Game ID: 22501106
Boston Celtics @ Miami Heat
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM ET
Kaseya Center, Miami, FL
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIA 33 24 45 27 129BOS 53 27 32 35 147
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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.
MIA availability going into 3/25 · 1 day's restBACK Herro back 3/14 after 2, 32 min since (102% of 31)
BACK Wiggins back 3/23 after 8, 20 min since (65% of 30)
BACK Powell back 3/14 after 7, 31 min since (105% of 30)
BACK Jaquez Jr. back 3/23 after 2, 20 min since (69% of 28)
BACK Jović back 3/21 after 13, 4 min since (22% of 17)
NEW Adebayo 32 to 38 min over the last 4
MIA availability going into 3/27 · 1 day's restOUT Jović missed 2 since 3/23, out tonight
OUT Smith missed 2 since 3/23, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 3/23 after 8, 22 min since (71% of 30)
BACK Jaquez Jr. back 3/23 after 2, 19 min since (69% of 28)
MIA availability going into 3/29 · 1 day's restOUT Jović missed 3 since 3/23, out tonight
OUT Smith missed 3 since 3/23, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 3/23 after 8, 21 min since (70% of 30)
BACK Jaquez Jr. back 3/23 after 2, 20 min since (71% of 28)
MIA availability going into 3/30 · back-to-backOUT Jović missed 4 since 3/23, out tonight
OUT Smith missed 4 since 3/23, returns tonight: 3 min (19% of 16)
BACK Wiggins back 3/23 after 8, 25 min since (83% of 30)
BACK Jaquez Jr. back 3/23 after 2, 21 min since (76% of 28)
MIA availability going into 4/01 · 1 day's restOUT Powell missed 2 since 3/29, out tonight
OUT Jović missed 5 since 3/23, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 3/23 after 8, 27 min since (90% of 30)
BACK Jaquez Jr. back 3/23 after 2, 24 min since (83% of 28)
BACK Smith back 3/30 after 4, 3 min since (19% of 16)
MIA availability going into 4/04 · 2 days' restOUT Powell missed 3 since 3/29, out tonight
OUT Jakučionis missed 2 since 3/30, returns tonight: 28 min (156% of 18)
OUT Jović missed 6 since 3/23, returns tonight: 13 min (75% of 17)
BACK Smith back 3/30 after 4, 4 min since (21% of 16)
NEW Larsson 26 to 34 min over the last 5
MIA availability going into 4/07 · 2 days' restOUT Powell missed 4 since 3/29, returns tonight: 24 min (80% of 30)
BACK Jakučionis back 4/04 after 2, 28 min since (156% of 18)
BACK Jović back 4/04 after 6, 13 min since (75% of 17)
BACK Smith back 3/30 after 4, 6 min since (39% of 16)
NEW Herro 31 to 38 min over the last 4
NEW Larsson 26 to 32 min over the last 5
MIA availability going into 4/09 · 1 day's restBACK Powell back 4/07 after 4, 24 min since (80% of 30)
BACK Jakučionis back 4/04 after 2, 20 min since (114% of 18)
BACK Jović back 4/04 after 6, 13 min since (75% of 17)
BACK Smith back 3/30 after 4, 6 min since (39% of 16)
NEW Herro 31 to 37 min over the last 4
NEW Larsson 26 to 32 min over the last 5
MIA availability going into 4/10 · back-to-backOUT Fontecchio missed 2 since 4/07, returns tonight: 27 min (159% of 17)
BACK Powell back 4/07 after 4, 20 min since (68% of 30)
BACK Jakučionis back 4/04 after 2, 16 min since (90% of 18)
BACK Jović back 4/04 after 6, 13 min since (75% of 17)
BACK Smith back 3/30 after 4, 6 min since (39% of 16)
BOS availability going into 3/25 · 2 days' restOUT Vučević missed 8 since 3/08, out tonight
OUT Walsh missed 5 since 3/14, out tonight
NEW Scheierman 18 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 3/27 · 1 day's restOUT Vučević missed 9 since 3/08, out tonight
OUT Walsh missed 6 since 3/14, returns tonight: 28 min (159% of 17)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 24 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 3/29 · 1 day's restOUT Vučević missed 10 since 3/08, out tonight
BACK Walsh back 3/27 after 6, 28 min since (159% of 17)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 3/30 · back-to-backOUT Brown missed 2 since 3/27, returns tonight: 40 min (116% of 34)
OUT Vučević missed 11 since 3/08, out tonight
BACK Walsh back 3/27 after 6, 31 min since (177% of 17)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 26 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/01 · 1 day's restOUT Vučević missed 12 since 3/08, out tonight
BACK Brown back 3/30 after 2, 40 min since (116% of 34)
BACK Walsh back 3/27 after 6, 31 min since (178% of 17)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 26 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/03 · 1 day's restOUT Vučević missed 13 since 3/08, out tonight
