13 of 25, 1 of 5 from three, 7 of 14 at the line); White added 31, Pritchard 12. Q1 was theirs, 33-25, but the other 3 periods went 87-72 against them. They led by as many as 12. White's -16 in 38 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/19 vs MIA 129-116 — BOS notes
BOS won 129-116. BOS shot 54% (44 of 82) to MIA's 39%, 21 of 43 from three. White led with 33 (11 of 20, 9 of 14 from three); Brown added 30, Hauser 15. The hinge was Q4, 37-27: a lead of 3 became 13, and the lead reached 19. White was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
12/20 @ TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 110, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 16 free throws a game; Ingram at 25 and Barnes at 17 a game. Without Barrett (11 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 40 from three, 20 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and White at 24 a game. Without Garza (4 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the arc, Boston at 40 percent from three to Toronto's 35 and the turnovers, Toronto giving it away 16 times a game to Boston's 13. Call it Toronto 113, Boston 112, Boston keeping it close.
12/22 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 111, shooting 46 percent and 35 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and White at 23 a game. One day's rest. Indiana comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 114, shooting 42 percent and 30 from three, 23 free throws a game; Siakam at 20 and Nembhard at 18 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Nesmith (16 straight), Sheppard (6 straight), Toppin (25 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-3 a night and Indiana minus-6 and the arc, Boston at 35 percent from three to Indiana's 30. Call it Boston 117, Indiana 108.
12/26 @ IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Indiana comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 100 a night and allowing 113, shooting 41 percent and 27 from three, 24 free throws a game; Siakam at 20 and Nembhard at 16 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. Without Nesmith (18 straight), Sheppard (8 straight), Toppin (27 straight). 2 days' rest. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 107, shooting 45 percent and 33 from three, 22 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and White at 22 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 5 a night. 3 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-5 a night and Indiana minus-7 and the arc, Boston at 33 percent from three to Indiana's 27. Call it Boston 113, Indiana 108.
12/28 @ POR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Portland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 113, shooting 46 percent and 32 from three, 28 free throws a game; Avdija at 26 and Sharpe at 22 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Holiday (19 straight), Grant (4 straight), Henderson (31 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 108, shooting 49 percent and 38 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and White at 24 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 7 a night. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Portland giving it away 18 times a game to Boston's 12 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-7 a night and Portland plus-1. Call it Boston 116, Portland 112, Portland keeping it close.
12/06 vs SAC 111-127 — MIA notes
MIA lost 111-127. MIA shot 48% (41 of 85) to SAC's 53%, 9 of 31 from three, and went to the line 32 times to SAC's 21 — 20 points from the stripe to their 15. Jaquez Jr. led with 27 (9 of 15, 8 of 12 at the line); Fontecchio added 20, Powell 18. Q4 was theirs, 33-26, the deficit cut from 23 to 16, but the other 3 periods went 101-78 against them. Wiggins's -27 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/09 @ ORL 108-117 — MIA notes
MIA lost 108-117. MIA shot 45% (42 of 93) to ORL's 51%, 8 of 33 from three. MIA turned it over 8 times to ORL's 16. Powell led with 21 (8 of 19, 4 of 12 from three); Herro added 20, Adebayo 19. Q1 was theirs, 30-17, but the other 3 periods went 100-78 against them. They led by as many as 16. Jaquez Jr.'s -16 in 24 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/15 vs TOR 96-106 — MIA notes
MIA lost 96-106. MIA shot 42% (35 of 83) to TOR's 48%, 9 of 31 from three, and went to the line 23 times to TOR's 9 — 17 points from the stripe to their 6. Powell led with 20 (5 of 15, 2 of 7 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Adebayo added 20, Mitchell 12. Q2 was theirs, 30-23, turning a 1-point deficit into a 6-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 83-66 against them. They led by as many as 11. Smith's -10 in 20 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/18 @ BKN 106-95 — MIA notes
MIA won 106-95. MIA shot 46% (41 of 89) to BKN's 39%, 9 of 28 from three, and went to the line 19 times to BKN's 11 — 15 points from the stripe to their 8. Powell led with 24 (8 of 14, 3 of 5 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Ware added 22, Jaquez Jr. 19. The hinge was Q4, 29-22: a lead of 4 became 11. Powell was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
12/19 @ BOS 116-129 — MIA notes
MIA lost 116-129. MIA took 20 more shots (102 to 82), fed by 17 offensive rebounds, but shot 39% to BOS's 54%, 19 of 49 from three. Ware led with 24 (8 of 12, 6 of 7 from three); Powell added 18, Jakučionis 17. Q2 was theirs, 29-28, the deficit cut from 1 to 0, but the other 3 periods went 101-87 against them. Jaquez Jr.'s -25 in 36 minutes was the worst on the floor.
