Delon Wright Replaces Jaime Jaquez In Miami Heat Starting Lineup For Game 5 Against Boston Celtics

Apr 27, 2024; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra looks against the Boston Celtics - Jim Rassol/USA TODAY Sports
Apr 27, 2024; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra looks against the Boston Celtics - Jim Rassol/USA TODAY Sports / Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports
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Miami Heat guard Delon Wright is in the starting lineup in place of the injured Jaime Jaquez.

Jaquez is sidelined with a hip injury.

Here's the game preview:

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Where: TD Garden, Boston

TV: TNT, Bally Sports

Betting line: Heat +14.5

Vitals: The Heat and Celtics met three times this regular season with Boston winning each matchup. The Heat are 53-83 all-time versus the Celtics during the regular season, including 30-40 in home games and 23-43 in road games. The teams enter this postseason having faced each
other six times in the playoffs, including four times in the Eastern Conference Finals (2012, 2020, 2022, 2023), once in the Semifinals (2011) and once in the First Round (2010). The HEAT has recorded a 4-2 playoff series record against Boston over that span, resulting in a 20-17 postseason record against the Celtics .This is the fourth time in five years the Heat and Celtics have met in the playoffs. The Celtics lead the series 3-1.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Delon Wright

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Caleb Martin

F Nikola Jovic

CELTICS

F Jayson Tatum

F Jaylen Brown

C Kristaps Porzingis

G Jrue Holiday

G Derrick White

INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Josh Richardson: Out - Right Shoulder Surgery 

Jimmy Butler: Out - Knee

Terry Rozier: Out - Neck Spasms

Jaime Jaquez: Out - Hip

CELTICS

Kristaps Porzingis: Questionable - Foot

QUOTABLE: Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Game 5: "We've proven we can win a bunch of different ways. But I think we have a game. I think we have an offensive game in us .. Our guys really want to get things back to Miami and have just a great game in front of our fans. I know it. Guys have talked about it. That's what we'll focus on."


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Shandel Richardson
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