BACK Brown back 3/30 after 2, 39 min since (112% of 34)
BACK Walsh back 3/27 after 6, 24 min since (141% of 17)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 24 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/05 · 1 day's restOUT Vučević missed 14 since 3/08, returns tonight: 13 min (63% of 20)
BACK Brown back 3/30 after 2, 36 min since (104% of 34)
BACK Walsh back 3/27 after 6, 22 min since (127% of 17)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/07 · 1 day's restBACK Brown back 3/30 after 2, 36 min since (104% of 34)
BACK Vučević back 4/05 after 14, 13 min since (63% of 20)
NEW Queta 25 to 31 min over the last 4
BOS availability going into 4/09 · 1 day's restOUT Garza missed 2 since 4/05, out tonight
BACK Brown back 3/30 after 2, 37 min since (108% of 34)
BACK Vučević back 4/05 after 14, 18 min since (87% of 20)
NEW Queta 25 to 30 min over the last 4
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 119 a night and allowing 126, shooting 46 percent and 33 from three, 25 free throws a game; Herro at 22 and Powell at 18 a game. Without Powell (2 straight), Jović (5 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 105, shooting 44 percent and 38 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brown at 30 and Tatum at 23 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Vučević (12 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 105 a night to Miami's 126 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-5 a night and Miami minus-2. Call it Boston 115, Miami 114, Miami keeping it close.
3/25 @ CLE 120-103 — MIA notes
MIA won 120-103. MIA shot 52% (42 of 81) to CLE's 43%, 18 of 45 from three. Powell led with 19 (7 of 12, 3 of 7 from three); Herro added 18, Adebayo 17. The hinge was Q4, 37-20: from level to 17 ahead, and the lead reached 21. Ware was the night's best plus/minus at +32.
3/27 @ CLE 128-149 — MIA notes
MIA lost 128-149. MIA shot 44% (40 of 91) to CLE's 54%, 15 of 46 from three, and went to the line 38 times to CLE's 31 — 33 points from the stripe to their 26. Jaquez Jr. led with 20 (9 of 13, 2 of 5 from three); Powell added 15, Adebayo 14. Q3 was theirs, 41-28, the deficit cut from 35 to 22, but the other 3 periods went 121-87 against them. Herro's -23 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/29 @ IND 118-135 — MIA notes
MIA lost 118-135. MIA shot 46% (46 of 99) to IND's 58%, 13 of 37 from three. Herro led with 31 (12 of 22, 5 of 13 from three); Jaquez Jr. added 17, Wiggins 15. Q3 was theirs, 32-29, the deficit cut from 4 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 106-86 against them. Wiggins's -13 in 37 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/30 vs PHI 119-109 — MIA notes
MIA won 119-109. MIA shot 46% (43 of 93) to PHI's 42%, 11 of 40 from three, and went to the line 29 times to PHI's 19 — 22 points from the stripe to their 17. The glass went 57-42 for them. Herro led with 30 (12 of 24, 3 of 10 from three); Adebayo added 23, Larsson 20. The hinge was Q3, 33-26: MIA came in trailing by 3 and left it ahead by 4, and the lead reached 15. MIA trailed 58-61 at the half and won the second half 61-48. Adebayo was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
4/01 vs BOS 129-147 — MIA notes
MIA lost 129-147. MIA shot 46% (44 of 95) to BOS's 58%, 24 of 47 from three. The glass went 37-48 against them. Adebayo led with 29 (10 of 21, 5 of 10 from three, 4 of 8 at the line); Mitchell added 21, Herro 18. Q3 was theirs, 45-32, the deficit cut from 23 to 10, but the other 3 periods went 115-84 against them. Adebayo's -23 in 38 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/04 vs WAS — 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 123 a night and allowing 129, shooting 47 percent and 38 from three, 26 free throws a game; Herro at 22 and Adebayo at 20 a game. Without Powell (3 straight), Jakučionis (2 straight), Jović (6 straight). 2 days' rest. Washington comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 127, shooting 48 percent and 35 from three, 18 free throws a game; Riley at 19 and Vukcevic at 14 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Reese (2 straight), George (16 straight), Black (2 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Miami wins, and the game turns on the line, where Miami takes 26 free throws a game to Washington's 18 and the glass, where Miami has been plus-1 a night and Washington minus-5. Call it Miami 125, Washington 118.