12/21 @ NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 108, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brunson at 29 and Towns at 18 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without McBride (3 straight), Shamet (11 straight). One day's rest. Miami comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 115, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 23 free throws a game; Powell at 20 and Jaquez Jr. at 16 a game. Without Herro (3 straight), Larsson (3 straight), Jović (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-8 a night and Miami minus-2 and the arc, New York at 39 percent from three to Miami's 31. Call it New York 119, Miami 110.
12/23 vs TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Miami comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 116, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Powell at 21 and Ware at 17 a game. Without Herro (4 straight), Larsson (4 straight), Jović (3 straight). One day's rest. Toronto comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 99 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 34 from three, 13 free throws a game; Ingram at 26 and Barnes at 14 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Barrett (13 straight). One day's rest.
So: Miami wins, and the game turns on the line, where Miami takes 24 free throws a game to Toronto's 13 and the defense, Toronto allowing 105 a night to Miami's 116. Call it Miami 113, Toronto 111, Toronto keeping it close.
12/26 @ ATL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 131, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 22 free throws a game; Johnson at 26 and Young at 22 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Porziņģis (7 straight). 2 days' rest. Miami comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 115, shooting 43 percent and 36 from three, 24 free throws a game; Powell at 20 and Jaquez Jr. at 17 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Herro (5 straight), Larsson (5 straight), Jović (4 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Atlanta wins, and the game turns on the defense, Miami allowing 115 a night to Atlanta's 131 and the glass, where Miami has been plus-0 a night and Atlanta minus-5. Call it Atlanta 120, Miami 118, Miami keeping it close.
12/27 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Miami comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 116, shooting 44 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; Powell at 21 and Ware at 19 a game. Without Herro (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Indiana comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 119, shooting 44 percent and 30 from three, 24 free throws a game; Siakam at 20 and Nembhard at 18 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Nesmith (19 straight), Sheppard (9 straight), Toppin (28 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Miami wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Miami has been plus-2 a night and Indiana minus-6 and the arc, Miami at 36 percent from three to Indiana's 30. Call it Miami 119, Indiana 111.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MIABA B. Adebayo
DS D. Smith
GO Goldin
JJ J. Jaquez Jr.
JA Jakucionis
KJ K. Jakučionis
KJ K. Johnson
KW K. Ware
MG M. Gardner
NP N. Powell
SF S. Fontecchio
BOSAS A. Simons
BS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
HG H. González
JB J. Brown
JM J. Minott
JW J. Walsh
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
MIA/BOS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Derrick White scores season-high 33, hits nine 3s as Celtics pull away from Heat 129-116
BOSTON -- — Derrick White scored a season-high 33 points and tied a career-high with nine 3-pointers to help the Boston Celtics pull away in the second half for a 129-116 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night.
Jaylen Brown added 30 points, nine rebounds and seven assists to help the Celtics snap a two-game losing skid. Anfernee Simons finished with 14 points.
The Celtics took control in the fourth quarter, using a 20-7 run to open a 112-96 lead. It grew to 19 points. Boston connected on 21 3-pointers on the night.
Kel’el Ware had 24 points and 14 rebounds for Miami, which has lost six of its last seven. Norman Powell added 18 points. Bam Adebayo finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
The Heat had 102 field goal attempts and connected on 19 3s but shot just 39% from the field overall.
Miami dropped to 5-9 on the road this season.
Rookie Kasparas Jakucionis added 17 and had five 3-pointers in his first career start.
Miami had only 10 players available with Tyler Herro out for the fifth time in six games with a toe injury, and Andrew Wiggins (lower back pain), Nikola Jovic (elbow), Davion Mitchell (sprained left ankle) and Pelle Larsson (sprained left ankle) all sidelined as well.
The game was tied 58-58 at halftime, with White leading all scorers with 19 points.
The Heat stayed in the game thanks to 11 offensive rebounds in the half, which led to 17 second-chance points. But they had only seven second-chance points in the second half.