The Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 129-116 on Dec 19, 2025 at TD Garden.
Final · TD Garden
Top performers
- Kel'el Ware led the Heat with 24 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.
- Derrick White led the Celtics with 33 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.
Miami Heat box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kel'el Ware | 28 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8-12 | 6-7 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Norman Powell | 34 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7-21 | 1-11 | 3-5 | 3 |
| Kasparas Jakucionis | 36 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-13 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 3 |
| Bam Adebayo | 36 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 5 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 36 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5-15 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 1 |
| Simone Fontecchio | 30 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-13 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Dru Smith | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2-10 | 0-4 | 3-5 | 2 |
| Myron Gardner | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Keshad Johnson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Vladislav Goldin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 240 | 116 | 47 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 40-102 | 19-49 | 17-24 | 20 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Boston Celtics box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick White | 36 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11-20 | 9-14 | 2-2 | 1 |
| Jaylen Brown | 35 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9-18 | 2-4 | 10-11 | 3 |
| Sam Hauser | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Anfernee Simons | 29 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Neemias Queta | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 |
| Hugo Gonzalez | 29 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 |
| Payton Pritchard | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 1 |
| Jordan Walsh | 22 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Josh Minott | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Baylor Scheierman | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Team | 241 | 129 | 46 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 44-82 | 21-43 | 20-24 | 19 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Heat · 2025-26 season · Previous Dec 18, 2025: MIA 106, BKN 95 · Next Dec 21, 2025: MIA 125, NY 132
- Celtics · 2025-26 season · Previous Dec 15, 2025: DET 112, BOS 105 · Next Dec 20, 2025: BOS 112, TOR 96