4/07 @ 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 120 a night and allowing 110, shooting 52 percent and 39 from three, 29 free throws a game; Barrett at 22 and Ingram at 18 a game. Without Quickley (8 straight). One day's rest. Miami comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 129 a night and allowing 135, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 28 free throws a game; Herro at 22 and Jaquez Jr. at 20 a game. Without Powell (4 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the defense, Toronto allowing 110 a night to Miami's 135. Call it Toronto 123, Miami 117.
4/09 @ 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 116 a night and allowing 111, shooting 50 percent and 39 from three, 28 free throws a game; Barrett at 20 and Ingram at 19 a game. One day's rest. Miami comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 130, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 25 free throws a game; Herro at 23 and Adebayo at 18 a game. One day's rest.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the defense, Toronto allowing 111 a night to Miami's 130. Call it Toronto 121, Miami 115.
4/10 @ WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Washington comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 135, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 23 free throws a game; Riley at 21 and Coulibaly at 14 a game. That is 5 straight losses. Without Johnson (3 straight), Hardy (2 straight), Whitmore (59 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Miami comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 128, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 24 free throws a game; Adebayo at 19 and Herro at 19 a game. Without Fontecchio (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Miami wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Miami allowing 128 a night to Washington's 135 and the turnovers, Washington giving it away 16 times a game to Miami's 12. Call it Miami 124, Washington 121, Washington keeping it close.
3/25 vs OKC 119-109 — BOS notes
BOS won 119-109. BOS shot 47% (38 of 81) to OKC's 48%, 18 of 41 from three. BOS turned it over 13 times to OKC's 7. Brown led with 31 (9 of 17, 1 of 3 from three, 12 of 14 at the line); Tatum added 19, Pritchard 14. The hinge was Q3, 39-30: BOS came in trailing by 4 and left it ahead by 5. BOS trailed 49-53 at the half and won the second half 70-56. Pritchard was the night's best plus/minus at +11.
3/27 vs ATL 109-102 — BOS notes
BOS won 109-102. BOS shot 47% (38 of 81) to ATL's 39%, 14 of 35 from three. BOS turned it over 15 times to ATL's 4. The glass went 52-35 for them. Pritchard led with 36 (13 of 23, 6 of 11 from three); Tatum added 26, Garza 11. The hinge was Q3, 32-22: BOS came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 5. BOS trailed 55-60 at the half and won the second half 54-42. Pritchard was the night's best plus/minus at +26.
3/29 @ CHA 114-99 — BOS notes
BOS won 114-99. BOS shot 51% (42 of 83) to CHA's 43%, 14 of 34 from three. BOS turned it over 5 times to CHA's 11. Tatum led with 32 (12 of 23, 5 of 10 from three); Pritchard added 28, Queta 17. The hinge was Q2, 36-28: a lead of 6 became 14, and the lead reached 20. Tatum was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
3/30 @ ATL 102-112 — BOS notes
BOS lost 102-112. BOS shot 41% (35 of 85) to ATL's 47%, 14 of 37 from three, and went to the line 26 times to ATL's 15 — 18 points from the stripe to their 11. Brown led with 29 (9 of 29, 3 of 9 from three, 8 of 14 at the line); Garza added 20, Pritchard 16. Q4 was theirs, 26-22, the deficit cut from 14 to 10, but the other 3 periods went 90-76 against them. Pritchard's -19 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/01 @ MIA 147-129 — BOS notes
BOS won 147-129. BOS shot 58% (56 of 96) to MIA's 46%, 21 of 44 from three. The glass went 48-37 for them. Brown led with 43 (17 of 29, 4 of 10 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); Tatum added 25, Hauser 23. The hinge was Q1, 53-33: from level to 20 ahead, and the lead reached 27. Queta was the night's best plus/minus at +28.
