The Miami Heat were already battling the odds as they walked into TD Garden on Wednesday night. They were on the second night of a back to back set, where the first game saw them take on the Toronto Raptors in Toronto.
Although the game against the Raptors turned out to be an overtime victory for the Heat, it was still a draining, elongated, fatiguing overtime game nonetheless. These facts were further compounded by the fact that this game against the Celtics would be the third game for the Miami Heat in four nights.
The Miami Heat played their first game of this road trip on Sunday in Brookly against the Nets, a game that saw Jimmy Butler come up big to help the Heat get a clutch win.