NBA News: Celtics' Starting Lineup Against Heat

The Boston Celtics play the Miami Heat in Boston on Tuesday.

The Boston Celtics shared awful news on Monday that All-Star Jaylen Brown would miss the remainder of the season with wrist surgery. 

#NEBHInjuryReport This past weekend Celtics forward Jaylen Brown was diagnosed with a torn scapholunate ligament in his left wrist. Brown is expected to have the torn ligament surgically repaired later this week, and will be out for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.

— Boston Celtics (@celtics) May 10, 2021

The day before, they lost 130-124 in Miami to the Heat (they did make it competitive after trailing by 26 points at halftime). 

On Tuesday, the two teams meet again in Boston, and the Celtics are 1.5-point underdogs, according to FanDuel.

The entire starting lineup for the Celtics can be seen below in a post from Fantasy NBA. 

Lineup note: Celtics will start Walker, Smart, Fournier, Tatum, Thompson on Tuesday.

— FantasyLabs NBA (@FantasyLabsNBA) May 11, 2021

There is a tight window between the Celtics and Heat, for who could finish in the play-in tournament. As the Celtics are the seventh seed and the Heat are the sixth seed, two games separate the two teams. 

A win for the Celtics on Tuesday would make the Heat's advantage just one game. 

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