Celtics at Heat 4/3/19 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Boston Celtics will complete a home-and-home on Wednesday when visiting the Miami Heat. Boston defeated the Heat on Monday night 110-105 at home in TD Garden. Boston’s Al Horford posted his first triple-double in a Celtics uniform and just the second of his NBA career scoring 19 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and handing out 10 assists. Kyrie Irving led Boston with 25 points.

Miami wasted an opportunity to move up in the Eastern Conference playoff race with its loss on Monday to Boston as both Brooklyn and Detroit its closest two rivals lost. In the loss, Goran Dragic scored 30 points to lead the Heat, while Bam Adebayo chipped in with 19 points and 14 boards. Dwayne Wade scored 17 points in its last visit to TD Garden. Kyrie Irving leads the Celtics in scoring and assists with averages of 24.0 points and 7.0 assists per game. Al Horford is the leading rebounder with an average of 6.8 rebounds per game. As a team, Boston is shooting 46.4% from the field and 36.6% from 3-point territory.

Josh Richardson is leading the Heat in scoring with an average of 16.7 points per game. Hassan Whiteside is the team leader in rebounds and blocked shots with averages of 11.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game. Goran Dragic is leading the Heat in assists with an average of 4.5 per game. Miami is shooting 45.1% from the field and 35.1% from three-point territory.