Heat And Celtics Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
On Friday evening, the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics will face off in Boston for their second game of the regular season.
For the game, both teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
The Heat have ruled out Caleb Martin, Josh Richardson and Haywood Highsmith.
Meanwhile, Duncan Robinson and Jaime Jaquez Jr. have been upgraded to available.
As for the Celtics, they are fully healthy and have no one on their injury report for the contest.
The starting lineups for both teams have been announced by Underdog NBA.
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Heat will start Lowry, Herro, Butler, Love, Adebayo on Friday."
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Celtics will start Holiday, White, Brown, Tatum, Porzingis on Friday."
The Heat enter the matchup with a 1-0 record after beating the Detroit Pistons by a score of 103-102 at home on Wednesday.
Bam Adebayo had 22 points and eight rebounds, and five total players scored in double-digits.
Last year, the Heat were the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, but they reached the NBA Finals for the second time in four seasons.
However, they lost to the Denver Nuggets in five games.
The Celtics come into the night with a 1-0 record after defeating the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday by a score of 108-104.
Jayson Tatum and Kristaps Porzingis were brilliant and combined to score 64 points.
Last season, the Celtics lost to the Heat in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.