{"id":588868,"date":"2026-02-07T19:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/588868\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:09:27","slug":"boston-celtics-survive-early-drought-to-beat-the-miami-heat-at-home-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/588868\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics survive early drought to beat the Miami Heat at home (PHOTOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Celtics might have had a historically bad shooting night in the first half of their 98-96 win over the Miami Heat<\/a> at TD Garden this Friday (Feb. 6) night. But that did not stop them from finding a way to win in former Chicago Bulls<\/a> big man Nikola Vucevic’s debut.<\/p>\n

Despite starting the night 1-21 from beyond the arc, the Celtics managed to eventually get their efficiency from deep to an almost-respectable 10-of-36 on a night where the Heat were just a few percentage points better from 3 and both ball clubs hitting 42% of their shots overall by the time the final buzzer sounded. Winning the battle of the boards 50-42 thanks in part to Vooch, as did logging more blocks (7 vs. Miami’s 3) on a night where winning any margin was critical to the victory.<\/p>\n

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Let’s take a look at some of the best plays of the game captured in images.<\/p>\n

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Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics center Nikola Vucevic (4) shoots a free throw during the second half against the Miami Heat at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard (11) reacts after making a basket during the second half against the Miami Heat at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Hugo Gonzalez (28) and Miami Heat guard Norman Powell (24) battle for the ball during the second half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) controls the ball while Miami Heat forward Andrew Wiggins (22) defends during the second half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Miami Heat guard Davion Mitchell (45) falls over Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) during the second half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Derrick White (9) shoots the ball during the second half against the Miami Heat at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard (11) controls the ball while Miami Heat guard Davion Mitchell (45) defends during the second half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard (11) drives to the basket past Miami Heat guard Norman Powell (24) during the second half at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Feb 6, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics guard Derrick White (9) congratulates guard Payton Pritchard (11) after making a basket during the second half against the Miami Heat at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics survive early drought to beat the Heat at home (PHOTOS)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics might have had a historically bad shooting night in the first half of their 98-96…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3778],"tags":[7,75,329,144,295,189,3881,6,3853],"class_list":{"0":"post-588868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-heat","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-chicago-bulls","11":"tag-heat","12":"tag-miami","13":"tag-miami-heat","14":"tag-miamiheat","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nikola-vucevic"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116030929533575451","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}