With the dust settling from Thursday’s trade deadline, the NBA brings six games to the table Friday. One of them features the Miami Heat (27-25) playing the Boston Celtics (33-18) at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBA League Pass.
Below, we'll give you the best Heat vs. Celtics predictions and spread for PrizePicks today, including for Heat C-F Bam Adebayo and Celtics G Derrick White.
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Heat vs. Celtics Prediction, Spread
The Heat have a lot of size with C Bam Adebayo and C Kel’el Ware patrolling the paint. That was previously an area of weakness for the Celtics, but they stabilized their center position by acquiring C Nikola Vucevic from the Bulls. He averaged 16.9 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.7 three-pointers with Chicago.
The Celtics have the best offensive rating (120.7) in the league, and adding Vucevic should only help in that regard. They have the potential to score in bunches Friday with the Heat playing at the fastest pace (105.15) in the league.
Heat vs. Celtics Over/Under, Spread
The Celtics are 4.5 point favorites, returning a 1.36x payout on PrizePicks Team Picks if they win outright.
The Heat are underdogs on the road with a 2.9 x payout if they win, via PrizePicks Team Picks.
- Spread: Celtics -4.5
- Total: 229.5
- Gamer Winner Payout: Celtics 1.36x | Heat 2.9x
Team picks data is live as of publishing and is subject to change.
Heat vs. Celtics Injury Report
Let’s dive into the full Heat vs. Celtics injury report for Friday, via NBA.com.
Heat Injury Report
- G Tyler Herro (ribs): OUT
Celtics Injury Report
- F John Tonje (pending trade): OUT
Heat vs. Celtics Numbers to Know
Here are some facts and figures to prepare you for your Heat vs. Celtics picks on PrizePicks.
- The Celtics have won four of their last five games at home. All four of those wins came by at least 8 points.
- Boston has won four straight games overall with each victory coming by at least 10 points.
- Miami is 6-5 over their last 11 games without Herro.
- The Heat are 0-2 against the Celtics this season with both losses coming by at least 5 points.
- When these teams played in Boston, the Celtics won 129-116.
Heat vs. Celtics Picks for PrizePicks, Friday, February 6
Here are three of the top Heat vs. Celtics picks on PrizePicks for today. Player stat projections via the PrizePicks real money NBA game.
Heat C-F Bam Adebayo vs. Celtics Projection: 6.5 FG Made
- Adebayo made at least 7 field goals in nine of his last 13 games.
- The star big man averages 14.5 shot attempts for the season, putting him on pace to attempt at least 14.3 shots a game for the fourth straight campaign.
- Over the last 11 games without Herro, Adebayo averaged 7.1 field goals made and 17.0 field goals attempted.
- In two previous meetings with the Celtics, Adebayo made 6 and 8 field goals.
Celtics G Derrick White vs. Heat Projection: 10 Rebs+Asts
- White averages 4.5 rebounds and 5.6 assists for the season.
- The 31-year-old has averaged 5.0 rebounds and 6.3 assists across his last 13 games.
- White averages 34 minutes per game for the season and should continue to play a ton after the Celtics weakened their backcourt depth by trading G Anfernee Simons to the Bulls.
- The Heat allow the second-most rebounds (47.3) and the ninth-most assists per game (27.3) in the league.
- White finished with exactly 11 rebounds and assists in both previous games versus Miami.
Celtics C Neemias Queta vs. Heat Projection: 18.5 Pts+Rebs+Asts
- Even with the Celtics limited at center this season, C Neemias Queta only averages 25 minutes per game.
- With Vucevic now in the fold, Queta could see his opportunities decline. Vucevic is on pace to average 31 minutes a game for the eighth straight season.
- The fifth-year big man only has a 14.8% usage rate. He also shoots only 67.0% from the charity stripe.
- In two previous meetings with the Heat, Queta recorded 16 and 18 combined points, rebounds, and assists.
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Adebayo and White have the potential to thrive when the Celtics host the Heat on Friday, but Queta could be in line for fewer minutes with Vucevic now in the fold for Boston. With plenty of projections to consider for Heat vs. Celtics and the rest of Friday’s slate, now is the time to build your NBA Lineup on PrizePicks.
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