The Heat and Celtics begin a two-game set Wednesday night at TD Garden and they will play each other again two nights later at the same venue.
Boston took the first meeting of the season in Miami in October, 111-104. There’s plenty of playoff history between these franchises, with the most recent meeting coming in the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals that the C’s won in seven games.
The Heat were the 1-seed in that playoff matchup, but now it’s the Celtics who are in first place in the East and also own the NBA’s best record.