With Gabe Vincent Back, Miami Heat Also Add Caleb Martin To Starting Lineup For Game 6

The Miami Heat get back Gabe Vincent and also add Caleb Martin to starting lineup for Game 6 against the Boston Celtics in Eastern Conference finals

The Miami Heat have point guard Gabe Vincent back in the starting lineup and also added Caleb Martin.

Martin replaces Kevin Love. The other starters are Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler and Max Strus. 

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 8:30 p.m., ET

Where: Kaseya Center

TV: TNT

Betting line: Celtics -2.5

VITALS: The Miami Heat and Celtics met four times this regular season with the teams splitting the series, 2-2. Miami is 53-80 all-time versus Boston during the regular season, including 30-38 in home games and 23-42 in road games. The teams enter this postseason having faced each other five times in the playoffs, including three times in the East Finals (2012, 2020, 2022), once in the Semifinals (2011) and once in the First Round (2010). The HEAT has recorded a 3-2 playoff series record against the Celtics over that span. For the Heat, Gabe Vincent (ankle) is questionable and Victor Oladipo (knee) and Tyler Herro (hand) are out. For the Celtics, Danilo Gallinari (knee) is out.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Max Strus

G Gabe Vincent

C Bam Adebayo

F Caleb Martin

F Jimmy Butler

CELTICS

F Jayson Tatum

F Al Horford

C Robert Williams III

G Jaylen Brown

G Marcus Smart

QUOTABLE

Heat forward Jimmy Butler on Game 6: "We're always going to stay positive knowing that we can and will win this series. We'll just have to close it out at home."

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