4/03 @ MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 120, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 17 free throws a game; Rollins at 24 and Dieng at 16 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Porter Jr. (8 straight), Portis (5 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 110, shooting 49 percent and 42 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brown at 34 and Tatum at 26 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Vučević (13 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-8 a night and Milwaukee minus-5 and the turnovers, Milwaukee giving it away 17 times a game to Boston's 11. Call it Boston 117, Milwaukee 110.
4/05 vs TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 109, shooting 51 percent and 43 from three, 22 free throws a game; Brown at 33 and Tatum at 26 a game. It has won the glass by 10 a night. Without Vučević (14 straight). One day's rest. Toronto comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 108, shooting 53 percent and 38 from three, 29 free throws a game; Barrett at 22 and Ingram at 17 a game. Without Quickley (7 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-10 a night and Toronto plus-2 and the line, where Toronto takes 29 free throws a game to Boston's 22. Call it Boston 115, Toronto 112, Toronto keeping it close.
4/07 vs CHA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 108, shooting 52 percent and 41 from three, 21 free throws a game; Brown at 31 and Tatum at 26 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 9 a night. One day's rest. Charlotte comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 105, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 18 free throws a game; Bridges at 20 and Ball at 20 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Salaün (17 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Boston 114, Charlotte 112, Charlotte keeping it close.
4/09 @ NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 108, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Brunson at 23 and Towns at 20 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 10 a night. 2 days' rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 109, shooting 52 percent and 41 from three, 19 free throws a game; Brown at 32 and Tatum at 24 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has won the glass by 10 a night. Without Garza (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it New York 113, Boston 112, Boston keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MIAAW A. Wiggins
BA B. Adebayo
DM D. Mitchell
DS D. Smith
JJ J. Jaquez Jr.
KW K. Ware
PL P. Larsson
SF S. Fontecchio
TH T. Herro
BOSBS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
JB J. Brown
JT J. Tatum
JW J. Walsh
LG L. Garza
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
Brown scores 43, Tatum has triple-double and Celtics run away from Heat, 147-129
MIAMI -- — Jaylen Brown scored 43 points, Jayson Tatum had his first triple-double of the season and the Boston Celtics rode the strength of a record-setting first quarter to beat the Miami Heat 147-129 on Wednesday night.
Tatum finished with 25 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists for Boston, which scored 53 points in the first quarter — a franchise record that tied the second-highest total for an opening quarter in NBA history. Sam Hauser added 23 for the Celtics, who are 31-0 when scoring at least 117 points this season and are 10-1 in their last 11 games following a loss.
The Celtics led by as many as 27, then saw the lead trimmed to as little as nine early in the fourth quarter. Boston (51-25) holds the No. 2 spot in the Eastern Conference race, four games behind No. 1 Detroit.
Bam Adebayo had 29 points and 10 rebounds for Miami, which tied a franchise record by hitting 24 3-pointers. The Heat made 24 on three other occasions.
Davion Mitchell scored 21, while Tyler Herro and Pelle Larsson each scored 18 and Jaime Jaquez Jr . added 17 for the Heat (40-37).
Miami remained in the No. 10 spot in the East play-in race. The Heat are a half-game behind No. 8 Orlando and No. 9 Charlotte, teams both with 40-36 records.
The Celtics made 11 of their first 13 shots on the way to the sizzling start, then closed the first quarter on a 24-3 run that turned a one-point deficit into a 20-point lead — and that burst came in just over four minutes.
Boston's lead was 80-57 at halftime and the Celtics scored the first four points of the second half to push the margin to 27.