Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics Prediction, 4/2/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

TV: NBC Sports Boston

TD Garden is where the Boston Celtics (56-19) will go up against the Miami Heat (34-41) on Wednesday.

The Heat played the Wizards and went home with a win by a final score of 120-94 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Heat ended up with 16 and the Wizards totaled 20 personal fouls. They also converted 13 of their 43 tries from beyond the perimeter. Washington ended up shooting 72.2% from the free throw line by making 13 of their 18 shots. Furthermore, Washington collected 39 boards (5 offensive, 34 defensive) and added 2 blocks. Washington doled out 22 dimes and had 14 steals for the matchup. Regarding defense, Miami allowed the other team to go 39.5% from the floor on 34 out of 86 shooting. They also recorded 29 dimes for this contest while forcing the opposition into 18 turnovers and having 12 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they compiled a total of 62 with 15 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Heat made 17 of their 24 tries for a rate of 70.8%. Miami walked away from the contest with a 50.5% FG percentage (47 out of 93) and converted 9 of their 32 shots from distance.

Bam Adebayo is one guy who came through for this contest. Adebayo went 57.9% from the floor and recorded 5 dimes. He played for 31 mins and pulled down 12 boards. He ended up with 28 points on 11 of 19 shooting.

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Miami heads into this one with a win-loss mark of 34-41 for the year. They turn the ball over 13.9 times per game and as a basketball team they are committing 15.6 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Miami is grabbing 43.1 rebounds per contest and has 1,972 dimes this season, which has them ranked 15th in the NBA in terms of passing. The Heat are hitting 36.5% on three-point shots (1,023 of 2,805) and 79.0% from the free throw line. They have an average of 109.6 points per game (26th in basketball) while hitting 46.3% from the field.

On defense, the Heat have forced 13.8 turnovers per game and they draw 17.1 fouls. They are ranked 15th in basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 1,986 relinquished for the season. The Heat are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 46.5% (3,091 of 6,641) and they surrender 44.6 boards per game as a unit. They surrender 35.9% from 3-point land and they are 7th in basketball in opponents points per game (109.9).

The last time they took the court, the Celtics got the victory with a final of 117-103 against the Grizzlies. The Celtics were able to snag 42 defensive boards and 12 offensive boards for a total of 54 for this game. They coughed it up 13 times, while getting 4 steals for this contest. The Grizzlies were called for 16 fouls for this contest which took the Celtics to the free throw line for a total of 19 tries. They were able to knock down 18 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 94.7%. In relation to shots from 3-point land, Boston made 21 of their 62 attempts (33.9%). When all was said and done, the Celtics finished 39 for 96 from the field which had them sitting at 40.6%. The Celtics permitted the Grizzlies to convert 41 of their 92 tries from the field which left them shooting 44.6% in this matchup. They finished shooting 25.0% from 3-point land by shooting 11 out of 44 and finished the contest at 10 of 16 from the free throw line (62.5%). When it comes to attacking the glass, Boston allowed Memphis to snag 45 in all (5 on the offensive side).

Al Horford was important for the Celtics in this game. He buried 9 of 18 for this game for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and had 8 rebounds. Horford scored 26 points in his 37 minutes on the court and had 2 assists for the contest.

Boston has a win-loss record of 56-19 this season. The Celtics are committing 16.1 personal fouls every game and they shoot 80.0% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 26.1 times per game (17th in the league) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 11.8 times per contest. Boston has scored 8,766 pts on the year (116.9 per contest) and they grab 45.1 boards per game. As an offensive unit, the Celtics are shooting 46.3% from the field, which is ranked 19th in basketball.

The Boston defense gives up 34.8% from downtown (964 of 2,767) and their opponents are making 77.9% of their free throw shots. They have allowed 23.9 assists and 43.7 boards per game, which is ranked 3rd and 13th in the league. The Celtics on defense are ranked 3rd in the league in PPG surrendered with 107.7. They are forcing their opponents into 12.9 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.2% from the field (2nd in basketball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Boston and under the total points

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