In preparation for their Super Bowl Sunday matchup, the Celtics, who are 2-0 against the Heat this season, will make their way back to the Kaseya Center after winning 143-110 in Miami.
The Boston Celtics defeated the Washington Wizards 133-129 on Friday night at TD Garden.
The club at the top of the NBA standings, who are now 40-12, acknowledged afterwards that they were not playing at their best and had entered a slump as the All-Star break approached.
However, after 82 regular season games, weariness and ennui are unavoidable. The Celtics are concentrating on honing their skills to counter that, employing a tenet to lessen the harm when there is a drop.
The C’s now have three games remaining before the All-Star break, beginning with a game against the Miami Heat on Super Bowl Sunday.
Boston’s 2-0 record against the team hosting the game on Sunday includes a humiliating 143-110 loss at the Kaseya Center a little more than two weeks ago.
Even though Xavier Tillman and Jaden Springer were added by the Celtics after the trade deadline, neither player will make their team debut in this rematch of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The former was ruled out by Boston because of left knee pain. The latter is immobile due to impingement of the right ankle.
With regard to Tillman, he communicated at the Auerbach Center on Friday morning that there is no schedule for him to make his Celtics debut. Before joining the C’s, he missed the previous four games played by the Memphis Grizzlies.
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