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Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown Listed As Questionable Tonight Against Miami Heat

The Celtics second-leading is dealing with neck issues

Shandel Richardson

Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown Listed As Questionable Tonight Against Miami Heat
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The Miami Heat could receive a break tonight if Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown is unable to play. 

Brown is listed as questionable on the injury report because of neck stiffness.  He is averaging 26.1 points and 6.5 rebounds. 

Here's the preview: 

Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET

Where: TD Garden

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat +9

VITALS: The Heat and Celtics meet for the second of four matchups this regular season. Earlier this season, Boston recorded a 111-104 win in Miami. Last season, the Celtics won the series 2-1 after Miami won it the previous year. The Heat are 51-79 all-time versus Boston during the regular season, including 29-38 in home games and 22-41 in road games. For the Heat, Duncan Robinson (ankle), Tyler Herro (ankle), Nikola Jovic (foot), Caleb Martin (illness), Dewayne Dedmon (foot), Haywood Highsmith (ankle), Gabe Vincent (knee) and Jimmy Butler (ankle) are questionable, Max Strus (shoulder) and Jamal Cain (illness) are probable and Victor Oladipo (knee) and Omar Yurtseven (ankle) are out. For the Celtics, Jaylen Brown (neck) is questionable and Robert Williams (knee), Danillo Gallinari (knee) are out.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Kyle Lowry

C Bam Adebayo

F Caleb Martin

F Max Strus

CELTICS

F Jaylen Brown

F Jayson Tatum

C Al Horford

G Marcus Smart

G Derrick White

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Heat center Bam Adebayo on having back-to-back 30-point games: "I'm in a flow. Coach [Erik Spoelstra] is playing through me. He's letting me get to my spots. That's what I've been working on this summer, just getting in my spots and just being efficient."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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